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Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (May 3, 1866 – January 5, 1951) was a French
Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866, in Montmerle-sur-Saône. In 1879, he was first in the canton for the certificate of primary studies and followed a course in carpentry. At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career.Biography
, Association of the Friends of Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud. Retrieved September 4, 2015. He married Georgette Michel in 1901 and the following year became the father of a daughter named Juliette. He was a pioneer of color photography, using autochrome plates. As subject matter he paricularly favoured the French Army of the years 1908-1914, both because of his own military background and because of the colourful uniforms of this period, worn even when on active service in Morocco.
Tournassoud was director of the Photographic and Cinematographic Service of the War (French: ''Service photographique et cinématographique de la guerre - SPCG'') from October 30, 1918, to September 30, 1919.
He retired from the Army in 1920. He settled in Montmerle and remained a photographer until his death, in 1951, at the age of 84.
Tournassoud left about 2,500 photographs, both black-and-white and color.
Website about Tournassoud
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud
at Luminous-Lint
Institut Lumière/patrimoine Lumiere/Autochrome
1866 births 1951 deaths French photographers French Army officers Officers of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) People from Ain {{France-photographer-stub
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in other ...
and military officer.
Biography
Tournassoud was born May 3, 1866, in Montmerle-sur-Saône. In 1879, he was first in the canton for the certificate of primary studies and followed a course in carpentry. At the end of his basic military service in 1887, Tounassoud remained with the Army and began a military career.Biography, Association of the Friends of Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud. Retrieved September 4, 2015. He married Georgette Michel in 1901 and the following year became the father of a daughter named Juliette. He was a pioneer of color photography, using autochrome plates. As subject matter he paricularly favoured the French Army of the years 1908-1914, both because of his own military background and because of the colourful uniforms of this period, worn even when on active service in Morocco.
Tournassoud was director of the Photographic and Cinematographic Service of the War (French: ''Service photographique et cinématographique de la guerre - SPCG'') from October 30, 1918, to September 30, 1919.
He retired from the Army in 1920. He settled in Montmerle and remained a photographer until his death, in 1951, at the age of 84.
Tournassoud left about 2,500 photographs, both black-and-white and color.
Collections
Collections of his works are owned by: *Institut Lumière
The Institut Lumière (; "Lumière Institute") is a French organisation, based in Lyon, for the promotion and preservation of aspects of French film making. The Institut Lumière is a museum that honours the contribution to filmmaking by Auguste ...
, Lyon
* Musée des Pays de l'Ain, Bourg-en-Bresse
* Musée Nicéphore-Niépce, Châlon-sur-Saône
* Musée Clemenceau, Paris
*Museum of the Great War The Museum of the Great War (french: Historial de la Grande Guerre) located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. Péronne was under German occupa ...
, Château de Péronne
The Château de Péronne is a partly ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Péronne in the Somme ''département'' of France.
It consists of the ruins of three towers and the curtain walls connecting them.
The castle is the property of the commu ...
, Somme, France
References
External links
Website about Tournassoud
Biography of Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud
at Luminous-Lint
Institut Lumière/patrimoine Lumiere/Autochrome
1866 births 1951 deaths French photographers French Army officers Officers of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) People from Ain {{France-photographer-stub