Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse

Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse
Born Gaia Jacquet-Matisse
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Residence New York City
Occupation Actress
Years active 2015–present
Parent(s) Alain Jacquet
Sophie Matisse
Relatives Paul Matisse (grandfather)

Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse is a French-born American socialite and actress, best known as the great-great-granddaughter of French painter Henri Matisse.[1][2]

Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She is the daughter of American contemporary artist Sophie Matisse and French pop artist Alain Jacquet.[3] She is the granddaughter of artist Paul Matisse, step great-granddaughter of artist Marcel Duchamp, and great-granddaughter of artist Pierre Matisse and Alexina Duchamp. Matisse attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. She has been photographed at social events including New York Fashion Week and Art Basel with a variety of celebrity friends including Kyra Kennedy, Tiffany Trump, Andrew Warren, and Paris Hilton.[4][5] After her father died from esophageal cancer[6] when she was fifteen years old, Matisse took to acting, eventually decided to pursue a career in film.[7]

She has had roles in the 2010 film Mumbai Chopra: Misadventures of an It Girl, the 2011 film My Butterfly, and the 2017 film Forgetting Sandy Glass.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Siegler, Mara (30 March 2016). "Gaïa Matisse doesn’t care if you think she’s just a ‘blond with big boobs’". pagesix.com.
  2. ↑ "The 'Insta-famous' sons and daughters of New York's elite let me into their circle — here's what it was like". businessinsider.com.
  3. ↑ "The Great-Great-Granddaughter of Henri Matisse Is The Instagram Star of the Art World". maxim.com.
  4. ↑ Petrarca, Emilia. "ICYMI: A Trump, a Kennedy, and a Matisse Walked at Fashion Week — In the Same Show!". wmagazine.com.
  5. ↑ Munzenrieder, Kyle. "Jeremy Scott's Art Basel Party Out-Miami'ed Miami". wmagazine.com.
  6. ↑ Grimes, William (13 September 2008). "Alain Jacquet, Playful Pop Artist, Dies at 69" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ Petrarca, Emilia. "Coasting on a Name: The Gaia Matisse Story". wmagazine.com.
  8. ↑ "Gaia Matisse". imdb.com.
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