Farm laborer and his family
Farm laborer and his family

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Farm laborer and his family,

ca. 1898

Eugène Atget, French, 1857–1927
2004-275
Beginning in the 1850s, photographic nature studies taken outdoors (en plein air) became popular studio reference aides for naturalist painters, particularly among those working in the environs of the Fontainebleau Forest. A number of pioneering photographers sold images of picturesque landscape views, domestic livestock, rustic farmhands, and other quotidian subjects to painters who might have found capturing such authentic details difficult. By 1890, Atget had established himself in Paris as a commercial photographer of rural landscape and still life subjects, producing what he referred to as "photographic documents" to be used as source material for artists.

Information

Title
Farm laborer and his family
Dates

ca. 1898

Maker
Eugène Atget
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
17.1 x 20.9 cm. (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum in honor of Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2004-275
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped in ink, verso center, the artist's name and address
Culture
French
Type
albumen prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
figures (representations), women, offspring, farmers, men

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