Over the course of his career, Eric Sloane painted many murals. Quite a few were in private homes, many others were in corporate settings. This photograph was taken by Wil Mauch in 1999/2000 of a Sloane mural in the headquarters of the now defunct International Silver Company in Meriden, Connecticut. Photos from Wil Mauch’s Aware: A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane.
Earth Flight Environment
Eric Sloane, N.A. (1905-1985)
Acrylic on Canvas, 75′ x 58′ 6″
Affixed to the west wall of the Independence Ave. lobby of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. From Wil’s Symbols of American Spirit: 50 Years of the Eric Sloane Museum.
This interesting item was printed with the wrong street location for the event, we are sure much to the ire of Eric Sloane. A detail that it revealed, unknown by most, was that the money raised for the construction of the cabin was as a direct result of Eric Sloane having donated many pieces from his personal collection of antiques and tools, as well as at least one painting.
Earth Flight Environment
Eric Sloane, N.A. (1905-1985)
Acrylic on Canvas, 75′ x 58′ 6″
Affixed to the west wall of the Independence Ave. lobby of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Image courtesy of Wil Mauch, from his Symbols of American Spirit: 50 Years of the Eric Sloane Museum.
Hammer Galleries poster for “Eighty, An American Souvenir”, an exhibition and sale in celebration of Eric’s 80th birthday. The exhibit ran from March 5th-March 23rd, 1985. Tragically, Eric died on the morning the show was to open.
“Maple Sugar Season”
Eric Sloane, N.A. (1905-1985)
Oil on Masonite
From Aware: A Retrospective of the life and work of Eric Sloane by Wil Mauch. Used by permission.
Origin story – literally – for Eric Sloane’s “Don’t: A Little Book of Early American Gentility”?
Eric Sloane created a series of pen and ink illustrations for use as lamp shades in a small project begun by his sister, Dorothy Hinrichs. These shades and the lamps to which they were attached were made some time in the 1950s. They probably were carried at Abercrombie & Fitch’s Madison Avenue, New York, store. The sixth floor of the establishment housed a bookstore an art gallery and a gift shop, Sloane’s sporting themed work being offered in all three venues. They were carried by “The Crossroad of Sport”, 15 East 54th Street, New York. Their 50-page catalog for 1954-1955 included two paintings by Eric Sloane – “”Lingaur Slopes, Austria – Skiing” for $425.00 and “Trout Fishing – The Smith Bridge Hole, Brandywine, Delaware” for $400.00 – and an entry concerning these lamps on page 47.
“The Green Door” (detail)
Eric Sloane, N.A. (1905-1985)
Oil on Masonite
What I have to sell is not a pretty painting (I hope) as much as an instant in a person’s life. The sudden flash of sun through spring leaves, the light of an old decaying barn, the mood of some dusty road during midsummer (yesterday or fifty years ago). Those are the lightning short flashes that are indelible by the million in everyone’s mind, waiting to be retrieved by music or writing or painting. What a picture mirrors – that to me is the essence of art. – Eric Sloane
From Aware: A Retrospective of the life and work of Eric Sloane by Wil Mauch. Used by permission.
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Whether rendered in oil paints or with pencil, Eric Sloane’s cloud forms were realistic and scientifically-based.
“We have regarded pen drawing as being limiting to self expression, yet it is the most demanding and revealing test of an artist’s ability…” – Eric Sloane
From Aware: A Retrospective of the life and work of Eric Sloane by Wil Mauch. Used by permission.
To learn more about the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum and our mission to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the Eric Sloane Museum and its collection, click here. While you’re there, please consider supporting our work by making a donation online to our new Hands-on! classroom project.