Jean Carzou Art
French, 1907-2000
LIST OF MUSEUMS WITH WORKS BY JEAN CARZOU Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée de I’lle-de-France Musée d’Albi, France Musée de Cagnes Musée de Lyon Musée de Rouen Musée Cantini, Marseilles Musée d’Aix-en-Provence Musée des Baux-de-Provence Musée du Havre Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris State hermitage Museum, Leningrad Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Municipal Museum, Dimona, Israel Djakarta Museum, Indonesia His work is also part of public collections in Cairo, Alexandria, Egypt; Kansas City, U.S.A.; Sofia, Bulgaria; Moscow, U.S.S.R. Upon graduation from the Lycée. Carzou devoted himself to studying painting in Montparnasse studios. He first showed his work at the Salon des Indépendents in 1930. Then he took part in various Salons, notably the Surindépendents, Salon d’Automne, Ecole de Paris, “Painters, Witnesses to their Times,” Comparaisons, etc. His first one-man show was held in a Rue de Seine gallery in 1939. Since then there have been more than one hundred one-man shows in Paris and elsewhere in France and abroad. He has been part of most official state exhibitions outside Paris and abroad: Biennials of Venice, São Paulo, Genoa: and exhibitions of French art in Yugoslavia, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Norway, and Australia.
Caraou has won numerous prizes in painting, among them: the Hallmark Prize (three consecutive times in 1949, 1952 and 1955); Grand Prix de I’lle-de-France in 1954; Grand Prize for National Education, Tokyo, 1955; and the Grand Prix “Europe” at the first Bruges Biennial in 1958. He is an officer of Arts and Lettres and the Légion d’Honneur.
In 1950, he traveled to Egypt and Lebanon for several exhibitions. In 1953, his exhibition devoted entirely to Venice was a huge success. The same year, a poll of museum-goers named Carzou’s The Lovers’ Lane their favorite painting. In 1955, a referendum organized by the magazine “Connaissance des Arts” placed him among the ten best painters of the post-war generation.(Biography provided by Stephanie's Art Gallery, Inc.)
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Artist: Jean Carzou
Paris: Boulevard des Invalides - Original Handsigned Lithograph, 1958
By Jean Carzou
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean CARZOU
Paris: Boulevard des Invalide, 1958
Original lithograph in color
Handsigned in pencil
Dated 1958 in pencil
Numbered / 100 ex
On Japan paper 29 x 40 cm (c. 11.4 x 15.7 in...
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1950s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Le berger et le roi, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Jean Carzou
By Jean Carzou
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Woodcut
Les Tuileries, Regards sur Paris, Jean Carzou
By Jean Carzou
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Regards sur Paris, 1963. Published by André Sauret, Paris;...
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Lithograph
Homme à cheval, Regards sur Paris, Jean Carzou
By Jean Carzou
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Regards sur Paris, 1963. Published by André Sauret, Paris;...
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La Maison dans les arbres, Regards sur Paris, Jean Carzou
By Jean Carzou
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Regards sur Paris, 1963. Published by André Sauret, Paris;...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Composition, Les Peintres mes amis, Jean Carzou
By Jean Carzou
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Peintres mes amis, 1965. Published by Éditions d'art Les Heures Cla...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Paris Cathedral Architecture with Boat
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of red, orange, green, yell...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
1968 Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Louvre Museum Paris
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of blue, green, yellow.
Jean Carzou (Armenian: Ժան Գառզու, 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus.
Carzou was born Karnik Zouloumian (Armenian: Գառնիկ Զուլումեան) in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian family. Carzou later created his name from the first syllables of his name and surname, and added a Parisian nickname, "Jean". He was educated in Cairo, Egypt before moving to Paris in 1924 to study architecture. Carzou belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves Brayer, Jansem, Jean Carzou, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Daniel du Janerand, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Jean Joyet and Gaëtan de Rosnay.
He started working as a theater set decorator but quickly realized he preferred drawing and painting. In 1938, more than a hundred exhibitions of his works were organized in Paris, in the French provinces and abroad. In 1949, he received the coveted Hallmark prize. Carzou, like his contemporaries Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso was part of a generation that witnessed many wars and was deeply affected by it. Carzou made his first lithograph in 1951 and was prolific in both the lithographic and etching medium. He had solo exhibitions throughout the world and was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1977.
In 1952, he created costumes and sceneries for Les Indes Galantes of Rameau at the Opéra de Paris. He continued with Le Loup (1953) for "Les Ballets" of Roland Petit, Giselle (1954) and Athalie (1955) at the Opéra and "La Comédie française". Carzou mastered a number of mediums, though his line drawing and engraving would become well known as illustrations for some of the 20th century's most revered writers, including Hemingway, Albert Camus, Ionesco and Rimbaud. Carzou produced stunning work of painted glass and porcelain, in pencils, gauche and pastels as well as oil painting, often choosing to work on textured or irregular fabrics and papers rather than traditional canvas.
