Name

Gervais-Courtellemont, Jules

Lebensdaten
Avon (Seine-et-Marne) 1863–1931
Autor:in und Bearbeitungsjahr
Sarah Keller 2025
Biografische Daten

Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931) was a French photographer. Born near Fontainebleau in Avon, south of Paris, he emigrated with his parents in 1874 to Algeria. He remained in Algeria for 20 years and in 1894 he converted to Islam. In 1911, Courtellemont opened the ‘Palais de l’autochromie’ at Rue Montmartre 167 in Paris. In this hall, Courtellemont projected his autochromes he had made in Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, India, Morocco, and China.
He was a friend of the novelist, Orientalist, and photographer Pierre Loti.

Literatur

De Pastre, B., and Devos, E. (eds.)(2002). Les couleurs du voyage. L'oeuvre photographique de Jules Gervais-Courtellemont. Paris: Musées Phileas Fogg.

Devos, E. (2013). À travers Le Caire, l’œuvre de Gervais-Courtellemont en Égypte de 1894 à 1911. In M. Volait (éd.), Le Caire dessiné et photographié au XIXe siècle. Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.inha.4886

Zitiervorschlag
Keller, S. (2025). Gervais-Courtellemont, Jules. In Vitrosearch. Aufgerufen am 5. Dezember 2025 von https://www.vitrosearch.ch/persons/2710822.