Joseph Lohman - Steiger 5/100 (vooroorlogs Rotterdam) - 084-JaL - Sold

A beautiful etching of pre-war Rotterdam by Joseph Bernard Anton (Jos) Lohmann ;
born 1884, Rotterdam – died 1960, Noordwijkerhout.
The work depicted is an etching from my collection "Rijnmond Toen" under number 084-JaL. The etching depicts (Het) Steiger in pre-war Rotterdam. This part of the center of Rotterdam was lost during the bombing in 1940.
Annotation in pencil lo in the margin: "Scaffolding 5/100"
Signed in pencil ro in the margin.
Dimensions:
image 255 x 203 mm
passe-partout: 435 x 253 mm


The etching is in fine condition, with some slight discolouration in the margins (where the previous passe-partout has worked). I acquired the etching in 2014 and then cleaned and acid free and archived it in acid free archive box.

For the connoisseurs of old Rotterdam:
The etching offers a view of "het Steiger" or "Steiger" in the center of Rotterdam, early 20th century, at least before the bombing of May 1940.
The Steiger, as former Rotterdammers usually called it, formed the southern border of the Zandstraatbuurt, a working-class neighborhood with poverty, prostitution and a lot of crime; the neighborhood was demolished for, among other things, the construction of the new City Hall on the Coolsingel. Right behind the dome of the St. Dominicus Church, also bombed of course. The last photo is a postcard showing the same part around 1910.

Jos Lohmann lived and worked in Rotterdam, Blaricum and Berkel en Rodenrijs.
Lohmann was a student of the Akademie v. BK in Rotterdam under AHR van Maasdijk and FGW Oldewelt.
He painted, drew and etched cityscapes (harbours and ships), and interiors.
Lohmann was a member of the Rotterdam Artists Society.