Oriental (Erotic) Postcards ~ Lehnert & Landrock

Lehnert & Landrock

Rudolf Franz Lehnert

* July 13th 1878, Groß Aupa (Bohemia)
† January 16th 1948, Redeyef (Tunisia)

Ernst Heinrich Landrock

* August 5th 1878, Reinsdorf (Saxonia)
† April 30th 1966, Kreuzlingen (Switzerland)

(photos copyright by Lehnert & Landrock - Edouard Lambelet)

Being fascinated by oriental landscapes, culture and beauty after a trip through Tunisia, the photographer Rudolf Franz Lehnert and his partner Ernst Heinrich Landrock started their photographic atelier and business in Tunis in 1904. Several books document their successful work in Tunisia in the following years. During World War I all their material got confiscated by the French government. After the war and moving from Switzerland to Egypt, Lehnert and Landrock re-established their studio in Cairo, 1924.
Later in 1930 Lehnert moved with his family to Tunisia and opened a photo studio in Tunis, while Landrock stayed at the store in Cairo. In 1938 Landrock sells his shares of the business to his stepson Kurt Lambelet and returns to Germany. The company firmed then under the name Lehnert & Landrock - K. Lambelet successor. Lehnert passed away 1948 in Redeyef, South Tunisia. Landroch, living in southern Germany died in 1966. The family of Kurt Lambelet expanded the business in Cairo, focussing more on books and art prints. Kurt Lambelet passed away in 1997 at age 92. His son Edouard Lambelet is now owner of the Lehnert & Landrock Bookshop and Art Gallery in Cairo.

We also recommend to visit the websites about Lehnert & Landrock (list of links shown below).

References:

• Mégnin, Michel
  Tunis 1900
  Lehnert & Landrock Photographes
  Paris Méditerranée, 2005

• Cardinal, Philippe
  Lehnert & Landrock
  L'orient d'un photographe
  Éditions Favre, Lausanne 1987

• Favrod, Charles-Henri; Rouvinez, André
  Lehnert & Landrock. Orient 1904-1930
  Marval 1999

• Lehnert & Landrock
  Les Nus
  Tunisie 1904-1910
  Éditions Nicole Canet, Paris 2006

• Lehnert & Landrock
  Tunis Intimé
  Éditions Nicole Canet, Paris 2007

• Lehnert & Landrock
  Photographie orientalistes 1905-1930
  Éditions Nicole Canet, Paris 2004

Websites:

• http://lehnertandlandrock.net/index.html

• http://www.orientfotograf.de/

• http://michel.megnin.free.fr/lehnert.htm

• http://michel.megnin.free.fr/pg_bio.htm

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Franz_Lehnert

• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Lehnert

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:
  Orientalist_nude_photographs_by_
  Lehnert_%26_Landrock

We like to thank Mr. Edouard Lambelet from Lehnert & Landrock for permission
to show postcards with photographs of Lehnert and Landrock on our website.
All photos are copyright by Lehnert & Landrock - Edouard Lambelet.