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Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857–1927)
LOT ID: 67832
Wading, ie. circa 1916

Oil, on board
11.75 х 15.75 in. cm.
Signed, "E. Potthast", lower right, label verso "Buchholz Gallery, Kurt Valentine, 32 East 57th Street, New York"
Lot description
14.5" x 18.5" framed

Born in Ohio, Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927) worked in Cincinnati as a lithographer before traveling to Europe at age 24 to study in Antwerp and Munich. During his time in Europe, Potthast frequently traveled to Paris where he received great exposure to French Impressionism. This highly influenced Potthast’s interest and technique in impressionism and led him to leave for New York to pursue a career as a painter. Upon his return to the states, Potthast soon became recognized as one of the best living American Impressionist. His most famous works depict sunny coastal beach scenes of women and children, several of which won him prizes at the National Academy of Design and the American Water Color Society. Many of his paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Butler Institute of American Art.
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