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John Sloan's New York (Delaware Art Museum)

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Sloan's last wife is responsible for this catalogue. I am looking forward to the exhibition at the end of this month at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum.John Sloan was a high school drop out,( as was Stuart Davis). His meeting Robert Henri was transormational to him: He read more . He walked more. All of the Ash Can painters walked to absorb and find subjects in New York City.Most worked as artist/reporters.They did very sophisticated drawings for newspapers during this period. They were inspired by Aubrey Beardsley and the Ukiyo Japanese prints. Stuart Davis was a fan of Beardsley and was one of the influences that led him to abstraction.The catalogue has repros of Sloan's graphic work.I am pleased that the art world has come out with so many good books about these artists. I believe that the Abstract Expressionist have follwed them in their interest in subject matter...the city. They also follow the painterliness of John Sloan and George Bellows.Sloan was a long time friend to Stuart Davis.In Davis we find remnants of the Ash Can painters.Helen Farr Sloan died in 2005 she is responsible for the story of John Sloan as from the time she spent as his student ,to the time they were man and wife ,she kept notes and records of his thinking on art.The catalogue contains essays on different aspects of Sloan. I would like to see all of the paintings in the show,in this catalogue. But, nonetheless the book will be a good seller.

I have nothing to say save to second the favorable responses of Hough and Book. The need for one note of qualification led me to write. Mr. Hough's (justified) fondness for Stuart Davis perhaps led him to refer to him in terms which might, misleadingly, that this work contains some significant reference to that artist. It does not. Some passing mention is made of Sloan's fellow illustrators in his early Philadelphia newspaper years, but it is only Robert Henri whose relationship to Sloan is investigated.
Well illustrated and, only occasionally too academic, I found the book to engaging reading and viewing.

It is an excellent book on John Sloan. A catalog of a show they put on at the Delaware Art Museum. The information on Sloan is complete and engaging. Reproduction of the art is fine.

Good coverage of the period of his art career from 1908 to 1920 when he was working in New York City. This is the most interesting period of his art. Anyone who is interested in this period of art for America will find this a good worthwhile book.