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Mlnister! C!li!r;l
It1,ze" Notc o dPArOrlRrncrt,
Uniuneq Arhiieclilor din Rorrernio
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Mrz-^ul Notional de Add q Romdnlei

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Poster for the
Morce.lonco
Cenlenory Exhlbltlon
 EXPOZT/E Cenlenst MarceI tanco CAIALOE GAfALOEUE
EX'IIBITTON Itlllrrcel lancv, Gentenary, Cenfenar Marcel tqnao
t 895-1995 t 895-1995 MarceI lancu, Gentenary,
lo Mrzeu Nofioncl de he Ncl ono Mrseun :' ta95 - 1995 ta95 - 1995
Artd ol Rorf dniei, Art of Romonio, Bucnoresi
Bucure;ii, 1996 1996 Editor. Publisher
Edlturc Simetrlo Simelr cr Publishing House
()rganizolori: Or5lanizers: Un uneo Arhitecti or dln The Union of Architects ol
Unluneo Arhitecli or din Th-^ Union of Architects ol Romcnicr Romonio
Romdn o Romcrnlo
Muzeul Nolronc de Artd The Nolionol Museum of Coordonat'ort. Coordination:
o Romdnlel Art of Romcnic Ancc Boccnel Anco Bocdrnef
Sub pctronolu Under the poironoge of Nlcoloe Lcrscu Nlcoloe Lcscu
Ministerului Culturil ihe Minisiry of Cu lure of Anc Mcrlo Zohcrricde Ancr Moric Zchoriode
din Romernl,r Romcrnio
lexte Texts and seiectton
Comisarii expoziliei: Curators. si sel ecil o i u st'rali
I i I o r: of illuslralions:
Anco lloccnel Ancc Boconef Ancc Boccnel Anco Boctrnel
Dono Herboy Dono Herbcry Dcrno Herboy Dono Herbcy
Nico cre Lcscu Nico oe Lcscu
R ea lizat'o rii se cti e i de The a rchit'eclu re sect'ion Rodico Motei Rodiccr Mcrtei
orhiteclurd; was done by: Geo Serbon Geo $erbon
Anco Bocirnef, Anco Boconel, Morlcrno Vidcr Morioncr Vido
Nicoloe Loscu, Nico cre Loscu, Ano Mcrrio Zohcrriode Ano Mcr o Zohorlode
Ano Morlc Zchoriode Ano Morc Zohoriode
Traducerect, Translat'ion,
Reolizalorii secltei de Thepainling and grophic leclura languoge supervtsion
pict'urd 5i grofica: seclion nos done by. si corectura lexlelor; ond proofreading.
Dcno Herboy, Dono Herboy, Mcrgdo Teodorescu Mogdcr Teodorescu
Rodico Moiel, Rodico Molei,
Mcricnc Vido Moricrno Vido Desian. Graphic Design
ocrn [,1]c[]rco: aon I llat|rco"
Colaboratori; Confribulors; Emi ion Muregcrn Em lon Murescn
Geo Serbon, Geo $erbcn,
Anco Tomc;evschi Sondu, Anco Tomosevschi Sondu, Folografii piclurd Photog ro phs of po i nt'i n g s
Rodico Morlon Rod.o /V\oilon si groficd; and graphic works:
George Dumrlriu George Dumilriu
Design pentru seclto Design for lhe architeclure Minervo Vd eonu Minervo VdLeonr
de orhitecturd si ofi5; seclion ond post'er: Vlod Co ilcr V od Co llo
loon Cuciurcdt oon Cuclurcd
f otagtatil - Photographs for the
Mochete. Models arhilecturd: archit'eclure seclion;
Proleci Bucuresti, S. A. Prolect Bucuresl , S. A. Arhlvo fomi lej Jonco, .lcnco fomiy Archive,
PCT PCT Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Anccr Boconel Anco Bocdnel
Mullumiri; Ackn owled g m en ts. Gheorghe Dumitru Gheorghe Dumitru
Persoone particuIore; lndividuals Ano Morio Zchcrricde Ano Mcrio Zohoriode
Dodi .lcnco, Tel Aviv Dodi .lcnco, Tel Aviv George Dumitriu George Dumitriu
Monico Vieru, Bucuresl Mon ccr Vieru, Buchorest
Steven Jonco, Monlreo Sleven .]onco, Monlrecl Desene dupd proteclele Drawings from the
Adincr Reich, Tel Avlv Adino Relch, Tel Aviv de arhileclurd: orhilect'ure praiects:
V odimir Pcrnd, Bucuresli Vlcdimir Pcndr, Buchcrest Bogdcn lonescu Bogdcn onescu
Adincr Ncnu, Bucuregti Adino Nonu, Buchorest Horincr Crlstec Horino Crlsieo
Coleclioncri porticulori de Privole orl colleclors Romincr Debrezeni Romlno Debrezeni
crld ce doresc sd rdmdnd who wish lo remcln Den so Scmson, Denrscr Scmson,
ononimi o no nyrn o us. Andreeo Cel More Andreeo Cel More
lnstitutions. Mihoe o Mlrcecr Mihce o Mirceo
Bibliotecc Acodemlei, Librory of lhe Romonion Anc Pelton Ano Pellon
Bu cu resli Acodemy, Buchoresi
Muzeu Lilercturil Romcne Mrseum of Romcnion P roce sa re co m p u le ri zald : Compuler design:
Bu cu regli Lllercrlu re, Buchoresl Computer Publishing Center Compuier Publlshing Center
Adrlon Arsene Adrron Arsene
Saonsori: Soonsors: Dcn Andr-^i Don Andrei
Federollo ComunltdrfiLor Tlie Federction of rhe lewlsh
Evreiegti din Romanio Communilies of Romcnio Acknowledg nents:
Amboscrdo lsroe u ui in Embcssy of sroeJ ln Cenlrulur SOROS pentru SOROS Center for
Romdnic Romcrnlo Arld Contemporono Coniemporcry Arts
PCT PCT
Proiecl Bucuresii, SA Proiect Bucuresli, SA Tipograhe Printed by:
Drul leril t!P Amste dom Drukkerll SSP, Amslerdom

