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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Currently On View
New York is Home
9 November — 5 January, 2023
A celebration of the city we call home.
Previous Exhibitions
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
Art Miami 2021
Booth AM406
30 November — 5 December, 2021
New Beginnings: Spring 2021
Virtual Exhibition
11 March — 5 June, 2021
Art Miami
SoHo Edition
2 December , 2020— 29 January, 2021
Recent Press
— Don Jacot
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