Paul Nadar
Paul Nadar — the recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is fine-art photography and portrait photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Paul Nadar is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada and J. Paul Getty Museum. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, officier d'académie, Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun and Knight of the Order of Leopold. The heading is also recorded as Paul Tournachon Nadar. Paul Nadar is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q4141511. Institutional cataloguing adds that paul Nadar died in 1939 at Paris. The register further records that paul Nadar is recorded with the citizenship of France. The register further records that paul Nadar is recorded as photographer and film director.
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Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Paul Nadar is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q4141511. It is also recorded that paul Nadar is recorded with the citizenship of France.
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background.
Paul Nadar died in 1939 at Paris. Paul Nadar is recorded at birth as Paul Armand Tournachon. Institutional cataloguing adds that paul Nadar was born in 1856 at Paris.
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.
Open Library catalogues 6 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. The record continues: the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading.
Félix Tournachon [Nadar]. Lithograph by É. Vernier after Paul Tournachon [Nadar junior]. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 4 objects associated with this name. It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 4 objects associated with this heading. The record continues: the Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 30 objects associated with this heading.
Collection d'autographes formée par Félix et Paul Nadar. V Cabanes-Chavette. Cabanès, Docteur Augustin. Auteur de letres (1898) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that paul Nadar (filmes, 1896-1898) (1896) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Reception and standing
The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows.
Paul Nadar is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour, officier d'académie and Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun. The register further records that open Library catalogues 7 works under this name.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 14 catalogued sources across 9 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikidata, Wikipedia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
In detail
the recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is fine-art photography and portrait photography.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris.
Work by Paul Nadar is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada and J. Paul Getty Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, officier d'académie, Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun and Knight of the Order of Leopold.
Connections
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Anne-Marie Bernard et Claude Malécot, L’odyssée de Paul Nadar au Turkestan : 1890, Monum , Éditions du patrimoine, 2007, Les Cahiers de l'Orient, 2008
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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La aventura de Paul Nadar en Turkestán: Sobre fotografías y el redescubrimiento de Asia Central, ISIMU, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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O ensino do nadar por meio da modalidade de polo aquático
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Open Library author record for Paul Nadar (Internet Archive), 7 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Paul Nadar.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 16250631-4, Exposition Le Monde de Proust, Photographies de Paul Nadar.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 9.
Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Paul Nadar as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Paul Nadar.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 11.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Paul Nadar (4 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 12.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 30 works naming Paul Nadar.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 13.
“Paul Nadar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source - 14.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q4141511: Paul Nadar
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Comte Henry Greffulhe (1881) by Paul Nadar.
Paul Nadar · https://www.flickr.com/photos/51366740@N07/8589855160/ Photo extraite du livre "Le Monde de Marcel Proust vu par Paul Nadar" · Public domain
The picture record
Romanian pavilion at the 1889 Paris Expo: the Romani ensemble ( Lăutari ) of Ionică Dinicu (father of the famous violinist Grigoraş Dinicu).
Paul Nadar · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Film memorabilia
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