Photographers Eugene Atget

Eugene Atget

Living place: France

Birthday: 12-2-1857

Global rank: #99594

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Who is Photographers Eugene Atget?
. Remembered for his pioneering work in the documentary photography genre, this French artist captured the city of Paris in the years immediately preceding the architectural modernization of the French capital. Sadly, he never knew how influential his work would prove to be; Most of his photographs were published posthumously at the urging of American urban photographer Berenice Abbott.
 
 

Young / Before famous

During the late 1870s and 1880s, he pursued a career as an actor. He began his photography career in the late 80s and started his famous Old Paris Collection a decade later.

Family life info

Born in Libourne, France, to Clara-Adeline Hourlier Atget and Jean-Eugene Atget, he grew up primarily in Bordeaux, being cared for by his grandparents (his eldest parents died during his childhood years). He is a longtime partner of the French stage performer Valentine Delafosse Compagnon.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Photographers Eugene Atget?
The Atget work has greatly influenced the surrealist art of American-born painter and photographer Man Ray.

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When was Photographers Eugene Atget born?
Eugene Atget was born in 12-2-1857, death year is , at the age of 167.
Where is Photographers Eugene Atget's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Eugene Atget was born in France. is a Photographers, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Eugene Atget's global rank is 99594 and whose rank is 300 in list of famous Photographers.
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Events in 1857 and 12-2

Birthday Eugene Atget (12-2) in history

  • Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
  • Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
  • Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
  • Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
  • Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
  • Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
  • Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
  • Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
  • Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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