His father buys a Hispano-Suiza 32 HP. Jacques makes much use of the car to travel around France. He devotes more and more time to painting: bouquets, gardens and portraits are his favorite themes. He produces his finest autochrome plates in the park of the Château de la Garoupe, on the Côte d'Azur. August 23: birth of his son, Dani.

Lartigue exhibits at the Galerie Georges Petit and at several Parisian art salons. This is the beginning of his career as a painter. He meets the colorist Kees Van Dongen. Also at this time, he makes the acquaintance of Maurice Chevalier and the film director Abel Gance, who on several occasions suggests that they work together. This is also the beginning of his friendship with two French stage stars, Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps.

Birth of his second child, Véronique. Yvonne Printemps and Sacha Guitry are the godparents. The baby lives only a few months.

March: Jacques Lartigue meets Renée Perle, a model of Romanian origin. For the next two years she is his companion and his favorite model for paintings and photos. He exhibits once again at the Galerie Georges Petit and at the Salon d’automne.

Alexis Granowsky hires Jacques as assistant director for his film Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, adapted from a novel by Pierre Louÿs. Basically he is a talent and location scout. He chooses the actresses who will play the film’s 150 “queens” and finds the parks and villas where much of the footage will be shot.

March 12: he marries Marcelle Paolucci, or “Coco”, as she is called. Her father is head electrician at the Cannes and Deauville casinos.

Lartigue has acquired a certain reputation as a painter – and now has to earn a living with his art. Like Van Dongen and Picabia, he offers his services as an interior decorator, working on the galas at the Cannes casino: “Fleurs et Papillons,” “Gala multicolore,” “Grande Duchesse” and “Marché aux fleurs,” etc. His exhibition of portraits (Van Dongen, Sacha Guitry, Marlene Dietrich, Georges Carpentier and Joan Crawford) at the Galerie Jouvène in Marseille is a great success.