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'''Marcel Janco''' (Romanian name of Marcel Hermann Iancu) [last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu] was  Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe.
  
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[[File:Cover aventure-.jpg|thumb|200px|'La Première Aventure céléste de Mr. Antipyrine' (1916), book by Tristan Tzara ilustrated by Marcel Janco]]
*La Première Aventure céléste de Mr. Antipyrine (Trsitan Tzara), 1916, book ilustrated by Marcel Janco.
 
  
'''Marcel Janco''' (Romanian name of Marcel Hermann Iancu) [last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu] was  Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe.
 
  
 
His last exposition as a painter was in 1939. After he left Romania for Palestina. [http://www.observatorcultural.ro/Constructorul-Marcel-Iancu*articleID_25296-articles_details.html]
 
His last exposition as a painter was in 1939. After he left Romania for Palestina. [http://www.observatorcultural.ro/Constructorul-Marcel-Iancu*articleID_25296-articles_details.html]
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==Movies==
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==Documentaries==
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* 'Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism' (1968), documentary by Helmut Herbst
 
* 'Şi s-au dus ca vântul...', documentary film about the Baraseum Theater, directed by Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman (Romania, 2010) [http://www.icr.ro/baraseum2013_ro]
 
* 'Şi s-au dus ca vântul...', documentary film about the Baraseum Theater, directed by Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman (Romania, 2010) [http://www.icr.ro/baraseum2013_ro]
  
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* [http://www.e-cart.ro/asociatia/en/news/Urban_route_M.Iancu.pdf Urban route. Marcel Iancu – The beginnings of modern architecture in Bucharest, 1929-1938]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Janco Marcel Janco on Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Janco Marcel Janco on Wikipedia]
 
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu Marcel Janco on  Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu Marcel Janco on  Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/dadas/janco.htm Marcel Janco on The International Dada Archive]
 
* [http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/dadas/janco.htm Marcel Janco on The International Dada Archive]

Revision as of 08:36, 29 October 2013


Marcel Iancu.
Born May 24, 1895(1895-05-24)
Bucharest
Died 1984, April 21 (aged 88) near Tel AvivIsrael

Marcel Janco (Romanian name of Marcel Hermann Iancu) [last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu] was Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe.

'La Première Aventure céléste de Mr. Antipyrine' (1916), book by Tristan Tzara ilustrated by Marcel Janco


His last exposition as a painter was in 1939. After he left Romania for Palestina. [1]

Gallery

Documentaries

  • 'Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism' (1968), documentary by Helmut Herbst
  • 'Şi s-au dus ca vântul...', documentary film about the Baraseum Theater, directed by Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman (Romania, 2010) [2]
See also Romanian Avant-garde [3]

Literature

  • Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician. Muzeul Național de Artă, București, 1997
  • W. Verksuf: Marcel Iancu, Dada, Teufen (Elveția), 1957
  • Harry Seiwert: Marcel Janco: Dadaist, Zeitgenosse, wohltemperierter morgenländischer Konstruktivist. Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1993

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