Coto og lipcrrit in 2OO0 Printed

de exempLore in 2000 copies

Copyrighl: Uniuneo Copyright Un unec

Arh tecti or din Romdnlo A hltecl or din Romonlo

Tlporit in 1996 Prtnred in 1996

 Cenlenar Marcel lancrg SUMAR
1895-1995 COilTEltts
Marcel Jqnco Cenlenaty
I495-1995
Ale<ono'u Be,di'nan
9 Cuvernt inoinie
Foreword

Roxana Theodorescu
II Cuvdnl inointe
Foreword

Geo Serban
I 5 Morce oncu Locul sl stoiuro
Morce Jonco - Ronk cnd Scope

Anca Bocdnet
2A Mcrcel loncu Arhitect
Mcrcel Jonco -The Architect

Anca Bocdnel, Ana Moria Zahoriade

52 Proiecie de orhiteciuro
Architeclure proiects

Dana Herboy
l3Q Cdtevc considerotii privind evo ulio sl listicd o picturii
lui Mcrcel loncu in oerioodcr 1922-1940
Some remorks on the sty istic evoluiion of Morcel
.lcnco's pcrinling beiween 1922 l94A

Dano Herbay
136 Expozitii in Romonio, l922-1939
Exhibitions rn Romonio 1922 1939

Dana Herboy
l40 Coic og Picturo
Colo og re Dc t'r 9

Marion,: Vidr:
174 Grofico ui Morce loncu si metomorloze e limboju ui
p cstic de ovcrngordd
Mcrrce Jonco's grophic crt ond the meiomorphoses
of the ovcnlgcrde oguoge ln fine orls

Mctriana Vtda
I Aa Coio og. C,o' < o
Cctc ogue. Grophlc works

Nicolae Lascu
212 Arhileciuro in eseuri e ui Morce oncu
Morce Jonco's essoys on crchllecture

217 Morce oncu: Texte despre orchiteclurd

Morce Jonco: Texts on crchiteciure

Rodico Matei
241 Mcrce cncu 9i gonduri despre orio
Morce Jonco ond some thoughts cbout orl

