Jan Groneberg (b. 1943 d. 2014) was a German artist. He settled in Munich and started painting. He later 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 Munich. In 1982 he printed the artist’s book “The Magic Advent of Love”. In 1985 he decided to live in Monemvasia, in southern Greece. There he discovered wood as a means of expression. His first five years in Greece 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. A number of successful exhibitions have subsequently taken place in Monemvasia and Athens.