Bath
John Sloan
c. 1915
Medium
monotype in burnt sienna
Dimensions
sheet: 28.9 x 21.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1979.82.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
John Sloan · 1871–1951
John French Sloan was born on August 2, 1871, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Philadelphia, where he taught himself to draw largely through self-study and reproductions before taking evening classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz around 1892. That same year he met the painter Robert Henri, who became his closest friend and most influential mentor, enc...