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Born in Seulejze, Armenia in 1920, Jean Jansem moved to Paris in 1931. Having received his diploma from L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in 1938, he first made his living from the publication of comic sketches and animated cartoons. It was in 1944; however, with a painting entitled "Violinist" -exhibited at Le Salon des Independents-that his astonishing success began. To Jansem, as a painter and graphic artist, images of women have been a constant theme and source of inspiration. |
Jean Jansem
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Through his direct and unaffected style, he captures the simple rusticity of the peasant women of Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal as well as the grace, fragility and elegance of dancers and ballerinas. In 1956, he became president of Le Salon de la Jeune Peintre and numbers among his many prizes and awards the Prix Populiste and French National Scholarship. He as had over 50 exhibitions world wide and his works are in the permanent collections of the French Government and the City of Paris.
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