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Caixa Forum Barcelona - J.H. Lartigue - October 2, 2010
Automobile Club de France, Grand Prix, 26 June 1912. Picture of a Delage racing car.
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Jacques Henri Lartigue
We will visit an exhibition dedicated to Jacques Henri Lartigue at CaixaForum Barcelona Av. Marquès de Comillas, 6-8 on Saturday, October 2.
See the webpage for the exhibition here: Jacques Henri Lartigue
Here are the arrangements:
- Saturday, October 2, 2010. We will meet as from 11.30 in the Husa cafe for coffee and a 12.00 start. From the main foyer, go up the escalator towards the exhibition rooms, follow the Cafe signs. Look out for the Advance Communication logo.
- The visit will finish around 13.00 and it will be in English! Don't worry about English levels for anyone you want to invite. We can all help with translation.
- Early lunch/snack in the Husa Restaurant to mix and talk.
Please let me know by email before Tuesday, September 28, 18.00 if you will be coming.
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Jacques Henri Lartigue (June 13, 1894 – September 12, 1986) was a French photographer and painter.
Born in Courbevoie (a city outside of Paris) to a wealthy family, he is most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century.
He started taking photos when he was 6, his subject matter being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it. As a child he photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping, racing wheeled soap boxes, building kites, gliders and aeroplanes, climbing the Eiffel Tower and so on. He also photographed many famous sporting events, including automobile races such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights by aviation pioneers including Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, Louis Paulhan and Roland Garros, and tennis players such as Suzanne Lenglen at the French Open tennis championships.
More about Lartigue on Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Jacques Henri Lartigue
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