John French Sloan
John French Sloan (2. august 1871 i Lock Haven, Pennsylvania – 7. september 1951 i Hanover, New Hampshire) var en amerikansk grafiker og maler, der især er kendt for sine kunstneriske skildringer af hverdagslivet i New York.
Sloans stil er påvirket af europæiske kunstnere, bl.a. Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso og Henri Matisse. Sloans motiver var især hentet i Greenwich Village, hvor han malede værker som McSorley's Bar, Elevated at Third Street og Wake of the Ferry. Sine sidste år tilbragte han i Gloucester, Massachusetts og Santa Fe, New Mexiko.
Sloan var medlem af kunstnersammenslutningen The Eight og senere blandt grundlæggerne af Ashcan School.
Værker i udvalg
- Dust Storm, Fifth Avenue, 1906, Metropolitan Museum, New York
- Wake of the Ferry (No. 2), 1907, The Phillips Collection, Washington
- The City from Greenwich Village, 1922, National Gallery, Washington
Litteratur
- John Loughery, John Sloan: Painter and Rebel (1995) ISBN 0-8050-2878-1
- John Sloan's New York Scene;: From the Diaries, Notes, and Correspondence, 1906-1913 Harper & Row, (1965)
- Janice M. Coco, John Sloan's Women: A Psychoanalysis of Vision (2004) ISBN 0-87413-866-3
Weblinks
- Art of the City: John Sloan A 24 page guide which includes illustration, text, and a bibliography, from the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
- Artchive: John Sloan An article about the artist, plus several images of his work
- John French Sloan på artcyclopedia.com
