Pieter Francis Peters

In 1841, he moved to Germany and, a year later, married Heinrike Gertrude Mali of Böblingen (died 1884), who came from a prominent family of Dutch-born painters.

At first, they lived in Mannheim, but later moved to Stuttgart to join her brothers, Christian, Johannes [de] and Hubertus (1818–1839) after the death of their mother.

Later he and the decorative artist, Hermann Herdtle [de], established the "Permanenten Kunstausstellung" (Permanent Art Exhibition) in Stuttgart which provided a way of exchanging ideas and works with painters in Munich.

Originally, he painted in a very strict Dutch Romantic style, but later turned more toward a type of atmospheric Impressionism.

From 1896 to 1903, he spent the summers with his family, working en plein aire at Schloss Köngen [de], a 13th century castle in Esslingen.