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With a keen sense for light and character, he creates portraits that are more than mere likenesses. His photographs blend technical innovation with profound humanity.


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Nadar

France · 1820–1910 · Photography · 483 artworks found
With a keen sense for light and character, he creates portraits that are more than mere likenesses. His photographs blend technical innovation with profound humanity. more about the artist
Nadar
1820–1910
Born1820 (Rue Saint-Honoré)
Died1910 (Avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt)
NationalityFrance
EpochsPhotography
Genreportrait
Professionphotographer, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer, journalist, draftsperson, graphic artist
Family
Father: Victor Tournachon
Spouse: Ernestine Nadar
Child: Paul-Armand
Notable worksNadars Porträtfoto von Sarah Bernhardt (1864), Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole, M. le comte de Morny (d'après une photographie de Nadar) BOYER 1901, Gioacchino Rossini (1850), Eugène de Stadler (1850)
MuseumsWien Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago
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Gaspard-Felix Tournachon alias Nadar was one of the first portrait photographers. His path began in Lyon, France, where he left his medical studies to become a journalist. In 1839 he moved back to his birthplace Paris. At first he could not make a good career decision. He tried his hand at drawing, theater and also in industry until he created the satirical magazine "La Revue Comique" in 1849, in which he opposed the Paris Commune with different artists by means of illustrations. One of the artists was his half-brother Adrien alias Nadar jeune, who had previously been trained as a painter Picot through Nadar's connections.

At the age of 34 he married Ernestine who was 16 years younger. In the same year he devoted himself to photography. His attention was focused on the psychological recording of his models. "In order to produce an intimate image and not just a banal portrait, the result of sheer coincidence, you have to put yourself in the model's shoes, you have to capture her thoughts and even her character," Nadar describes to explain his working method. To do this, Nadar sometimes talked for hours until the model took on a more relaxed posture. At the time, this was not particularly easy, as the model had to remain in front of the lens for a few seconds. For this purpose, he also used accessories that helped the model to rest but were invisible in the picture. His clientele consisted mainly of prominent writers, some of whom he was friends with.

At the battle of Solferino Nadar took the first aerial photographs. For this he constructed a propeller airship, which inspired Jules Verne to write his novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon". Four years later, Nadar and his wife travelled in the airship from Paris to Hanover, but it crashed, so that both he and his wife had to go to hospital with serious injuries. Nevertheless he loved aviation so much that in the same year he became president of the newly founded "Société d'encouragement de la navigation aérienne au moyen du plus lourd que l'air", which promoted the construction of flying machines. He finally achieved fame through his long exposures in the Paris catacombs.

His only son Paul followed in his father's footsteps and took over the studio after his death.

