ADRION LUCIEN (1889-1953)

Lucien Adrion was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1889. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Paris, where he found work drawing fashion plates. His desire to keep traveling and exploring led him to London, Munich, Frankfurt, and other cities. While in Germany, Adrion became trapped by the outbreak of the First World War. It was there where he first entered the studio of Hermann Struck, who Chagall later credited as his master.

At the age of 30, Adrion returned to Paris, where he acquired representation with an art dealer named Chéron. He befriended a group of young Eastern European avant-garde painters, including Soutine, Krémegne and Kikoine.

Adrion, a renowned painter of Parisian boulevards and monuments, captured the phrase “City of Lights” in his enchanting paintings. Eventually, he parted ways with Chéron and set his sights on the sunlit beaches of Normandy, where he found immediate acclaim and gained great success in painting his landscapes.

In 1926, the first of Adrion’s many major exhibitions were held at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. He exhibited regularly at the Salon d’Automne in 1940 and at the Salon des Tuileries in 1941. Today, Adrion’s works hang in museums, including Place Vendome in Paris, Museum der Stadt Ulm in Germany and Museé des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg, France.

Lucien Adrion died in 1953 at the age of 64.