Never have seen this work by #JohnSloan. I love it. It's filled with unbridled enjoyment of an everyday activity.
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Three women occupy a sun-warmed rooftop in lower Manhattan, framed by brick parapets, laundry lines, and a hazy skyline of tenements and industrial buildings. At left, a fair-skinned reddish-blonde woman in a loose white blouse and deep green skirt lifts both arms to her head, elbows wide, as if fluffing out thick hair. In the center, a pale woman with short dark hair relaxes sideways on a ledge in a shadow wearing a soft blue top and white skirt, one arm bent behind her head. At right, a light-skinned woman with very long tawny hair bends at the waist in a flowing white dress, one hand braced on her hip as her hair spills forward. Their bodies are unguarded, practical, and self-possessed rather than posed for display. Behind them, white sheets snap on a clothesline, and the dark roof tar catches broad bands of afternoon light and shadow. American artist John Sloan’s brushwork is loose but precise where it matters like the fall of hair, the heat-softened air, the rough masonry, and the sense of a private ritual unfolding in a semi-public urban space. The painting turns an ordinary summer necessity into a quietly radical image of modern city life. Sloan, a leading Ashcan School painter, looked from his Greenwich Village studio onto neighboring rooftops and found what he called the “human comedies” of everyday people. Here, the roof an outdoor room created by crowded tenement living, where women claim air, light, and brief leisure above the street. The scene carries tenderness without sentimentality. These are not idealized muses but working urban women, often understood as immigrant New Yorkers, making use of the little freedom available to them. Painted in 1912, the year Sloan established the nearby studio that inspired many of his rooftop views and began serving as art editor for “The Masses,” the work reflects his deep interest in labor, modern life, and the dignity of people usually excluded from “high” art.
“Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair” by John Sloan (American) - Oil on canvas / 1912 - Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts) #WomenInArt #JohnSloan #Sloan #AddisonGallery #AmericanArt #PhillipsAcademy #AshcanSchool #art #BlueskyArt #artText #1910sArt #AmericanArtist
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Three women are shown against a city background with white shirts blowing on a washing line behind them. Two of the women are seated on a low brick wall with higher brick structures behind them and the third woman is standing in front of them. The standing woman is leaning forwards with one hand on her hip and her other hand tangled in her long light-coloured hair. One of the seated women is leaning against a taller brick structure with one hand on her seat and the other hand over her dark head as she looks towards the third woman who is sitting upright with her hands fussing with her long loose reddish hair. The women are casually dressed and there is a washtub behind them. Image by John Sloan (1871-1951) from Wikimedia Commons.
This painting by John Sloan (1871-1951) is today's writing prompt. Where are these three women and what are they doing? #writingprompts #writinglife #writingtips #johnsloan #artworks
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See https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/john-sloan-and-the-sixth-avenue-el/
‘Jefferson Market’ John French Sloan (1871-1951). 1917.
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A woman in a black dress with a white collar and cuffs, wearing a straw hat with a trailing black ribbon around its crown, is walking on what seems to be park path with her back to the viewer. She is carrying a black umbrella and is passing beneath a windblown tree. There are park benches on either side of her with very green stretches of grass beyond them. There appears to be a row of buildings at the far end of the park and a man in an overcoat and dark hat is walking with his hands in the pockets in the distance. The sky is very dark and stormy and it seems to be raining heavily. Image by John Sloan (1871-1951) from Wikimedia Commons.
As a nod to the end of winter here, our writing prompt this week is a scene by John Sloan (1871-1951). Why is this woman walking in the rain? And where? #writingprompts #writinglife #writingtips #johnsloan #artworks
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“Looking Seaward.” John Sloan (American; 1871–1951). Oil on canvas, 1914. Christie’s, New York.
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Dziś rocznica urodzin Johna Sloana (1871), malarza amerykańskiego realizmu i członka Ashcan School. Malował Nowy Jork takim, jaki był naprawdę. (fot. Wikipedia)
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Corgis In The Art Gallery: Happy Birthday, John Sloan.
The original: John Sloan, "Spring Rain", 1912. Oil on canvas.
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The #SPRING of 1924 & the Ashcan School
‘Flowers of Spring’ John French Sloan (1871-1951). Oil on canvas. 1924.
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#SPRING & the Ashcan School
‘Spring, Washington Square’
John French Sloan (1871-1951). Oil. 1928 & 1950
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The #SPRING of 1913 - the Ashcan School
‘Spring Planting, Greenwich Village’
John French Sloan (1871-1951). Oil on canvas. 1913.
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April is here and so is your printable Convivio Book of Days Calendar for the month. John Sloan’s “Easter Eve” is our cover star. Link: www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/springt...
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#SPRING - the Ashcan School
‘Spring, Grammercy Park’
John French Sloan (1871-1951). Oil on canvas. 1912.
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#SPRING & the Ashcan School
‘Spring Rain, New York’
John French Sloan (1871-1951). Oil on canvas. 1912.
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@milwaukeeart What book are you reading that you can’t put down? 📖
“Reading in the Subway. Etching, 1926. John Sloan (American; 1871–1951), 9 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. M1989.47. Photo by John R. Glembin © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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