The American painter John Sloan (1871-1951) wrote, “Nature is the fountain at which the artist drinks. We can’t survive on museum study alone.” Sloan’s exhortation of the outdoors may come ...

John Sloan arrived in Gloucester for the summer of 1914 as a confident artist, still young, but with broad training and worldly experience. He had already worked as a commercial illustrator ...

At first glance, many of the results, 39 of which hang in “John Sloan ... his Gloucester paintings feature humans. Those few are focused on Main Street, which was bustling in summer.

Sloan will be displayed at Barker Mansion this summer through a partnership with Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art. An opening reception is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at ...