954493

Original Nude Leo Jansen Oil on Canvas #954493

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Original Nude Leo Jansen Oil on Canvas #954493
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Leo Jansen (1930-1980), born in Holland, moved to Indonesia when he was ten. There in the tropics he began his craft by sketching bronze-skinned Malaysian girls for leisure. He returned to the Netherlands to study at the Academy of Art, to refine his growing mastery of the female figure.

Like most continental artists, he gravitated first to Paris, and quickly established himself as a portraitist of considerable talent. In 1962, he arrived in New York. Because of the softness and light with which he infused his portraits, he was chosen by several companies to do commemorative plates. Jansen is, perhaps, best known throughout the United States and Europe for his Mother?s Day plates and puppies plate series.

Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, William Holden, Donald Sutherland, Stephanie Powers, and the ?L.A. Times? Hearst family) sought out Jansen for his portraiture skills. Jansen?s sitting fee in the 1960?s was $20,000. In addition, he also gained fame for his portraiture of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. His Beatles portraits are among the more collectible memorabilia by fans. He was in great demand in the Los Angeles galleries, but sold primarily through Aaron Brothers.

But despite his national reputation as a portrait artist, he refused those demands and resumed his childhood love affair of painting nudes. He then moved to Southern California. For eighteen years, he was commissioned by Playboy Magazine to paint the ?Playmate of the Month.? ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Circa 1960</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:16</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:9.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Original Nude Leo Jansen Oil on Canvas</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Greenwood, SC</td></tr>
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