| 920 | Born in the Armenian district of Sölöz, Turkey. |
| 1923-1930 | Early childhood in Salonique, Greece. |
| 1930 | Arrived in France where he still lives and works. At the age of 14, he takes art classes in Montparnasse, Paris. |
| 1936-1938 | Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France. Diploma in 1938. |
| 1939 | FIrst participation to the Salon des independants, Paris. |
| 1940’s | Regular attendance at La Grande Chaumière workshop in Montparnasse, Paris. |
| 1950s | Exhibitions in France : Galerie Doucet, Galerie Hervé, Paris. |
| 1951 | Wins the Populist Prize, France. |
| 1953 | Wins the Antral Prize, France. |
| 1954 | Obtains the French National Art Grant for his work. |
| 1957 | Starts to exhibit internationally. |
| 1958 | Wins the First Price at the Biennale de Bruges Prize, Belgium. |
| 1958 | Wins the First Price at the Comparaison Art Fair, Mexico. |
| 1960s | Exhibitions in Europe and North America. |
| 1969 | Retrospective at Mitsukosi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1970s | Exhibitions in Europe, America and Asia. |
| 1978 | Opening of the Galerie Matignon, Paris, exclusive worldwide representation of his work. Permanent exhibitions. |
| 1992 | Opening of the Jansem Museum, Tokyo Ginza, Japan. |
| 1993 | Opening of the Azumino Jansem Museum, Azumino, Nagano-Ken, Japan. |
| 1997 | Appointed Chevalier of the French Arts and Literature Order. |
| 2002 | Trip to the Republic of Armenia, official opening of his exhibition « Massacres » at the Genocide Memorial of Armenia, Erevan. He receives the Medal « Mesrop Mashtots » from the President of Armenia. He also receives an Emeritus Doctorate from the Republic of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences. |
| 2003 | Appointed Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. |
| 2003 | A series of 4 documentary films was produced in DVD format on his life and work. Available in English, French and Japanese at Galerie Matignon, Paris. |
| 2010 | Granted the Armenian Medal of Honour by the President of the Armenian Republic during his official visit to Paris, for his contribution to the reinforcement of French-Armenian friendship. |
| 2013 | Jean Jansem passed away peacefully at home on August 27th 2013. |
Selected recent exhibitions |
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| 2014 | Jansem – 75 years of painting. Retrospective paintings, drawings, sculptures. Galerie Matignon, Paris. |
| 2014 | Jansem d’après nature, Maison des arts d’Antony, France. Landscape paintings and drawings. |
| 2013 | Hommage to Jansem – Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. Retrospective a his life’s work. |
| 2012 | Jansem’s Studio Work, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France, Nocturne Rive Droite 2012. |
| 2012 | Nature Reloaded, group exhibition : Jansem, Eveline Boulva, Martin Bureau, Pierre henri Chauveau, Erohe du Azac, Valérie Exposito, Claude Gaspari, Francis Giacobetti, Jean Guichard, Arik Levy, Pascal Teffo, Muriel Moreau, Zoé Ouvrier, Julien Perenet, Joy de Rohan Chabot, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. |
| 2012 | Art Paris/Art Fair 2012, Grand Palais, Paris, France : presented by Galerie Matignon. |
| 2011 | Jansem, Humanist Artist, paintings and drawings retrospective, Platinium Tower, Beyrouth, Lebanon. |
| 2011 | 100% Drawing, group exhibition : Jansem, Arthur Aeschbacher, Bernard Buffet, Emile Gilioli, Julio Gonzalez, Eric Lepoureau, Aristide Maillol, Pablo Picasso, Roland Topor, Joachim Torres-Garcia, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. |
| 2011 | Engravings, group exhibition : Jansem, Bernard Buffet, Salvador Dali, Eric Lepoureau, Georges Rouault, Pascal Teffo, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. |
| 2010 | Prenez la plume, group exhibition : Jansem, Eric Lepoureau, Philippe Ségéral, Pascal Teffo, Reuven Zahavi, Galerie Matignon, Paris, France. |
| 2010 | European Contemporary Art Fair, Saint-Brisson sur Loire, France. |
| 2010 | Landscapes, Galerie l’Art Ancien, Orleans, France. |
JANSEM Jean
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(Français) Note Importante !
Jean-Léon Jansem ou Léon Jansem (né en 1920 - parfois décédé en 1990 ou en 1999)
Jean-Léon Jansem n’a jamais existé. C’est par erreur qu’une étude de ventes aux enchères a inversé deux lettres du prénom Jean qui est ainsi devenu Léon. On lui a par la suite accolé le prénom de Jean. Réalisant cette erreur, certains commissaires-priseurs ont décidé de faire mourir Jean-Léon (ou Léon) Jansem en 1990 ou 1999. D’autres persistent à le dire toujours vivant.
Les tableaux attribués à ce faux nom sont en fait des tableaux de Jean Jansem, décédé le 27 août 2013. Il ne s’est jamais appelé « Léon », ni « Jean-Léon ».
Pour toute information sur l’authenticité d’une œuvre attribuée à Jean Jansem ou au faux nom de Jean-Léon Jansem ou Léon Jansem, contactez nous!
"Au fil de sa longue carrière de plus de soixante ans, Jean Jansem a constamment navigué avec une grande cohérence entre réalité et illusion, cherchant toujours l’expression la plus profonde transposée dans une peinture qui va bien au-delà de ses indéniables talents de dessinateur et de coloriste. Son œuvre, marquée par des drames puissants, traduit l’originalité d’un regard qui interpelle. L’artiste peint l’Homme : il recherche sa vérité. Parti d’une observation sensible du réel à ses débuts, le peintre a évolué vers un monde sans cesse plus expressionniste, plus fantastique, un monde tragi-comique. Dans son acharnement à faire évoluer son art, l’artiste a toujours refusé la facilité : « Je voudrais réussir la synthèse entre ce qui est esthétique et ce qui ne l’est pas. » Et le charme opère, à travers la puissance d’un regard sans complaisance mais empreint d’un réel humanisme. "
Collections muséales |
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| France | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris; Musée de Poitiers; Musée de Fontainebleau; Musée Ennery, |
| Japan | Musée Jansem, Tokyo ; Musée Azumino Jansem, Nagano-Ken. |
| Russia | Pouchkine Museum, Moscou. |
| Armenia | Musée National du Génocide Arménien, Erevan, Arménie; Musée National, Erevan. |
| 1920 | Born in the Armenian district of Sölöz, Turkey. |
Throughout his long career of more than sixty years, Jean Jansem has constantly and coherently surfed on the waves of both reality and illusion. Beyond his undeniable gift as drawer and colorist, he has always been in search of the most profound human expression to transpose on the canvas. His work is marked by powerful life dramas and conveys the originality of a challenging vision. The artist portrays Man: he is in quest of his truth. Sensitive observer of the misery of simple european people in his after-Second World War beginnings, the painter has since unceasingly depicted a more expressionist, more imaginary tragi-comic world. In his relentlessness to evolve his art, Jansem rejects the easy way out and craves for new challenges. « I would like to achieve the synthesis between that which is æsthetic and that which is not. » And one falls under the spell, through the power of the painter’s non-indulgent vision driven by true humanism.
