Nadar’s work is defined by its 19th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Le Geant, Champ de Mars
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre à Montmartre
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Gustave Doré
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Interior of Le Géant Inflating
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Édouard Manet (French painter, 1832-1883)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

George Sand (born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist, 1804-1876)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Champfleury (born Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson, French critic and novelist, 1821-1889)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (French architect, 1814-1879)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Francis Planté (French pianist, 1839-1934)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor (Belgian playwright and travel writer, 1789-1878)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Portrait of La Fontaine
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Louis Figuier
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

François Coppée (French poet and novelist, 1842-1908)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

F. de Lesseps
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Edmond de Goncourt (French writer and critic, 1822-1896)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Antoine Gustave Droz (French writer, 1832-1895)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Edmond-René Laboulaye
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Eugéne Scribe
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Ferdinand Fabre
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910

Edmond About
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910