242 Morce cncu: Texte despre crtd

Morce Jorco: lo.ls or o'
25O Crono ogie
C o.o ooy

256 Bib iogrofie selectivd

Se ective bibliogrophy

25a Provenienio i usirctiilor

Source of i lustrolions
ln onu 1992, Uniuneo Arhitecli or din Rom0nio orgoni-
6 poz 'ic f ^1 orqr -or o C'eorgo ., oL q . o d
^ l^e^'^brl o io ;
o.ll^l .r p og o.r da. a.. ^lo a o-a^or^r I io | ^
lurcr si orlisic ce oveo co rosl punerec in circulolie o
unor vo ori pulin studiole.
Ar rr lor r .crtologL e.poz ^ C ^o go oo r o
too o do o e coll rr o p og o-n de n orre lori
cclre, pe de o porte, sd reconstrtue curente ortisttce, in
onscmblu or 9i, pe de oltrr pcrie, sd reo zeze pr+
zenldri monogrcrfice ole unor personol loli de morcd
crle curentu ui respectrv. Pe crceosld lnie, in 1993'img
reund cu Muzeu Noiiono de Artcr ol Romdniei si
Artexpo, Uniuneo Arhitecli or o orgonlzcrl expozitio
,,Bucuresti -onii l92O 1940, intre ovcrngordd si moder
.impreund
nism". Asidzi, cu Muzeul Nofionol de ArtO,
r- a"r ro rro .o p a/er o1 e.pozil o Cele or
Vo"-t or , so-i o do rr or p rrooog ^lcbo o
prin griio unui co ecliv de posionofi cerceldtori ci criei
sl orhiiecturii moderne.
crid certevc dinlre molivele oenlru core om o es ccl
obiecl o studiu ui nosiru epocc modernitdlii inlerbe ice;
I Credinlc noosird cd societdlil romdnesti contempo
rone ii esle necesord pentru o rccordore cdl moi
ropidc o normo ilole oducereo cr cunostinid o loi
ceeo ce o insemnoi democrcrtie sl vo oore in istorio
rooslrd Perioodo interbelico, in ciudo scdderi or ei
e e'a e e .i zoro d^ ro.o ol^.eo r oi op op,
:o 1-'t p d^ v^r' ia pa (o,e e oir.. I -oo
: gur, ceo in core democrottc o funciionot ce moi bine.
- Epoccr respeciivo--ero preo pufin cercetotd, ce putin
Jo-- orl l^. s - Tbon >m r,r- dc'r , rn c e ol
:rie or ploslrce, muzrcr, efc.
3. Decenii e trei si polru o e ocestui seco se bucurd
::idzi de un interes deosebit in mediile cu luro e inier
-:tionc e. Expoziiii vosie insotile de cctolooge exhcus
',e, punOnd in voloore sludii recente, circu d in ioote
::ciiole e cu turole ole umii. Bucuresiiu si Romcnlo,
.inlr-o
:: cie in ccele timpuri ironsformcre reo menle
-:,,o lllonord, sunl ostdzl incd uttoie, degi poirimoniu
:-- iecturo si ortistlc exlslenl oici esie de-o remorcobilo
:: iicie.
---iieclu Morce loncu esle cruloru pr mei consiructii
-'-Cerniste din Bucuresii Coso oncu din str. Moximillon
r-cper nr. 55 unde, printr un efort nu imposibi de
'r:-1, s-or puleo ornenoia o cosd memorio d core sd i
: -:rie numele. Dor crncu o fosl'in egc d mdsurd un
--orrlonl plcsticicn, scenogrof, designer de inlerior si
:= nobilier, precum si un teorelicicn o orte or p osttce
. : crhilecturii. Ceeo ce ni se pore insd mci evidentin
::-sono lloleo so esie noto conslruclivd, core -o fdcul
.: ie mo oproope de pozitivismul Bouhousu ur, decot
;= -'f l ismu miscdrii Dodo, lo o ccrrei crparilie o fosi,
:= : ie, pdrtos, o cturi de Tzoro s. o. Numoi o9c ne
-,: :drn efo*ul inde ungol pe core lcncu o desfogu-
--=-': itctii generole, pentru o introduce in Romdnio
r- :- de dupo pr mul rczboi mondio vo orl e cu lurole
