Biografie von John Blanding SLOAN (1886-1975)

Birth place: Corsicana, TX

Death place: Hayward, CA

Addresses: Corsicana, TX; Chicago, IL; NYC; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Painter , etcher, illustrator, craftsperson, woodcarver, teacher

Studied: Chicago Acad. FA; B.J.O. Nordfeldt; G. Senseney.

Exhibited: Berkeley League of FA, 1924; AIC

Member: Chicago SE

Work: Brooklyn Mus.; Mus. of NM; CPLH; de Young Mus.

Comments: Designer of stage sets in NYC as well as Hollywood, he also had a puppet theatre in San Francisco. He was put in charge of the WPA Federal Theater in Los Angeles in 1934.

Sources: WW33; Hughes, Artists in California, 519.