Artist Auction Records

Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast

Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast (1882 - 1966) was active/lived in Netherlands, Belgium.  Bernard Pothast is known for Genre, interior.

Born in Belgium, Bernard Pothast traveled to Paris to attend the "École des Beaux Arts". There he studied under the artist Gabriel Ferrier. He also studied at the School of Reichsakad and later in Amsterdam under the artist Jules Alby.

Bernard Pothast enjoyed a successful career as a genre painter. His favorite subject was the peasant family. European painters of peasants in the nineteenth century found themselves heirs to the inheritance of idyllic literature, which set up certain stereotypes of rustic life. Pothast's images depicted peasant mothers instructing or caring for their young children, placed in rustic interiors sparingly decorated with the family's humble possessions. Their interiors were typically illuminated by the light of early or midday sunshine.

These renderings charmed the newly rich industrial merchant, now living and working in urban surroundings, yet craving for the simplicity of country life. Pothast's sentimental illustrations of peasant lif   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1061 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 200 auction lots for Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast (of which 137 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast in 0 of its research Essays. Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast has 36 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Bernard (Bernhard) Pothast available:    Arnold Marc Gorter,  William Shayer I,  Jacques François Joseph Carabain,  Bernard Johan De Hoog,  Heywood Hardy,  Bernard Johannes Blommers,  Theophile Emmanuel Duverger,  Eugenio Edouardo Zampighi,  Giovanni Battista Torriglia,  Eugene Verboeckhoven,  Vincenzo Irolli,  Johann Hendrick van Mastenbroek,  Charles-Theodore Frere,  Johann Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz,  Gustave Jean Jacquet,  William Carel (Karel) Nakken,  Albert Neuhuys,  Abraham Hulk I,  Emilie Preyer,  Dietz Edzard,  Henry Hillier (Henry Hillier) Parker,  Alexander Koester,  Charles Chaplin,  Evert Pieters