Don Jacot (b. 1949, Chicago, Illinois; d. 2021, San Francisco, California) is known for his larger-than-life sized paintings of tin toys and precisely depicted vintage urban landscapes. Initially influenced by Charles Bell’s still lifes, in his later years, Jacot developed a completely new take on Photorealism by combining still life and landscape. Using archival photographs of mid-twentieth-century cities, scale model vehicles, and photographs of vintage signage as source material, Jacot created his own historically accurate compositions of the ’30s and ’40s.
Jacot began exhibiting his work regularly in the 1980s; his paintings are held in many public collections in Detroit. He received his B.A. from University of Illinois, Champaign and his B.S. from Mercy College of Detroit.
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Exhibitions
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Previous Exhibitions
Election Reflections
A Celebration of American Culture
10 October — 13 November, 2024
scaled-down
7 September — 5 October, 2024
New York is Home
9 November , 2023— 5 January, 2024
Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
2 September — 5 September, 2021
Don Jacot: In Memoriam 1949 - 2021
14 September — 1 December, 2021
Dusk till Dawn
10 December , 2021— 24 February, 2022
Recent Press
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Photorealist painter uses vintage toys as subject matter for his New York show.
Don Jacot
American Art Collector, 01/01/2006
Summer Suite Group Show
Group Show
American Art Collector, 01/06/2006
Summer Suite
Don Jacot
The New York Sun, 13/07/2006