Acclaimed Armenian-French Artist Jean Jansem dies at 93August 28, 2013 - 09:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Acclaimed Armenian-born French artist Jean Jansem died on August 27 in a Paris suburb. He was 93. The news was given to Armeian embassy in France by the family of the deceased, ITAR-TASS said. Jean Jansem (Jean Semerjian) was born in 1920 in Bursa, Turkey. He began drawing at a young age. Studying at the illustrious L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he was famed for his figurative style. Jansem's artworks are internationally known, and are part of museum collections throughout France and the United States. In Japan, two museums were built to honor Jansem’s work. On March 10, 2010 during a visit to France, The President of Armenia awarded Jansem a medal of honour. "Our nation is proud of you and values highly your art. While living outside Armenia, you have made our country more recognizable, extending our nation's good name all over the world," the President said. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |