St. Leon Armenian Cathedral – Zorayan Museum &
Stephanie’s Art Gallery 
Request the pleasure of your company for
 the honoring exhibition of French-Armenian artist
Jean Carzou(1907-2000)

 
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Exhibit runs from
Friday, September 16, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
through
September 17th, Saturday, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
 
Under the patronage of Diocesan Benefactors
Mr. & Mrs. Antranik and Virginia Zorayan
St. Leon Armenian Cathedral – Zorayan Museum
3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, CA 91504
(818) 558-7474
 
For private viewing, contact Linda Stepanian at (818) 790-4905 www.stephaniesartgallery.com
 
LIST OF MUSEUMS WITH WORKS BY CARZOU
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Musée de Rouena Ville de Paris
Musée de I’lle-de-France
Musée d’Albi, France
Musée de Cagnes
Musée de Lyon
Musée de Rouen
Musée Cantini, Marseilles
Musée d’Aix-en-Provence
Musée des Baux-de-Provence
Musée du Havre
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum of Literature and Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Municipal Museum, Dimona, Israel
Djakarta Museum, Indonesia
His work is also part of public collections all over the world

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	JEAN CARZOU Garnik Harutyuni ZULUMYAN (1907-2000) Paris

The Zorayan Museum and Stephanie’s Art gallery are pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings executed by French Armenian artist Jean Carzou between the years 1950-1999.

The exhibition contains 30 pieces from some of Carzou’s key serial works. Included are oil paintings, drawings, watercolors and lithographs.

Born Karnik Zouloumian on January 1st, 1907 in Syria to an Armenian family, Carzou later created his name from the first syllables of his name and surname. Becoming a world traveler at an early age, Carzou was educated in Cairo Egypt before moving to Paris in 1924 at the age of 17 to study art and architecture in earnest.

Carzou mastered a number of mediums, though his line drawings and engravings would become well known as illustrations for some of the 20th century’s most revered writers, including Hemingway, Albert Camus, Ionesco and Rimbaud. Carzou produced stunning work of painted glass and porcelain, in pencils, gauche and pastels as well as oils, often choosing to work on textured or irregular fabrics and papers rather than traditional canvas.

In July of 1977, Jacques Chirac, the French Prime Minister, presided over Carzou’s retrospective exhibition at th