Adriaan Lubbers "The El at Chatham Square" (New York City

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Classic Adriaan Lubbers 1930 lithograph depicting the long gone elevated train thru New York's Chatham Square. Signed and dated by … Read more Classic Adriaan Lubbers 1930 lithograph depicting the long gone elevated train thru New York's Chatham Square. Signed and dated by the artist beneath the print. Sheet size: 11 x 9 inches.

Adriaan Lubbers was a Dutch Impressionist and Modern painter born in Amsterdam in 1892. He always desired to be an artist, but his father was against it. After getting a degree in mechanical engineering in Buenos Aires, he returned to Amsterdam in 1914, where he began a career as an artist. As a painter, he was self-taught. He traveled to New York in 1916 and held a series of odd jobs to make ends meet. He stayed in New York until 1919, painting images of New York and its landmarks. He returned to Europe and along with artist Leo Gestel, traveled though Germany and Italy, adapting a Cubist style. He returned to the United States from 1926-1928 and in 1932 lived in Paris, where he met Piet Mondrian. Throughout the 1930s, Lubbers lived between the Netherlands and the United States. With the advent of war, he returned to the Netherlands. After World War II, he founded a group in 1950 called “Art and Business”, which helped artists obtain jobs. In 1954, Lubbers died suddenly of a brain aneurysm, while preparing for an exhibition in New York. His works remain popular. See less