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|caption = Marcel Iancu.
 
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1895|5|24|mf=y}}
 
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|birth_place = [[Bucharest]]
 
|birth_place = [[Bucharest]]
|death_place = 1984, April 21 (aged 88) near [[Tel Aviv]]Israel
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|death_place = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
 
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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|258px|Cover of ''La Première Aventure céléste de Mr. Antipyrine'' (1916), a book by [[Tristan Tzara]], illustrated by Janco.]]
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'''Marcel Janco''' (Marcel Hermann Iancu; last name also Ianco, Janko or Jancu) was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dada and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe.
  
==The Dada Mouvent==
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Together with [[Ion Vinea]] he was an editor of the [[Contimporanul]] magazine in Bucharest (1922-32).
  
[[File:Cover aventure-.jpg|thumb|200px|'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. [http://www.observatorcultural.ro/Constructorul-Marcel-Iancu*articleID_25296-articles_details.html]
 
He will return in Romania in 1922 and together with [[Ion Vinea]] they will publish the  [[Contimporanul]] magazine in [[Bucharest]], that means 102 issues between 1922 and 1932.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Bois page3.jpg|Bois. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 3.
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File:Bois page3.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 1, July 1917, p. 3.
File:Bois3 page14.jpg|Bois. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. 14.
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File:Bois3 page14.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 3, December 1918, p. 14.
File:Bois3 back.jpg|Bois. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. back cover.
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File:Bois3 back.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 3, December 1918, p. back cover.
File:Bois dada4 back.jpg|Bois. Dada, no. 4/5, 15 May 1919, back cover.
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File:Bois dada4 back.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 4/5, 15 May 1919, back cover.
File:Construction3 dada1.jpg|Construction 3. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 13.
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File:Construction3 dada1.jpg|''Construction 3'', in ''Dada'' 1, July 1917, p. 13.
File:1gravure.jpg|Gravure originale. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. 13.
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File:1gravure.jpg|''Gravure originale'', in ''Dada'' 3, December 1918, p. 13.
File:2relief.jpg|Relief A7. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 9.
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File:2relief.jpg|''Relief A7'', in ''Dada'' 1, July 1917, p. 9.
File:3relief.jpg|Relief 3. Dada, no. 2, December 1917, p. 13.
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File:3relief.jpg|''Relief 3'', in ''Dada'' 2, December 1917, p. 13.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
==Documentaries==
 
==Documentaries==
* 'Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism' (1968), documentary by Helmut Herbst
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* ''Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism'', 1968, dir. 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]
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* ''Şi s-au dus ca vântul...'', a documentary about the Baraseum Theater, dir. Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman, Romania, 2010. [http://www.icr.ro/baraseum2013_ro]
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==Literature==
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* ''Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician'', Bucharest: Muzeul Național de Artă, 1997. (in Romanian)
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* W. Verksuf, ''Marcel Iancu, Dada, Teufen'', Elveția, 1957.
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* Harry Seiwert, ''Marcel Janco: Dadaist, Zeitgenosse, wohltemperierter morgenländischer Konstruktivist'' Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1993. (in German)
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Contimporanul]]
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
  
==Literature==
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==External links==
*Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician. Muzeul Național de Artă, București, 1997
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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], a city map.
*W. Verksuf: Marcel Iancu, Dada, Teufen (Elveția), 1957
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* [http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/dadas/janco.htm Marcel Janco at The International Dada Archive]
*Harry Seiwert: Marcel Janco: Dadaist, Zeitgenosse, wohltemperierter morgenländischer Konstruktivist. Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1993
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Janco Marcel Janco at Wikipedia]
 
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* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu Marcel Janco at Romanian Wikipedia]
==Links==
 
* [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://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]
 

Revision as of 11:52, 23 December 2013


Marcel Iancu.
Born May 24, 1895(1895-05-24)
Bucharest
Died April 21, 1984(1984-04-21) (aged 88)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Cover of La Première Aventure céléste de Mr. Antipyrine (1916), a book by Tristan Tzara, illustrated by Janco.

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

Together with Ion Vinea he was an editor of the Contimporanul magazine in Bucharest (1922-32).

Gallery

Documentaries

  • Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism, 1968, dir. Helmut Herbst.
  • Şi s-au dus ca vântul..., a documentary about the Baraseum Theater, dir. Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman, Romania, 2010. [1]

Literature

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

See also

External links