Le port de Rotterdam

Paul Signac (in 1907)

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Curious Student asked

I notice that in the description it says that he painted the piece a year after he visited Rotterdam. Where exactly did he paint the piece? What is the location?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Curious Student, Paul Signac made a few drawings from the top floor of a house at the end of the Leuvehaven. From here he looked out over the river Maas, with the Maasbruggen in the background. He used these sketches as models for paintings with Rotterdam harbor scenes, which he made after his return to his atelier in Saint-Tropez. Best regards, Tanja

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In 1906 Signac visited the port of Rotterdam and was greatly impressed. On a postcard with a harbour scene he wrote: 'From my window! What industriousness! I am enthusiastic, but amazed.' He made this painting the following year based on a drawing, which is also in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The combination of the individual dabs of paint creates shimmering light effects.

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Title	Le port de Rotterdam
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 114 cm Height 87 cm
Artists	Painter: Paul Signac
Accession number	St 96
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1952
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1952
Creation date	in 1907
Internal exhibitions	Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) The Collection Enriched (2011) Lievelingen (2024)
External exhibitions	Colour & Light - The Legacy of Impressionism (2023) Boijmans bij de Buren - Maritieme Meesters (2021)
Material	Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	France > Western Europe > Europe

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