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Marcel Janco

Marcel Janco

Romanian-Israeli, 1895
Bucharest, Romania
PrintmakingArt NouveauExpressionismFuturism
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
12
Works in Collection
26
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Art Nouveau
  • • Expressionism
  • • Futurism
  • • Surrealism
  • • Cubism
Related Artists
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Cubism and Its Affinities
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937
About

Why this artist matters now

Marcel Janco was a Romanian-born Israeli artist and architect who cofounded the Dada movement in Zurich during World War I. Working across painting, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, he developed a distinctive visual language combining geometric abstraction with expressionist energy. After relocating to Palestine in 1941, Janco shifted toward architectural practice and community building, designing the artist village of Ein Hod. His early Dada works, characterized by bold color and fragmented forms, remain central to twentieth-century modernism.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Art Nouveau
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (12)

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Images

Marcel Janco (Artsy)
Artsy
Artsy artist portrait
Artsy
Composition with Red Arrow (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Composition with Red Arrow (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Movements and affiliations

AR
Art Nouveau
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EX
Expressionism
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FU
Futurism
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SU
Surrealism
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CU
Cubism
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionPrints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
New York · 1983
Group ExhibitionCubism and Its Affinities
New York · 1976
Group ExhibitionDada, Surrealism and their Heritage
New York · 1968
Group ExhibitionFantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
New York · 1936
ExhibitionFantastic Art, Dada, SurrealismMuseum of Modern Art
New York · 1936