Jeanne Champion (born 25 June 1931, near Lons-le-Saunier) is a French painter and historical novelist. Jeanne Champion, born in a peasant environment, is largely self-taught. An artist-painter since 1956, she has produced many works in her two fields of activity. In painting, often unsatisfied, she destroyed many of her creations but she left some 200 paintings and a good number of engravings. A... show more