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| Pete Matthews Jr © 2023 |
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| 2023-05-11 r570 Helen at the Easel (casein tempera underpaint, oil-varnish on panel, 1947, 1950), John Sloan; Delaware Museum of Art |
| Beginning in 1929, Sloan adopted what he called "linework," marking his canvases with colored lines to increase the solidity of form and the sensation of light and shade. Sloan particularly used this method on nudes and portraits, like this depiction of his second wife, Helen Farr Sloan. |