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Paul Nadar

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ4141511 ULAN500027123

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

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Photography 1839�1937

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1937

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BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/37178
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-nadar
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paul Nadar was a French photographer and son of the renowned portraitist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as Nadar. Active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he continued his father's practice of studio portraiture while expanding into landscape and documentary photography. His work maintained the technical precision and psychological acuity characteristic of the Nadar studio's reputation.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

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Sarah Bernhardt as Lady Macbeth

1899 · Gelatin silver print

Museum of Modern Art

Portret van een (vermoedelijk) Franse militair, staand in uniformjas met pet

1895 · albumen print on cardboard, paper, photographic support

height: 163 cm, width: 110 cm

Rijksmuseum

Paris-Photographe

1892 · linen (material), photographic support, paper, cardboard

width: 190 cm, height: 267 cm, thickness: 56 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Sarah Bernhardt, actrice

1890 · carbon print on paper, photographic support

width: 106 cm, height: 155 cm

Rijksmuseum

Marie-Eugène Chevreul

1886 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 12.5 × 10.9 cm (4 15/16 × 4 5/16 in.); First mount: 14.2 × 12.6 cm (5 5/8 × 5 in.); Second mount: 19.7 × 16.6 cm (7 13/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Paris-Théàtre

1870 · Woodburytypes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Franz Liszt

1865 · Albumen print, mounted on cabinet card stock

Image: 14.7 × 10.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Paper: 16.4 × 10.9 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (4)

7 published of 8 catalogued · 5 with image

Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Portret van Sarah Bernhardt, actrice
1890 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Paris-Photographe
1892 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Portrait Photographs

New York · 1969

Group Exhibition 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

New York · 1959

Group Exhibition French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

New York · 1945

Group Exhibition Photography 1839�1937

New York · 1937