# Jean Jansem artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-jansem/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T11:30:31.757Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1920-03-09
- Death date: 2013-08-27
- Nationality: French, Armenian
- Common media: Painting, Lithography and prints, Sculpture, Drawings and artist books

## Portrait

![Jean Jansem](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Jean_Jansem_-_2008_-_Saint-Aignan_cr.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_Jansem_-_2008_-_Saint-Aignan_cr.jpg

## About Jean Jansem

Jean Jansem was the public name of Jean-Hovanes Semerdjian, a French painter of Armenian origin who lived from 1920 to 2013. Authority records identify him as a painter, lithographer, and sculptor, while the artist’s official website documents his paintings, prints, sculptures, illustrated books, and drawing notebooks. His work therefore appears across several collecting contexts rather than a single medium. Collectors and appraisers may encounter original paintings alongside lithographs, works on paper, editions, and sculptural objects. Jansem’s documented graphic production, including work associated with the 1951–2006 period, is especially relevant when distinguishing unique works from printed editions. Identity matching should account for variants such as Jean Léon Jansem, Léon Jansem, and Semerdjian.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include Jansem paintings, lithographs and other prints, drawings, works on paper, illustrated books, editions, sculptures, and mixed-media or decorative objects. The artist’s official site separately documents prints, sculptures, drawing notebooks, and illustrated books, which can help classify an object before comparing it with auction records. Confirm whether a work is unique or editioned, and record dimensions, medium, signature, edition details, and condition.

## Market and appraisal context

Jean Jansem’s public auction records cover paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Appraisal depends on the specific object: medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, and attribution confidence can all affect comparability. Appraisily’s artist-page data describes substantial public-record coverage, but its results should be treated as market evidence rather than a guaranteed valuation. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, changing attributions, buyer premiums, and fees may affect how reported results should be interpreted.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2991630
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/027382982
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11943683k
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/112747245/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500042811
- Jean Jansem: https://webmuseo.com/ws/jeanjansem/app/site/accueil
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-jansem/