Tag Archives: Eugene Atget

Edward Hopper in Paris

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Parisian Fields

Norman and I were browsing in a second-hand bookshop recently, when I came across a book about the American artist Edward Hopper that included this illustration: The caption read, “Stairway at 48, rue de Lille, Paris, 1906.” I shouldn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris art, Paris streets | Tagged 48 rue de Lille, Alta Hilsdale, Edward Hopper, Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, Enid Saies, Eugene Atget, Evangelical Baptist Church in Paris, Gail Levin, Lavoirs, Pont des Arts, Pont Neuf, Pont Royal, Richard R. Brettell, Rue Domat | 17 Comments

Passage St-Pierre

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Parisian Fields

We found this 1913 etching of the Passage St-Pierre by Caroline Armington in the Earls Court Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario, on St. Patrick’s Day in March. If you look up “Passage St-Pierre” in the index of a modern map of … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris art, Paris churches, Paris streets | Tagged Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Académie Julian, Caroline Armington, Eugene Atget, Frank Armington, Geb's, Jacques Hillairet, Passage St-Pierre, rue de l’Hôtel St-Paul, rue Neuve St-Pierre, St-Paul-des-Champs | 21 Comments

The writing on the wall, part two

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Parisian Fields

After posting the last blog, I had a nagging feeling that there was a question I had not answered and a connection I had not made. I found the question by looking at the images again. It was that date: … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture, Paris film, Paris shops, Paris streets | Tagged Affichage National, Albert Guillaume, colonnes dufayel, Emile Zola, Eugene Atget, Freedom of the press, Georges Dufayel, Georges Méliès, Gustave Rives, Jacques François Crespin, Leonetto Cappiello, Loi du 29 juillet 1881, Palais de la Nouveauté | 16 Comments

The Zone

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Parisian Fields

Our visits to Paris always begin and end with a trip through the outskirts of Paris. The train or taxi from the airport travels through residential and industrial suburbs, passing warehouses, high-rise hotels, office buildings, and large sports facilities. Beside … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris automotive, Paris civic functions, Paris history, Paris hospitals | Tagged Adolph Thiers, bibliothèque historique de la ville de paris, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Donald Pittenger, Enceinte de Thiers, Eugène Poubelle, Eugene Atget, flea markets, fortifications, Franco-Prussian War, habitations à bon marché, HBM, Laurent Baziller, Paris Commune, Paris wall, Périphérique, Porte de Reuilly, portes de Paris, Saint-Mandé, zone non aedificandi, Zoniers | 10 Comments

Péniche

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Parisian Fields

A November day some years ago. We are dawdling by the Seine when we spot a barge filled with coal being pushed up the Seine. Two days later, we are exploring the Parc André Citroën. As we cross over to … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history, Seine | Tagged barge, Bassin de la Villette, chaland, Charles-Louis de Saules de Freycinet, Eugene Atget, Fondation Le Corbusier, François Kollar, Freycinet Plan, Louise-Catherine, Madeleine Zillhardt, Maria Louise Katharine Breslau, Parc André Citroën, Paul Poiret, péniche, péniche de débarquement, Seine, Union des Femmes de France, Winaretta Singer, Yvon | 13 Comments

Entresol

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Parisian Fields

Thinking about the chambres de bonne last month reminded me of another distinctive space found in many older Paris buildings – the entresol. It, too, provided a space where servants might sleep, unless it was being used for storage or … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture | Tagged André Kertesz, Being John Malkovich, Bœuf à la Mode, Charles Joseph Antoine Lansiaux, Club de l’Entresol, Colette, entresol, Eugene Atget, John Cusack, Jules-Hardouin Mansart, Opéra Garnier, Palais Royal, Passage Choiseul, Place Dauphine, Place des Victoires, rue de la Harpe, Rue de la Paix, rue des Petits Champs | 14 Comments

Empty streets

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Parisian Fields

Birdsong. That’s what I hear these days when I wake up. Not the sounds of neighbours going to work or getting the kids ready for school. But the sound of robins and sparrows and starlings. I hope our friends in … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture, Paris history, Paris streets | Tagged A. Cayeux, Charles Marville, dégagement, Edouard-Denis Baldus, Eugene Atget, F. Nobécourt, Jean-Jacques Berger, Louis Daguerre, Patrice Roy, Sabrina Lynn Hughes, Société Héliographique, Tour St. Jacques | 8 Comments

Paris is a billboard

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Parisian Fields

Viewed through the long lens of time, 19th-century photos of advertising broadsides glued to the sides of buildings seem so charming, so urban, so Parisian. But what if it were your wall, or you were the printer whose fine work … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris street art, Paris streets | Tagged Ernst Litfass, Eugene Atget, Gabriel Morris, La Société Fermière des Collones-Affiches, Louis Vert, Morris columns | 9 Comments

On reaching 100 – blogs, that is

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Parisian Fields

When we posted our first blog on July 27, 2010, called “The Sounds of Paris,” we had fairly simple objectives. We wanted to use our photographs of Paris, our shelf of books on the city, and our small collection of … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris markets, Paris postcards | Tagged Adam Roberts, antique postcards, Bibliothèque Forney, bibliothèque historique de la ville de paris, Doni Belau, Eugene Atget, Franco-Prussion War, Girls' Guide to Paris, Hotel de Sens, Invisible Paris, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Lorraine, Marais, Marche aux Vieux Papiers, Paul Davenport, postcards, Richard Ewen, rue Davioud, rue du Ranelagh, St-Mandé, Verrerie Haroux | 11 Comments

A la recherche de Paris perdu

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Parisian Fields

I am no great fan of GPS or satnav systems. They convey a false sense of certainty about one’s location (What do you mean this is Montparnasse? It says Montmartre right here!) and are subject to garbage-in-garbage-out problems (if you … Continue reading →