Jean Xceron

Jean Xceron 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.