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Jacques-Henri Lartigue

French

1894–1986

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  1. The Grand Prix 1913 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Image 1.

    Jacques-Henri Lartigue

    The Grand Prix 1913, 1913

    Photograph

    12 x 9 cm

    US$600

A painter who considered photography a hobby, Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) grew up in the privileged environment of an attentive well-to-do family and was seven years old when his father, himself an accomplished amateur photographer, presented him with his first camera. Thus armed, Lartigue captured the delightful life of the pre-war upper classes with his fleeting visions and a passionate devotion to the pursuit of joy.
Preserving his images from childhood on in album after album, Lartigue created an inordinately rich chronicle, but one that, like his diaries, remained essentially private. Until 1963, when a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York revealed Lartigue as a major photographer, his work was known only to a group of friends. Now, however, the images of Lartigue's childhood are widely known; indissolubly associated with the Belle Epoque, that confident, prosperous, carefree childhood of the century, they have become emblematic of its optimistic energy and vanished grace.
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