John French Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)

John Sloan was a prominent member of the Ashcan School of painters. Employing impasto brushstrokes and nuanced color, he depicted everyday scenes of New York, as seen in his works Chinese Restaurant (1909) and McSorley’s Bar (1912). “Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time—condemned to painting for life,” the artist once reflected. Born John French Sloan on August 2, 1871 in Lock Haven, PA, he grew up in Philadelphia where he worked at a print shop as teenager to help support his family. Sloan went on to work as an illustrator for the The Philadelphia Inquirer while enrolled in Thomas Anshutz’s evening painting classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. During the early 1890s, Sloan met the artist Robert Henri, who encouraged the younger painter to copy the works of Édouard Manet and Frans Hals. Sloan moved to New York in 1904, where began painting the lives of working class people amidst the backdrop of Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side. The artist’s empathy towards his subject’s difficult lives led him to join the Socialist Party in 1910. From 1918 onward, Sloan spent each summer in Santa Fe, NM, where he painted the landscape as well as the local Native American tribes. The artist died on September 7, 1951 in Hanover, NH. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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NUDE AND PORTFOLIO CASE

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NUDE AND PORTFOLIO CASE

Sale Date: March 16, 1990

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

Sale Date: February 15, 1990

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY, 1912–1912

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY, 1912–1912

Sale Date: February 15, 1990

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RETURN FROM TOIL, 1915–1915

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RETURN FROM TOIL, 1915–1915

Sale Date: February 15, 1990

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SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926–1926

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SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926–1926

Sale Date: February 15, 1990

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THE GREEN HOUR, 1930–1951

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THE GREEN HOUR, 1930–1951

Sale Date: February 6, 1990

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The bandit's cave

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The bandit's cave

Sale Date: February 6, 1990

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STUDY OF A MAN, 1907–1907

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STUDY OF A MAN, 1907–1907

Sale Date: February 1, 1990

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LONG PRONE NUDE (M. 251)

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LONG PRONE NUDE (M. 251)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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THE SHOW CASE (M. 129)

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THE SHOW CASE (M. 129)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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MAN MONKEY (M. 130)

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MAN MONKEY (M. 130)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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COPYIST AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (M. 148)

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COPYIST AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (M. 148)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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GIRL AND BEGGAR (M. 150)

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GIRL AND BEGGAR (M. 150)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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MARS AND BACCHANTE; AND SIDE- WALK (M. 174, 184)

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MARS AND BACCHANTE; AND SIDE- WALK (M. 174, 184)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY (M. 155)

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY (M. 155)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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MCSORLEY'S BACK ROOM (M. 181)

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MCSORLEY'S BACK ROOM (M. 181)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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THE PICTURE BUYER (M. 153)

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THE PICTURE BUYER (M. 153)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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A THIRST FOR ART (M. 306)

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A THIRST FOR ART (M. 306)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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THE BANKER OBJECTS TO SAVENAY'S WHISTLING; THE

John French Sloan

THE BANKER OBJECTS TO SAVENAY'S WHISTLING; THE

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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CONNOISSEURS OF PRINTS (M. 127)

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CONNOISSEURS OF PRINTS (M. 127)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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THE WOMEN'S PAGE (M. 132)

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THE WOMEN'S PAGE (M. 132)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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MAN, WIFE AND CHILD (M. 135)

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MAN, WIFE AND CHILD (M. 135)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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THE LITTLE BRIDE (M. 138)

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THE LITTLE BRIDE (M. 138)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

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SIDEWALK (M. 184)

John French Sloan

SIDEWALK (M. 184)

Sale Date: January 18, 1990

Auction Closed

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