Marcel Chatelain 1900's Photographer

Marcel Chatelain

Marcel CHATELAIN (known as Eugène)
Active from 1898 to 1920, photographer and painter

Chatelain arrived in Tunis in about 1898 and went to work in the Photo-Garrigues studios, which were being run at the time by A. Marechal.
(Preface by Mégnin in the catalogue Chatelain retrouvé, Editions Nicole Canet, 2006)
By 1903 he was pursuing his photographic work in the small Moorish palace at 13 rue El Gamathou, in Tunis, where he exhibited his photographs and sold to the public. His second set of premises were at 19 rue Es Souli, and later he moved to 21 rue Sidi-Bou Krissan (in the market area of the city).
In 1913 he was awarded a grand module silver medal, one of the highest Tunisian honours at the time.
Often he uses in the same models in his photographs as we see in the work of Lehnert, who also appears in photographs taken on Chatelain’s terrace.
Chatelain’s nudes are natural, spontaneous.
He made intense copper-toned prints, often using marbled paper or handmade paper.
In 1914, Chatelain left for Algeria where he worked alongside a number of other photographers.
In about 1915, some of his stock was purchased by the publishers Léon et Lévy, although Chatelain’s copyright in his work was never indicated.

 

Chatelain Nu au jasmin, vers 1904

 Eugene Chatelain - Enfants Tunisiens 1900's

 Eugène Chatelain - Adda et le vieillard, vers 1910

Eugène Chatelain - Femmes nues, dans un riad 1900's

Eugène Chatelain - Nu couché, vers 1904-1905

   Eugène Chatelain - Nus orientalistes 1900's

Jeune femme à la cigarette, vers 1904. Marcel Chatelain 

 Marcel Chatelain - between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

  Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

    Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

Marcel Chatelain -  between 1903 and 1914

  Marcel Chatelain - Adda fleurs dans les cheveux, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Beauté à la calebasse, vers 1904

Marcel Chatelain - Beauté, vers 1904

Marcel Chatelain - Couple amoureux, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Femme au miroir, vers 1904

   Marcel Chatelain - Jeune mauresque, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Jeux dans le patio, vers 1904

Marcel Chatelain - Le baiser, vers 1904

  Marcel Chatelain - Les musiciennes - Tunis, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Plein soleil, vers 1904

Marcel Chatelain - Plein soleil 2, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Regard dans le miroir, vers 1904

 Marcel Chatelain - Tendre baiser, vers 1904

Marcel Châtelain (Known as Eugène, active from 1898 to 1930) Postcard, Tunis, between 1903 and 1914