Jean Jansem

Hovhannes "Jean" Semerdjian (9 March 1920 – 27 August 2013), also known as Jean Jansem, was a French-Armenian painter. Jansem's artworks are internationally known, and are part of museum collections throughout France, Japan and the United States.He was awarded by the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1953 and by the Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 2003. The President of Armenia awarded Jansem a Medal of Honor for his “reinforcement of Armenian-French cultural ties.”

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 09, 1920
Birth nameHovhannes Semerdjian
Birth place
Bursa , Turkey
Ethnicity
Armenians in France
Date of deathAugust 27, 2013
Place of death
Paris
Residence
Paris

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