Jack Youngerman (1926-2020) was known for his constructions and paintings characterized by geometric abstraction and organic forms. Raised in Kentucky, Youngerman studied art at the University of North Carolina from 1944 to 1946 with a navy grant and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1947. With the G.I. Bill, Youngerman moved to Paris and enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied with Jean Souverbie. While abroad he rubbed elbows with major players in the modern art scene, including Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Calder, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, and Constantin Brancusi. He earned a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1986. Youngerman received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1976 and a National Endowment for the Arts Award in 1984. His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY, the Smithsonian�s National Museum of American Art, the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, NY, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY, and many more.