His illustration work inflected his paintings, helping to shape his technique. JOHN FRENCH SLOAN started his career as an illustrator. Between 1892 and 1915, illustration was his primary means of support on newspapers and magazines. Bornin in a August day in Lock Haven (Pennsylvania), he moved to Philadelphia with his family at the age of five. Grewing up in a household that prized periodicals and prints, using watercolor and pencil, as he was young he produced illustrations and even added his name to the title page. These drawings foreshadowed his future vocation. As a young man, he was forced to leave a prestigious school, to help support his family. He began to take classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, meeting painter Robert Henri. Working for newspapers, JOHN FRENCH SLOAN produced a wide range of illustrations. He developed an personal style, using sinuous lines that drew on French art nouveau, becoming part of the emerging aesthetic of poster style. His illustrations began also to appear in little magazines and on book covers. His best period was from 1900 to 1920, when he likes drew his inspiration directly from pungent humanity of the New York scene. JOHN FRENCH SLOAN’S paintings are represented in all major American museums, such as “Hairdresser’s Window” (in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum), “The Haymarket” (in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum), and “The White Way” (in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art).

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