Marcel Janco

1895 - 1984
Marcel Janco born in Bucharest, Romania in 1895, his life history can be divided into two main chapters: 46 years in Europe and 43 years in Israel. His artistic talent became apparent early on. He learned the foundations of classical art from his teacher Josef Isser who would continue to influence his work throughout his life. Janco started "Simbolul" and "Chemarea", literary journals in which his drawings were first published. At the age of 20, Janco went to Zurich to study architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology and joined a group of young artists performing at the Cabaret Voltaire as part of the avant-garde Dada movement. Janco played an active role in the entire group’s activities, curated exhibitions, issued manifestos, and published a journal. Janco himself designed the masks they wore in their performances and participated in the shows. During this period, Janco also belonged to "New Life", a group that organized artistic and intellectual activities. In 1922, after a brief stay in Paris, Janco returned to Romania and his paintings were now mostly of local landscapes, peasants, interiors and classical subjects which he depicted in a modernist style. His work displayed cubist elements along with dark coloration, particularly browns and grays, and he was involved with several other groups of Romanian artists who were similarly striving to promote the principles of modernism. Despite his professional success in the country of his birth, in 1940, at the start of World War II, Janco decided to move with his family to Israel. Once here, both his style of painting and his architectural work underwent a striking change, with the Mediterranean light finding its way into his palette. He carried with him a sketchbook in which he recorded what he saw, and then reproduced the scenes in vivid colors on his return to the studio. His paintings from this period depict the landscapes and people of the country, as well as its heroic struggle for independence. In 1948 Janco was one of the founding fathers of the movement "Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) alongside artists such as Yehezkel Streichman and Joseph Zaritsky. In 1953 Janco wanted to find a way to restore the Arab village Ein Hod and convinced artists and sculptors to move there. He himself joined the first group of settlers in Ein Hod. Janco was part of the art school "Studia" and later he taught in a variety of institutions, as well as in courses conducted in Ein Hod. In the last twenty years of Janco's life he actively promoted the village of Ein Hod, as well as writing articles about a range of subjects that drew his interest and in 1967 he received the Israel Prize for his work. His last works display an absolute return to abstract and geometric shapes.

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Upcoming auctions

Lot : 304

Marcel Janco
Goat, Oil on canvas, 35X50 cm. Signed.

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$2,500 - $3,500

Lot : 336

Marcel Janco
Composition, Oil on cardboard, 35X50 cm, Signed.

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$2,500 - $3,000

Lot : 588

Marcel Janco
Geometric Relief, Aluminum panels on metal, 50x35…

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$1,000 - $1,500

Lot : 33

Marcel Janco
Figure, Oil on cardboard, 50x65 cm. Signed.

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$3,000 - $5,000

Lot : 76

Marcel Janco
Three Women in Malta, Oil on cardboard,…

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$20,000 - $30,000

Previous auctions

Lot : 381

Marcel Janco
Composition, Oil on cardboard, 35X50 cm. Signed.

Estimated price:

$2,500 - $3,000

Lot : 94

Marcel Janco
Lito Dada, print on yuta, 44x60 cm.…

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340

Lot : 54

Marcel Janco
A Visit to Victor Brauner's house, 1930,Oil…

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50000

Lot : 78

Marcel Janco
Composition, Oil on cardboard, 49X68 cm. Signed.…

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3200

Lot : 19

Marcel Janco
Untitled, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard,…

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900

Lot : 320

Marcel Janco
Theater, marker on paper, 19X22 cm. Unsigned.…

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240

Lot : 456

Marcel Janco
Oriental Figures, watercolor on paper, 38X52 cm.…

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1300

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Marcel Janco
Two Figures, Oil on cardboard, 70X50 cm.…

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9500

Lot : 63

Marcel Janco
Fruit Plate and Flower Vase, Oil on…

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3000

Lot : 64

Marcel Janco
Untitled, Dada-Style Metal Relief, Collage Aluminum panels,…

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1700

Lot : 65

Marcel Janco
Grand Collage Dada, 1920s', Oil, tempera and…

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28000

Lot : 86

Marcel Janco
Composition, Oil on canvas, 35X50 cm. Signed.

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2800

Lot : 87

Marcel Janco
Roosters, Oil on canvas laid down on…

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2000

Lot : 88

Marcel Janco
Tiberias, Oil on cardboard, 50X70 cm. Signed.

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$18,000 - $25,000

Lot : 39

Marcel Janco
Woman, marker and panda on paper, 34X24…

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340

Lot : 51

Marcel Janco
Abduction of Dina, watercolor on paper, 20X16…

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$300 - $500

Lot : 92

Marcel Janco
Birds, marker pen and panda on paper,…

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$300 - $500

Lot : 8

Marcel Janco
Figures by the sea, oil on cardboard,…

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2000

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ללא כותרת, שמן על קרטון, 35X50 ס"מ,…

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1500

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Marcel Janco
Untitled, oil on cardboard, 35X50 cm, Signed.…

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1500

Lot : 402

Marcel Janco
Don Quixote, Oil on canvas laid down…

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3000

Lot : 464

Marcel Janco
Double Sided : The Restoration of Israel,…

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700

Lot : 465

Marcel Janco
Dada 20, Watercolor on paper, 47X34 cm.…

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$1,200 - $1,600

Lot : 467

Marcel Janco
Bikkurim, Watercolor on paper, 31X23 cm. Signed…

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420

Lot : 581

Marcel Janco
Nude, 1941, Watercolor on paper, 21X32 cm.…

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850

Lot : 34

Marcel Janco
Untitled, Oil on canvas, 46X65 cm. Signed.

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5000

Lot : 35

Marcel Janco
Still Life, Oil on canvas laid down…

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4400

Lot : 36

Marcel Janco
Boats in the Harbor, Oil on cardboard,…

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10000

Lot : 61

Marcel Janco
Porter, 1949, Oil on canvas laid down…

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9000

Lot : 12

Marcel Janco
Composition, panda on paper, 13X20 cm. Signed.…

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200

Lot : 13

Marcel Janco
Ein Hod, watercolor on paper, 24X34 cm.…

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550

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