Alain Jacquet, 69, French pop artist

NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said.

Mr. Jacquet, who lived in New York and Paris, died of cancer Thursday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the embassy said in a statement. He was 69.

His work often reflected the sensibilities of pop art, which emerged in Britain and the United States in the 1950s and 1960s and drew on advertising, comics, and other pieces of popular culture.

He also revisited well-known artworks from previous eras. One of his best-known paintings recasts the impressionist giant Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe," which depicts a female nude picnicking with two fully clothed men. His work is held by institutions including New York's Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of American Art in Washington.