ArtistsJacques-Henri Lartigue
Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

French, 1894
PhotographySurrealismPhotography
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6
Institutional Exhibitions
67
Works in Collection
114
Assets Indexed
3
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  • Surrealism
  • Photography
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Lartigue: Panoramas of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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Photographs of Women
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Photographs Before Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Why this artist matters now

Jacques-Henri Lartigue was a French photographer who documented the leisure, fashion, and automobile culture of the Belle Époque and early twentieth century with a spontaneous, handheld aesthetic that predated the development of 35mm photojournalism. Working from childhood with small cameras, he captured fleeting moments of everyday elegance and movement with a freshness that distinguished his work from the formal studio photography of his era. His archive of over 130,000 photographs spans nearly nine decades and constitutes an unparalleled visual record of French upper-class life from 1900 onward.

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Zissou in his Tire Boat, Chateau de Rouzat (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Selected Credits

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1971Photographs of WomenMuseum of Modern Artexhibition
1968Photographs Before SurrealismMuseum of Modern Artexhibition
1967Steichen Gallery ReinstallationMuseum of Modern Artexhibition
1964The Photographer's EyeMuseum of Modern Artexhibition
1963Photographs by LartigueMuseum of Modern Artexhibition
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