Jean Jansem

(French, 1920–2013)

lot 236: trois masques by jean jansem

Jean Jansem

Lot 236: Trois Masques, 1980

150–175 USD

lot 186: pierrot jaune by jean jansem

Jean Jansem

Lot 186: Pierrot Jaune, 1983

150–175 USD

Biography

Timeline

1920
Born in Seuleuze (Bursa), former Armenian part of Turkey (Spent his early childhood in Salonique, Greece)
1936 - 1938
Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
1939
First painting shown at the Salon des independants, Paris
1940 - 1949
Attended La Grande Chaumière workshop in Montparnasse, Paris
1951
Populist Prize, France
1953
Antral Prize, France
Voburitz Award
Museum of Mexico Award
1958
Biennale de Bruges Prize, Belgium
Comparaison Prize, Mexico

Exhibitions

2014
Jansem – 75 years of painting. Retrospective paintings, drawings, sculptures. Galerie Matignon, Paris.
2013
Hommage to Jansem – Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. Retrospective a his life’s work
2012
Jansem’s Studio Work – Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. Still life paintings and drawings .
Art Paris Art Fair 2012, Grand Palais, Paris, presented by Galerie Matignon
2011
Jansem - Humanistic artist, organized by Antranik Youth Association, Beirut, Lebanon.
100% Drawing, group exhibition, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
Engravings, group exhibition : Bernard Buffet, Salvador Dali, Jansem, Eric Lepoureau, Georges Rouault,
Pascal Teffo, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France.
Jansem, Château de la Barbinière, Galerie Viviane Henwood, Cholet, France
Jansem - Landscapes, Galerie l’Art Ancien, Orléans, France.

Public Collections

Modern Art Museum, Paris; Poitiers Museum; Fontainebleau Museum; Ennery Museum
Jansem Museum, Tokyo; Azumino Jansem Museum, Nagano-Ken
Modern Art Museum, Moscow
National Museum; Genocide Memorial of Armenia, Erevan