John Sloan: drawing on illustration. Michael Lobel
In English. Hardcover, 240 pages, 25.4 x 20.3 x 2 cm. Yale University Press, May 2014.
The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his depictions of everyday life in early twentieth-century New York and as a member of the group "The Eight" and the Ashcan School, alongside colleagues such as Robert Henri, Everett Shinn and George Luks. Sloan's artistic approach was shaped by his experience as a commercial illustrator, a type of work that marked the beginning of his professional career--in newspapers such as the Philadelphia Press and, later, in large-circulation magazines--and which he continued to practice even after he dedicated himself to painting. In JohnSloan: Drawing on Illustration, Michael Lobel explores the impact of Sloan's illustration on his wider output, including his paintings, his drawings for the radical magazine The Masses, and his reaction to the landmark Armory Show of 1913.
Illuminating the interplay between art and popular culture, this book provides an important new framework for understanding the modern genre of illustration and, in doing so, addresses the major currents of the twentieth century, including the rise and expansion of mass media and the visual legacy of European modernism.
