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The Rathskeller

1901

John Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)

America, early 20th Century

oil on canvas

Framed: 110.6 x 89.2 x 7 cm (43 9/16 x 35 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 90.5 x 69 cm (35 5/8 x 27 3/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1946.164

Location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism

Did You Know?

Sloan worked as an illustrator for various newspapers before becoming a professional painter and printmaker.

Description

Economic differences infuse Sloan’s scene of patrons at a Philadelphia bar. Here, a working-class woman sharing a beer with a companion captures the attention of a lone man who has ordered the more costly champagne. One contemporary critic characterized this wealthier man as “a spider watching for the fly.”

(C. W. Kraushaar Galleries)
1900: Art at the Crossroads. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (May 18-September 10, 2000).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1900: Art at the Crossroads (16 January-3 April 2000); traveled to New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (18 May-10 September 2000); cat. no. 147, illus. p. 216.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, John Soan: Spectator of Life (26 April-18 June 1988); traveled to Wilmington, DE, Delaware Museum of Art (15 July-4 September 1988); to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (17 September-6 November 1988); to Fort Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum (19 November-31 December 1988); cat. no. 5, illus. p. 41.
John Sloan, 1871 - 1951. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (September 18-October 31, 1971); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (November 20, 1971-January 16, 1972); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (February 15-April 2, 1972); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (May 4-June 18, 1972).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, John Sloan 1871-1951 (18 September-31 October 1971); traveled to Athens, GA, Georgia Museum of Art (20 November 1971-16 January 1972); to San Francisco, M. H. De Young Memorial Museum (15 February-2 April 1972); to St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis (4 May-18 June 1972); to Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (13 July-13 August 1972); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (6 September-22 October 1972); cat. no. 22, illus. p. 68.
Sent from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on a good-will tour through the U. S. Information Agency, Washington, D.C.:
Triumph of Realism: An Exhibition of European and American Realist Paintings 1850-1910. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (December 12, 1967-January 14, 1968); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (February 16-March 31, 1968).
Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum The Triumph of Realism (3 October-19 November 1967); traveled to Richmond, VA, Museum of Fine Arts, (11 December 1967-14 January 1968); to San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, (17 February-31 March 1968), pp. 84-85, 177, illus. cat. no. 96, p. 177.
Brunswisck, ME, Bowdoin College Museum of Fine Arts (20 January-28 February 1962); cat. no. 1, illus. p. 33.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Oil Paintings by John Sloan (19 November-23 December 1961), cat. no. 35.
The Life and Times of John Slaon. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (organizer) (September 22-October 29, 1961); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (November 17-December 23, 1961); Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME (January 20-February 28, 1962).
Wilmington, Delaware, The Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, The Life and Times of John Sloan (22 September-29 October 1961); traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (17 November-23 December 1961); cat. no. 6, not illus.
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
Stockholm, Swedish Royal Academy of the Free Arts, (4 -27 November 1955)
Ghent, The Ghent Museum (3 September-2 October 1955), cat. no. 84.
Innsbruck, Ferdinandeum Museum, (16 July-20 August 1955), cat. no. 78.
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, l'Esposizione per il 150 Anniversario della Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts di Filadelfia (June 1955), pp. 44-45. Cat. no. 78, not illus.
Madrid, Sala de la Direccion General de Belles Artes, National Library, Exposicion del 150 Aniversario de la Academie de Belles Artes de Pennsilvania (21 April-8 May 1955), cat. no. 73, illus. p. 43.
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition (15 January-13 March 1955), pp. 130-133, cat. no. 221, illus. p. 131.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, John Sloan 1871-1951 (10 January-2 March 1952); traveled to Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, (15 March-20 April 1952); to Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art (4 May-8 June 1952); illus. cat. no. 3.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Life in Philadelphia (20 June-13 September 1940), cat. no. 60, illus., catalogue found in Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin (May, 1940)
New York, Wanamaker Galleries, John Sloan: Paintings, Etchings, and Drawings (4 November-? December 1939); traveled to, Philadelphia, Wanamaker Galleries (8-29 January 1940), no. 22.
New York, C. W. Kraushaar Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by John Sloan (11-30 April 1921), no. 4.
New York, New York School of Art, title not known, (17-31 December 1907), see Elzea's publication p. 447.
Portland, Or, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition (1905), no. 203.
Chicago, Art Insitute of Chicago, 17th Annual Exhibition of American Painting & Sculpture (20 October-27 November 1904); no. 374; listed p. 59.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Third Annual Sketch Exhibition of the Fellowship fo the Academy (31 March-19 April 1902), no. 165.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Club, title not known (-15 December 1901); see Elzea's publication p. 445.
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