Home on a quiet afternoon. Dutch mothers and their children painted by Bernard Pothast. Living from 1882 to 1966, he was a genre painter whose favorite subjects was the peasant family.

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A happy family. Undated, by 1966. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Bernard Pothast, artist (1882-1966) Signed BPothast on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24742/lot/65/

The First Lesson. Undated, by 1966. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Bernard Pothast, artist (1882-1966) Signed Pothast on the lower right. Signed Pothast on the stretcher and titled on the plaque. © Estate of the artist. Image © Uno Langmann. Fair use license. via https://www.langmann.com/20159-pothast-product-page?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=62717ab5fcb8e17875ed89f2&ss_email_id=627703e0ec85a23b7ca1

Blowing Bubbles. Undated, by 1966. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Signed on the lower right. Image © Burlington, London and the British Antique Dealers Association. Fair use license. via https://www.bada.org/object/blowing-bubbles-bernard-pothast

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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