Germaine Lacaze standing behind her seated father and to the left of her mother. On the right Jacqueline Cerrano. Window of the living room of Villeneuve-le-Comte (1953)
(photography Albert Séeberger – priv. coll. artist)
Germaine Lacaze with her family on a beach in Arcachon (1956)
1953
Prize winner of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors. Silver medal at the 2nd Biennial of painting in Menton with “Reading Marcelle”. Trip to Toledo.
Death of her mother from cancer at the age of 66.
1954
Mentioned at the Vichy Salon. Participated in the Salon de Brantôme. Stays in Menton.
1955
Invited to the Menton Biennial. Participated in the Salon de la Marine. Participates in the Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l’Eau. Prize of the French Committee in Vichy (International Women’s Exhibition).
Death of her father at the age of 73.
Germaine Lacaze whose colourist power gives birth to an art of the highest order, the colour is disciplined by a drawing of perfect rigour.
Yvonne BLIGNE – Le Peintre – June 1st 1955
1956
Elected associate at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA).