About The Artist:
Jean Jansem
Jean Jansem was born in 1920 in Seuleuze (Asia Minor). He spent his childhood in Salonika, Greece, and arrives in France at the age of 11 where he starts painting. He takes evening courses in the Montparnasse quarter in Paris. Graduates the school of Arts Dératifs in 1938. He often visits the atelier of "La Grande Chaumière" and exhibits his first oil painting at the "Salon des Indépendants" in 1939. During numerous trips to...
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About The Medium:
Lithograph
A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.