America, early 20th Century / 1901
The Rathskeller
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs The Rathskeller as painting (America, early 20th Century · 1901).
Sloan worked as an illustrator for various newspapers before becoming a professional painter and printmaker.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits John Sloan (American, 1871–1951).
The museum's collection notes: Economic differences infuse Sloan’s scene of patrons at a Philadelphia bar. Here, a working-class woman sharing a beer with a companion captures the attention of a lone man who has ordered the more costly champagne. One contemporary critic characterized this wealthier man as “a spider watching for the fly.”
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