Edward Henry Potthast Prints – Beaches, Children & Summer
Edward Henry Potthast prints explore children at the shore, summer beach gatherings and people enjoying water and open air. Coastal subjects form a strong thread, with boating and mountain scenery extending the range. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside beach art and the wider Impressionist collection.
Children where the surf meets the sand
Children Playing in Surf brings several small figures into the shallow water, with bright clothing and a bucket close to the reflective shore. Other beach works follow families, pairs of children and groups further along the sand. The figures give the changing edge of the water a human scale.
Boating away from the open beach
Boating in Central Park places a small boat beneath a wooded bank, with quieter reflections around it. The enclosed water offers a different setting from the open sea and broad beach. Other outdoor subjects in the collection introduce coves, docks and people beside the water.
Mountain scenery beyond the coast
Lake Louise opens across still water towards wooded slopes and pale high mountains. The view gives the collection a more expansive landscape subject alongside its familiar figures at leisure. Explore landscape art for further lakes, trees and high country.
Related artists and collections
Compare outdoor figures in Charles Courtney Curran, coastal light in Frederick Childe Hassam and shore subjects in Winslow Homer. Our beach collection offers further people and places beside the sea.
Read more in our guide to Edward Henry Potthast.
















