: = -cdernitdrtil exislente in Europc occidento d.
-::- io Contimporonului, pe core l-o condus oldturi
- \ ^eo irp de ,/^ce a' or, olo ^ p ,b ote r
:.--i orerirloes rL 1.'-tL oo.e,Qo
' : je ortcr plosticd gi scu plurd pe core leo orgoni-
--
--: lceo epocd in Bucuregii, lo core ou fosi prezen-
- .--:lno itofr de primc mdrime o e ortei europene,
: =-,- K ee, Schwilers, Arp, etc. stcru
: -o6-Ja.i.,qu'a..
,: ---o de folo isi propune sd reconstiluie ce o
.=--: Mcrce loncu in crimosfercr culturclo o
: -:- e lnierbe ice, dromolic scuricircuitotd de regi
=-: o tore.
\lexattdrtt Beldiman
ln )992 lhe Unlcr.:1-,- :-.
: l:.
n ng O progrOmme l- -:):l---
cnd ortisiic phenorre.c' -::--
bore y studied
n the Crecrngcr - coic ccre ,.,re exc'esseC our
1'eT-io'-a.at-/o o por't^ co c o.tr'.
lo o' Io or e l-oro /.o o e.o' I - ' er-o o ,c..
lrends os o whole, ond on lhe other hond, wou d
issue monogrcphs on oulslcnding persono ilres re oied
-o9s apol.ro |^r o l '' ow - oQo oqoire
w - - e \o'io.ol M ,.ou-r or Art ol Romonicr
#o
Ar.texpo, the Union of Architects set up ihe exhibition:
,,Buchoresl in the l92Os l94Os, beMreen Avont
gorde ond Modernism". Now, together with the
Noiiono Museum of Art of Romonio, we ore reody lo
p c ^11 te e,hib o. Mo..e Jor, o C^r e o,r,
ord or o,er.\,tr ColOlogLA p apo eo by o .eo^ o[
.or-,ed r^saoru^e 5 r l-e olo ol mooern or crno
crch ileclure.
llere ore some of lhe reosons underying our choice to
study the cge of inlerwcr modernily
l. We be ieve thoi todoy's Romonion sociely in
-
order io ioke up ils normo course bod y needs io be
lnformed on lhe meonrng of democrocy ond ils vcr ues
rn our hrstory The inlerwor "zone", despite its inherenl
shortcomings, ls the c osesl lo our perceplion of normo-
liry o d *^elle
do-beoy cr per'od r ec' ) olr
ode o" o,/ope'oedo11^ oe.
2. Thls oge hcs been hord y opprooched so for, not
only in the fie d of modern ort ond crchileclure, bui
ol .o r tho-ol [i-o o r o'rd -"rL rit.
3. The internotiono cu lurol mi ieus hove shown o soe
cio inierest ln the ihird ond fou*h decodes of this cen
tury Lorge exhibitions ore being sei ond ihorough
cola ogues, bringing to the fore vcluoble reseorch in
the field, ore plnied cnd circu ote in olmosl o I cuhuro
ccpiio s of the wor d. Buchcresi ond Romonio, which
witnessed tremendous revo ulronory chonges during
lhot period, ore sli ignored, clthough the quo ity of the
existing orchiiecturo crnd crlislic helloge is remorkob e.
Mcrrce Jonco is lhe orch lecl of the first modernisl
house in Buchoresl, the.lonco Building, ot 55
Moximi ion Popper Slreet, where o memorlo ploce io
beor his nome con be orronged, which does not osk
ihe impossible from us ButJonco was equo y on
importont orilsi, o sloge des gner, on rnlerior cnd furnr
ture designer os well os o iheorisl in ihe field of ort ond
orchit-^cture. We think thot ihe most slrikino fecfrrre of
hls chorocler is his conslruclive spill, whlci drew him
c oser io the Bouhous positivism rother thcn to the nihi
lism of the Dodo movemenl, lo whose birth he cclrvely
