Atget

[ at-zhey; French at-zhe ]

noun

1. Jean Eugène-Au·guste [œ, -, zhen, , ohgyst], 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his images of Paris.

Atget

/ adʒe /

noun

1. AtgetJean) Eugène Auguste18561927MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: photographer ( Jean ) Eugène Auguste. 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his pictures of Parisian life

Example Sentences

There are echoes of the French master Eugène Atget, with his uncanny shop windows, and the Surrealists who distorted their pictures.

From New York Times

In his ability to create harmonious wholes out of urban fragments, he is the contemporary heir to Eugène Atget, who memorialized Paris in the early 20th century.

From New York Times

Like Atget, too, Friedlander finds unexpected juxtapositions in the reflections in plate-glass windows.

From New York Times

So when she couldn’t identify a piece by French photographer Eugène Atget, it felt like an embarrassing lapse.

From Washington Post

Stanton and Nancy Kaplan, who retired to Sarasota from Philadelphia, recently gave the Ringling 1,000 photographs, including works by Eugene Atget and Imogen Cunningham, and a collection of Asian scholar’s rocks, also known as gongshi.

From New York Times