Carzou was elected a member of the Institut de France, Académie des beaux-arts, succeeding in the seat left vacant by the death of painter Jean Bouchaud in 1977. He was also awarded the National Order of Merit of France. Among his closest friends were the painters Daniel du Janerand, Gabriel Deschamps, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, André Vignoles, Pierre Gaillardot, Rodolphe Caillaux...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
1968 Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Volcano Flaming Orange Color
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of red, orange, green, yell...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Lithograph
60s Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Paris Train Station LeChemin de Fer
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of pink, black, white. Similar to iconic works by Saul Steinberg.
Jean Carzou (Armenian: Ժան Գառզու, 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus.
Carzou was born Karnik Zouloumian (Armenian: Գառնիկ Զուլումեան) in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian family. Carzou later created his name from the first syllables of his name and surname, and added a Parisian nickname, "Jean". He was educated in Cairo, Egypt before moving to Paris in 1924 to study architecture. Carzou belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves Brayer, Jansem, Jean Carzou, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Daniel du Janerand, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Jean Joyet and Gaëtan de Rosnay.
He started working as a theater set decorator but quickly realized he preferred drawing and painting. In 1938, more than a hundred exhibitions of his works were organized in Paris, in the French provinces and abroad. In 1949, he received the coveted Hallmark prize. Carzou, like his contemporaries Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso was part of a generation that witnessed many wars and was deeply affected by it. Carzou made his first lithograph in 1951 and was prolific in both the lithographic and etching medium. He had solo exhibitions throughout the world and was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1977.
In 1952, he created costumes and sceneries for Les Indes Galantes of Rameau at the Opéra de Paris. He continued with Le Loup (1953) for "Les Ballets" of Roland Petit, Giselle (1954) and Athalie (1955) at the Opéra and "La Comédie française". Carzou mastered a number of mediums, though his line drawing and engraving would become well known as illustrations for some of the 20th century's most revered writers, including Hemingway, Albert Camus, Ionesco and Rimbaud. Carzou produced stunning work of painted glass and porcelain, in pencils, gauche and pastels as well as oil painting, often choosing to work on textured or irregular fabrics and papers rather than traditional canvas.
Carzou was elected a member of the Institut de France, Académie des beaux-arts, succeeding in the seat left vacant by the death of painter Jean Bouchaud in 1977. He was also awarded the National Order of Merit of France. Among his closest friends were the painters Daniel du Janerand, Gabriel Deschamps, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, André Vignoles, Pierre Gaillardot, Rodolphe Caillaux...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Saint Tropez Harbor with Boats
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of sea blue, black and gree...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Lithograph
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Harem Nude L'Odalisque Vibrant Red
By Jean Carzou
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in vivid shades of red, yellow and or...
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Havana
By Jean Carzou
Located in New York, NY
Jean Carzou traveled to Havana as an artist to explore the world and he captured a ship from a earlier era.
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1950s Expressionist Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Watercolor
Woman with a Rose - Stone lithograph - Mourlot 1965
By Jean Carzou
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean CARZOU
Woman with a Rose
Stone lithograph in colors (printed in Atelier Mourlot)
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
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1960s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
Apocalypse
By Jean Carzou
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Apocalypse" 1957 is a original colors lithograph on Arches paper by noted French artist Jean Carzou, 1907-2000. It is hand signed, dated and inscribed "Epreuve d...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Lithograph
In Normandy, near Reva Bella, (Nor mandie, pres de Reva Bella).
By Jean Carzou
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
One of the early works by CARZOU. Signed lower right. The oil painting size is 21.75"x17.75" without a frame.
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1950s Impressionist Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Oil
La Gloriette
By Jean Carzou
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artwork size is 19.5" x 25.5", with watercolor and ink on paper. Signed lower right.
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1990s Modern Jean Carzou Art
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Watercolor
Cityscape
By Jean Carzou
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Cityscape" 1964 is a original colors lithograph on Arches paper by noted French artist Jean Carzou, 1907-2000. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 143/150 in pencil b...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Lithograph
House by the roadside
By Jean Carzou
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Crayon on paper. Signed lower left.
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1970s Impressionist Jean Carzou Art
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Jean Carzou - Venezia II - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Jean Carzou
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Carzou - Venezia II - Original Handsigned Lithograph
1985
Dimensions: 68 x 52 cm
Edition: 87 / 164
HandSigned and Numbered
Publisher Vision Nouvelle
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1950s Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vestales
By Jean Carzou
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The Vestal Virgins (Vestals). Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Certificate is available
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1970s Jean Carzou Art
Materials
Oil
Jean Carzou, L'etang, 21.5x26 inches, oil on canvas, 1991
By Jean Carzou
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Jean Carzou, L'etang, 21.5x26 inches, oil on canvas, 1991
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Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Musée d’Art Moder...
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20th Century Expressionist Jean Carzou Art
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