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Frank Van Sloun (1879-1938)

Frank Van Sloun was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1879, where he was a star athlete, and signed on to play professional baseball. His career in sports was brief, however, and in 1900 he left for New York to study at the Art Students League, where he was associated with the Society of Independent Artists. He moved to San Francisco in 1911 to open a studio, and was well received. He performed many mural commissions for public spaces around the Bay Area including the California Palace of Fine Arts. His predominant style was reminiscent of the Social Realists of New York, though he did experiment with others modernist techniques.

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