Jean Xceron | |
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 Xceron working on a piece for the Federal Art Project, c. 1942, from the Archives of American Art | |
| Born | 1890 Isaris Village, Peloponese, Greece |
| Died | 1967 New York, New York |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Non-objective |
Jean Xceron (1890–1967) was an American abstract painter of Greek origin born in a small village called Isaris, located in the Peloponese. He immigrated to the United States in 1904 and studied at the Corcoran School of Art. He worked at the Guggenheim Museum as a security guard for 28 years from 1939 to his death. He is described as a "pioneer of non-objective painting" by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. His works are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
