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JANSEM TO BE BURIED IN PARIS ON SEPTEMBER 3
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20:46, 28 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: The funereal of world famous
French-Armenian painter Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) will take
place on September 3 at 14:30 in Armenian Saint Hovhannes Church in
Paris. "Armenpress" was informed about it from press secretary of
Armenian foreign affairs ministry Tigran Balayan.
The world famous 94-year-old French-Armenian painter Jansem (Hovhannes
Semerdjian) passed away on August 27 in one of Paris suburbs.
Hovhannes Semerdjian was born in 1920 in Selez near Brusa in the
family of silk spinner. His family migrated to Greece from fear of
the executions in 1922. In 1931 after his husband's death the mother
of Jansem left for France to cure his son's broken leg and settled
in Paris in the suburb, called Issy-les-Moulineaux.
His picture "The violinist" began to be displayed in the saloon of
"Independent artists". In the first period of his creative life
Hovhannes painted pictures that touched merely upon national themes
such as "Armenian woman", "Armenian wedding", "Funeral" and the like. A
part of those works is exhibited in the Armenian art museum of Paris.
Hovhannes Semerdjian was elected the president of the young artists'
saloon in 1956. He won the Comparison prize in Mexico in 1958. Jansem
had individual exhibitions in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo,
Rome, Brussels, Lausanne, Beirut and elsewhere. His works were also
exhibited in Moscow with French art exhibition. Many canvases by
Jansem were placed in the museums of Europe, USA and in individual
collections.
From: A. Papazian
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/730867/jansem-to-be-buried-in-paris-on-september-3.html
20:46, 28 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: The funereal of world famous
French-Armenian painter Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) will take
place on September 3 at 14:30 in Armenian Saint Hovhannes Church in
Paris. "Armenpress" was informed about it from press secretary of
Armenian foreign affairs ministry Tigran Balayan.
The world famous 94-year-old French-Armenian painter Jansem (Hovhannes
Semerdjian) passed away on August 27 in one of Paris suburbs.
Hovhannes Semerdjian was born in 1920 in Selez near Brusa in the
family of silk spinner. His family migrated to Greece from fear of
the executions in 1922. In 1931 after his husband's death the mother
of Jansem left for France to cure his son's broken leg and settled
in Paris in the suburb, called Issy-les-Moulineaux.
His picture "The violinist" began to be displayed in the saloon of
"Independent artists". In the first period of his creative life
Hovhannes painted pictures that touched merely upon national themes
such as "Armenian woman", "Armenian wedding", "Funeral" and the like. A
part of those works is exhibited in the Armenian art museum of Paris.
Hovhannes Semerdjian was elected the president of the young artists'
saloon in 1956. He won the Comparison prize in Mexico in 1958. Jansem
had individual exhibitions in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo,
Rome, Brussels, Lausanne, Beirut and elsewhere. His works were also
exhibited in Moscow with French art exhibition. Many canvases by
Jansem were placed in the museums of Europe, USA and in individual
collections.
From: A. Papazian