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Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

French, 1820–1910

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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known by the pseudonym Nadar or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son, Paul Nadar, continued the studio after his death.

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Works in Collection

15 works
Baron Isidore Taylor

Baron Isidore Taylor

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1872-1875

Champfleury

Champfleury

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

c. 1860

Edmond About

Edmond About

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1858

Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

c. 1857

Eugène Pelletan

Eugène Pelletan

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1856-59

George Sand

George Sand

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

c. 1864

Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1856-58

Marie Dumas

Marie Dumas

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

c. 1856

Nadar with Eugène Chevreuil on his Hundredth Birthday

Nadar with Eugène Chevreuil on his Hundredth Birthday

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1886

Paul Chenavard

Paul Chenavard

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1856-58

Pierrot Surprised

Pierrot Surprised

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1854-55

Rossini

Rossini

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1856

Test Obtained in the Catacombs of Paris Using the Serrin Regulator

Test Obtained in the Catacombs of Paris Using the Serrin ...

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

April 1862

Théophile Gautier

Théophile Gautier

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

1855

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

c. 1870

Exhibitions

11 exhibitions

Mar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937

Photography 1839–1937

243 artists · 1 curator

Aug 18, 1943 – Sep 19, 1943

Action Photography

44 artists · 1 curator

Feb 21, 1945 – May 30, 1945

French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

23 artists · 2 curators

Nov 29, 1949 – Jan 15, 1950

Roots of French Photography

10 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Edward Steichen Photography Center

130 artists · 1 curator

Oct 25, 1967

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

77 artists

Mar 19, 1968 – May 27, 1968

Photography as Printmaking

54 artists · 1 curator

Jul 09, 1969 – Sep 28, 1969

Portrait Photographs

43 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1979

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

102 artists · 1 curator

Oct 23, 1980

Reinstallation of the Collection

129 artists

Nov 07, 1985 – Jan 07, 1986

Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985

58 artists · 1 curator