Yvonne Jacquette facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yvonne Jacquette
Empire State Building II, 2009. Oil on canvas, 64 1/8 x 47 7/16 inches
Born	December 15, 1934 (1934-12-15) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 23, 2023(2023-04-23) (aged 88) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Rhode Island School of Design
Known for	Painting, printmaking, educator

Yvonne Helene Jacquette (born December 15, 1934 – died April 23, 2023) was an American artist. She was a talented painter, printmaker, and teacher. Yvonne was especially famous for her unique paintings of landscapes seen from above. She often showed cities and towns from a low, angled aerial view. Her art frequently used a special style called pointillistic painting. This means she used many small dots of color to create her images.

Early Life and Art Training

Yvonne Jacquette was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1934. She grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. Yvonne started learning about art when she was just 10 years old. By 1947, she was taking private lessons. Her teacher was a traditional painter named Robert Roché.

Yvonne continued her art studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. She graduated from there in 1955.

Her Career as an Artist and Teacher

Yvonne Jacquette was also a teacher. She taught at Moore College of Art. She was also a visiting artist at the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1976. Later, she taught at Parsons School of Design from 1975 to 1978. She returned to teach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1984.

One of her big projects was a three-part mural called "Autumn Expression." She created this in 1980 for the U.S. Post Office in Bangor, Maine. The Smithsonian American Art Museum says Yvonne held many teaching jobs. She was also honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1990.

Yvonne once shared how she started painting views from above. She told art critic John Yau in an interview:

It happened by accident, of course. I didn’t ever plan it, I was going to visit my parents who had just moved to California and I was in a plane with watercolors and I started to see that the clouds were amazing when you’re right in them.

Yvonne Jacquette married Rudy Burckhardt in 1964. She was a visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute in 2012. She lived in New York City for many years. Yvonne passed away on April 23, 2023.

How She Created Her Art

Yvonne Jacquette's art often started with real-life studies. She would use pastels on paper or take photos. These photos were taken from airplanes, tall buildings, or small rented planes. She often flew just to study how clouds looked from above. She also wanted to see how landscapes appeared from high up.

Some people called her the "Canaletto of the skies." Canaletto was a famous painter known for his detailed city scenes. Yvonne's paintings are full of bright colors. They show detailed views of cities and the countryside. She painted them at different times of day and night. Her unique views and unusual angles make you think about how we see things. It's almost like the buildings in her cityscapes have their own personalities.

Awards and Special Projects

Yvonne Jacquette received many awards and was asked to create special artworks. Here are some of them:

• 2009: Eric Isenbeurger Annual Prize and Samuel F. B. Morse Medal. These were from the National Academy Museum in New York.
• 2005: Benjamin Altman Prize, also from the National Academy Museum.
• 2003: She became a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters in New York.
• 1998: Andrew Carnegie Prize for Painting from the National Academy Museum.
• 1998-97: She received a Guggenheim Foundation Grant for Painting.
• 1990: Painters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
• 1988: She was chosen to be part of the National Academy of Design.
• 1979-82: She created a large mural for the Federal Building and Post Office in Bangor, Maine.
• 1976: She won the Ingram Merrill Award for Painting.

Where Her Art Can Be Seen

Yvonne Jacquette's artwork is part of many public art collections. This means her paintings are in museums and galleries for everyone to see. Here are some of the places where her art is kept:

• Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
• The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
• The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA and Columbus, OH
• The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), San Francisco, California
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
• Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC
• McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, New York
• Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
• North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
• The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT