Oil on masonite painting by Edward Henry Potthast, 1857 to 1927, an American landscape artist. The artwork depicts a beach scene with a woman with children under an orange umbrella. Titled: At the Seashore. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Provenance: Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 1937, May 23, 2002, lot 144. Bonhams, 22 May 2007, lot 2055. Authenticated by Mary Ran and to be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonne. Golden frame. A painter most remembered most for his beach scenes of carefree atmosphere, Edward Potthast was one of the significant 19th-century American Impressionist artists from Cincinnati. 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 where he won the Clarke Prize at the National Academy of Design and many other honors. The paintings of 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. Collectible Fine Art, Maritime Nautical Sea Landscape.

Dimensions: Frame 15 1/4 x 13 1/4 in, Painting 10 x 8 in. All measurements are approximate.