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
Gustave Doré
Interior of Le Géant Inflating
Édouard Manet (French painter, 1832-1883)
George Sand (born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist, 1804-1876)
Champfleury (born Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson, French critic and novelist, 1821-1889)
Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (French architect, 1814-1879)
Francis Planté (French pianist, 1839-1934)
Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor (Belgian playwright and travel writer, 1789-1878)
Portrait of La Fontaine
Louis Figuier
François Coppée (French poet and novelist, 1842-1908)
F. de Lesseps
Edmond de Goncourt (French writer and critic, 1822-1896)
Antoine Gustave Droz (French writer, 1832-1895)
Edmond-René Laboulaye
Eugéne Scribe
Ferdinand Fabre
Edmond About