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Marcel Janco Paintings

Israeli, Romanian, 1895-1984
Marcel Janco was a 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. Janco expounded a "revolutionary" vision of urban planning. He designed some of the most innovative landmarks of downtown Bucharest. He worked in many art forms, including illustration, sculpture and oil painting. Janco was one of the leading Romanian Jewish intellectuals of his generation. Targeted by antisemitic persecution before and during World War II, he emigrated to the British Mandate for Palestine in 1941. He won the Dizengoff Prize and Israel Prize, and was a founder of Ein Hod, a utopian art colony.
(Biography provided by Kings Gallery)
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Artist: Marcel Janco
Harbour View - Cityscape Abstract Dada Romanian Israeli
By Marcel Janco
Located in London, GB
This work is signed by the artist “Janco”, in the lower right corner. Condition: Good condition. Minor areas of craquelure, particularly along the edges of the canvas. Mild surface ...
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1930s Abstract Marcel Janco Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled
By Marcel Janco
Located in Lawrence, NY
We are pleased to present this vivid, modernist work by Marcel Janco, one of the founders of Dada. It is housed in a stunning House of Heydenryk frame. Marcel Janco was a Romanian-Israeli-Jewish painter who was one of the founders of Dadaism and a noted modernist architect. His career evinced the modern artist's interest in the primitive in art. In its earliest years, the Romanian avant-garde flourished mainly outside of Romania, thanks to the conservative and nationalistic mood of that country during the post-World War I era. Dada, the anti-art movement, was hatched by a group of Romanian expatriate artists, Tristan Tzara (born Sami Rosenstein), Marcel Janco and other intellectuals working in Zurich in 1915. The Dada movement, which later took root in other centers in Europe and the United States, fostered an abandonment of traditional artistic methods and forms and urged an approach to art without preconceived ideas. A manifesto by Tristan Tzara said that Dada meant nothing, that ''we want works, straightforward, strong, accurate and forever not understood, logic is always wrong.'' Janco built the scenery for Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich that was the first Dadaist meeting place, and he was one of the most energetic members of the Zurich group. At the cabaret the members of the group put on shows and performances that were alien to and completely different from anything to which the bourgeois society of Zurich was accustomed. Marcel Janco was a full partner in all the group's activities - he created the masks they wore during stage performances, and took part in the shows that evoked great rage and indignant responses from the audience. A Dada construction of his was reproduced on the cover of Dada, the group's magazine, published in 1917. His best known Dadaist works were abstract, architectonic plaster reliefs, one of which is in the collection of the MOMA. Janco had his first exhibition at Cafe Voltaire in 1916. In 1917, Janco exhibited at the first Dada show in Zurich at the Dada gallery together with Hans Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, and Tzara. In 1918, he became a member of Das Neue Leben, a group of artists in Basel that included Arp, Fritz Baumann, Augusto Giacometti...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Marcel Janco Paintings

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Oil

Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
By Marcel Janco
Located in London, GB
MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli) Title: Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle Technique: Original signed Oil ...
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20th Century Abstract Marcel Janco Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Find a wide variety of authentic Marcel Janco paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Marcel Janco in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Marcel Janco paintings, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Fred Mitchell, Sylvia Rutkoff, and Norman Carton. Marcel Janco paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $4,400 and tops out at $12,000, while the average work can sell for $8,200.

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