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1905/10 New York City - 1985 New York City. Known for: Rural landscape painting, book illustration.
Eric Sloane was born, Everard Jean Hinrichs, on February 27, 1905 in New York City to a well-to-do family. Early on, he took up an interest in art, spending many boyhood hours with neighbor and noted... Read full biography
Eric Sloane was born, Everard Jean Hinrichs, on February 27, 1905 in New York City to a well-to-do family. Early on, he took up an interest in art, spending many boyhood hours with neighbor and noted font inventor, Frederic Goudy (Goudy Type). From Goudy, at an early age, he learned to hand paint... Read full biography
Eric Sloane was born, Everard Jean Hinrichs, on February 27, 1905 in New York City to a well-to-do family. Early on, he took up an interest in art, spending many boyhood hours with neighbor and noted font inventor, Frederic Goudy (Goudy Type). From Goudy, at an early age, he learned to hand paint letters and signs. Some of Sloane's first clients included aviation pioneers flying out of Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Many of those flyers insisted he paint the identifying marking on their planes.... Read full biography
Eric Sloane was born, Everard Jean Hinrichs, on February 27, 1905 in New York City to a well-to-do family. Early on, he took up an interest in art, spending many boyhood hours with neighbor and noted font inventor, Frederic Goudy (Goudy Type). From Goudy, at an early age, he learned to hand paint letters and signs. Some of Sloane's first clients included aviation pioneers flying out of Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Many of those flyers insisted he paint the identifying marking on their planes. In exchange for teaching him to paint, Wiley Post himself, taught the young Hinrichs to fly. After his first flight the young man fell in love with clouds and the sky, themes that would be central to his work for the rest of his life. Among his early... Read full biography
Eric Sloane was born, Everard Jean Hinrichs, on February 27, 1905 in New York City to a well-to-do family. Early on, he took up an interest in art, spending many boyhood hours with neighbor and noted font inventor, Frederic Goudy (Goudy Type). From Goudy, at an early age, he learned to hand paint letters and signs. Some of Sloane's first clients included aviation pioneers flying out of Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Many of those flyers insisted he paint the identifying marking on their planes. In exchange for teaching him to paint, Wiley Post himself, taught the young Hinrichs to fly. After his first flight the young man fell in love with clouds and the sky, themes that would be central to his work for the rest of his life. Among his early clients was Amelia Earhardt, who bought his first cloud painting. Said to be the finest cloud painter of his generation, his largest cl... Read full biography
Eric Sloane - Artist Info
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sign Painting/ Sign Design
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Waterfowl
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •Hudson Valley Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Vandeveer Spratlen Collection
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •Hudson Valley Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--