Edward Henry Potthast Framed Print "A Holiday" Children at the Beach in 1915"

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ITEM DESCRIPTION
Enjoy summer all year long with this charming print of Edward Henry Potthast’s painting of “A Holiday”. Potthast … more ITEM DESCRIPTION
Enjoy summer all year long with this charming print of Edward Henry Potthast’s painting of “A Holiday”. Potthast is a listed American Impressionist. Printed signature lower left. Inscription lower right reads: Thank You Grandma & Grandpa, 2000. In a double mat, gilt wood frame. No glass. In excellent condition, no damage or repairs.
Please note the following item specifics:
OVERALL SIZE IN INCHES:
Frame: 38 wide x 32 high x 1 deep
Mat opening size: 29 wide x 23 high.
COLOR: Multicolored
YEAR: 2000
OVERALL CONDITION (SEE SCALE BELOW):
CONDITION: C7-Excellent
MATERIAL: Wood, paperboard
ARTIST: Edward Henry Potthast
ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY:
Edward Henry Potthast was an American Impressionist known for his paintings of bathers at leisure in sun-filled beach scenes. Born on June 10, 1857 in Cincinnati, OH, he studied at the McMicken School of Design as a youth under Thomas Satterwhite Noble and found a job at the Strobridge Lithography Company. Potthast later traveled to Europe where he studied in Munich at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and to Paris where he first saw the works of the French Impressionists. After returning to the United States, The artist continued to support himself as a lithographer until he was 39 years old. Relocating to New York in the 1890s, Potthast worked as a magazine illustrator and began exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. The artist died on March 9, 1927 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

CONDITION GRADING SCALE: C10-New, never used. C9-Mint C8-Near mint C7-Excellent C6-Very good C5-Good C4-Fair
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