por ' pcleo ogat^e wih zo'a oro o'^e o'l ls. 's
explolns the long ond steody effortJonco took, ofter
hls relurn from the West (by the end of 1921), to fight
ogoinsi the current menlo ilres in order io iniroduce,
immediotely ofter World Wor , the exisling vo ues of
modernily in Weslern Europe. The publicotion of
Conlinporc:nul, which he coordinoted iogether with
on Vineo for o mosi len yeors, hls crrtices prlnled in
vorious periodicols, his eclures ond, losl but not ecsi,
the pclnting ond scu piure exhibitions he sei up during
thoi oge in Buchcrresl, where hlgh y ronked personc i
ties in ihe Europeon crt were presenl, such os. K ee,
Schwiiers, Arp, etc., testify for his oclivism .
This exhibition cims to recopiure ihe meoninq of
Jonco's work within ihe overcll cu turo bockground of
interwor Romcnic, dromotico y cut off due to ihe iolo
iorion regimes thot fo owed
I
Alexandru Beldinun
 ( e-"l b tc o )o o Llo-"1 oq5r l jp-^a
' ^\llo./r- ^'
Cedicoto cenlenorului Morce oncu si oporitio colo
ogu ui core reunesle cdlevcr imporlonle studi osup,
O o rivi o de oo e". 01 p' ,o :i e ori-io^ , O^
orh teci o unuio dinlre cei moi importonfi reprezen-
icnti oi cvongcrdei romdnesti si internotionole. Cu
Mcrcel cncu, Muzeu Nolronc de Arto ol
Romoniei incepe serio mcnifestdrilor
o't\O, lo-e n (O- 'or Cr^o,li do crOrqo,OO O t
oa'oooo r*e.oe, co \ ,-o de p ^.iigYu p,grr p
Vrclor Brouner, lorie Voronccr, B. Fundoionu,
M t Mo,y. ior s Monis Te '-:cr Co rol u
V Io]esc,. M'o Po-cr..r 16, !i1s6 or \ )
Iteroti, reunil in iuru unor indrdznele monifesle
leorelico eslellce dddeou.noslere unei orte despovo-
role de orice inhibiiie.
[,o rereo oelrolet 'o c Go el e \otio, o e ,i
d'.erSe e,po,,i't ^-"to-.e o I o', .O, oe-O . ,re ,l ii-r_
C ' .t 'oti OporriTO ,O r,eoro.,lor O,f n .rco.^"O oe
cvcrngorda, dor ocum incercom so prezenlom pent
. ori-o dc o ,' reogo ociivi o-e oos-cr r ro'o ir
Romonio de Mcrrcel loncu, ceeo ce vo permile redi
.re^soloeo16.rlr iy.o d^e.r'r J^1o.,. od,
ovongordei, ci sl in contextul intregii orle inlerbe ice
romernesii.
Reiro,pe livO ffo uO.to eT ^ or I MOr,
^ Cr-. J
otoogt.o.eo I oe aS.. roor r .to tr'ttrr\e
si conslonie cerceldri inlreprinse de rslorici de orld sl
crrhilecli penlru descifroreo 9l c orificoreo persono-
totii orlisiului C porle .insemnotd o coloioqu ui, reo
,7atc).t sp'i , Ur 'riAht^. ]o-,e^/'t oo. liv-o
-6 lo 61t-,r", r o r Mor, ^ lo,. , poro otr -n op,o_
ooe ra, . ro, tlo. i ve., oo- ie . o egi o, o,lt o-n
tr. r; -co lo u^ccr po',e.or llr r go tro,ro, o
. .le o'\ l ( ;\^ pe oep I 'rovoioora.
Jor e' ,'d d" orrpo p-^1e^ o,a o oar ers lr'o :
o oi io J'ir Qro,,,o I tiMor,tr o.r I pe,o-e
p-lpi.1 g.'o e(oo./-O,elrg peeliyq
^/-ee o-"1 J. o
, e pri" rd o, ^- dor 6:1 r 6, .;aq'e or -,, o
^rdeosebi jo onori
cu corocler documenlor stiinfific,
orc pLr tt er'der*o eiooelo oo -L r\a si ero .o
isticd o oulorulLtr.
: oo,, iio s' , o-olo9-l r . s o p ,llcor .zo ,o,o
'.
.rar e-o\' jpo-ol M ro,l-' C I' io- o tro
nstitutii si fundoiii din lcro si din stroindtole.
Aducem mu iumiri]e noostre muzee oT core ne-cu
