The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)
c. 1910
(American, 1857–1927)
Overall: 31.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
During the early 1900s, modesty dictated women’s bathing suit designs featuring long, loose-fitting skirts.Description
Born in Cincinnati, Potthast studied in Munich and Paris before returning to the United States, where he began spending summers along the coast of New England. There he studied the carefree seaside activities of bathers and picnickers. Although he never married, he was particularly fond of painting young mothers and their children.- Charles and Nell Wheeler; Virginia Rose Glidden and Family
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Now on View at the CMA,” July 11, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
- Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fifth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists (15 December 1914 - 24 January 1915), no. 219 & no. 218 (verso?)
- {{cite web|title=In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)|url=false|author=Edward H. Potthast|year=c. 1910|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.41