About Pieter Oosterhuis
Lived 1816 – 1885 (aged 69). Pieter Oosterhuis was a Dutch photographer.
Pieter Haatje Pieterszoon Oosterhuis (20 January 1816–6 August 1885) was a Dutch painter and photographer, one of the photography pioneers in the Netherlands.
Oosterhuis was born on 20 January 1816 in Groningen. His father, Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, was a painter, his mother's name was Grietje Schuit. The family lived in Amsterdam.
In 1851, he opened his first studio in Amsterdam. Between 1860 and 1870, he took many photographs of the city which now count among the earliest Amsterdam photographs. He also made stereoscopic pairs of photos.
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Who was Pieter Oosterhuis?
Dutch photographer, painter, draughtsman and copyist (1816-1885)
When was Pieter Oosterhuis born?
Pieter Oosterhuis was born on 20 January 1816 in Groningen.
When did Pieter Oosterhuis die?
Pieter Oosterhuis died on 8 June 1885 in Amsterdam.
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Pieter Oosterhuis was a photographer.
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Pieter Oosterhuis was Dutch.
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