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Gustave Courbet, ca 1866.
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[Standing Female Nude], 1860-61.
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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in c...
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The brothers Edmond de Goncourt ...
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Edmond de Goncourt (1822-96) fro...
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Portrait of Claude Monet, 1901
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Henri Becquerel, French physicis...
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Camille Saint-Saens 1835-1921, F...
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Portrait of Claude Monet, c.1899...
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Interior of Catacombs, Paris, 1861
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Studio of Nadar at 35 Boulevard ...
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M. VIOLLET-LE-DUC DÉCÉDÉ LE 18 S...
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portrait of Jules Verne (1828-19...
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[Paul Nadar at the Breast of His...
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Portrait of Gustav Eiffel (1823-...
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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in t...
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Jean-Francois Millet
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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in t...
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Portret Teodora Morawskiego (179...
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Portrait of Jean Charles Deburau...
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Mr. Sax is wounded by the black ...
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M. DE VILLEMESSANT DÉCÉDÉ LE 11 ...
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Sarah Bernhardt in the title rol...
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Comedians on stage. Plate insert...
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Portret Adama Jerzego Czartorysk...
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Mime: Charles Deburau (1829-1873...
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Portrait of Eugene Scribe (1791-...
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Interior of Catacombs, Paris, 1861
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Mme. George Sand
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Fréderic Henry Schopin (1804-188...
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Portrait of Charles Baudelaire (...
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Jacques Offenbach 1819-1880, Ger...
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Amélie Diéterle interprets the r...
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Frontispice of “Little albums fo...
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Portrait of Gustave Doré (1832 -...
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French composer Jacques Offenbac...
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Portrait of Octave Lacroix (1827...
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Portrait of Edouard Manet , 1874
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Arsene Houssaye (1815-1896) Fren...
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Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, ...
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Portrait-charge by Alfred de Mus...
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Portrait of Jean Berthelier (183...
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Portrait load (portrait-charge) ...
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Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870)
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Portrait of Madame Desbordes Val...
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De Monsterballon (Le Giant) van ...
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Portrait of Georges Guynemer (18...
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Portrait of Emile Zola (1840 - 1...
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Portrait of Eugene Delacroix, pa...
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The catacombs of Paris. View of ...
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Portrait of Joseph Lemercier, pr...
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Portrait of writer George Sand (...
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Portrait of Madame Pichat. Portr...
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Dareneck!!! (Neck break). Lithog...
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Portrait de Gerard de Nerval (18...
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Portrait of Emile Zola
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The Last Moments of Victor Hugo ...
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Portrait of Jacques Fromental Ha...
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Portrait of Hector Berlioz, musi...
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Portrait of Jules Barbey d'Aurev...
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Felix Nadar, c.1860
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Jules Janin, ca. 1856.
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[Seated Model, Partially Draped]...
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Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt 1844...
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Photography in “Petites albums p...
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Portrait of Henriette Rosine Ber...
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Portrait of Mikhail Aleksandrovi...
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Portrait of Ludovic Havely, Libr...
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Beautes of the history of France
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Cartoon on the work of Hector Be...
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Isaac Pereire (1806-80), from 'G...
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About the artist

Nadar
Nadar
1820–1910
Born1820 (Rue Saint-Honoré)
Died1910 (Avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt)
NationalityFrance
EpochsPhotography
Genreportrait
Professionphotographer, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer, journalist, draftsperson, graphic artist
Family
Father: Victor Tournachon
Spouse: Ernestine Nadar
Child: Paul-Armand
Notable worksNadars Porträtfoto von Sarah Bernhardt (1864), Portrait of Ernestine Nadar, the artist's wife, wearing fur stole, M. le comte de Morny (d'après une photographie de Nadar) BOYER 1901, Gioacchino Rossini (1850), Eugène de Stadler (1850)
MuseumsWien Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago

Gaspard-Felix Tournachon alias Nadar was one of the first portrait photographers. His path began in Lyon, France, where he left his medical studies to become a journalist. In 1839 he moved back to his birthplace Paris. At first he could not make a good career decision. He tried his hand at drawing, theater and also in industry until he created the satirical magazine "La Revue Comique" in 1849, in which he opposed the Paris Commune with different artists by means of illustrations. One of the artists was his half-brother Adrien alias Nadar jeune, who had previously been trained as a painter Picot through Nadar's connections.

At the age of 34 he married Ernestine who was 16 years younger. In the same year he devoted himself to photography. His attention was focused on the psychological recording of his models. "In order to produce an intimate image and not just a banal portrait, the result of sheer coincidence, you have to put yourself in the model's shoes, you have to capture her thoughts and even her character," Nadar describes to explain his working method. To do this, Nadar sometimes talked for hours until the model took on a more relaxed posture. At the time, this was not particularly easy, as the model had to remain in front of the lens for a few seconds. For this purpose, he also used accessories that helped the model to rest but were invisible in the picture. His clientele consisted mainly of prominent writers, some of whom he was friends with.

At the battle of Solferino Nadar took the first aerial photographs. For this he constructed a propeller airship, which inspired Jules Verne to write his novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon". Four years later, Nadar and his wife travelled in the airship from Paris to Hanover, but it crashed, so that both he and his wife had to go to hospital with serious injuries. Nevertheless he loved aviation so much that in the same year he became president of the newly founded "Société d'encouragement de la navigation aérienne au moyen du plus lourd que l'air", which promoted the construction of flying machines. He finally achieved fame through his long exposures in the Paris catacombs.

His only son Paul followed in his father's footsteps and took over the studio after his death.



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