M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Art, Memphis, TN

American (New York / Ohio) 1857-1927

“SPRING MORNING”

Oil on Canvas, Titled in Script Verso

Signed "E Potthast" l.l.

Housed in a 22K giltwood frame

To be included in the forthcoming Edward Potthast catalog raisonne

16”H x 20”W

Edward Henry Potthast (Sr.) is among the more significant painters of turn-of-the-century America. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he began his art studies at fourteen, making his first trip to Europe in 1881, studying at the Munich Academy, and briefly in Paris. A second trip to Paris, from 1886 to 1889, produced an even more profound change in his work. The Munich School of painting arises from a dark ground, with unbroken brush strokes. In Paris, at the Academy Julian, and at the Grez colony of painters, his palette shifted to shorter broken strokes, cooler and lighter tones, more freely and thinly applied. Thus began his transition to the light-filled canvases for which he is best known - of Northeast beaches, with sun-filled seascapes of bathers and children playing.

This somewhat scarce pastoral scene appears dated in pencil '91, and probably slightly precedes

his more famous vibrant beach scenes. It is thinly painted in cool tones and with soft contrast. It will be included in the upcoming catalog raisonne.

Potthast is represented in many major American museums, including The Metropolitan Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

M. Ford Creech Antiques specializes in 17th, 18th, and early 19th century furniture and accessories.

Each piece is carefully selected in regard to quality, condition and uniqueness. Although our

concentration is predominately British, we also offer a good selection Continental and American

antiques. All furniture offered has a long history of occupancy in the United States.

The decorative arts include ceramics (early Chinese, Chinese export, early continental and English to 1800);

a good selection of 17th - early 19th century British silver; including flatware, hollowware, and accessories;

and a small collection of 19th/early 20th century tribal rugs.

We also offer paintings by a changing eclectic mix of American and European listed artists, with emphasis on

early 20th century American East and West Coast painters .

Artists Currently In Stock:

Jessie Arms Botke, Arthur Bowen Davies, Ben Carre, Norwood Creech, Frederick Usher de Voll,

Arthur Wesley Dow, Fremont Ellis, Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Karoly Fulop, Emile Gruppe, Wolf Kahn,

Emil Kosa Jr., Richard Hayley Lever, Maurice Logan, Gustave Madelain, Jean Mannheim,

George Loftus Noyes, Robert Hogg Nisbet, Edward Henry Potthast, William Lester Stevens,

Gaspar Pieter Verbruggen II (follower), Charles Herbert Woodbury, Carl Wuttke, and Karl Julius Yens.