Marcel Janco
Marcel Janco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895 |
| Nationality | Israeli, Jewish |
| Education | [[]] |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Israeli art |
Marcel Janco is an Israeli artist.
Marcel Janco (born Marcel Iancu; Hebrew: מרסל ינקו; May 24, 1895 - April 21, 1984) was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and architect, and one of the founders of the Dada movement.
Biography
Janco was born to a Jewish family in 1895, inBucharestRomania.
A friend and compatriot of Tristan Tzara, he was among the founders of the Dadaist movement, established in 1916 at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland, by a group of exiled poets, painters and philosophers who were opposed to war, aggression and the changing world culture. In 1922, Janco returned to Romania, where he gained fame as a painter and architect. In 1941, fleeing the Nazis, he moved to Palestine, and was one of the founders of the New Horizons Group (1948). The Janco-Dada Museum, which opened in 1983, features Janco's work and explores the history of the Dada movement.
In 1953, Janco established the Ein Hod artists' village near Haifa, Israel. Towards the end of his life he helped found the Dada museum in Ein Hod which bears his name. The museum houses Janco's art, explores the history of Dadaism and mounts changing exhibitions.[1]
Janco died on 21 April 1984 at the age of 88.
Education
- 1915 Studied Architecture, l'Ecole Polytechnique, Zurich, Switzerland
Teaching
- 1953 Seminar Ha'Kibbutzim, Oranim
Awards
- In 1945,1946 and again in 1950 and 1951, Janco was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.[2]
- 1958 The Histadrut Prize
- In 1967, he was awarded the Israel Prize, in painting.[3]
- 1982 worthy of the City of Tel-Aviv, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv
In 2005, he was voted the 184th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[4]
Bibliography
- Janco, Marcel (2005). Marcel Janco: Interdisciplinary Artist. Tel Aviv: Bauhaus Center. ISBN 9789659060610.
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.jancodada.co.il
- ^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1967 (in Hebrew)".
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
External links
- Ein Hod Artists' Village
- Janco Dada Museum
- Marcel Janco from the collections of the Israel Museum Janco&Submit=Search
- Marcel Janco from the Israeli artist list of the Information Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum [1]
- Europeana - Search results Janco%22 Europeana -- Janco, Marcel, Born Romania, active Romania, Switzerland, and Israel, 1895–1984
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