Jean Xceron

Jean Xceron

Xceron working on a piece for the Federal Art Project, c. 1942, from the Archives of American Art
Born 1890 (1890)
Greece
Died 1967 (1968)
New York, New York
Nationality Greek
Known for Painting
Movement Non-objective

Jean Xceron (1890–1967) was an American abstract painter of Greek origin. He immigrated to the United States in 1904[1] 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.[2] He is described as a "pioneer of non-objective painting" by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[1] His works are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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