Artist: Felix Nadar (1820 - 1910)
Nationality: French
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Felix Nadar opened his first photography studio in 1854 where he created portraits of his influential friends and acquaintances that included writers, artists, politicians, actors, and scholars. He was also one of the first photographers to use artificial light. Nadar only practiced photography for six years.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Felix Tournachon Nadar, French, 1820-1910 Preliminary study for the projected lithograph "Pantheon Nadar" 1854. 1854
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Ernestine Nadar in Ballooning Costume
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Mme. Ernestine Nadar
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Adolphe Crémieux
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Émile Augier
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Jules de Prémaray
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Alphonse Daudet
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Jules Janin
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Henri Mürger
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Auguste Luchet
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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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Self-Portrait
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Antoine-Louis Barye
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Auguste Vitu
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Mére Marie Jamet
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Alexis Perignon
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Balzac (étude pour le Panthéon Nadar) (1850) by NADAR (dit), TOURNACHON Gaspard Félix
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Self-Portrait in Striped Coat
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Gustave Mathieu
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Benoît-Hermogaste Molin
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Self-Portrait in Smock
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Théophile Gautier
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Paul Tournachon (Paul Nadar) Edmond Rostrand (1868-1918) albumen print circa 1896
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Maréchal Francisco Serrano
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Theodore Rousseau
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Croquis caricaturaux avec huit têtes et un animal et autoportrait (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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View in the Catacombs
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Alexander Dumas (père)
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Honore Victorin Daumier - Nadar, Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art 1862 lithograph The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Jean-François Berthelier, Comedian
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Theophile Gautier
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Autoportrait charge, planant, assis dans une petite nacelle (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Self-Portrait as an Aeronaut
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Self-Portrait as an Aeronaut
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Tête de Francis Wey (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Adrien Tournachon (Nadar jeune) Gabriel-Alexandre Decamps Salt print circa 1855 - 1860
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Gustave Doré
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar) Ferdinand-Victor-EugËne Delacroix Albumen print from glass negative mounted to a heavy card 1858
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Douze têtes de profil (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Leopold, Count of Syracuse
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Trois têtes d'hommes (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Neuf têtes d'hommes (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Sarah Bernhardt
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Self-Portrait as an Aeronaut
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Aimé Millet
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Edouard Laboulaye (d'après Nadar) (19e siècle) by LEVASSEUR Jules Gabriel (graveur) ; NADAR (dit), TOURNACHON Gaspard Félix (photographe)
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Feuille de croquis caricaturaux (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Tête d'Hetzel, de profil à gauche (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar) Portrait of a child albumen print circa 1870
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Tête de Théophile Gautier (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Auguste Préault
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Trois croquis de la tête de Léon Gozlan (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Quatre portraits-charge (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Portrait-charge de Cicéri (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Portrait charge de Carrel (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Portrait charge de Luchet (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Tête d'homme avec favoris et moustache (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Quatre portraits (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Portrait charge de Rossini (19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by NADAR
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar) Portrait of a fashionable lady albumen print circa 1870

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