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Edward Henry Potthast
Lyme Art Colony
(1857–1927) In Lyme:
As a teenager in the late 1860s, Edward H. Potthast was employed as a lithographer for the Ehrgott Krebs Company. In 1879 he joined the Strobridge Lithographing Company and continued to supplement his studies at the McMicken School of Design, later the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He went to study in Antwerp and Munich in 1882. In 1887 he went to Europe where he stayed until 1889. He went to Paris and Grez where he begain painting landscapes under the influence of Impressionist painters Robert Vonnoh and Roderick O'Conner.
In 1896 he moved to New York City as alithographer for Scribner's and Century magazines. Years later he gave up lithography to concentrate on painting. By 1910 he had gained a reputation for his beach scenes of carefree bathers and children.
Lyme Art Colony
(1857–1927) In Lyme:
As a teenager in the late 1860s, Edward H. Potthast was employed as a lithographer for the Ehrgott Krebs Company. In 1879 he joined the Strobridge Lithographing Company and continued to supplement his studies at the McMicken School of Design, later the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He went to study in Antwerp and Munich in 1882. In 1887 he went to Europe where he stayed until 1889. He went to Paris and Grez where he begain painting landscapes under the influence of Impressionist painters Robert Vonnoh and Roderick O'Conner.
In 1896 he moved to New York City as alithographer for Scribner's and Century magazines. Years later he gave up lithography to concentrate on painting. By 1910 he had gained a reputation for his beach scenes of carefree bathers and children.
Artist Objects
Wiggle Drawing 1984.153
Wiggle Drawing 1984.192