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Félix NadarPhotographer, novelist... balloonist?

Revolving Self Portrait, 1865

Félix Nadar was a French Photographer born on April 6, 1820. Nadar contributed to the Early Photography movement and died on March 20, 1910. Get notified when Félix Nadar's biography is complete:

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire

1855

Revolving Self Portrait

1865

Nicéphore Niépce

The inventor of Photography

1765-1833

Hippolyte Bayard

The second person to invent photography

1801-1887

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

Visionary promoter of photography

1787-1851
18012000
A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda
Ivan Aivazovsky
Status quo — what's that?
Gustave Courbet Félix Nadar
Love animals, wear pants, live without compromise
Rosa Bonheur
Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
Alexandre Cabanel

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