biography of NADAR (1820-1910)
Personal data
Birth : 04/06/1820 - Paris, France
Death : 03/21/1910 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Family relations
Father of Paul NADAR [ 1856-1939 ]Professional data
Work and Life
1886:Retired
1874:First impressionist exhibition(Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Cézanne…) in his studio, Paris, France
1861:First one to take photographs of the catacombs and sewers of Paris, France
1861:Patent for electric light photography (magnesium), France
1860 – 1870:Opening of new studio, boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France
1858:Patent for “Nouveau système de photographie aérostatique”(aerial photograph from balloon), France
1855:Professional photographer for portraits, Paris, France
1854 – 1860:Opening of the studio for photographic portraits, 113 rue Saint-Lazare, Paris
1848:Creation of the newspapers: “Le livre d’or” and “La revue comique”, France
1841:Pseudonym of Nadar, France
Met Gustave Doré, C. Guys, Corot, Courbet, J.-F. Millet, Daubigny, Manet, Delacroix, Daumier, Viollet-le-Duc, Charles Garnier, etc., France
Friend of Baudelaire, Offenbach, Jules Verne, France
Other professions
Journalist
Work
Categorie and medium
Print-Multiple : Engraving - Lithograph 
Photography : Albumen print - Bromoil gelatin silver print - Carbon print - Gelatin silver print - Photogravure - Platinum print - Salt print 
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Pastel - Pencil - Watercolour Subject
caricaturemedicine
portrait
Movements and styles
Primitive PhotographyWorks
| Sarah Bernhardt | |
| Date of creation : 1864 Medium : Photograph Subject : portrait | |
| Alexandre Dumas père | |
| Date of creation : 1855 Medium : Salt print Subject : portrait Size : 23 x 19 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1994
Nadar, les années créatrices, 1854-1860
Musée d’Orsay – Paris, France
1994
1975
Nadar photographe
Caisse des Monuments Historiques – Paris, France
1975
1965
BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Paris, France
1965
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Art 75 – 58 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Art 75 – Galerie Yves Di Maria – 58 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Janet Lehr, Inc. 19th & 20th Century Photography – 891 Park Avenue – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2002
Famous Faces: Celebrity Portraits in Photography
Museum of Fine Arts – Saint Petersburg FL, United States
09/21/2002 – 12/08/2003
Portraits: A Century of Photographs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
09/10/2002 – 01/12/2003
1975
L’atelier Nadar et l’art lyrique
Bibliothèque du Musée de l’Opéra – Paris, France
1975
1900
Universal Exhibition / Exposition Universelle
Paris, France
1900
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