Eric Sloane Museum
Featured31 Kent Cornwall Road (Route 7)
P.O. Box 917
Kent, CT 06757
P.O. Box 917
Kent, CT 06757
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Eric Sloane MUSEUMS
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
About Eric Sloane: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsAddison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Ave
Cody, WY 82414Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 Ne 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Sixth Street & Independence Avenue Sw
Washington, DC 20560University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071