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EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST

American, (1857-1927)

Beach Scene

oil on board
signed lower left "E. Potthast"
12 x 16 inches

  • Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Merrill J. Gross, Wyoming, Ohio; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1962; Private Collection, New York, 1963; William Dean, New York, 1975; Private Collection, Massachusetts; Private Collection, Connecticut.
  • Exhibited: New York, New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, "Edward Henry Potthast, 1857–1927", December 11 - 29, 1962, p. 7, no. 14, (illustrated).

    Framed dimensions: 18 1/4 x 22 /8 x 2 1/4 inches

    Edward Henry Potthast was born in Cincinnati in 1857, the son of a German cabinetmaker.
    Potthast became a charter student at the age of 12 at the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati. He studied there on and off for the next decade while supporting himself as a lithographer and illustrator. In the fall of 1882, he traveled to Antwerp and after a brief period of instruction in the studio of Charles Veriat, he went on to Munich where he studied for the next three years. Other notable Cinncintait artists who preceded his studies in Munich include Robert Blum, Frank Duvenek and John Henry Twachtman.

    Potthast made the decision to leave Cincinnati in 1895 and establish himself in New York City. It was there that he became renowned for his scenes of people enjoying leisurely days at the beach and rocky harbor views became his specialty. He learned to combine the bright colors of Impressionism with the strong brushwork of the Munich School. Among his favorite sites were Coney Island and Rockaway Beach, both readily accessible from New York City. He spent summer months in any one of a number of seaside art colonies, including Rockport, Gloucester, and Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Ogunquit and Monhegan Island, Maine.

    The current work, Beach Scene, is a charming rendition of a day at the beach with children playing in the sand and families socializing and enjoying the ocean.

    Works by Edward Henry Potthast are represented in public collections across the United States, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Art Institute of Chicago; Cincinnati Art Museum; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.



    Tags: beach scene, American Impressionist, American Impressionism, oil painting, 20th century, listed artist
  • Condition: overall excellent condition; no restoration

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