Bernard Pothast Art
Dutch, 1882-1966
Born in Belgium, Bernard Pothast traveled to Paris to attend the "École des Beaux Arts". There he studied under the artist Gabriel Ferrier. He also studied at the School of Reichsakad and later in Amsterdam under the artist Jules Alby. Bernard Pothast enjoyed a successful career as a genre painter. His favorite subject was the peasant family. European painters of peasants in the nineteenth century found themselves heirs to the inheritance of idyllic literature, which set up certain stereotypes of rustic life. Pothast's images depicted peasant mothers instructing or caring for their young children, placed in rustic interiors sparingly decorated with the family's humble possessions. Their interiors were typically illuminated by the light of early or midday sunshine. These renderings charmed the newly rich industrial merchant, now living and working in urban surroundings, yet craving for the simplicity of country life. Pothast's sentimental illustrations of peasant life were very popular during his lifetime, and remain so today.
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Artist: Bernard Pothast
"Mother and Children”, Dutch interior family scene, oil on canvas, circa 1930
By Bernard Pothast
Located in Naples, Florida
This is an original unique oil painting by the artist. Bernard Pothast was born on 30th November, 1882 in Hal, Belgium. He studied painting at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam between ...
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20th Century Romantic Bernard Pothast Art
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A Mother and her Children
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A Mother with her Children
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1920s Dutch School Bernard Pothast Art
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A Mother and Her Children
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This is an original unique oil painting by the artist Bernard Pothast, signed in the lower right corner, featuring a mother and her children sitting around the kitchen table. Measu...
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"Mother and Daughters”, Dutch Interior scene, Romantic style, oil on canvas
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A Mother and Her Children in the Kitchen
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THE NEW DRESS
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The Reading Lesson
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"The Reading Lesson"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Right
25 x 30 inches
30.5 x 35.5 inches framed
Born in Belgium, Bernard Pothast travel...
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