Rudolf Franz Lehnert

Rudolf Franz Lehnert
Born	(1878-07-13)13 July 1878 Velká Úpa, Austria-Hungary
Died	16 January 1948(1948-01-16) (aged 69) Redeyef, French protectorate of Tunisia

Rudolf Franz Lehnert (13 July 1878 – 16 January 1948) was an Austrian photographer. He was noted for producing Orientalist images.

Life

Lehnert was born in Gross Aupa in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Velká Úpa, part of Pec pod Sněžkou in the Czech Republic).[1]

He first travelled to Tunis in 1904, and in 1904 he again visited with his friend, and subsequent business partner, Ernst Heinrich Landrock. The pair established a photographic studio in Tunis and worked closely for more than 20 years. They later established studios in successively, Munich, Leipzig and Cairo, publishing the works as by "Lehnert & Landrock".[2]

Lehnert spent the last part of his life at Redeyef, Gafza Oasis, Tunisia, where he died.

See also

• List of Orientalist artists
• Orientalism

References

1. Hannavy, J. (ed), Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Routledge, 2013, p. 1032
2. "Lettres 30-4, avril-août 1876", Naturalisme pas mort, University of Toronto Press, pp. 91–100, 1971-12-31, doi:10.3138/9781442656505-006, ISBN 9781442656505, retrieved 2022-10-31