1931

First award at the exhibition of holiday work at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts with “Self-portrait with a vase of flowers”.

Began studying painting with Othon Friesz at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

Obtained for teaching draughtsmanship in commercial and industrial girls’ schools.

Was appointed as an assistant teacher at the Ecole Annexe de l’Ecole Normale des Jeunes Filles du boulevard des Batignolles in Paris.

Had her first exhibition at the Salon des Artistes Français.

1932

First award at the exhibition of workshop work at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. End of studies with Lucien Simon at the Beaux-Arts. Stays in Saint-Palais and Carcassonne.

A fine, well-drawn portrait of Germaine Lacaze.

Gustave KAHN – Le Quotidien – 19 April 1932

Germaine Lacaze exhibits a Brie Interior whose tones are matched with discernment and whose layout is amusing.

Paul FIERENS – Journal des Débats – 29 April 1932

1933

Attended the summer course in Spanish literature at the University of Santander, where the Bacarra group, created by Federico García Lorca, presented theatre performances. Travelled to Castile, Madrid and Toledo.

1934

Trip to Andalusia.

First artist’s studio at 115 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris VI.

1935

Private exhibition at Yvonne Guillon’s in Paris with gouaches and drawings from Spain. Trip to Collioure and Andalusia.

1936

Trip to England and Belgium. Stay in Hossegor.

1937

Her father, Pierre-Georges Lacaze, bought a country house in Villeneuve-le-Comte (Seine-et-Marne). Fitting out of a studio.

1938

Drawing assistant teacher at the Paul Bert College in Paris and at the Ecole Normale d’institutrices de Paris. Stays on the Côte d’Azur.

1939

Private exhibition at the Alvaro Barreiro Gallery in Paris, under the patronage of Georges Huisman, the General Director of Fine Arts and Othon Friesz. Participated in the Salon des Tuileries.

At the Salon des Tuileries: many new, some interesting… Lacaze.

  Fernand DEMEURE – Goethe – June 1939