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[ 0 => 'Louis B. Sloan was an African American landscape artist, teacher and conservator. He was the first Black full professor at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] (PAFA), and a conservator for the academy and the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]. Although he painted urban neighborhoods and other cityscapes, he was mostly known for his plein-air paintings. ', 1 => '', 2 => '== Early life and education ==', 3 => 'Louis Baynard Sloan was born on June 28, 1932, in West Philadelphia to Matthew and Anna Mae Sloan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morrison|first=John F.|date=2008-10-24|title=Louis B. Sloan, 75, award-winning painter|work=Philadelphia Daily News|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/198143957/?terms=%22louis%20sloan%22&|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> His father lost his job as an auto mechanic during the Depression and then gave piano lessons to feed the family of 12 children (he was no. 5). His mother was a housewife who gave piano lessons until her family began to grow.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1991-07-18|title=Oral history interview with Louis Sloan|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-louis-sloan-11496|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.}}</ref> ', 4 => '', 5 => 'Sloan’s older brother Beauford sparked his interest in art at an early age. His sixth-grade teacher at Alexander Wilson Elementary School, Mrs. Cordelia McKrantz, encouraged his drawing by buying him his first oil paints..<ref>{{Cite news|last=Caparella|first=Kitty|date=2010-04-16|title=The Artist|work=Philadelphia Daily News|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/198309806|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> “That set of oils was what really shaped my life, directed it into art,” he said years later.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1975-05-13|title=Louis B. Sloan, Fifth Child in a Family of 13 Kids, Found a “Home” at Academy of Fine Arts|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/hnpblacknewscoll/docview/532676504/FD26AB310B8D47C9PQ/1|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> He sold his first painting at age 14.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sitton|first=Lea|date=1997-07-02|title=Decades as a master in the art of teaching|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178283462/?terms=%22louis%20sloan%22&|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> ', 6 => '', 7 => 'One of his professional mentors was the artist [[Julius Bloch]], then a teacher at PAFA, who saw Sloan's works in the Gimbels Exhibition of Student Art shows and urged him to attend PAFA.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=1975-05-13|title=Louis B. Sloan, Fifth Child in a Family of 13 Kids, Found a “Home” at Academy of Fine Arts|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/hnpblacknewscoll/docview/532676504/FD26AB310B8D47C9PQ/1|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Louis Sloan|url=https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/louis-sloan|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Woodmere Art Museum}}</ref> For the department store’s 1953 competition, an oil painting by the 19-year-old Sloan was featured in an ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer announcing the exhibition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1953-03-15|title=12th Annual Regional High School Art Exhibition|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/172631870/?terms=%22louis%20sloan%22|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref>', 8 => '<references />' ]