Around the turn of the 20th century the Zandstraat area, also known as ‘the Polder’, is Rotterdam’s red light district. The quarter is swept away when Rotterdam town hall is built in 1912. In 1899 Van Dongen is working as a draughtsman for the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad. With the journalist Rie Brusse he devotes himself to recording the life and atmosphere there.
Specifications
| Title | Rue chaude à Rotterdam |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk and water colour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 284 mm Width 441 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Kees van Dongen
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| Accession number | KvD 7 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift Kees van Dongen, 1937 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1937 |
| Creation date | in circa 1902 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De grote ogen van Kees van Dongen (2010) |
| External exhibitions |
Van Dongen. Fauve, anarchiste et mondain (2011) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Kees van Dongen
Delfshaven 1877 - Monte Carlo 1968
Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen was born on 26 January 1877 in Delfshaven, then still a small independent port near Rotterdam. At the age of fifteen, Kees...
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