Paul Signac Walk


Much of what Paul Signac saw in Rotterdam in 1906 has disappeared or looks different today. Here you’ll find all the images that go with the walk, so you can compare what you see with how it used to be.

4. Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen

Pipilotti Rist, Het leven verspillen aan jou, 2021. Photo: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

6. The Park

Photographer unknown, Walkers in the Park at the Westzeedijk, near a bridge. In the background the statue of Hendrik Tollens, 1909. Photo: Rotterdam City Archives

8. View of Hotel New York

Wouter Cool, The SS Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland America Line (HAL) on the Nieuwe Maas near the Wilhelminakade, 1913. Collection: Rotterdam City Archives

9. Former Hotel Victoria

Photographer unknown, Houses on the Willemsplein seen from the east side of the Leuvehaven. The Victoria Hotel is visible, as is the entrance to the Zalmhaven, 1885. Collection: Rotterdam City Archives

11. Jan Toorop’s view

Jan Toorop, View of the Leuvehaven with inland vessels and buildings on the west side of the Leuvehaven, with the Kleine Posthoornsteeg on the left. Very probably the drawing was made from the home of the Oldenzeel family, Leuvehaven Oostzijde no. 74, 1898. Collection: Rotterdam City Archives

13. Witte Huis

Photographer unknown, View of the Koningsbrug over the Oudehaven and the Witte Huis, seen from the east. A few ships in the Oudehaven, 1905. Collection: Rotterdam City Archives

14. Willemsbrug

Photographer unknown, The Willemsbrug and the railway bridge over the Nieuwe Maas, seen from the north-east. In the foreground, houses on the Bolwerk. In the background, the Noordereiland, 1910. Collection: Rotterdam City Archives