John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 - September 8, 1951) was a U.S. artist. He was born in Lock Haven, PA., to a businessman father and a schoolteacher mother. At the age of twenty, he became an illustrator with the Philadelphia Inquirer. He studied art in the evening at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he met his mentor, Robert Henri, author of "The Art Spirit."

Sloan moved to New York, where he painted some of his best-known works, including "McSorley's Bar", "Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street" and "Wake of the Ferry". In later years, he spent summers working and painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He was member of The Eight and co-founded the Ashcan school .

External links

• Art of the City: John Sloan A 24 page guide which includes illustration, text, and a biblography, from the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

• Artchive: John Sloan An article about the artist, plus several images of his work