The Sailing Party

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The Sailing Party

• A presentation for the Cincinnati Art Museum
• by Parker S.
• And Christian V.

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About the artist

• The artists name is Edward H. Potthast
• He went to McMicken School of Design at age 12
• He went to Europe 3 times to study art
• He lived from 1857 to 1927
• He was born in Over-The-Rhine which is in
  Cincinnati

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About The Piece

• The media of this piece is oil on canvas
• The name of this piece is Sailing Party
• It was done in 1924

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Heres another piece

• This is is another piece by Edward H. Potthast
• It is called Harbor Scene

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Ooooh! Interesting

• Did you know that Edward wasnt always an artist,
  he was originally a lithographer.
• He liked nights scenes and beach scenes.
• His piece The Sailing Party, was not pleasurable
  for most people.

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Impressionism?

• Impressionism started in France
• Impressionism is a light, spontaneous manner of
  painting
• A unique characteristic of impressionism is that
  its so light
• One popular impressionist piece is called
• In The Park