ISBN: 978-0805028782
John Sloan:
Painter and Rebel
John Sloan: Painter and Rebel was the first full-length biography of the American painter, pacifist, and socialist John Sloan (1871–1951), a man who fought against the conservative artistic and political trends of his day and whose paintings, celebrating life in New York City, Santa Fe, and Gloucester, are included in most of America’s major art museums today.
Awards
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Biography (1996)
Critical Praise
“In this thoughtful, detailed, and absorbing biography of the painter, John Loughery does much to clear away some of the misconceptions concerning the artist and his work… altogether forceful in the style of the artist himself.”
— James Mellow, New York Times Book Review
“Loughery rescues this once-celebrated Ash Can painter from the dustbin of history… a good, wise, and sympathetic biographer who writes clearly and loathes cant, labels, and today’s arcane, illiterate artspeak that passes for criticism.”
— Owen McNally, Hartford Courant
“With a highly readable and engaging style, Loughery holds the reader’s attention… and brings Sloan and his work to life.”
— Library Journal
“Sloan has received his definitive biography and we should be grateful for it.”
— Malcolm Goldstein, Sewanee Review