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.
The New Arrival: Oil on Canvas, Dutch School, Signed, 1920s, Framed
By Bernard Pothast
Located in St. Albans, GB
'The New Arrival' A Mother with her Children A first class example of Pothast's work. The faces are beautifully done with fantastic light cascading into the room. The mother is shar...
Oil
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The Reading Lesson
By Bernard Pothast
Located in Missouri, MO
Bernard Pothast "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...
Canvas, Oil
Feeding the Baby
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed upper left. Provenance: Sothebys Amsterdam, Private collection London, Private collection Palm Beach. His working period was from about 1894 to 1973, successively in Rotterdam, Heeze (Heeze-Leende), Hilversum and Laren. He was educated at the Craft School for decorative painters and received evening lessons at the Rotterdam Academy under the direction of A. van Maasdijk. He was a member of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas...
Oil
$2,559
H 13.78 in W 10.63 in
Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle or Follower of David Teniers, Peasant in a Tavern Inn, drinking and smoking. Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 x 47 cm. Typical Flemish Baroque Interior...
Canvas, Oil
$1,687
H 21.66 in W 27.96 in D 2.37 in
Rare 17th Century OLD MASTER oil on panel DUTCH SCENE of a Butchers Shop
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned 17th Century Dutch School TITLE: 'Butchers With Hanging Pig" MEDIUM: oil on panel SIZE: 71cm x 55cm inclusive of frame, the panel alone is 56cm x 40cm CONDITION: h...
Oil
$3,240
H 21 in W 28 in
Mid-17th-Century Dutch School, Mountainous Landscape With Wood, River & Figures
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-17th-century Dutch landscape painting, executed in oil on canvas, depicts travellers moving through a broad river valley beneath dramatic mountainous peaks. Set within an ex...
Oil, Canvas
$25,000
H 34 in W 28 in D 2 in
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed on stretcher, c. 1940s. Frame is likely original to the painting. Realist painter-printmaker Kyra Markham...
Canvas, Oil
$3,240
H 30 in W 40 in
Huge Antique Golden Tonal Pastoral River Landscape Figures Sheep Oil Painting
By Continental School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Golden Tonal Pastoral River Landscape with Figures and Sheep Continental School (possibly Dutch), early to mid 19th century, unsigned. oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 30 x ...
Oil
$988Sale Price|26% Off
H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
Modern Café Interior with Figures, Atmospheric Blue Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
European Café Interior Scene, Blue Tonal Figurative Oil Painting, Contemporary Spanish Urban Painting Artist: Julio García Iglesias Title: Café Interior Date: 1986 Medium: Oil on c...
Oil
$32,570Sale Price|20% Off
H 43.12 in W 35.04 in
The Grape Seller by Jacob Ochtervelt (Workshop), Oil on Canvas, Period Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jacob Ochtervelt (Workshop) The Grape Seller oil on canvas unframed: 80.7 x 61 cm.; 31 ¾ x 24 in. framed: 109.5 x 89 cm.; 43 1/8 x 35 in. Essay: Th...
Canvas, Oil
$3,650
H 18.5 in W 16.5 in D 3 in
Pair of 19th Century "Gambling" Oil Paintings After Adriaen van Ostade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century "Gambling" Oil Paintings After Adriaen van Ostade Each painting shows men gambling in a cellar Original oil on canvas Dimensions 10" wide x 12" high The orna...
Canvas, Oil
$98,685
H 41.15 in W 31.11 in D 1.58 in
Portrait of a girl with a rose and a red coral necklace (c. 1631)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
David Finsonius (Veere 1597- Bergen op Zoom 1646/1648) Portrait of a girl with a rose and a red coral necklace With traces of the artist’s signature and annotated AETATIS S.V. 2 1⁄2 Ao 1631 Oil on panel, H. 104.5 x 79.5 cm Provenance: Purchased by Jonkheer Helenus Marius Speelman (1857-1909), Kasteel de Wittenburg; thence by descent The work shows a strong resemblance to a portrait by Finsonius in the North Brabant Museum. This signed and dated "Girl with Basket and Cherries" (Inv. 15529), was painted just a year later, in 1632. Not only are the paintings remarkably similar in overall size and format, in painting style, and in the positioning of the girls in full length in their white lace dresses. They are also connected by the iconographic scheme of the respective coral necklaces, each with a gold memorial medal hanging from it. Although they are of course individuals, the faces are very similar in their depictions of features such as eyes, nose, and lips. This points to the same technique applied by the same painter. Finally, the handwriting is almost the same on the works by Finsonius known so far. About the painter, David Finson named 'Finsonius' (related to the better-known Louis Finson...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,200
H 22.2 in W 30.2 in
17th C Baroque Winter Capriccio Landscape Oil Painting Ruisdael Circle Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
This poetic winter landscape, executed in oil on canvas in the second half of the seventeenth century by a talented artist from the circle of the Dutch master Jacob van Ruisdael (162...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Skating Scene
Located in Sheffield, MA
Dutch School Netherlands, 17th Century Skating Scene Oil on board 15 ⅛ X 19 ¾ in. w/ frame 23 X 26 in. Unsigned Inventory Number: 02056 An excellent example of Dutch school painti...
Oil, Board
A Mother and Her Children
By Bernard Pothast
Located in Wiscasett, ME
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...
Oil
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H 24.81 in W 29.14 in
Romantic Dutch painting - A mother's happiness - family Children Genre
By Bernard Pothast
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Adorable Dutch painting depicting a mother and her children This romantic painting shows a mother adorably gazing at her baby which is sleepin...
Canvas, Oil
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H 27.75 in W 31.75 in D 4 in
"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 ...
Canvas, Oil