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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Atget, Eugène Creator Nationality: European; French Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1857 - 1927 Biography: Eugène Atget French, 1857-1927Relatively unknown to the public during his lifetime, Eugène Atget is today an icon -- one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the 20th century. Born near Bordeaux, Atget first directed his efforts to painting and the stage before turning to photography shortly before 1890. He is best known for his documentary scenes of Paris and Versailles, but he photographed a number of other sites as well. Atget viewed his work as a historical and aesthetic record, regarding it as documentation for use by artists. Indeed, several artists are known to have painted from his images.Using relatively unsophisticated, even outdated equipment, Atget achieved a view of French architecture and culture that is both personal and factual. Along with the rediscovery of the images of Mathew Brady in the early 20th century, the recognition of Atget's artistic accomplishments shortly before his death by Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, and others helped turn photographers away from the mannered style of pictorialism toward the visual and technical clarity of modernism. Marked by a selective and highly individual method, his is among the most widely shown, published, and recognized work in photography today. T.W.F. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Libourne, France Creator Death Place: Paris, France Creator Name-CRT: Jean Eugène Auguste Atget Title: Versailles, Chaste Venus Title Type: Primary Title: Versailles, Vénus Pudique Title Type: Foreign View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1922 Creation End Date: 1923 Creation Date: 1922-23 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photography Materials and Techniques: albumen print, gold toned Dimensions: Image: 18.1cm x 22.6cm Inscriptions: Written in pencil on verso: 'Versailles 1203'; scratched into negative: '1503 [sic]' AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1985.113 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: During the first quarter of the 20th century, Eugène Atget photographed the French urban experience. Periodically, from 1901-26 Atget was particularly attracted to the grounds and gardens at the palace of Versailles, photographing its walks, fountains, and statues during different seasons. An eerie stillness frequently suffuses his images, as it does in this haunting photograph of a bronze sculpture of Venus by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), positioned on a raised plinth facing the palace's garden facade. AMICA ID: CMA_.1985.113 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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