Lot of 3 Frank Van Sloun original pen and ink drawings, signed

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• Lot Description

  Frank Joseph Van Sloun

  3 Small sensitive ink drawings 

  Signed 

  Paper size: 7 X 6 in. +-

   

  From the internet:

  Frank Joseph Van Sloun was born on November 4, 1879 in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended school where he showed a  talent and passion for art and sports. After studying at the St. Paul School of Fine Arts, Van Sloun switched gears to pursue professional baseball team briefly. At the age of 22 he had another pivotal decision and began his art career with a more serious outlook. He enrolled in art classes at the Art Students League in New York City and for four years he studied under Robert Henri and Edward Hopper. As an artist and teacher, Robert Henri introduced social realism to Van Sloun, and encouraged him to paint and draw everyday people going about their ordinary lives. Through Henri he was associated with the "Ashcan" School. 

   

  In New York, Van Sloun joined the Society of Independent Artists, a group who rebelled against the conservative trends of the National Academy of Design. Van Sloun also helped Henri organize the first exhibition of the Society in 1910. From 1907 to 1908 Van Sloun stayed in San Francisco, California where he established a studio. He taught composition, drawing, and illustration at the California School of Fine Arts in 1918, and he also exhibited his work at the San Francisco Art Association's Fifty-fifth Annual Exhibition.

   

  In 1914 Van Sloun began his extensive work in mural painting when he was commissioned by the Mayor's office from the city of Oakland, California. His social realism background influenced his mural, and it depicted a pioneer family. He continued painting and he received the bronze medal at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco for his painting of an actor. He also exhibited his first solo show at the Helgesen in San Francisco the following year.

   

  Frank Van Sloun continued to paint murals for various California institutions. He painted murals for the California War Memorial Library building in Sacramento in 1928, and the Greek inspired decorations for the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California in 1936. As a prolific artist, Van Sloun found great appreciation in his work of etching, monotypes, and easel paintings as a preparatory step for his final mural paintings. He viewed the opinion of the public superior to his own satisfaction and growth of his collection of smaller pieces. He and artist Maynard Dixon painted murals in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco in 1927.

   

  Frank Van Sloun passed away on August 27, 1938

  while preparing murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-1940.

  Shipping $26

  Condition

  “laid down to paper (orig)”

• Provenance

  Unknown

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