In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)
1910
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1910
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see kids splashing in shallow waves, their mothers watching from wet sand under bright sun. Potthast painted this on both sides of the same sheet—one side finished, the other a quick sketch. He kept coming back to the same beach every summer, so the scene feels lived-in, not posed. If you like this light, look up impasto—thick paint that makes sunlight pop.
