From January 13 to March 13, 2016, the Photo-Cinema Gallery at the Institut Lumière in Lyon presents the exhibition “Chic, le sport!,” a selection of photographs on Lartigue’s “sporting life.” The exhibition is both an homage to Lartigue, a keen sportsman whose unposed photographs capture the joyous exuberance of such amateur sports as racing, […]
In 2006, the French Tennis Foundation and the Donation Lartigue organized an exhibit of Lartigue’s sports photographs entitled “L’art du fugitive – tennis et mouvement 1905 -1929.” Eight years later, as part of commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the First World War, the FFT presents “Lignes de Front – le tennis en 14-18,” an exhibition paying […]
Nice, May 1921. Lartigue’s photograph depicts French tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen in training, in spring 1921. Tragically, Lenglen, nicknamed “La Divine” (the divine one), won 31 championship titles between 1914 and 1926, when she turned professional. She died tragically in 1938 at the age of 39, shortly after being diagnosed with leukemia. Lartigue recalled, […]
