In the Surf (recto)
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
31.8 × 40.7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Virginia Rose Glidden and family and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
2001.41.a
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.