biography of Jean XCERON (1890-1967)

Birth place: Isari, Likosouras, Greece

Addresses: NYC (immigrated 1904); Wash. DC (1910s); NYC (1920-27); Paris (1927-37); NYC (1937-on)

Profession: Painter

Studied: Corcoran School Art, 1910s; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1927

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1921-22, 1925; Gal. de France, Paris, 1931 (1st solo); Gal. Percier, Paris, 1933; Gal. Pierre, Paris, 1934; Garland Gal., NY, 1935; Nierendorf Gal., 1938; Bennington College, 1944; Fed. Mod. P&S, 1945; New Orleans Arts & Crafts Club, 1931; GGE, 1939; Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1939; CI, 1942-44; CPLH, 1945; Soc. Indep. Artists, 1921-24; Guggenheim Mus., 1939-52, 1954-56, 1962, 1963; Am. Abstract Artists, 1941-44, 1951-58, 1964; NAC, 1942; Carnegie Inst., 1942-44, 1946-50; United Nations, San Fran., 1945; WMAA, 1946-65; traveling solo: New Mexico, Calif., Wash., 1948-49; Univ. Illinois, 1948-50, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963 (prizes); Sidney Janis Gal., NYC, 1950, 1964; Newcomb College, 1957; WAC, 1953; Montreal Mus. FA., 1955; Rose Fried Gal., 1955, 1957, 1960-64; Yale Univ., 1957; BM, 1957; AFA, 1958; MoMA traveling exh., South America, 1963-64; AIC, 1964; NY World's Fair, 1964; Lever House, NYC, 1964; Gal. Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain; Brussels; Goldwach Gal., Chicago, 1963.

Member: Am. Abstract Artists; Fed. Mod. P&S; Soc. Indep. Artists

Work: MoMA; PC; PMG; Mus. Non-Objective Painting (Guggenheim Mus.); Univ. Georgia; Univ. Illinois; Berkshire Mus. Art; Brandeis Univ.; Smith College; Washington Univ., St. Louis; Cahiers d'Art, Paris; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany; WPA mural for Assembly Room Chapel, Riker's Island, NY

Comments: Position: consult., Guggenheim Mus., 1939-67.

Sources: WW66; WW47; American Abstract Art, 203

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