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OIL ON CANVAS - An unusually fine and detailed seascape

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OIL ON CANVAS - An unusually fine and detailed seascape
An unusually fine and detailed seascape, by John French Sloan was an U.S. artist that became one of the major early 20th-century figures in New York and was apart of the Social Realist movement with Robert Henri and his circle of urban realist. Sloan was an illustrator and early eastern painter in the Southwest. He was intrigued by the beautiful landmarks, mountain and garden landscapes, regionalism, etc. John Sloan was interested in New Mexico since his influence (Robert Henri) spent the summers of 1916 and 1917. After hearing wonderful things about Santa Fe, Sloan and his wife Dolly visited in 1919 and Sloan was inspired by the desert landscape. Sloan later became active in the Santa Fe colony which made artist from the east come to the west. The Eight was a group of artists that included five painters who were associated with the Ashcan School: William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, Everett Shinn, John French Sloan, along with Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson and Maurice Prendergast. The work shown by this group of artists was very diverse in styles, generally dark toned and subject matter. The Eight who exhibited as a group once, at the Macbeth Gallery in New York in 1908, toured the US under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The Eight was their own group in a way and rebelled against the American impressionism.