Jacob Olie

Jacob Olie
Born(1834-10-19)19 October 1834
Died23 April 1905(1905-04-23) (aged 70)
OccupationsPhotographer (1861–1905), drawing teacher, architect
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Jacob Olie's well-thumbed copy of the French encyclopedia called Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, given to the special collections department of the University of Amsterdam by Olie's great-grandson

Jacob Olie (1834 – 1905) was a photographer from Amsterdam known for his scenes of everyday life there.

Olie was born in Amsterdam and was trained as a carpenter and draughtsman. He became a teacher at the local school for craftsmen known as the Ambachtsschool, converting it to be the first ever vocational school of the Netherlands for boys. He took up photography as a hobby. Today he is known for his unusually sharp depictions of various parts of Amsterdam that no longer exist. His son by the same name also became a photographer.

References

  1. ↑ Jacob Olie (Jbz) in the RKD
  2. ↑ Article about the encyclopedia Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine on the website of Special collections

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