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Jansem – 100th Anniversary of Birth
Presented by
Central Bank of Armenia
Nominal value
10 000 dram
Weight
8,6 g
Diameter
22,0 mm
Metal
Gold 900°
Mintage
300 pcs
Production quality
Proof
Designer
Eduard Kurghinyan
Producer
The Lithuanian Mint
Description of obverse and reverse
Obverse: a fragment from the “Woman with Masks” (1978) painting.
Reverse: a portrait of Jansem.
A brief annotation
Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian, 1920-2013) is a French-Armenian painter, a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
In 1922 Jansem emigrated with his family from Turkey to Thessaloniki and then to Paris. He studied at Montparnasse Free Academy, and in 1939 graduated from the Paris High School of Decorative Arts.
Jansem created dozens of artworks with national motifs, thematic groups of paintings and portraits. Jansem was honored with a number of international and state awards, including Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (2002) and Order of the French Legion of Honor (2003), Order of Honor of the Republic of Armenia (2010). Jansem’s works are exhibited in many countries of the world.
