H.A.C Paradies (1883-1966) - Oude haven Plan C , jaren 30

The painter Herman C.A. Paradies was born in Rotterdam. He attended, despite his father's opposition, several years of training at the Rotterdam Academy and earned his living as a painter and decorator at Wilton-Feyenoord in Schiedam, but in his spare time he painted cityscapes, often commissioned by the Municipal Archive.
After moving to Schiedam in 1940, having fled the war violence in Rotterdam, he mainly produced many paintings and watercolors of usually old parts of this city.