New buildings around the Dam 1898-1914, documented in tile tableaux by PBD and Goedewaagen

If one place in Amsterdam testifies to the sudden prosperity in trade and industry around 1900 - the heyday of New Art, Art Nouveau or Jugendstil - it is the building development along the North-South axis from Central Station to Ferdinand Bolstraat. Read more about the tile pictures with Dam Square as motif ".

Postcard of Dam Square in Amsterdam, with statue of Naatje, ca 1898
Postcard of Dam Square in Amsterdam, with statue of Naatje, ca 1898
PBD, tile tableau. Decor Dam, Amsterdam in c. 1898, Delft Blue painting 1913-1914 (coll. Jan Baas)
PBD, tile tableau. Decor Dam, Amsterdam in c. 1898, Delft Blue painting 1913-1914 (coll. Jan Baas)