Skip to main content

Edward Henry Potthast Art

American, 1857-1927
Edward Henry Potthast was born in Cincinnati in 1857, the son of a German cabinetmaker. Along with contemporaries Frank Duveneck and John Henry Twachtman, Potthast eventually became one of the most significant artists to emerge from the burgeoning art milieu of Cincinnati during the nineteenth century. Potthast received his early art training at the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati while supporting himself as a lithographer and illustrator. In the fall of 1882, he traveled to Antwerp in the company of fellow artists Joseph Henry Sharp and Charles Haider. After a brief period of instruction in the studio of Charles Veriat, he went on to Munich. During the next three years he studied under Nicolas Gysis, Ludwig von Loefftz and possibly, Carl Marr. Returning to Cincinnati in 1885, he resumed work as a lithographer and took evening classes at the Cincinnati Museum Association. He went to Europe again in 1887 and for the next few years divided his time between Munich and Paris. In 1889 or 1890, he visited Grez. Although he had concentrated on figure painting while in Munich, a meeting with the American Impressionist painters Robert Vonnoh and Roderick O'Conor in Grez, prompted him to turn to landscape subjects and a lighter, more colorful palette. Potthast returned to Cincinnati around 1892, where he continued to work as a lithographer. In 1896, he moved to New York City, free-lancing for such popular magazines as Scribner's and Century and painting in his spare time. He soon became a lively figure in New York art circles, exhibiting and receiving numerous awards and prizes at the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists and the American Water Color Society. After developing a steady clientele for his paintings (he had dealers in Chicago and Cincinnati as well as New York), he was able to give up his work as a lithographer entirely. Potthast was the first Cincinnati-based artist to work in the Impressionist mode. Although he continued to paint landscapes throughout his career, after his move to New York, he became renowned for his optimistic, sun-drenched beach scenes in which he combined the vivid 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 also took frequent trips along the New England coast, stopping frequently at Ogunquit, Maine. His other painting locales included the Grand Canyon and the Canadian Rockies, where he sought in search of new sketching material.
(Biography provided by Helicline Fine Art)
to
5
5
5
2
The Century Magazine
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Fairlawn, OH
After Edward Henry Potthast July 7, 1896 Printed by W.B. Orcutt Co., NY Note: This image won an honorable mention in a poster contest sponsored by The Century in 1896. As a result...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Lithograph

Brother Lazarus
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal and Ink Wash on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Published in Century Magazine, July 1899 Vol 58, pg. 361. Article. "Brother Sims' Mistake". Title: "Brother Lazar...
Category

1890s Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper, Ink

GIRL WADING
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Portland, ME
Potthast, Edward H. GIRL WADING. Colored pencil drawing on paper, not dated. Signed recto, lower right "E. Potthast," lower right, and inscribed "Holiday Greetings" and signed "Edw. ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Color Pencil

A Family Outing
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Missouri, MO
Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857-1927) A Family Outing Signed Lower Left 12 x 16 inches 18 x 22 inches framed A painter most remembered most for his beach scenes of carefree at...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

A Rockbound Coast
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist coastal oil painting by American artist Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927). Potthast was born in Cincinnati, OH and studied at the McMicken School of Design and a...
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Related Items
"Arquebusiers En Manoeuvre", After Marchetti
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape of four infantrymen in formation with their long arquebus guns by Adolphe Ancker (Dutch, 19th Century), after Marchetti. Signed and dated "Adolph Ancker 1888" lo...
Category

