John French Sloan, August 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951, was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and teacher associated with the Ashcan School and The Eight. Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, he trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked as a newspaper illustrator in Philadelphia.
Sloan was closely associated with Robert Henri, William Glackens, George Luks, and Everett Shinn. He painted urban scenes, interiors, rooftops, restaurants, and public spaces, especially in New York, and also made etchings documenting city life.
He taught at the Art Students League of New York, where his students included Alexander Calder, Reginald Marsh, and Barnett Newman. His work is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Wake of the Ferry II, 1907
Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
A Woman’s Work, 1912
Oil on canvas, 31.6 x 25.8 in
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
McSorley’s Bar, 1912
Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Red Kimono on the Roof, 1912
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Renganeschi’s Saturday Night, 1912
Oil on canvas, 26.3 x 32 in
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Henrietta with Red Book, 1913
Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in
Reading Public Museum, Reading
Yeats at Petitpas, c 1914
Oil on canvas, 26.1 x 32 in
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Gloucester Harbor, 1916
Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in
Syracuse University Art Museum, Syracuse
Bleecker Street, Saturday Night, 1918
Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
The Lafayette, 1927
Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 36.1 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street, 1928
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40.1 in
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Women’s Page, from the series New York City Life, 1905
Etching on paper, 5 x 7 in
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
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