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Marcel Janco Romanian/Israeli 1895-1984 Watercolor

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Marcel Janco Romanian/Israeli 1895-1984 Watercolor
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Watercolor on paper; signed and attr. Marcel Janco (Romanian/Israeli, 1895-1984); 28.5 x 19 in. (72.39 x 48.26 cm). Romanian born artist Marco Janco relocated to Zurich in his twenties and joined forces with his friend Tristan Tzara in developing the Dada movement. They eventually expanded their new aesthetic, based on a combination of Cubism and Expressionism, to three-dimensional works and then a kind of early performance art. Eventually Janco abandoned the militaristic anti-art of Dada and concentrated instead on a form of Constructivism. In the 1920s-30s he expanded his area of expertise to architecture and opened up a firm that would eventually be responsible for introducing modern architecture to Bucharest. Faced with the brutal persecution brought on by growing anti-Semitism in Europe, Janco left Romania and immigrated to what was then, the Palestinian Mandate. His immediate involvement with local artists had a formative influence on the development of modern Israeli Art. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario Estate