Nadar

French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)

† 1910 · Artists · Artist in the permanent collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Musée d'Orsay, National Gallery of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art; cross-wiki notability: 62 language Wikipedias

In the collections of

Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum of Modern Art · Musée d'Orsay · National Gallery of Art · J. Paul Getty Museum · Cleveland Museum of Art

License & source

CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikidata

Life

Nadar was born on April 6, 1820 in rue Saint-Honoré and died on March 20, 1910 in avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, aged 89. Recorded occupations: photographer, balloonist, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer and journalist. Country of citizenship: France. Fields of work: photography and caricature. Notable works include “Portrait photograph of Sarah Bernhardt”. Educated at Lycée Condorcet.

At a glance

Born: April 6, 1820 · rue Saint-Honoré
Died: March 20, 1910 · avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt
Age at death: 89
Citizenship: France
Occupations: photographer, balloonist, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer, journalist
Notable works: Portrait photograph of Sarah Bernhardt
Education: Lycée Condorcet
Wikipedia editions: 62 languages
Signature licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

About this signature

This image of Nadar's signature comes from Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file). Its licence is recorded as CC BY-SA 4.0, with the file credited to Respublika Narodnaya. It is linked to the person through Wikidata property P109 (signature), which ties a documented individual to a specific archived file. We show the file as published and do not redraw or retouch it. Deceased 1910; signature file carries a CC BY-SA 4.0 claim on the SVG tracing: derivative collage may need share-alike + attribution.

Biographical facts: Wikidata Q40116 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-13. Read more about Nadar on Wikipedia.

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