YEREVAN TO HOST JANSEM’S WORKS EXHIBITION AND SALE
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.03.2009 14:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ From Mar. 20 to Apr. 5 Arame Art Gallery will host
an exhibition and sale for works of Jansem, (Hovhannes Semerdgyan),
one of the most prominent artists of Armenian Diaspora. Arame Art
gallery, jointly with Flora Jansem Paris Art Gallery, owned by the
artist’s daughter, will feature 45 works including oil paintings,
graphics and lithography.
Jean Jansem is one of the great artists of Armenian heritage. He
was born in 1920 in Seuleuze, (Turkey) 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.
Since 1951, Jansem has held exhibitions of his work in all round
the world.