Marcel Janco
 Marcel Iancu. | |
| Born |
May 24, 1895 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.
His last exposition as a painter was in 1939. After he left Romania for Palestina. [1]
He will return in Romania in 1922 and together with Ion Vinea they will publish the Contimporanul magazine.
Contents
Gallery
Bois. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 3.
Bois. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. 14.
Bois. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. back cover.
Bois. Dada, no. 4/5, 15 May 1919, back cover.
Construction 3. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 13.
Gravure originale. Dada, no. 3, December 1918, p. 13.
Relief A7. Dada, no. 1, July 1917, p. 9.
Relief 3. Dada, no. 2, December 1917, p. 13.
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
