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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.
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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.
  
Together with [[Ion Vinea]] he was an editor of the [[Contimporanul]] magazine in Bucharest (1922-32).
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Together with [[Ion Vinea]] he was an editor of the ''[[Contimporanul]]'' magazine in Bucharest (1922-32).
  
==Gallery==
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==Selected works==
 
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File:Bois page3.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 1, July 1917, p. 3.
 
File:Bois page3.jpg|''Bois'', in ''Dada'' 1, July 1917, p. 3.
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==Documentaries==
 
==Documentaries==
* ''Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism'', 1968, dir. Helmut Herbst.
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* ''Germany – Dada, an Alphabet of German Dadaism'', dir. Helmut Herbst, 1968.
* ''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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* ''Şi s-au dus ca vântul...'', dir. Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman, Romania, 2010. A documentary about the Baraseum Theater. [http://www.icr.ro/baraseum2013_ro]
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* ''Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician'', Bucharest: Muzeul Național de Artă, 1997. (in Romanian)
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* ''Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician'', Bucharest: Muzeul Național de Artă, 1997. {{ro}}
* 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. {{de}}
* Harry Seiwert, ''Marcel Janco: Dadaist, Zeitgenosse, wohltemperierter morgenländischer Konstruktivist'' Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1993. (in German)
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu Marcel Janco at Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu Marcel Janco at Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://www.j-art.ro/artist.php?uid=9 Marcel Iancu at J-Art]
 
* [http://www.j-art.ro/artist.php?uid=9 Marcel Iancu at J-Art]
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[[Category:Dada|Janco, Marcel]] [[Category:Constructivism|Janco, Marcel]]

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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).

Selected works

Documentaries

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

Literature

  • Centenar Marcel Iancu: Arhitect, artist plastic, teoretician, Bucharest: Muzeul Național de Artă, 1997. (Romanian)
  • Harry Seiwert, Marcel Janco: Dadaist, zeitgenosse, wohltemperierter morgenländischer Konstruktivist, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1993. (German)

See also

Links