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Eugene Atget Photography

French, 1857-1927
Eugene Atget (1857- 1927) took up photography in the late 1880s, turning his camera on Paris in 1898. He captured Parisian streetscapes, shop fronts, and architectural details in a straight, documentary style, in contrast to the Pictorialist trend at the time. Atget made beautiful and sensitive documents and by the early 1920s, up until his death, Atget's works became increasingly expressive, metaphorical, and were championed by the Surrealists for their poetic and haunting mood. Thanks to the support of American photographer Berenice Abbott (1898- 1991), French photographer Eugene Atget became recognized as one of the great early modern photographers. He recorded Old Paris and Atget’s lifespan corresponded with urban planner Haussmann and his famous transformation of Paris into a modern city. Atget documented Paris painstakingly on meanderings throughout the City of Light into the 20th Century. Berenice Abbott is famous for her black-and-white photographs of New York City. She also created a large body of portraits that she made in Paris. Abbott found inspiration in the Parisian streetscapes of Eugene Atget, an influence that would carry over into her work and the series “Changing New York” (1935-38). A major body of Abbott’s work was made during the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project."
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Artist: Eugene Atget
Versailles Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1904, No. 6479
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen silver print from glass negative, from the Atget's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles, annotated in the artist's hand in pencil ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Eugene Atget Photography

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Untitled [Modern Interior]
By Eugène Atget
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print made by Berenice Abbott Signed in pencil by Berenice Abbott, verso 10 x 8 inches, sheet size 9.25 x 7 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, l...
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Late 19th Century Academic Eugene Atget Photography

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Hôtel de Beauvais 68, rue François Miron
By Eugène Atget
Located in New York, NY
Albumen Silver Print
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Early 1900s Eugene Atget Photography

Rue St. Denis et Cossounerie
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of the print.
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Eugene Atget Photography

Untitled ~ Door with Display Case
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of print.
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Eugene Atget Photography

Louvre, Salle Egyptienne
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of the print.
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