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Alain Jacquet (22 February 1939 – 4 September 2008) was a French artist representative of the Nouvelle Figuration movement that was linked to the American Pop Art movement. 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. They had one daughter, Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse. Jacquet's art is displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Centre Pompidou, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris. Jacquet died of esophageal cancer in Manhattan.
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Active from the early 1960s, Jacquet coined the term "mec art" for mechanical art, and created pop-influenced works based on old masters and impressionist paintings using silkscreen techniques.
Nationality
French
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Names
Alain Jacquet, Alain G. F. Jacquet
Ulan
500012048
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