^mprumutot ucrdri oflote in
polrimonru de ccre
. ispu n.
Sunlem recunoscallori co eciionori or core ou occeo-
'oi sd ne .incredinteze din comorile lor odunote
,onseTvcle cu otdio doruire.
V l'.r'ir de osero oo ro-, Fo (o A
' ' n r r.o .i poS' r1a oJ cont' bri /o -eo] zop-,eoefg.
:xpozifiei si cl colo ogu ui.
Roxuna Theodorescu
Jirector generoi
: Muzeului Nolionol de Artd ol Romcniei
We ore hoppy , ...- -r-- -- -,- : ,- :-rr- ::l
o-l ^\o'o o .
occosion of Mc'c: ,:- -, i -:- -- I t: ...: ls
locoioog - c ') ..- r r ' : -
decling wlth the cc-ir,i i :. -:--:- 3 j
=- :,oc,r c
ortist, Jnd orchiieci corr ec l,' c., .re oj ihe- nosi
outstondinct represerlolive cf ihe Rcncrlcn ond
rnlernolioncr ovcnfqcrde.
The "Mcrcel Jcnco Exhibit on" ooens o seres of
exhibitions dedlcoted lo the Romcnicn ovcntoorde
movemenl in cri during the nterwor period. TEoi
wos ihe lime when prom nent personclilies, such os
Victor Brouner, llorie Voronco, B. Fundoionu
(Bo' ,o'n r toroore) M. F. Mo"y lo' Mors
Teutsch, Corneliu Mrchoiescu, Mi lto polroscu, lon
Vineo, os wel os olher ortlsis ond wlters qothered
o'oLno i^ique .reorcti o or o oorrl e, io-.to,lo,
reori -o ,. leos[ , -ori"e enero e.,
-l e \oiiorol Go.lo,y l-o' sl-o*"r', - pe -o1e'rl
ord tl "^1oli. o, b orl e worl o ,Le ouon oo oe
orli .ts o d no o e p'oor-o -o p eser - n. noto -r, ol
Mor.e ]or co. worl , reo ^d ^ Rororio. We or-
sure thot o ccreful siudy of this exhibitron wi I o low
'o, q. f .or revi.ioi or l- s ,o,e w ll r- tl-^
Romcnion ond inlernolionol ovcni-aorde in ort.
S' Th s retrospeclive show ond the .olo oor" ore wor
-t7 o,tp:. of . oody o o o. .oo o5o! L .o
rieo
- L'sro'o ,. or o c cl- rec-.
?,'by o ^rgoqod ir
decoding ond high ighiing some feoiu-res"of Morcel
Jo^ o. ( or pe, o.d ,r q-o pe'\o'ro i'r. A q^i'.
ro'r oo o ll .s coro'oq.e ro wti, r rno U ioi or
A'<l r^. ts groolly o'tr'o,ted, oao ( w-- o e . \
died cnd, obviously, unknown fcce of Morcel
,o't,o(o v-y o,oT o,t o r. C, co aoq,A\
'tr,eo . f, h qh g"5 .r's wo- o\ o oior ^e, d oo i^g
pursuer of new conslr uclive lormuloe. The exhibition
wi I o so help us lo better undersiond Morcel
]o' . o oop oo! Le o, o poi-rer o.d g,opl- - o.'t
"
lhe . o-o'og ra con r er'o ie' )eel to loyo ri _c,^riir
o ddo rte, o.vlor oror.'^o.J'cler e Lesty s.
.loges or.o w^.- ll- o g ol ' .o.gn l.,,o.o.l
Boll'l- s A/.r'oi o'r o.cl ne,oooO]^ cor d no
hove been produced wilhoui the r[luob e ossision-
.e ol le M r' I'y ol C.l-l'e o^o'l - qF'^ oLj .p
pori ol I a po- po'rq lo rrdor o.. oro i,r,l or
from Romonio ond from obrood.
We o-e g oo fr to le r o'\, 'r ,e r 5 o1o privo.e
col o.io wl o er 1l o *oil ) ro il ) show. We
oppreciote ihe contribution of ihose who treosured
si oo',iorote,,l ooTl Fo o1o ore<triveo er 'l o'lg.
houl the yeors.
We wou d olso ike to thonk
' e,'wor( ord s eod'os
ol , whose hord, eor
oe seveterce 1e ppo i^ s
oaoJ ^ino; 01.orero5- .ebs' r.tlon.
Roxanq Theodorescu
Genero Direclor
of the Nolioncrl Museum of Art of Romonio
Pictor, grcficion, ilustroior de lexle, reo izoior de
