Jean Jansem Paintings
French, 1920-2013
Jean Jansen is a figure, landscape, marine and genre painter of European subjects: fishermen and children of Greece, bullfighting in Spain, Italian landscapes and markets, scenes of Venice and French France village marketplaces and landscapes. He was born in 1920 in Seuleuze, Asia Minor (Armenia) and spent his childhood in Salonika, Greece. He arrived in France at the age of 11 where he started painting.
He took evening courses in the Montparnasse Quarter in Paris, and graduated from the School of Arts Dératifs in 1938. He often visited the atelier of "La Grande Chaumière", and exhibited his first oil painting at the "Salon des Indépendants" in 1939.
Since 1951, 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.to
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Artist: Jean Jansem
La salle de répétition de l'opéra de Paris, 1968, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La salle de répétition de l’Opéra de Paris, 1968
Huile sur toile
Signée en bas à gauche
130 x 195 cm
Provenance:
Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
1964: c’est l’inauguration du nouveau plafond du Palais Garnier par Marc Chagall commandé par André Malraux alors ministre chargé des affaires culturelles. Commande qui fera couler beaucoup d’encre entre les partisans du modernisme et les tenants du conservatisme. Malraux tiendra bon, si ce n’est une légère concession: pour éviter de détruire l'ancien plafond et son décor, il sera masqué par une toile amovible de quelques 240m2 réalisée par Chagall dans les ateliers des Gobelins puis tendue par-dessus.
Cette commande, autant acte politique que intellectuel, intervient à une époque où Malraux, convaincu que l’art contribue au rayonnement international de la France, soutiendra notamment les commandes du Mobilier national dont Pierre Paulin sera l’une des grandes figures, et où la CGT (Compagnie générale transatlantique) lancera un de ses plus gros chantiers avec le mythique paquebot France...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Infants of the Choir
By Jean Jansem
Located in New York, NY
Tis painting is included in the exhibition catalogue of 1986.
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Paint
"Studio of Dance"
By Jean Jansem
Located in New York, NY
There are two painters from the "School of Paris" who are known for their dancers,
Degas and Jansem. In 1986 Jansem painting his typical single figure dancers and this small paintin...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
Dancers in the artists studio
By Jean Jansem
Located in New York, NY
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) The artist was invited at this period of time by a French Ballerina to attend a rehearsal and this was the start of his Ballet series. This painting was in h...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
Oil Painting Woman Portrait French Armenian Modernist Jean Jansem Ecole De Paris
By Jean Jansem
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Hand signed upper left corner
Dimensions: 14 X 9.5 Framed 21 X 16.75
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Bursa, Ottoman Turki...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Jean Jansem Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Le triomphe de la mort, 2000, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le triomphe de la mort, 2000
Huile sur toile
Signée en bas à gauche et à droite
150 x 200 cm
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
L’indigence d’après-guerre et la difficulté inhérente de trouver les matériaux adéquats et/ou habituels, telles les couleurs, très onéreuses alors, ont poussé les artistes figuratifs de l’après-guerre, en corrélation avec les préoccupations de l’époque, à redéfinir les paradigmes de la représentation.
Il n’est plus question de chercher un sens mais bien pour les artistes d'étudier l’objet pour son intérêt formel, sa qualité intrinsèque. Le regard de l’artiste devient analytique et dépeint alors l’objet pour ce qu’il est et non plus pour son pouvoir évocateur ou symbolique.
La nature morte n’est plus une invitation sensuelle à la ripaille, la pomme ou la pêche n’évoque aucune envie de croquer, la cruche aucune ivresse, la volaille...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
La lagune à Venise, 1968-69, oil on paper laid on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
La lagune à Venise, 1968-1969
Huile sur papier marouflée sur toile
Signée en bas à droite
50 x 65 cm
Bibliographie:
Cette oeuvre est enregistrée dans les archives de l’Association des Amis de Jean Jansem.
Figurera dans le catalogue critique de l’oeuvre de Jean Jansem actuellement en préparation par l’association des amis de Jean Jansem
Historique:
L’artiste a longuement séjourné à Venise, notamment à Mazzorbo et la lagune a toujours eu une place bien particulière dans l’oeuvre et le coeur de Jansem.
L’artiste y aura réalisé nombre de dessins et une trentaine de toiles seulement, dont chacune, représentation de l’eau et du ciel, est le témoin de l’imprégnation pérenne de la lumière si spécifique de la lagune dans l’oeuvre de l’artiste.
Cette œuvre est une bien belle démonstration de cette utilisation magistrale de la lumière.
Artiste français d'origine arménienne, né en 1920 en Turquie, Jansem arrive en France...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Moses saved at waters edge
By Jean Jansem
Located in New York, NY
"Moise Sauve des eaux" was created in 1999 and was exhibited in his solo exhibition in 2000 at Galerie Matignon, Paris France.
The painting is titled on the reverse on the stretche...
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20th Century Modern Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
Picador
By Jean Jansem
Located in New York, NY
During the artists carrier he only painted 2 Picador's of this size for the exhibition at Galerie Maurice Garnier, in Paris France, who was his dealer at the time. Shortly after the ...
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1970s Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
Jansem oil painting, kids oil painting, Children painting, Grandma painting.
By Jean Jansem
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting titled "Vielle et Enfant," executed in oil on canvas. The painting is signed by the artist in the upper right corner. The dimensions of the actual painting are 13.25 in...
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1960s Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
The Masquerade by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
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 ...
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1970s Expressionist Jean Jansem Paintings
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Oil
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Masques et fanions, 1990, oil on canvas by Jean Jansem
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Masques et fanions, 1990
Huile sur toile
Signée en haut à droite
46 x 33 cm
Exposition:
1993, Carnavals, Galerie Matignon, Paris
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