Edward Henry Potthast

Born: 1857
City and Country of Origin: Cincinnati, Ohio
Painting School: American Impressionist
Art Training: McMicken School with Thomas Noble (1870-1881); in Antwerp with Polydore Beaufaux and Charles Verlat (1881-1882); in Munich with Nikolaus Gysis (1882-1883), Ludwig vonLoefftz, Carl von Marr and Alexander von Wagner (1883-1884); in Paris at the Academie Julian with Lefebvre and Boulanger (1885-1888), Cormon (1887) and possibly with Paul Laurens (1888); art lessons at the Cincinnati Art Academy (1887).
Exhibitions: Montross Gallery, NY (1903); Traxel Art Gallery, Cincinnati (1903); Katz Galleries, NYC (1903); Macbeth Galleries, NY (1912); Young’s Art Gallery, Chicago (1912, 1920); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash., D.C. (1924); Feragil Galleries, NY (1924); Closson Galleries, Cincinnati (1926); Grand Central Art Gallery, NY (1927).
Awards: Royal Academy, Munich (1885); Thomas B. Clark Prize, NAD (1899); Evans Prize, AWCS (1901); Gold Medal, AWCS (1902); Inness Prize, SC (1903, 1906); Silver Medal, St. Louis Univ. Expo. (1904); Morgan Prize, SC (1904); Hudnut Prize, AWCS (1914); Silver Medal, Pan-Pac. International Expo., San Francisco (1915), Griscom Prize, AWCS (1926); Osborne Purchase Prize, AWCS (1927).
Major Works: "Children Playing at the Seashore," "Children By the Sea"
Edward Potthast Biography: He was born into a working class family of German extraction. He studied extensively and earned his living as an illustrator 1878-91. Edward's brother named his son Edward Henry Potthast. Both uncle and nephew shared the same studio in New York City for many years. When the nephew died all of the paintings were sold, almost all of which bore the same signature Edward Henry Potthast.
Died: 1927