Although Lartigue is celebrated for his black-and-white work, a recent exhibition also revealed his mastery of color, surprisingly sensitive and fresh, and enriched our understanding of his work. First presented at the Maison européenne de la photography, Paris, then at Foam Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam, Lartigue, Life in Color will be in display from October 28, 2017, […]
The exhibition La Femme sur le rivage (Woman on the Shore), presented at the Villa Brunes in Dinard, which closed on September 17, was a hugh success, welcoming a total of 18,955 visitors. The attendance far exceeded the expectations in Dinard, the town that created the exhibition in partnership with the Donation Jacques Henri Lartigue, […]
“Lartigue à La Baule 1913-1929,” an exhibition organized by the City Hall of La Baule at the Bernard Boesch Museum from 1 July to 1 October 2017, unveils an unknown aspect panorama of Lartigue’s work. Although he regularly stayed in La Baule in 1913, 1915, 1929 and 1936, his visits there and the photographic witnesses […]
From May 20 to September 17, 2017, the exhibition « Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), La Femme sur le rivage » at the Villa Les Roches Brunes in Dinard, Brittany, unveils some one hundred photographs full of joie de vivre that exemplify the elegance, sensuality and sense of freedom of life on the beach. Organized around eight […]
Along with our wishes for a happy new year, we are delighted to share this photograph, which will be shown in 2017 in several exhibitions organized in collaboration with the Lartigue Donation, including “J. H. Lartigue: Images of a Floating World,” organized by Florian Rodari, which will be presented at the Sang Sang Foundation in […]
Jacques Henri Lartigue’s love of the sea and coastline is obvious when browsing through the 130 photographic albums he made throughout his lifetime. As a child, he spent time on the beaches of Biarritz, Trouville and the French Riviera, and was inspired by the intense encounter of earth, sky and sea. He thus spent a […]
