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Italian Procession, New York

John Sloan, American, (August 2, 1871–September 7, 1951)

Creation date: 1913-1925

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Appleton S. Bridges

Accession Number: 1926.127

State/Province: New York

Dimensions: 24 in. x 28 in. (60.96 cm x 71.12 cm)

Provenance

John Sloan, New York, New York (1913 - 1925)

C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, New York (1925 - May 10, 1926)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (May 10, 1926 - )

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Sloan is often associated with the Ashcan School, a group of urban realist painters who ushered in a new era of American art by seeking inspiration from their local environments instead of concentrating strictly on the lifestyles of the upper class. Before moving to New York, Sloan worked as an artist-reporter for several newspapers in Philadelphia. This exposure to daily realities informed his later work, which presents the streets, saloons, and tenements of lower Manhattan. In Italian Procession, New York, Sloan depicts a community celebration and stresses the prevalence of immigrant tradition in New York City. In his 1939 autobiography The Gist of Art, he wrote about Italian Procession, New York: “These religious festivals in the Italian quarters of New York were and still are colorful invasions of very drab localities. . . . I remember the palette as a violet dominant.”

October 18, 2914
Anita Feldman, Deputy Director of Collections and Exhibitons
John Sloan
American • 1871–1951
Italian Procession, New York
Oil on canvas • 1913–25
John Sloan is often associated with the Ashcan School, a group of urban realist painters who ushered in an era in which American artists avoided focusing only on the lifestyles of the upper class and sought inspiration from their own envi- ronments. In Italian Procession, New York Sloan depicts a community celebration and stresses the importance of immi- grant tradition in New York City. In his 1939 autobiography, The Gist of Art, he wrote about Italian Procession, New York, “These religious festivals in the Italian quarters of New York were and still are colorful invasions of very drab localities... I remember the palette as a violet dominant.”
Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Appleton S. Bridges 1926.127
Last Updated: 10/20/2014

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Exhibition of Paintings by John Sloan C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries , 1/26/1925 - 2/8/1925

Inaugural Exhibition The San Diego Museum of Art , 2/26/1926 - 3/31/1926

Inaugural Exhibition Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 2/26/1926 - 3/31/1926

Official Art Exhibition of the California Pacific International Exposition Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 5/29/1935 - 11/11/1935

Modern Masters in West Coast Collections San Francisco Museum of Art , 10/18/1960 - 11/27/1960

American Masters of the Last Hundred Years San Diego State University , 4/1/1961 - 4/30/1961

Music in Art Northern Arizona University , 7/1/1968 - 8/31/1968

Painting, Drawings, and Etchings by John Sloan , 1/1/1986 - 1/1/1987

American Realism Between the Wars: 1919 to 1941 Nassau County Museum of Art , 4/10/1994 - 6/5/1994

Continental Divide: Landscape and National Traditions in North American Painting, 1860-1930 , 10/1/1996 - 12/1/1997

Idol of the Moderns: Pierre-August Renoir and American Painting San Diego Museum of Art , 6/29/2002 - 2/16/2003

Art of the United States The San Diego Museum of Art , 3/24/2013 - 10/22/2013

American: Art of the 20th Century San Diego Museum of Art , 1/18/2014 - 8/26/2014

American Visions: Place and Identity The San Diego Museum of Art , 10/18/2014 - 3/17/2015

Art of the 20th Century , 3/28/2015 - 8/16/2015

American Art The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/26/2016 - 8/15/2021

Art of the Americas The San Diego Museum of Art , 9/7/2021 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

David Goldfield and Carl Abbott. The American Journey Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1998
Page Number: ii, Figure Number: front cover (detail), (detail), back cover

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson and Charlene S. Engel. An American Pulse: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1999
Page Number: 3, Figure Number: 2

John Mack Faragher and Mari Jo Buhle. Out of Many: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000
Page Number: 609, C-2, Figure Number: 609

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 148, 166, 167, Figure Number: 167

Mr. Reginald Poland. A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 11

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 9, 10, Figure Number: 10

John Mack Faragher. Out of Many: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1997
Page Number: 650, Figure Number: 650

Illustrated Catalogue: Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: 32, no. 629

Roland Elzea. John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné University of Delaware Press. Newark, Deleware, 1991
Page Number: 128, no. 225, Figure Number: 225

Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1926
Page Number: 36, no. 51

Leila Mechlin, ed. The American Magazine of Art The American Federation of Arts. Washington, D.C., July 1926
Page Number: 376

Dr. Reginald H. Poland. Catalogue of the Paintings and Tapestries in the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, December 28, 1927
Page Number: 11

Catalogue of the Paintings and Tapestries in the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, December 28, 1927
Page Number: 24, 25, no. 30, Figure Number: 30

John Sloan. Gist of Art: American Artists Group, Inc.. New York, New York, 1939
Page Number: 239, Figure Number: 239

Anne E. Dawson. Idol of the Moderns: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2002
Page Number: 74 no. 39, 97, Figure Number: 39

Dr. Don Bacigalupi and Ms. Rachel Evans. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 11

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 186, Figure Number: 186

Dr. James A. Clapp, Ph.D.. California Cityscapes San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1991
Page Number: 14, Figure Number: 5

Dr. Reginald H. Poland. San Diego Magazine San Diego Chamber of Commerce. San Diego, California, September 1927
Page Number: 5