Fifth Avenue (?) in New York

Adriaan Lubbers was one of the first European artists who held an interest in New York as an inspiration for his art. His background as engineer stimulated him in his fascination with the overwhelming architecture of this metropole. Lubbers made his first trip to New York in 1916, followed by a second one in 1926. In this city he had quite some success with his paintings. In March 1929, professor H. Barnouw wrote, in a letter to the 'Netherlands-America Foundation', the profetic words: "Lubbers has seized the city in varying moods and held it captive in his stretcher. They bear evidence of an uncommon talent. Fifty years from now they will bear evidence to the unfinished aspect of New York in the twenties" (cf.lit. Exh.cat. Gemeente Museum De Wieger, Adriaan Lubbers, Deurne 1988, p. 9).