Cleveland Museum of Art
The Rathskeller
John Sloan
- Date
- 1901
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- America, early 20th Century
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.” Sloan worked as an illustrator for various newspapers before becoming a professional painter and printmaker.
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