Jean "Yanko" Varda
Jean Varda's Trojan Horse. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Guest Faculty
ATTENDANCE
1946 - 1946
BIRTH
1893-09-11
Smyrna, Türkiye
DEATH
1971-01-10
Mexico City, Mexico
Jean "Yanko" Varda was a Turkish-born American artist, best known for his collage work. Varda was one of the early adopters of the Sausalito houseboat lifestyle that was popular in the 1960s–1970s.
Varda was guest faculty of painting for the Summer Art Institute of 1946.
