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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John French Sloan (2,285 results)
Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: November 15, 1989

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Night windows, 1910

John French Sloan

Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: November 15, 1989

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Nude on great white pillow

John French Sloan

Nude on great white pillow

Sale Date: September 30, 1989

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On a Night Boat

John French Sloan

On a Night Boat

Sale Date: September 14, 1989

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The Park Bench

John French Sloan

The Park Bench

Sale Date: September 14, 1989

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City Street Scene at Night

John French Sloan

City Street Scene at Night

Sale Date: September 14, 1989

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Kraushaar's, 1927–1927

John French Sloan

Kraushaar's, 1927–1927

Sale Date: February 23, 1989

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Fifth avenue critics, 1905–1905

John French Sloan

Fifth avenue critics, 1905–1905

Sale Date: February 23, 1989

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Man, wife and child, 1905–1905

John French Sloan

Man, wife and child, 1905–1905

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Barber shop, 1915–1915

John French Sloan

Barber shop, 1915–1915

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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McSorley's back room, 1916–1916

John French Sloan

McSorley's back room, 1916–1916

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Hell hole, 1917–1917

John French Sloan

Hell hole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923–1923

John French Sloan

Shine, Washington Square, 1923–1923

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Love on the roof, 1914–1914

John French Sloan

Love on the roof, 1914–1914

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Boys sledding, 1920–1920

John French Sloan

Boys sledding, 1920–1920

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Romarye Marye in Christopher Street, 1922, 1936–1936

John French Sloan

Romarye Marye in Christopher Street, 1922, 1936–1936

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Roofs, summer night, 1906–1906

John French Sloan

Roofs, summer night, 1906–1906

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Nude sketches, 1917–1917

John French Sloan

Nude sketches, 1917–1917

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Fourteenth Street, The Wigwam, 1928–1928

John French Sloan

Fourteenth Street, The Wigwam, 1928–1928

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Up the line, Miss?, 1930–1930

John French Sloan

Up the line, Miss?, 1930–1930

Sale Date: January 19, 1989

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Rocks, weeds and sea, 1917–1917

John French Sloan

Rocks, weeds and sea, 1917–1917

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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Two black crows, 1924–1924

John French Sloan

Two black crows, 1924–1924

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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Evening arroyo, 1919–1919

John French Sloan

Evening arroyo, 1919–1919

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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Recumbent nude

John French Sloan

Recumbent nude

Sale Date: November 30, 1988

Auction Closed

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