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Eugène Atget (; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French ''flâneur'' 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.〔 Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death.〔 An inspiration for the surrealists and other artists, his genius was only recognized by a handful of young artists in the last two years of his life, and he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive.〔 ==Biography== Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget was born 12 February 1857 in Libourne. His father, carriage builder Jean-Eugène Atget, died in 1862, and his mother, Clara-Adeline Atget née Hourlier died shortly after. He was brought up by his maternal grandparents in Bordeaux and after finishing secondary education joined the merchant navy.〔Paris: pp. 240–246〕〔Photographers A–Z: p. 17〕 Atget moved to Paris in 1878. He failed the entrance exam for acting class but was admitted when he had a second try. Because he was drafted for military service he could attend class only part-time, and he was expelled from drama school.〔〔 Still living in Paris,〔12 Rue des Beaux-Arts〕 he became an actor with a travelling group, performing in the Paris suburbs and the provinces. He met actress Valentine Delafosse Compagnon, who became his companion until her death. He gave up acting because of an infection of his vocal cords in 1887, moved to the provinces and took up painting without success. His first photographs, of Amiens and Beauvais, date from 1888.〔〔 In 1890, Atget moved back to Paris〔5 Rue de la Pitié〕 and became a professional photographer, supplying ''documents'' for artists: studies for painters, architects, and stage designers.〔〔 Starting in 1898, institutions such as the Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris bought his photographs. The latter commissioned him ca. 1906 to systematically photograph old buildings in Paris. In 1899 he moved to Montparnasse.〔〔17bis Rue Campagne-Première〕 While being a photographer Atget still also called himself an actor, giving lectures and readings.〔 During World War I Eugène Atget temporarily stored his archives in his basement for safekeeping and almost completely gave up photography. Valentine's son Léon was killed at the front.〔 In 1920–21, he sold thousands of his negatives to institutions. Financially independent, he took up photographing the parks of Versailles, Saint-Cloud and Sceaux and produced a series of photographs of prostitutes.〔 Berenice Abbott visited Atget in 1925, bought some of his photographs, and tried to interest other artists in his work.〔 In 1926, Valentine died,〔 and Man Ray published several of Atget's photographs in la Révolution surréaliste.〔〔 Abbott took Atget's portrait in 1927. Eugène Atget died 4 August 1927 in Paris.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugène Atget」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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