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John Sloan

1871 - 1951

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John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951) was an American painter and etcher. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was also a member of the group known as The Eight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sloan has received more than 140,070 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Sloan is the 1,943rd most popular painter (down from 1,627th in 2019), the 10,257th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,223rd in 2019) and the 131st most popular American Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Sloan ranks 1,943 out of 2,023. Before him are David Smith, John Opie, Laura Knight, Elaine de Kooning, William Duesbury, and John La Farge. After him are Robert Peake the Elder, Nevin Çokay, Benjamin Wilson, Robert Reid, Władysław Hasior, and N. C. Wyeth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, John Sloan ranks 167. Before him are Max Bodenstein, Yoshioka Yayoi, Clarence Hudson White, Poul Heegaard, Jack Butler Yeats, and William Diller Matthew. After him are Eugen Burg, Anne Sewell Young, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Fran Saleški Finžgar, Saint-George Ashe, and Richard Carle. Among people deceased in 1951, John Sloan ranks 176. Before him are Nellie McClung, Gordon Hodgson, Thomas Blamey, Tom Kiely, Max Horton, and Cecil Green. After him are Mady Christians, Ernie Collett, Jack Holt, Constant Lambert, Lloyd C. Douglas, and Oscar Micheaux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sloan ranks 10,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Vincent Sherman (1906), Blind Boy Fuller (1904), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Edna May Oliver (1883), Carl Osburn (1884), and Francis Frederick (1907). After him are Dorothy Allison (1949), Josh Homme (1973), John O. Brennan (1955), Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), and Erna Schneider Hoover (1926).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, John Sloan ranks 131. Before him are Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), J. Alden Weir (1852), Thomas Doughty (1793), David Smith (1906), Elaine de Kooning (1918), and John La Farge (1835). After him are Robert Reid (1862), N. C. Wyeth (1882), William Glackens (1870), George Luks (1867), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), and Kenyon Cox (1856).

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