Name

Gervais-Courtellemont, Jules

Birth and Death
Avon (Seine-et-Marne) 1863–1931
Author and year of editing
Sarah Keller 2025
Biographical Data

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.

Literature

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

Citation suggestion
Keller, S. (2025). Gervais-Courtellemont, Jules. In Vitrosearch. Retrieved December 5, 2025 from https://vitrosearch.ch/persons/2710822.