Spiros Xenos

After six years of study at Athens School of Fine Arts, he left Greece in 1903 and helped by a scholarship continued his education in Munich, Germany.

Xenos's paintings were inspired by the landscape of Sweden's west coast, but he is also known for his portraits and still lifes.

In 1920, in Utby, Gothenburg he built the 'Villa Athena', which still stands in 'Utbynäs´ villastad' (created in the style of an English garden city).

Spiros Xeros is buried in 'Örgryte new cemetery' in Gothenburg with his second wife Ester Elena (Håkansson) Xenos (1903–1996), born in Helsingborg, Sweden.

In a local newspaper an obituary mentioned "the well-known Gothenburg artist" Spiros Xenos and described him as "an extremely amiable person, free from harsh judgments and a wish to gain advances at others' expense".