Louis B. Sloan was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1932. He attended the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial and graduated in 1957 from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), where he was encouraged by instructor Julius Bloch and alumnus Jack Bookbinder. Sloan was active at the Pyramid Club, a private Black social club and art gallery, and worked in the conservation department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1961 to 1980. He also taught still life, landscape, and portrait painting from 1962 to 1997 at PAFA, where he instructed James Brantley, Moe Brooker, Barkley L. Hendricks, Edward Ellis Hughes, and Richard J. Watson.
Sloan died on October 15, 2008.
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References
Art Daily. 2008. “Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to Honor Louis B. Sloan.” November 14. Accessed February 16, 2022. https://artdaily.cc/news/27211/Pennsylvania-Academy-of-the-Fine-Arts-To-Honor-Louis-B--Sloan#.YgU9jpTMKUl.
Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art. n.d. “Louis Sloan.” Accessed February 16, 2022. https://pffcollection.com/artists/louis-sloan/.
Valerio, William R. 2015. “Works in the Exhibition.” In We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s. Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum.
Woodmere Art Museum. n.d. “Louis Sloan.” Accessed February 16, 2022. https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/louis-sloan.
Further Reading
Veloric, Cynthia. 1991. Oral history with Louis B. Sloan. July 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-louis-sloan-11496.
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