1880s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Pencil

Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street - American Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Guy Wiggins
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled figures in cityscape oil on panel circa 1920 by American impressionist painter Guy Carleton Wiggins. This wonderful piece depicts a view of the New York Public Library in the United States of America during a winter snowstorm. Several cars and pedestrians can be seen passing along Fifth Avenue. A fantastic work in the artist's distinctive style. Dimensions: Framed: 16"x18" Unframed: 8"x10" Provenance: Roughton Galleries - Texas. This work is included in the catalogue raisonne under reference number GW00179 Guy Carleton Wiggins was the son of Carleton Wiggins, a painter of landscapes and animals. Wiggins first studied at his father's Art School in Connecticut and later enrolled in the National Academy of Design where he trained with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, after a brief spell studying architecture at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn. At the age of 20 he was already well known and was the youngest American artist to have a work accepted for the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Prior to the onset of World War I, Wiggins travelled to Europe and painted the English countryside. In England he met his future wife Dorothy Stuart Johnson. The couple returned to the US and set up home in Connecticut. He established a year-round art school, the Guy Wiggins Art School, in Essex. He liked to spend his winters in New York and summers in Connecticut. Wiggins' paintings reflect the influence of American Impressionism, a style of painting he would have encountered during his summers in Old Lyme. He is known for his snowy New York...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Figure Bending Over
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New York, NY
Image dimensions: 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches Framed dimensions: 12 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ inches Inscribed at lower left: JS 220 Our drawing is also referred to as Young Boy Adjusting His Sandal, and is illustrated in the catalogue for Sargent's 1928 exhibition of drawings at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. It is an example of an early study from life executed c. 1874-8.* Sargent drew continuously from an early age and had benefited from the emphasis on drawing at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence where he entered the life class in 1870. He arrived in Paris on May 16th, 1874, with a large portfolio of drawings...
Category

1870s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Figure Bending Over
Figure Bending Over
Free Shipping
H 12.13 in W 10.38 in
"Nightfall Gathering", Oil Painting
By David Grossmann
Located in Denver, CO
David Grossman's (US based) "Nightfall Gathering" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the yellow sun setting in a purple and blue sky above a snow-capped mountain. D...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Oil, Linen, Panel

Painter on the Jurassic Coast
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air on the cliffs of England, Dalessio captures a painter painting along the cliff-line. Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, C...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cadieux
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in East Quogue, NY
Limited edition vintage lithographic reproduction poster of "Cadieux" by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, published in 1968 by The Sunday Times (London). This limited edition poster is nu...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Lithograph

Two Portraits, American Impressionist, Double Sided Drawings on Paper, 1899
By Henry Bayley Snell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Mrs. Snell/Figure (reverse)" are two pencil drawings on paper by Henry Snell (New Hope, Pennsylvania / Gloucester, Massachusetts 1858 - 1943). Each drawing measures 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches and is conservation framed and matted in black, wood frames, and put behind glass. These drawings come from an original sketchbook...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

The Sailor is a 11 x 8" oil Cuban-American Water Impressionism
By Reynier Llanes
Located in Houston, TX
REDUCED FROM $3000 The Sailor is a 11 x 8" oil painting by Cuban-American artist Reynier Llanes who lives in Miami. It is framed. It is oil painted on a wood panel . The Sailor floats in the frame. The background of Reynier Llanes is unique in style , subject matter, and medium. The artist says this about Field of Flight The characters in my paintings emerge from stories and their journeys are inspired by my own experiences and daily routines. My inspiration comes from literature, music, cinema, and daily life. My daily routine enables me to meditate and use my creativity to serve these stories and inspirations. I begin my mornings with sketches and watercolors. This is the time I use to keep inventory of my ideas and to allow them to further inspire me. Many of these characters have been depicted in my work before, whether in a different geographical location or in a different state of their physical evolution. I use a variety of mediums in my work including oils, watercolors, coffee, and charcoal. They are all equally important to me as they allow me full expression, each in its’ own sector. I use a great deal of symbolism in my art to give depth to the subjects that I wish to express. I want my art to tell a story in a manner that stimulates the imaginations of others, especially of things never seen or expressed directly. As an observer it is clear to see that we are all in pursuit of life’s mission of working, loving, and belonging. I begin my paintings by building layers of textures and color values, and then subtly add dimension and depth. Through the use of colors and highlighting I am able to enhance the atmosphere with mood, character, depth and mystery, and bring special attention to my subjects. It is the creative process of using these materials and methods that feed my soul, life, and being. I believe it is our mission as intellectuals to have a voice in our society, for our work to have a footprint in history, and to be a reference for future generations. BIO: Reynier Llanes was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba in 1985. He attended the city’s school of art (Instructores de Arte) for four years and completed his studies in 2004. Llanes was tutored by one of the country’s most recognized realist artists, Juan Miguel Suárez. In 2005 he moved to Havana where he continued his studies and collaborated with various artists. The capital was a thriving mecca of art and culture and the museums the grounds for inspiration. In 2007 LIanes availed himself of an opportunity to emigrate from Cuba and moved to the United States, first settling in Naples, FL. In Naples he began to introduce his work in a major exhibition entitled “Strange Visitor” at the Kapo Maestro Gallery. In 2009 he relocated to Charleston, SC where he had the honor of being granted an artist in residency at the Jonathan Green Studios. Llanes was awarded a "first purchase award" for a piece now in the art collection of the city of Charleston 2011 at Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award. In 2012 Oxford America recognized him as one of the "New Superstars of Southern Art." The art of Reynier was nourished by the rich southern culture and he began to collaborate with various museums and art centers. His work was featured in a traveling exhibition The Vibrant Vision Collection at the Morris Museum in Augusta, GA and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC. Llanes is also an avid art collector in his own right, focusing on works by artists from Cuba, and particularly those from his native province of Pinar del Río. A selection of works from his collection was exhibited at City Gallery in Charleston in 2013 and in the Art Museum in Myrtle Beach in 2015. In 2015 Llanes relocated with his family to Miami in order to take advantage of the city’s international art market and vibrant cultural life and to be closer to his home country. South Florida is, of course, home to a large community of intellectuals, collectors, and fellow artists who have welcomed Llanes into their cosmopolitan scene. His first solo exhibition in Miami took place at Miami Dade College West, this exhibition was entitled “Preserving Cultural Heritage” and it featured a large collection of coffee paintings. In 2017 he met Bill Meek...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

