Pieter Haatje Pieterszoon Oosterhuis (20 January 1816–6 August 1885) was a Dutch painter and photographer, one of the photography pioneers in the Netherlands.[1]

Self-portrait of Oosterhuis c. 1860.

Oosterhuis was born on 20 January 1816 in Groningen.[2] His father, Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, was a painter, his mother's name was Grietje Schuit. The family lived in Amsterdam.[3]

In 1851, he opened his first studio in Amsterdam.[4] 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.[1] After 1860, Oosterhuis also got tasks to photograph transport communications, including railways, bridges, and canals.[2]

Oosterhuis died in Amsterdam in 1885. His son Gustaaf Oosterhuis took over the studio.[2]

In 2021, an 1868 photograph by Oosterhuis (Railway bridge over Rver Lek, Culemborg) was included in the Netherlands Photo Museum's permanent exhibition Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, consisting of 99 photographs.[5]

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  1. ^ a b "De oudste foto's van de stad" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Pieter Oosterhuis" (in Dutch). RKD.
  3. ^ Elligens, Adriaan (September 1987). "Pieter and Gustaaf Oosterhuis". PhotoLexicon. 4 (7).
  4. ^ van Veen, Anneke (1993). Pieter Oosterhuis [1816-1885] (in Dutch). Focus Magazine B.V. ISBN 9789065790552.
  5. ^ Pearse, Mike (2022). Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography (2nd ed.). Rotterdam: Netherlands Photo Museum.