Jean Jansem
The Masquerade by Jean Jansem
1970's

About the Item

The Masquerade, oil painting signed lower right JANSEM. The painting size is 38"x51" with framed (original frame) size 47"x60". Excellent in condition. From 1934 – 1936 he attended a variety of evening classes in Montparnasse and the Marais., but it was in the works of Picasso that he found his grand revelation.. Before he was sixteen he had been admitted to the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs (1936 - 1938) where Beianchon, Leguelt and Oudet exercised a silent and unobtrusive influence on the young artist. During 1937 he completed a training course at the Beaux-Arts and at Atelier Sabatier. In 1950 he went to Greece and it was in the Mediterranean that he discovered light, until then his painting had been sombre. Throughout the Greek countryside he eagerly sketched the shadowy figures who had surrounded him in his infancy and who until then had remained hidden in his subconscious mind - peasants, fishermen, tradesmen. All these he submitted to his friendly scrutiny, these men, women and children whose work was the same from one ocean to another and from one continent to another. He stripped them of the accessories that particular societies might have added to their essential, changeless characteristics. Awards and Distinctions: 1951: Populist Price 1953: Antral Price 1954: National Stock Exchange of France 1958: Prize Biennale Bruges 1958: Price of Living Comparison Mexico 1959 Biennale of Bruges 1997 Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters 2002 Distinction "Mesrop Mashtots" the President of the Republic of Armenia and PhD Emeritus of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia 2003: Knight of the Legion of Honor 2010: Medal of Honor by the President of the Republic of Armenia. MUSEUM France • Museum of Modern Art in Paris • Ennery museum in Paris • Museum of Fontainebleau • Museum of Poitiers Japan • Azumino Jansem Museum in Nagano-Ken • Jansem Museum in Tokyo Russia • Pushkin Museum in Moscow LIST OF MUSEUMS WITH WORKS BY JANSEM MUSEUM France • Museum of Modern Art in Paris • Ennery museum in Paris • Museum of Fontainebleau • Museum of Poitiers Japan • Azumino Jansem Museum in Nagano-Ken • Jansem Museum in Tokyo Russia • Pushkin Museum in Moscow

Creator:
Jean Jansem (1920 - 2013, French)
Creation Year:
1970's
Dimensions:
Height: 47 in (119.38 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Expressionist
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
Gallery Location:
La Canada Flintridge, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU102735285822
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