Marcel Janco
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Marcel Janco was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. In the 1910s, he co-edi
Janco in 1954
Hugo Ball in the "bishop dress", 1916
Viking Eggeling's drawings for a Generalbass der Malerei ("General Basis of Painting"), 1918
Janco and friends in the Hula Valley, 1938
Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich)
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Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political pur
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…Romanians came into contact with Hugo Ball and the other independent artists plying their trade at the Malerei building, which soon after became known as Cabaret Voltaire. Ball later recalled that four "Oriental" men introduced themselves to him late after a show—the description refers to Tzara, the older Jancos and…
Poster for the opening of the Cabaret Voltaire on 5 February 1916. Lithograph by Marcel Slodki.
Entrance to the new Cabaret Voltaire
Theo van Doesburg Dadamatinée