“I have nothing to teach you that will help you to make a living. [as art teacher, advising his students]”

—  John Sloan

Source: Loughery, John. John Sloan: Painter and Rebel. New York: Henry Holt, 1995. , pp. 224-225

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American painter 1871–1951

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