ORIGINAL LEO JANSEN OIL PAINTING Start Price USD 4,000.00 Current Price USD 4,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 4,200.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 10, 2008 Location Henderson, Nevada See more about 'ORIGINAL LEO JANSEN OIL PAINTING' Description ORIGNAL LEO JANSEN This signed oil painting was given as a gift by Leo Jansen to my mother-in-law's boyfriend. Jansen  was a friend of the family and it was painted as a gift.  It is truly one of a kind. The painting is 25 x 48 and is in mint condition. It is a beautiful reclining nude with brunette hair. Most of his paintings were of blondes. 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. 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.  Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, William Holden, Donald Sutherland, Stephanie Powers, and the 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.  Despite his national reputation as a portrait artist, he 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.” His untimely death from an apparent heart attack (on December 20, 1980) at 50 years of age brought an end to a brilliant talent. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!