RO-ART-1895-MJ
Marcel Janco
Co-founder of Dada in Zürich and modernist architect of Bucharest.
In 1916, with Tristan Tzara, Hugo Ball and others, Janco co-founded Dada at the Cabaret Voltaire, creating its famous masks and posters. Back in Bucharest he co-edited the magazine Contimporanul and designed dozens of modernist buildings. He emigrated to Palestine in 1941 and founded the artists' village of Ein Hod.
Works
Notable works
№ 01
Cabaret Voltaire
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№ 01 · 1916Cabaret Voltaire
Oil on canvas
№ 02
Dada Masks
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№ 02 · 1919Dada Masks
Paper, cardboard, paint
№ 03
Fuchs House
No freely-licensed image
№ 03 · 1929Fuchs House
Architecture
Bucharest
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