(Encyclopedia) Atget, EugèneAtget, Eugèneözhĕnˈ ätzhĕˈ [key], 1857–1927, French photographer. After working as a sailor and then as an actor for many years, Atget became a photographer at the age of…
(Encyclopedia) Freyssinet, EugèneFreyssinet, Eugèneözhĕnˈ frāsēnāˈ [key], 1879–1962, French engineer. Freyssinet was noted as a designer of bridges and industrial buildings. He was the inventor of…
(Encyclopedia) Carrière, EugèneCarrière, Eugèneözhĕnˈ käryĕrˈ [key], 1849–1906, French painter and lithographer. He is best known for his spiritual interpretations of maternity and family life.…
(Encyclopedia) Fromentin, EugèneFromentin, Eugèneözhĕnˈ frômäNtăNˈ [key], 1820–76, French painter and art critic. After studying in Paris, he traveled in Algeria and painted North African subjects.…
(Encyclopedia) Ysaÿe, EugèneYsaÿe, Eugèneözhĕnˈ ēzäēˈ [key], 1858–1931, Belgian violinist, considered one of the foremost violinists of his time; pupil of Wieniawski and Vieuxtemps. He became…
(Encyclopedia) Sue, EugèneSue, Eugèneözhĕnˈ sü [key], 1804–57, French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to…
(Encyclopedia) Ormandy, EugeneOrmandy, Eugeneôrˈməndē [key], 1899–1985, American conductor, b. Budapest. At the age of five Ormandy entered the Budapest Conservatory, where he studied the violin.…
(Encyclopedia) Delacroix, Eugène (Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix)Delacroix, EugènefĕrdēnäNˈ-vēktôrˈ-özhĕnˈ dəläkrwäˈ [key], 1798–1863, French painter. Delacroix is considered the foremost painter…
(Encyclopedia) Eugene of Savoy, 1663–1736, prince of the house of Savoy, general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. Born in Paris, he was the son of Eugène, comte de Soissons of the line of…
(Encyclopedia) Ionesco, EugèneIonesco, Eugèneözhĕnˈ yŏnĕsˈkō [key], 1912–94, French playwright, b. Romania. Settling in France in 1938, he contributed to Cahiers du Sud and began writing avant-garde…
