
Envers d’un Autoportrait
J.F. BALTZEN
Studies in Sciences
At the age of 30, interested in prints
Friendship with Marcelle Cahn who taught him very much
Stimulated by J. Kermarrec and by J.M. Krauth, starts in 1981 woodcarving
Student of J. Strub
Takes the name of Baltzen in honor of the alsatian village Baltzenheim
where his father is born and was raised
Personal Exhibitions

Autoportrait en clown
- Exhibition-debats at the Estampe d’Aquitaine, 17 November 87, Bordeaux
- Gallery Brigitte Schehadé : Challenger et … , 28-31 January 88, Paris
- Gallery of Petit Pont : Woodcuts, 27 Janvier – 4 Febuary 89, Strasbourg
- First Franco-German Days Chemistry – 27-28 April 89, Strasbourg
- Groupe Ici et Maintenant – 5-26 January 90, Strasbourg
- Galery of Petit Pont – Engravings on wood and metal (laser). – 16-19.12.90, Strasbourg
- Ligue des Droits de l’Homme – 72e National Meeting- 8-9 Febuary 92, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg ( with Lucia Reyes).
- Chemistry in the Society – Interdisciplinary Symposium of the National Committee of Scientific Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Biarritz -23-25 March 94 – Conference and exhibition: Chemistry and my woodcraving.
- Prints presented at the Opening of the studio “Attention à la Marche Blanche” with the ceramics of Sadami Hua, 25 November-3 December 94, Strasbourg-Neudorf.
- Yomenanohana Museum : Woodcuts and Metal, 30 May-11 June 95, Nakano, Tokyo, J
- Gallery “Peek-A-Boo” , Gravures Art Primitif, 20 Novembre – 5 Décembre 95, Kyoto,
- Cherng Piin Gallery, Woodcuts, 21 July -10 August 2001 Taipei Taiwan.
- Exhibition Gallery of the Institute of History and of Philology of the Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan. Exposition “Attendant” 12 Avril à 26 Mai 2006.
- Artim, Art des Tribus du Neudorf, woodcus and metal, 11 Déc. 04 – 15 Janv. 05.S- trasbourg France
- Mei’s Tea Bar Taipei Taiwan, Art of the Puxides metal, Oct 2011 – January 2012
- Mei’s Tea Bar Taipei Taiwan, Art Tribal metal and wood, January – March 2012
Collective exhibitions
- 1/4 de Raisin – Galery R. Werlé – 17.3-5.4.91, Strasbourg
- Graveurs strasbourgeois – Spring 92, Boston, USA (Estampe du Rhin)
- Cinquante Graveurs – 12-29 May 92, Bibliothèque Municipale, Strasbourg
- Exhibition of thre projects “Monument à la Mémoire et à la Paix” C.M.S. Jacques Monod, Val de Reuil, Eure, 25-26 November 1994
- JF. Baltzen Jean Legros Marcelle Cahn 1895
- 1981 entre Amis, Musées de Mâcon 18 December 2010-27 Febuary 2011
Collections
Artothèque de Mulhouse, Cabinet des Estampes Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Musées de Mâcon
Sculpture
Règne vivant (H. 3m) Lecture Hall H. Forestier, Faculté de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, now at the seminar room of the Institut de Science et
d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) de l’Université de Strasbourg