Eugène Atget

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Eugène Atget was a pioneering French photographer renowned for his atmospheric, documentary images of early 20th-century Paris that profoundly shaped modern photography.

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Eugène Atget canonical 2
Atget 1
Eugène Atget portrait 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary photographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
street photographer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1927 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1890 ⓘ
burialPlace Cimetière de Montparnasse ⓘ
countryOfBirth France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1857-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1927-08-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName Atget ⓘ
linked to: Eugène Atget
fullName Jean Eugène Auguste Atget ⓘ
linked to: Eugène Atget
genre architectural photography ⓘ
documentary photography ⓘ
street photography ⓘ
urban landscape photography ⓘ
givenName Eugène ⓘ
Jean ⓘ
hasCollectionAt Bibliothèque Nationale de France ⓘ
George Eastman Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
influenced Berenice Abbott ⓘ
Surrealist photographers ⓘ
Walker Evans ⓘ
documentary photographers ⓘ
knownFor atmospheric images of Parisian streets ⓘ
documenting old Paris ⓘ
influence on Surrealism ⓘ
influence on modern photography ⓘ
photographs of Paris ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement documentary photography ⓘ
modern photography ⓘ
notableWork Documents pour artistes ⓘ
Vieux Paris ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
peddler of photographic documents ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
photographedPlace Paris ⓘ
Saint-Cloud ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
photographicSubject Parisian courtyards ⓘ
Parisian shopfronts ⓘ
architectural details ⓘ
parks and gardens ⓘ
streets of Paris ⓘ
tradespeople and small businesses ⓘ
placeOfBirth Libourne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
soldWorkAs documents for artists ⓘ
soldWorkTo architects ⓘ
artists ⓘ
designers ⓘ
styleCharacteristic emphasis on everyday urban scenes ⓘ
frontality and directness ⓘ
lack of dramatic effects ⓘ
soft, atmospheric light ⓘ
subjectOf monograph "Atget" by John Szarkowski ⓘ
usedCameraType large-format view camera ⓘ
usedProcess albumen prints ⓘ
glass plate negatives ⓘ
silver printing-out paper ⓘ
wasPromotedBy Berenice Abbott ⓘ
Man Ray ⓘ
wasRediscoveredBy Berenice Abbott ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walker Evans → influencedBy → Eugène Atget ⓘ
Eugène Atget → fullName → Jean Eugène Auguste Atget ⓘ
linked to: Eugène Atget
Eugène Atget → familyName → Atget ⓘ
linked to: Eugène Atget
Berenice Abbott → notableWork → Eugène Atget portrait ⓘ
linked to: Eugène Atget
Berenice Abbott → influencedBy → Eugène Atget ⓘ