Return to Autochrome: Beauty in Colored Pointillism   Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud - Geo (Wife of the Artist) in a Hammock Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 8588 Price: $3,500 Medium: Autochrome Mount: on original mount trimmed to edges Image Date: 1907-10 Print Date: 1907-10 Dimensions: 5.11 x 7.08 in. (130 x 180 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: France Description: Tournassoud was an early autochrome practitioner, who learned directly from the Lumiere brothers. With Lumiere label attached to glass. Has been expertly retaped. The son of a shoemaker in Montmerle-sur-Saône, France, Jean Tournassoud was born in 1866. He left his shoemaking activity in 1887 for the military life. He graduated in 1895 from the Academy of Versailles. In 1890 Tournassoud met Auguste and Louis Lumière, the famous scientists and inventors of the cinematography and later of the autochrome. They introduced him to the techniques of black and white photography and later taught him the art of the autochrome. Jean Tournassoud's work is conserved in the Musée Nicephore Niepce of Châlon sur Saône, the Musée Départemental de Bourg en Bresse, the Musée de l'Armée, the Musée Clémenceau in Paris, the Institut Lumière in Lyon and in private collections. He died in 1951 at the age of 84. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.