Adriaan Lubbers was born in The Netherlands and was the son of a well-to-do estate agent. As a young man, he studied mechanical engineering, which took him to South America from 1911–14. By 1914, he realized that he wanted to return to The Netherlands to fulfil his lifelong dream of becoming an artist. His early art career included exhibiting his works in March 1922 in Amsterdam. During that period he settled with other artists in a farmhouse at Vierhouten. There he met painter Leo Gestel with whom he travelled to New York. At 33, Lubbers produced his first drawings which depicted New York’s landmarks in a realistic style. In order to survive in New York City, Lubbers worked odd jobs to support himself and his work. According to Italo Tovolato, he was a worker in a factory, a joiner, a herring peddler, a mechanic and a cabaret singer in Hoboken harbor. Some of these places are represented in his work. Lubbers lived in New York fewer than six years, mostly from 1916 to 1919 and 1926 to 1928, but during these stays, he made not only paintings but also copious drawings. He married Miep Gantvoort in New York in 1922. Lubbers died suddenly in 1954 of a brain haemorrhage while visiting Manhattan. His works remain a great record of New York architecture.
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New York City, The El at Chatham Square - Original lithograph, Handsigned / 100
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Paris, IDF
Adriaan Lubbers New York City, The El at Chatham Square, 1930 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Rives vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 in) Very good condition
Lithograph
$75,000
Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Dramatic Light, Lower Manhattan Skyline Painting
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Miami, FL
It's how New York City looked in 1934, but through the eye of an artist, not a tourist. Lubbers chooses a classic view of Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights, but what elevates a t...
Canvas, Oil
'Times Square' — 1920s Modernism
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Adriaan Lubbers, 'Times Square', lithograph, 1929, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and editioned '(50)' in pencil. A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 1/2...
Lithograph
'Skyline from Jersey Heights' — 1930s Modernism
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Adriaan Lubbers, 'Skyline from Jersey Heights', lithograph, 1930, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '4/XXV' in pencil. Dated 'Paris 1930' in pencil. A fine impression, on crea...
Lithograph
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Manhattan from the River - Dutch 1920's art oil crayon drawing New York city
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Hagley, England
This fantastic 1920's oil crayon drawing is by Dutch artist Adriaan Lubbers. It shows a birds eye view of New York. The view is of the river and boats towards Manhattan. A really ic...
Oil Crayon
$5,500
H 15 in W 22 in D 1 in
"The Wild Rose Hip Bush 06.23.2020" contemporary oil painting - impressionism
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil Painting of a rose bush, on a bright sunny day. Crisp blues make up the sky above, the horizon meets distant land across a body of water. bright greens and yellows make up a verd...
Linen, Oil
$4,500
H 9 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" contemporary impressionist seascape, oil
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Trumans Beach, East Marion 06.06.2022" is an almost-abstract palette knife landscape painting of a beach and beach shrubs. Off in the distance is a little white triangle of paint to emulate a sailboat...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painte...
Paper, Pastel
$1,598
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.05 in
Original Washington D.C. American Airlines vintage travel poster Midcentury
By Edward McKnight Kauffer
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Washington (D.C.) American Airlines mid-century vintage travel poster. Professional archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. Featuring one of the ...
Lithograph
Mary Lightfoot, Street Scene in Taos
Located in New York, NY
Mary Lightfoot was born in Ravenna, Texas. She studied at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton and the North Texas State Teachers College prior to receiving a master of arts degree from Columbia University. Her entire teaching career was with the Dallas Public School system; she summered in Europe...
Lithograph
$9,500
H 10.25 in W 24 in
"Sea and Sky, Bahamas" Seascape Impressionist Plein Air Oil Painting, 24x10.25in
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Impressionist painter, Nelson H. White (b. 1932, Connecticut) celebrating the colors of the the ocean and the sky above it, as seen in Nassau, The Bahamas...
Oil, Linen, Panel
$493
H 11.7 in W 16.54 in D 0.79 in
May Green, Contemporary Impressionist-inspired Oil Pastel, 30x42cm, 2026
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original artwork inspired by the Impressionist style, Unique Work executed entirely by hand by the artist. Subject : May Green (Title) The piece celebrates springtime renew...
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$4,311
H 19.25 in W 22 in D 1.75 in
Lithograph of American rural life timeless with architecture monochrome
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in London, GB
A man raises his hand to his chin, his neck tilted and face turned to look at a dilapidated farmhouse, barely held together by planks of wood and exposed to the elements. Behind him ...
Lithograph
$12,800
H 23 in W 35 in D 2 in
"Soft Yellow Sunset" contemporary impressionist oil painting, abstract seascape
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Soft Yellow Sunset" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting of the sun setting over Noyack Bay in Sag Harbor, New York. Fenske works in a loose-im...
Linen, Oil, Canvas
$4,311
H 19 in W 21.25 in D 1.5 in
Lithograph of American rural life timeless and romantic
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in London, GB
A fine impression of this very popular image with full margins (smaller on top and bottom) published by Associated American Artists.
Lithograph
$4,311
H 21.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Lithograph of American rural life timeless and romantic monochrome
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in London, GB
In this sentimental work from 1939, Benton expresses his admiration for the rural lifestyle of the Midwest. He highlights the connection between man and the land by depicting two fig...
Lithograph
$6,900
H 23 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century Letterio Calapai (American 1902-1993) ''Labor in A Diesel Plant'' Wood engraving, 1940 17 x 10 1/2...
Lithograph
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H 11.03 in W 8.86 in
New York City, The El at Chatham Square - Original lithograph , Handsigned / 100
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Paris, IDF
Adriaan Lubbers New York City, The El at Chatham Square, 1930 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Rives vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 in) Very good condition
Lithograph
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H 11.03 in W 8.86 in
New York City, The El at Chatham Square - Original lithograph , Handsigned / 100
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Paris, IDF
Adriaan Lubbers New York City, The El at Chatham Square, 1930 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Rives vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 in) Very good condition
Lithograph
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H 11.03 in W 8.86 in
New York City, The El at Chatham Square - Original lithograph , Handsigned / 100
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Paris, IDF
Adriaan Lubbers New York City, The El at Chatham Square, 1930 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Rives vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 in) Very good condition
Lithograph