Tree lined path eugene atget biography
Atget (At-zhay) was an odd little man who taught himself photography in order to document art, architecture and decor that was disappearing as Paris and France.
Direct, yet enigmatic, images by Eugène Atget earned him the title of a modern art master in his use of photography not only for aesthetic ends.!
Eugène Atget
French photographer (1857–1927)
Eugène Atget | |
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Atget, c. 1890 | |
Born | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget (1857-02-12)12 February 1857 Libourne, Gironde, Aquitaine, France |
Died | 4 August 1927(1927-08-04) (aged 70) Paris, France |
Known for | photography |
Spouse | Valentine Delafosse Compagnon |
Eugène Atget (French:[adʒɛ]; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur[1] and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization.[1] Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death.[2] Though he sold his work to artists and craftspeople, and became an inspiration for the surrealists, he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive.[2]
Biography
Early years
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget was born 12 February