PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Asia

Jean Jansem was an Ar menian-French painter. He was bor n 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. There are two Jansem Museums in Japan, which are located separately in Azumino Nagano and Tokyo, built to celebrate the artist’s contribution. 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. Jansem’s works have been collected by Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Ennery Museum in Paris, Museum of Fontainebleau; Azumino Jansem Museum in Nagano, Jansem Museum in Tokyo; Moscow Pushkin Museum; and also National Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan. Galerie Matignon in Paris had exhibited “Jansem – 75 years of painting. Retrospective paintings, drawings, sculptures” and “Hommage to Jansem” respectively in 2014 and 2013 to commemorate the artist.