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Birth
1871 (Lock Haven, Pennsylvania)
Death
1951 (Hanover, New Hampshire)
Lived/Active
New York/New Mexico
Self portrait - Artist self-portrait
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Often Known For
social realist painter, illustrator, educator
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New York Armory Show of 1913
Taos Pre 1940
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Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, John Sloan became one of the major
early 20th- century figures in New York, pioneering the Social Realist
movement with Robert Henri and his circle. He was also an
illustrator and early eastern painter in the Southwest.
Sloan
moved with his family to Philadelphia where he attended Central High
School and became a close friend of William Glackens. He worked
for a print dealer and as illustrator for the Philadelphia Inquirer a (showing 500 of 13729 characters). |
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