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Born in 1920 and deceased in 2013, Jean Jansem trained in Paris from 1936 under Maurice Brianchon, Raymond Legueult and Roland Oudot at the École des arts décoratifs, where he received his diploma in 1938. After taking part in the Salon des indépendants in 1941, he was selected for the Salon d’automne in 1945; in 1953, he was awarded the Antral Prize by the City of Paris.
Stays in Greece, Spain and Italy form part of his career; he returned to Greece as early as 1950, the year the Galerie Doucet in Paris presented his paintings. In 1954, the Galerie Hervé showed Visages d’Espagne there. Alongside painting and drawing, Jansem produced lithographs and engravings related to his themes. His work as an illustrator includes, in particular, Le Spleen de Paris by Charles Baudelaire, published in 1963, and Noces de sang by Federico García Lorca, published in 1977.
In 1969, the Mitsukoshi Gallery presented a retrospective of his work in Tokyo. Two museums are dedicated to him: one in Ginza, Tokyo, in 1992, and then one in Azumino in 1993. In 2002, he travelled to Armenia for the opening of his exhibition Massacres at the Genocide Museum in Yerevan. In 2003, he was made a Knight of the Légion d’honneur.
This profile brings together identity references for Jean Jansem and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · DognyAuction · Genève Enchères · Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Mixed media on paper
Le table du peintre.
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2026-05-08
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Oil on canvas
Dame assise
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-09-17
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Oil on canvas
Gondoles dans la lagune
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2016-09-22
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Ink and watercolour on paper
Sitzender Akt
Tusche und Aquarell auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2015-06-20
Published result : 2675 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Fille avec poupée
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2014-06-21
Published result : 9072 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Sitzendes Mädchen mit Früchtekorb.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 4600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5500
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Oil on canvas
Jean JANSEM (1920-2013), Femme et fillette
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 2745 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Oil on canvas
Collioure
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 2495 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Jean JANSEM (1920-2013), Femme et fillette
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–4000
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encre — Jean JANSEM (1920-2013), "Danseuse nue assise", encre sur papier
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–1000
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Nu allongé.
Aquarell
Date to be documented
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3500
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