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5 unusual facts about Leo Jansen


Basic income in the Netherlands

The political discussion on basic income was initiated in 1975 by Leo Jansen, an MP for the progressive Christian Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and Vrije Universiteit professor Kuiper.

Leo Jansen

Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, Willian Holden, Donald Sutherland, Stephanie Powers, and the LA Times Hearst family. ) sought out Jansen for his portraiture skills, Jansen's sitting fee in the 1960 was US$20,000.

His works hang in the Hugh Hefner's Playboy corporate headquarters and in the mansion.

Rank among the nation's best interpretive artist of nudes, Jansen's canvases hang in collection of a wide range of notables from Jean-Claude Pascal to the late Judy Garland.

New In Chess

Leo Jansen and Jerry van Rekom, The Black Lion, New In Chess 2008, ISBN 978-90-5691-257-4.



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