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First comprehensive exhibition in Australia of Eugène Atgets work opens at the Art Gallery of NSW |
| August 24th, 2012 01:35:16 am |
SYDNEY.- The first comprehensive exhibition in Australia of Eugne Atget’s (1857–1927) work will showcase over 200 photographs primarily from the more than 4000 strong collection of Muse Carnavalet, Paris with the important inclusion of Atget’s work, as compiled by Man Ray, from the collection of George Eastman House, Rochester, USA. Atget was considered a commercial photographer who sold what he called ‘documents for artists’, ie. photographs of landscapes, close-up shots, genre scenes and other details that painters could use as reference. As soon as Atget turned his attention to photographing the streets of Paris, his work attracted the attention of leading institutions such as Muse Carnavalet and the Bibliothque Nationale which became his principal clients. It is in these photographs of Paris that we find the best of Atget, the artist who shows |
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