Artist: Felix Nadar (1820 - 1910)
Nationality: French
Movement:
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: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Gustave Droz, circa 1870
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Portrait of a child, circa 1870
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Ferdinand-Victor-EugËne Delacroix, 1858
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Portrait of the writer Edmond de Goncourt, 1870
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Portrait of a gentleman with medals, circa 1870
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Portrait of a fashionable lady, circa 1870
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la PeÒa from the series Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1870
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Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Chatrousse, seventeenth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), H. Daumier, twenty-second plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Lecomte du No¸y, fifty-second plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1877
Museum of Fine Arts -
Felix Tournachon Nadar, French, 1820-1910 Preliminary study for the projected lithograph "Pantheon Nadar" 1854. 1854
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Pils, sixty-sixth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Lepic, fifty-fourth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Jacquet, forty-seventh plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Gustave DorÈ, twenty-sixth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), AimÈ Perret, sixty-fourth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), A. Marquet de Vasselot , seventy-eighth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Gaspard-FÈlix Tournachon (Nadar), Hector Viger, seventy-ninth plate in this bound selection of 81 illustrated essays from the series,Galerie contemporaine, littÈraire, artistique, circa 1876 - 1894
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Ernestine Nadar in Ballooning Costume
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mme. Ernestine Nadar
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Adolphe Crémieux
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Émile Augier
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Jules de Prémaray
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Alphonse Daudet
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Jules Janin
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Henri Mürger
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Auguste Luchet
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Self-Portrait
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Antoine-Louis Barye
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Auguste Vitu
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mére Marie Jamet
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Alexis Perignon
J. Paul Getty Museum -
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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Maréchal Francisco Serrano
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Theodore Rousseau

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