Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 12

Jean Jansem
Steet Vendor with Little Girl

c.1960

$1,650
£1,267.13
€1,452.11
CA$2,322.79
A$2,602.04
CHF 1,353.38
MX$31,739.53
NOK 17,230.39
SEK 16,247.03
DKK 10,838.18

About the Item

Artist: Jean Jansem (French/Armenian, 1920-2013) Title: Street Vendor with Little Girl Year: c. 1960 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 144/200 in pencil Paper: Arches paper Image size: 13.5 x 20.25 inches Framed size: 30 x 36 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and off white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Hovhannes "Jean" Semerdjian (Armenian: 9 March 1920 – 27 August 2013), also known as Jean Jansem, was a French-Armenian painter. Jansem's artworks are internationally known, and are part of museum collections throughout France, Japan and the United States. A Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (2002). He was awarded by the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1953 and by the Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 2003. The President of Armenia awarded Jansem a Medal of Honor for his “reinforcement of Armenian-French cultural ties.” Hovhannes Semerdjian was born in 1920 in Bursa, Turkey. In 1922, his family fled to Greece. He spent his childhood in Thessaloniki. They arrived to Issy-les-Moulineaux suburb of Paris, France in 1931 when he was 11 and that is when he begin to paint. The first professional schools for Jansem became free academies of Montparnasse (1934-1936). He studied in the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. His teachers were Brianshon, Legjon and Udon. Jansem also studied at the Sabatie studio for a year. Early paintings by Jansem were mainly to national issues. He had individual exhibitions in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Rome, Brussels, Lausanne, Beirut etc. Hovhannes Semerdjian was elected the President of the Young Artists' Saloon in 1956. He won the Comparison prize in Mexico in 1958. In Japan, two museums were built to honor Jansem′s work, located in Tokyo Ginza and Nagano Prefecture Azumino. In 1973 he visited Armenia for the first time. In 2001, 34 of his paintings were given to the Armenian Genocide Museum. Jansem’s primary sources of inspiration were Goya and Brueghel. His mother and his children were the main heroes in his earlier works. Jansem was characterized as a miserablist, an artist of unfortunate people.[5] On 10 March 2010, the day after Jansem's 90th birthday, during a visit to France, the President of Armenia awarded Jansem a medal of honour saying the following, "Our nation is proud of you and values highly your art. While living outside Armenia, you have made our country more recognizable, extending our nation's good name all over the world." Jansem died on 27 August 2013, aged 93, outside Paris. Awards Jansem has held exhibitions of his work in France (Paris, Amiens, Nantes, Avignon, Marseille, Nancy, Toulouse, Cannes, Mulhouse, Bayonville, Clermont-Ferrand...) and in other countries (Rome, Palermo, Lausanne, New-York, Chicago, Palm-Beach, London, Brussels, Montréal, Tokyo, Osaka, Beirut, Sao Paolo, Johannesburg, Germany, Art Expo New York and Los Angeles. EXHIBITIONS Galerie Doucet, Paris.1951 Galerie Hervé, Paris.1954, 1956, 1959, 1963 Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, Chicago, Palm Beach. 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973 Galerie David et Garnier, Paris. 1965 Galerihe Lefevre Gallery, Londres 1966, 1968, 1972 Galerihe Lefevre Gallery, Londres Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, "Rétrospective". 1967 Galerie Moyon-Avenard, Nantes.1968, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1985, Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 Galerie Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. Rétrospective". 1974 Galerie Matignon, Paris. 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1993 The Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg.1979, 1983 Châteauneuf-du-Pape."Rétrospective". 1979 Château de Val."Rétrospective". 1986 Château de Sedières."Rétrospective". 1986 Prntemps Ginza, Tokyo."Rétrospective des lithographies". 1993 Several exhibitions in Japan organized by Mainichi Communications Inc in 1996 1996 Exhibitions in Japanese museums Azumino Jansem Museum Navio Museum in Osaka Daimaru Museum in Tokyo 1997 Exhibition "Atelier" - Matignon Gallery in Paris Exhibition "Nature morte" - Flora Jansem Gallery in Paris 1998 Saga Paris - drawings, etchings, lithographs Osaka - Gallery Hayakawa - drawing Tokyo - Printemps Ginza - painting, drawing Museum Collections: France: Modern Art Museum, Paris; Poitiers Museum; Fontainebleau Museum; Ennery Museum Japan: Jansem Museum, Tokyo; Azumino Jansem Museum, Nagano-Ken. Russia: Modern Art Museum, Moscow Armenia: National Museum ; Genocide Memorial of Armenia, Yerevan
  • Creator:
    Jean Jansem (1920 - 2013, French)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    The image size is 18.5 x 24 inches, framed size is 31.25 x 37 inches.Price: $1,300
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: jan/str/gir/011stDibs: LU66638215662

More From This Seller

View All
la petite fille et le vieil homme (The Little Girl and the Old Man)
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: la petite fille et le vieil homme (The Little Girl and the Old Man) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Nu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Quais a Venise
By Jean Jansem
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean Jansem (French/Armenian, 1920-2013) Title: Les Quais a Venise Year: 1966 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 127/160 in pencil Paper: Arches paper Image size: 18....
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Naomie aux Longues Tresses
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: "Naomie Aux Longues Tresses" Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 146/150 in pencil Paper: Japan...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Street Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Street Market" c. 1935 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Giovani Guarlotti, 1869-1954. It is signed at the lower ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

banana market
By Jonathan Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Banana Market" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/American artist Jonathan Hartley Folliot Scott, 1914-1995 It is signed at the lower left corner by the a...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

La Princesse et le Bouffon
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: La Princesse et le Bouffon Year: 1978 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 60/175 in pencil Paper: Wove Image siz...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

You May Also Like

Street Scene with Women and a Beggar
By Chester Dixon Snowden 1
Located in Houston, TX
Watercolor painting of a street scene with two females and a man that appears to be a beggar. The work is signed by the artist. It is framed in a black frame with a yellow matte. Dim...
Category

1950s Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Child with Doll and Buggy, Impressionist Oil Painting by Carlos Irizarry
By Carlos Irizarry
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carlos Irizarry Title: Child with Doll and Buggy Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 24 in. (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm)...
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The street vendor
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on cardboard Golden wooden frame 81.5 x 53 x 6 cm
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th-Century European Street Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
The very ordinariness of this European street scene is a delight. With Armistice recently signed, all the depravations of the recent war are letting up, enough so that two women can ...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Hot Dog Vendor, Manhattan, NYC Street Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Cityscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 12" x 9" x 1" Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 13"
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman Walking Dog
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Circle of Graciela Rodo Boulanger. Woman Walking Dog, ca. 1970. Oil on wood panel measuring 5 x 7 inches; 12.25 x 14.25 inches framed. Signed indistinctly upper right.
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel