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Eugène Atget Biography
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1857 |
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Born in Libourne, Gironde, France
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1879 |
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Enters the Conservatoire national de musique et d'art dramatique, Paris, France
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1898 |
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Began photography Vieux Paris (Old Paris)
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1898 - 1914 |
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Sold the majority of his work
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1927 |
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Died in Paris, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Realismus - das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
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2010
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In Focus: The Worker, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
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2010
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Atget, Archivist of Paris, ICP International Center of Photography, New York (solo)
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2009
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The 70s. Experience and Documentation in Everyday Life, PhotoEspaña 2009, Madrid
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2009
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Die Zukunft der Vergangenheit, Greaphikmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany
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2009
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Universal Archive, MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
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2009
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Das Leben der Dinge, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
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2008
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Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City--Selections, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, USA
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2008
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Mind at Play, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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2008
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Unintentional Surrealist?, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London (solo)
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2008
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Paris um 1900 - Retrospektive, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
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2008
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Parks and Trees, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne (solo)
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2008
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Retrospective - Eugène Atget, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
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2007 - 2008
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The Vanished Paris of Eugene Atget, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
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2007
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Paris in Transition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
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2007
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A FOTOGRAFIA NA COLEÇÃO DO IVAM, MAM Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
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2007
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Atget, une rétrospective, BNF - Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
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2006
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New Histories 10 - Paris, ICP International Center of Photography, New York
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2006
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Paris, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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2006
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Dreaming in Black and White, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
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2005
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Looking at Atget, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
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2005
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Master Photographs from the Gilman Collection: A Landmark Acquisition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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2005
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Der Körper der Photographie - Sammlung Herzog, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2004
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Das Auge und der Apparat. Eine Geschichte der Fotografie aus den Sammlungen der Albertina, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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2004
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Best Of - Blick in die Sammlung, Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
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2004
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Eugene Atget, Hidden Spaces, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Eugene Atget, Trees, Fraenkel Gallery
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2003
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La Photographie au tournant du siècle: du Pictorialisme à Eugène Atget, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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2003
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Orte des Impressionismus. Gemälde und Fotografien, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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2003
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Das Auge und der Apparat, Albertina, Wien
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2002
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Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
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1998
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Eugène Atget, 1857-1927: Frühe Fotografien, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
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1993
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Realism Unadorned: Photographs by Eugene Atget, US, NY, Rochester, GEH - South Gallery
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1991
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Eugene Atget, Japan, Tokyo, Printemps Ginza
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1987
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Eugene Atget, US, NY, Rochester, Hartnett Gallery - University of Rochester
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1984
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Eugène Atget, 1857-1927, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (solo)
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1977
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documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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ICP - International Center of Photography, New York
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles
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SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
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MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2009
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Situational Aesthetics, Leuven University Press, 2009
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2008
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Exhibition catalogue 2008 in Winterthur: Ed. Bibliothèque Nationale de France und Berliner Festspiele, deutsche Ausgabe published by Nicolai Verlag, Berlin
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1998
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Krauss, Rosalind: Die diskursiven Räume der Fotografie, in: dies.: Das Photographische Eine Theorie der Abstände, München, 1998
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1984
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Reynaud, Françoise: Eugène Atget. - Paris: Centre National de la Photographie, 1984
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1980
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Hambourg, Maria Morris: Eugène Atget, 1857-1927 : The Structure of the Work,Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1980
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