Eugène Atget
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Eugène Atget was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Most
Atget, c. 1890
Organ Grinder (1898)
Atget's birthplace in Libourne
Avenue des Gobelins (1927)
Hameau de la Reine
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The Hameau de la Reine is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place
Eugène Atget
…Salon, c. 1910 People watching the solar eclipse of 1912 Prostitute waiting in front of her door, 1921 Grand Trianon, Versailles Saint-Cloud, 1924 Hameau de la reine, Versailles, 1926 References Notes Citations Works cited External links Eugène Atget at the Museum of Modern Art Atget collection in the Eastman Museum…
Maison de la reine and the Tour de Marlborough (left) in the hameau at the Petit Trianon park of Versailles
Back of the Moulin, the watermill cottage built for Marie Antoinette
A "cottage garden"
"Marie Antoinette in a muslin dress", Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1783. She was criticized for not including symbols of royalty in the portrait. When white cotton dresses became en vogue, the queen was criticized for ruining the local silk industry to favor imported cotton.