Jean JANSEM
French 1920 - 2013
Jean Jansem was a French-Armenian painter. He was born in Bursa, Turkey in 1920. Jansem and his family fled to Greece and then to Paris in his early childhood. In Paris, he attended the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs to study painting. Jansem had been awarded the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1997, and the Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2003 in France. In 2010, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the President of the Republic of Armenia. Jean Jansem died in Paris, France on August 27, 2013, aged 93.
Museums Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Ennery Museum, Paris, France
Museum of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France
Azumino Jansem Museum, Nagano, Japan
Jansem Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2014 “Jansem – 75 years of painting. Retrospective paintings, drawings, sculptures”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2013 “Hommage to Jansem”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2012 “Jansem’s Studio Work”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2011 “Jansem - Humanistic artist”, Antranik Youth Association, Beirut, Lebanon
2010 “Jansem – Landscapes”, Galerie l’Art Ancien, Orléans, France
2008 “Ballerinas 1968-2007, drawings, watercolor, pastels”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2008 “Jansem, Humanist Expressionist”, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2007 “Portraits, drawings 1947-2006”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2006 “Dancers and Landscapes, paintings”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2004 “Retrospective”, Château de Vascoeuil, Eure, France
2003 “Jean Jansem: Paintings of the 1980's”, Galerie Rienzo, New York, United States
2002 “Massacres, National Museum”, Genocide Memorial, Erevan, Armenia
2001 “Paintings and drawings”, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
2001 “Massacres”, Galerie Matignon and Galerie Flora J., Paris, France
2000 “Jean Jansem: Paintings & Works on Paper”, Galerie Rienzo, New York, United States
1999 “Drawings, Azumino Jansem Museum, Nagano-Ken, Japan
1997 “Retrospective”, Navio Museum, Osaka, Japan
1996 “Retrospective”, Azumino Jansem Museum, Nagano-Ken/ Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1995 “Works on Paper”, Galerie Flora Jansem, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011 “Engravings, group exhibition : Bernard Buffet, Salvador Dali, Jansem, Eric Lepoureau, Georges Rouault, Pascal Teffo, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
2010 “Put your pen to paper”, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France
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Le Danseur assis
1968
Oil on canvas
92.5 x 73 cm
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Estimate
500,000 - 800,000 129,000 - 206,000 16,400 - 26,300 114,000 - 182,000
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Sold Price
576,000 146,193 18,683 129,730
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Personnage sur un mur
1983
Oil on canvas
33.3 x 46.5 cm
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Estimate
140,000 - 200,000 36,000 - 52,000 4,600 - 6,600
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Nature morte
1988
Pastel on paper
61 x 46.5 cm
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Estimate
260,000 - 380,000 67,000 - 98,000 8,600 - 12,600
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Modèle endormi
1980
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm
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Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 308,000 - 463,000 39,800 - 59,600
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Sold Price
1,680,000 435,233 55,814
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L'église Saint-Césaere
Oil on canvas
115 x 89 cm
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Estimate
600,000 - 900,000 154,000 - 231,000 19,900 - 29,800
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La Couple
1989
Bronze, edition no. 8/8
8(L) x 8(W) x 18(H) cm
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Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 103,000 - 154,000 13,300 - 19,900
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La Laveuse
Oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm
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Estimate
240,000 - 360,000 59,000 - 89,000 7,600 - 11,500
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Sold Price
264,000 64,078 8,253
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