The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the Ashcan School, alongside peers like Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, and George Luks. Sloan's artistic approach was shaped by his experience as a commercial illustrator, a type of work that inaugurated his professional career--at newspapers like the Philadelphia Press and later for mass-market magazines--and which he pursued even after he turned his focus to painting. In John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration, Michael...
The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of Th...
Over the course of a half-century, Sturtevant (1924-2014) developed what is perhaps the most radical oeuvre of her generation. Concerned more with changing mental attitudes than with the reception of her art, she provoked the art world and the individual spectator by repeating the original works of contemporary artists. Astonishingly soon after the -originals- were made, she used them as source and catalyst, her intention being to, as she said, -expand and develop our current notions of aesthetics, probe originality and investigate the relation of origins to originality and open space for new...
Over the course of a half-century, Sturtevant (1924-2014) developed what is perhaps the most radical oeuvre of her generation. Concerned more with cha...
