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 Greece |
| Died | 1967 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 collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [3] and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Jean Xceron papers, 1931–1966". Archives of American Art. Retrieved 31 Oct 2011.
- ^ Biography at ART TOPOS, accessed December 2011
- ^ "Artworks Search Results / American Art". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 14 August 2017.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Collection Search - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
External links
- Works by or about Jean Xceron at Internet Archive
- Jean Xceron – Smithsonian American Art Museum Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
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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 Greece |
| Died | 1967 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 collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [3] and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Jean Xceron papers, 1931–1966". Archives of American Art. Retrieved 31 Oct 2011.
- ^ Biography at ART TOPOS, accessed December 2011
- ^ "Artworks Search Results / American Art". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 14 August 2017.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Collection Search - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
External links
- Works by or about Jean Xceron at Internet Archive
- Jean Xceron – Smithsonian American Art Museum Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
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| This article about a painter from the United States born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1890 births
- 1967 deaths
- 20th-century American painters
- 20th-century male artists
- American male painters
- Greek emigrants to the United States
- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design alumni
- Security guards
- Federal Art Project artists
- 20th-century Greek Americans
- 20th-century Greek painters
- Painters from Pittsburgh
- People from Megalopoli, Greece
- American painter, 19th-century birth stubs