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Name: Groneberg, Jan (1943-2014)
Nationality: German
Biography: Jan Groneberg was born in 1943 in <country-region st="on"><place st="on">Germany</place></country-region>. He settled in <city st="on"><place st="on">Munich</place></city> and started painting as a self taught artist. Later on he found jobs as a free-lance producer’s assistant, TV stage designer and author of radio programmes. In 1974 he had a large exhibition with multimedia objects in <city st="on"><place st="on">Munich</place></city>. In 1982 he printed the artist’s book “The Magic Advent of Love”. In 1985 he decided to live in Monemvasia, in southern <country-region st="on"><place st="on">Greece</place></country-region>. There he discovered wood as a means of expression. His first five years in <country-region st="on"><place st="on">Greece</place></country-region> are reflected in the book “Hellenic daily life; Stories from Greece.” He designed and built a house and a garden complete with studio. In 1999 he finished a collection of poems entitled “Hocus Pocus Spiritus.” Following this he returned to painting. From then on a number of successful exhibitions have taken place in Monemvasia and <place st="on"><city st="on">Athens</city></place>.

Groneberg, Jan (1943-2014)