Alain Jacquet
- Category : 1939-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sleeping Phoenix 1
Biography
French artist, representative of the American Pop Art movement, known for his "Camouflage Botticelli (Birth of Venus)" (1963-64), which references the painting "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli.
Jacquet lived in New York and Paris and taught at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He was married to Sophie Matisse, great-granddaughter of the French Fauvist artist Henri Matisse. Jacquet died of esophageal cancer in Manhattan on 4 September 2008.
