John Kacere

John C. Kacere (23 June 1920 – 5 August 1999) was an American painter.

Originally an abstract expressionist, Kacere adopted a photorealist style in 1963.

John Kacere was born to a Lebanese-American family in Iowa in 1920.

[4] Kacere continued this type of painting throughout the rest of his career, making it an icon of the photorealism movement.

[5] He began his teaching career in 1950 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.