Frank Van Sloun Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
American, 1879-1938
A painter, muralist, etcher and educator, Frank Van Sloun, living in San Francisco, became especially noted for his murals and for being the principal West Coast exponent of Social Realism. Described as being a painter of "contemporary, raw, hearty figure pieces and urban scenes" (Gerdts 282), Van Sloun learned about Social Realism in New York City under the tutelage of Robert Henri and other members of the Ashcan School.
During his career, Van Sloun experimented with a variety of styles and mediums including Impressionism, Realism, Pointillism and pastel, oil, tempera, watercolor, gouache, monotypes and etchings. The artist was also highly respected for his teaching abilities, and is credited with bringing the credo "art for art's sake" of his mentor, Robert Henri, to the Bay Area where Van Sloun, like Henri in New York, encouraged students to follow their own inclinations and not copy-cat his methods and subjects.
Frank Van Sloun was born in 1879 in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended grammar and high schools and from an early age, showed obvious talent and dedication to both art and sports. He studied at the St. Paul School of Fine Arts, and one of his influential painting teachers there was Ebenezer Comins. At age 22, enrolled in art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. For four years, he studied with painter and teacher Robert Henri, who was promoting Social Realists subjects of of everyday people going about their ordinary, less-than-glamourous lives. He also studied at the Chase School of Art, established by William Merritt Chase.
In New York, Frank Van Sloun joined the Society of Independent Artists, a group rebelling against the conservative trends of the National Academy of Design. In 1910, he helped Henri and other modernist artists organize the first exhibition of the Society. Between 1907 and 1908 Van Sloun spent six months in San Francisco, California, his first visit to that state, and by 1911, he had established a studio there. He taught drawing, illustration and composition at the California School of the Fine Arts in 1917, and exhibited his work at the San Francisco Art Association's Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition. In 1926, he joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley and maintained a home studio at 1617 California Street. He also maintained his ties with New York City, and spent the year of 1919 teaching at the Art Students League. He continued painting on canvas, and in 1915 was awarded a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. His first solo exhibition was held the following year at the Helgesen Gallery in San Francisco. He was an active contributor to the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and was elected to their board of directors in 1922. In 1926 he partnered with Maynard Dixon on a set of commissioned murals for the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
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Artist: Frank Van Sloun
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s
By Frank Van Sloun
Located in New York, NY
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s. 9 x 12 inches. Tempera on paper, c. 1936. Authenticated and signed ...
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1930s American Modern Frank Van Sloun Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Egg Tempera
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