"Smith Cove, Shelter Island" small scale plein air oil painting - The Hamptons
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This miniature oil-on-panel painting was painted en plein-air, on an Island between the North and South Forks of Long Island. She captures the scene of a calm cove, Brown sand outlin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Original "Brasserie Schneider" vintage French poster art nouveau
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Brasserie Schneider” horizontal vintage poster. Professional archival linen backed in very good to excellent condition. Art nouveau style, ready to frame. Fantastic an...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Columbia Rain" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Conary's "Break" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts light breaking through storm clouds. About the Artist: Raised where the East Coast suburbs filtered into t...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Le Théâtrophone
By Jules Chéret
Located in East Quogue, NY
Limited edition vintage lithographic reproduction poster of "Le Théâtrophone" by Jules Cheret, published in 1968 by The Sunday Times (London). This limited edition poster is numbere...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Lithograph

Previously Available Items
Signed Edward Henry Potthast Oil Painting on Board Painting
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857 - 1927). 'Untitled', view of a new england seashore. Oil painting on board, signed lower right, 'E. Potthast'. An exceptionally well executed painting. Potthast is known for his shore scape genre, landscape paintings, and illustrations. He was one of the significant 19th Century american impressionist artists from cincinnati, which at the time of his birth was a burgeoning art center and a place of refuge for german immigrants, including the Potthast family. He first studied at the McMicken school of design and at the cincinnati academy, and then went to europe briefly before becoming established in his native city as a lithographer and illustrator. In 1892, he moved to new york city and worked as a magazine illustrator, and exhibited regularly at the national academy of design, the society of american artists and the salmagundi club. He painted images of central park, new england landscapes, as well as the long island and new england beach scenes for which he is best remembered. His work is included in many major museums in the united states, including the orlando museum of art, the brooklyn museum of art, the cape ann museum, the delaware art...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Wood

Rocks & Surf
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist marine coastal oil painting by American artist Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927). Potthast was born in Cincinnati, OH and studied at the McMicken School of Desig...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rocks & Surf
Rocks & Surf
H 23.75 in W 27.75 in D 2.25 in
Breaking Wave
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Milford, NH
A fine marine coastal painting by American artist Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927). Potthast was born in Cincinnati, OH and studied at the McMicken School of Design and at the Cincinnati Academy. He spent a brief time in Europe before becoming established in his native city as a lithographer and illustrator. He moved to New York City and eventually divided his time between illustrations for ‘Harper's and Scribner's magazines, but later gave up illustration for full time fine art. He is well known for his shorescapes, genre paintings and illustrations. Oil on panel, signed lower left, titled on front artist placard "Breaking Wave...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Breaking Wave
Breaking Wave
H 18.5 in W 22.63 in D 2.25 in
Hauling Nets, Gloucester
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: E. Potthast
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Edward Henry Potthast Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Pencil, Gouache

Edward Henry Potthast art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Edward Henry Potthast art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Edward Henry Potthast in paint, oil paint, panel and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 19th century and is mostly associated with the Impressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Edward Henry Potthast art, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Charles Herbert Woodbury, Henry Bacon, and Donald Teague. Edward Henry Potthast art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $23,000, while the average work can sell for $12,000.

Artists Similar to Edward Henry Potthast

Recently Viewed

View All