Beach Study (verso)

Edward H. Potthast’s “Beach Study (verso)” captures a summer scene. Created around 1910, it is painted on panel, not canvas. It is part of the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The painting’s surface reflects Potthast’s characteristic use of light and color. Known for beach scenes, he often portrayed people enjoying leisure outdoors.

Potthast painted this study in oil. The museum acquired it with another work in 2001.

Edward H. Potthast was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works are often set in New York and New England.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.41.b