Bidspirit auction | JOHN SLOAN, ENGRAVING

JOHN SLOAN, ENGRAVING - This lot features a professionally framed engraving by listed artist, John Sloan circa 1920s. Signed on plate with information on the verso. Measures in frame, 10.75” H x 8.75” W. John Sloan was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1871, the son of an amateur artist and occasional businessman. In 1876 he moved with his family to Philadelphia and in 1884 enrolled in Central High School, where William Glackens and Albert C. Barnes were among his classmates. In 1888 he began working for a bookseller and print dealer, and the following year he taught himself how to etch with the aid of Philip Gilbert Hamilton’s The Etcher’s Handbook. In 1891 Sloan attended drawing classes at the Spring Garden Institute and began to work as a freelance commercial artist. He joined the art department of the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1892, and studied drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Thomas Pollock Anshutz. In 1893 he became one of the founders of the Charcoal Club, a group of young artists who broke away from the academy. From 1895 to 1903 he worked for the Philadelphia Press. Inspired by Robert Henri, Sloan started to paint in the late 1890s, beginning with portraits and Philadelphia city scenes. He exhibited for the first time at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1900.