Nadar, Self-Portrait, about 1856
French photographer Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as Nadar, would turn 104 this month, if he hadn't died about a 114 years ago. In Paris, about 1860, photography had just begun to bring to light many provocative questions about representation and art. (The word photography means light-writing.)
The Players, all as photographed by Nadar.
Nadar, Berthe Morisot, 1870
Nadar, Charles Baudelaire, ~1856
Nadar, Edouard Manet, 1865
Nadar in The Giant, the balloon he flew over Paris to photograph the city from above, "taking photography higher than any other art"
Not Félix but Paul Nadar, his son, released the shutter on this photo of Monet:
Paul Nadar, Claud Monet, 1899
And, for good measure, a painting of one of our players by another. Berthe Morisot is the grand-niece of the painter Fragonard (we've looked at his painting The Happy Accident of the Swing)and the sister-in-law of Edouard Manet (who painted Olympia--which some call the first modern painting. .
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets, 1872
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot , 1872
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot , 1874
Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot with a Fan, 1872
Edgar Dégas, Manet listening to his wife play Piano, 1870's
Edgar Dégas, Mary Cassatt Playing Cards, 1884
Edgar Dégas, Au Musee du Louvre (Miss Cassatt), 1879
Manet, caricature of Baudelaire, ~1865
Manet, Monet in his Floating Studio, ~1874
Manet, Déjeuner sure l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863
Monet, Déjeuner sure l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1865
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