Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894 –1986) was a French
photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes
and Parisian fashion female models.
Born in Courbevoie, France to a wealthy family, Jacques
Henri Lartigue started taking photographs when he was seven. He photographed
his friends and family at play – running and jumping; racing home-built race
cars; making kites, gliders as well as aeroplanes; and climbing the Eiffel
Tower.
Although best known as a photographer, Lartigue was also a
good painter. He often showed-up in the official salons in Paris and in the
south of France from 1922. He was friends with a wide selection of literary and
artistic celebrities including the playwright Sacha Guitry, the singer Yvonne
Printemps, the painters Kees van Dongen, Pablo Picasso and the
artist-playwright-filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
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