EXHIBITION: Seeing the City: Sloan's New York

7 May 2008

0801sloanexhib4_455x600 One hundred and fifteen paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs make up this traveling exhibition of work by John Sloan.

February 10 through April 27
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
(724) 837-1500

One hundred and fifteen paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs make up this traveling exhibition of work by John Sloan. Focusing on the artist's images of New York City, the show presents a nuanced view of the time Sloan spent in the city and its effect on his art. The work reflects the artist's personal experiences as he walked the city's neighborhoods and observed human dramas played out in the streets and apartments.

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Spring Rain
1912, oil, 20¼ x 26. Collection Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.
Wet Night, Washington Square
1928, oil on panel, 26 x 20. Collection Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.
The City From Greenwich Village
1922, oil, 26 x 33¾. Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.


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Picture Shop Window
1907-1908, oil, 32 x 25?. Collection The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.
Jefferson Market
1917, oil, 32 x 26?. Collection Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Three A. M.
1909, oil, 32 x 26¼. Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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