Alain Jacquet
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Alain Jacquet was a French
artist
representative of the American Pop Art
movement.
at École des Beaux-Arts
as a painter he was an autodidact.
Camouflage Botticelli (Birt of Venus) (1963-64) is a famous work of his. In a series of camouflage
paintings, he often used motifs from older, very famous paintings, such as in this case from the painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
. Jacquet also borrowed the form of Manet
's Luncheon on the Grass, which itself had referred to the 1515 engraving The Judgment of Paris by Raimondi
.
Jacquet lived in New York and Paris
and taught at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
. He was married (1992) to Sophie Matisse, great-granddaughter of the French Fauvist artist Henri Matisse
. Jacquet died of esophageal cancer
in Manhattan
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
representative of the American Pop Art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
movement.
Life and career
Jacquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Though he studied architectureArchitecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
at École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
as a painter he was an autodidact.
Camouflage Botticelli (Birt of Venus) (1963-64) is a famous work of his. In a series of camouflage
Camouflage
Camouflage is a method of concealment that allows an otherwise visible animal, military vehicle, or other object to remain unnoticed, by blending with its environment. Examples include a leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier and a leaf-mimic butterfly...
paintings, he often used motifs from older, very famous paintings, such as in this case from the painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
. Jacquet also borrowed the form of Manet
Manet
-MANET as an abbreviation:*MANET is a mobile ad hoc network, a self-configuring mobile wireless network.*MANET database or Molecular Ancestry Network, bioinformatics database-People with the surname Manet:*Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French painter....
's Luncheon on the Grass, which itself had referred to the 1515 engraving The Judgment of Paris by Raimondi
Raimondi
Raimondi is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to:*Antonio Raimondi , Italian-born Peruvian geographer and natural historian*Cristian Raimondi , Italian professional football player*Diego Raimondi Raimondi is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to:*Antonio Raimondi (1824–1890),...
.
Jacquet lived in New York and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and taught at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs is a public university of art and design and is one of the most prestigious French grande école...
. He was married (1992) to Sophie Matisse, great-granddaughter of the French Fauvist artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...
. Jacquet died of esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.