decoruri de leolru, orhilect, urbonisf, conferenlror si
comentolor pe teme de ociuo ttole in perimelru orie
ior frumoose, Mcrrcel loncu c fosi posesoru ocestor
multip e inzeslrdri sl cevo moi mu t. o prezenlc influ
entd, onimctor exlrem de dinomic in domeniie comp
etenlei sole, promoiorul unei oplici moderne, suple,
orientole spre emoncipcreo energiilor creotocre de
riscu imiiorilor si morginolizorii (provincio rsm, opoiie,
comodrlole conluncluro d, oportunism gregor), preo,
cupot sd inldriure orice cr dimlnuo sonsele Cperei de
c rdspunde exigenlelor vclorice outentice si comu-
ricdri cu un pub ic cupr nzdlor.
-od^,o -o'o r opeoo^.re ' .e drop
-co Romoniei, cernd se osocio cu crlti doi co egi de o
,eomd peniru cr foce sd crpcro proprio or ievistc.
Simbolul (1912) De pe ciunci se vo ordto dispus, 1o
orice vdrsld, sd invesieoscd virtuii de neoboslt fondcr
-cr, fiind prologonlsl enluziost'in cel putin clie irei
-nprelurol Coboret Vo tc re \Zfric6, l 9l 6-
-ernd cu Hugo Boll, Hons Arp Hue senbecl si com
:otrioiul sdu Triston Tzcro), redoclia Conlinporonul
3rcuresli, 1922 1932, crldturi de lon Vineo), in fine,
r llod (co onic de p cst cient, infilnloto in 1953, nu
reoorle de Ho fo), fecund oleller co ecliv de picturo,
.:.,lipluro, grovurd, topiserie si scocld deschisd gene
-:r ior linere, c cdrei crctivitole c impu stonot-o pOnA
: sfOrsilul zi elor, .in crpri ie 1984. Nu se puieo oc
-ci potrivit decdt oici penlru un muzeu memolcl con
,:cul o ref eclo omplo lroiectorie urmotd de Morce
:rcu intr o corierd pro ifico, de nolurd sd copleze
-':resul cerceldtori or incd mutd vreme de ocurl
-:o o.
---e exponote e memorio u ui E n Hod, un outopo lrel
: e si cdlevo desene f r,eozo fozo debulu u lo cr
::-o cdnd oriistul in devenrre cbicr trecuse progu
- ar' a1 oi D o.o, to oo L Mo at o1t , o -lon
i=.-:i inir o oimosferd inie ecluold imbibotc
de impu
:' conleslolore, sincronlc conectole cr froniurll-^
: -iei europene, premergdioore inldiu ui rdzboi
, wings thoi mode his debut cs on odolescenl. Jcnco's
- --dlcr. A fost, moi inloi, impcrciul fulurlsmu ui,
- '---: :nio prompic 'in Romdnto o osolluri or furtosului
relli Colncidenlc onsdrii 'ir oceeosi zi - 2a
:=:',or e 1909 - cr primu ui Monifesl fuiurist in frcrn-
,=-- (/e Frgaro) si rom0nd lDenocrolio) o morcot
- :o.ltu unel sust nule componii. lmedioi, o c io
.,: :ctie romdneoscdr, Biblioteco modernd, pre.,a
rlonifeslu
=.'-:.llurisld, ui si deveneo, crpoi, un fel de sucur
, ,: ocordond spoftu tuturor lexte or progro
'' -e onsole {pe porcursul onilor l91O 191 2) de
= , rl Morinelti: pictori, oomeni de teoiru, muzi-
-- nc usiv ddri e de seomd despre fu minonle e
- -ri (Mllcrno, Veneiio, Turin), copobi e sd scooto
: :ie multimile o mori dislonle. Ercu urmdrile pro-
-':' ilerore corespunzdloore: romofu ]ui F T.
-=tit Mafarka, fulurislulsi plochetele demonslro-
= : poelilor Enrico Ccvocchio i, G. P Lucini,
: wrights, musicrons), ond even the minuies of their slor
' - , ]uzzt. Principcr ii pictori oi misccrii, Boccionr,
iiric:ae .cico ,los o pointer, o orophic ortist, o the- MAP.CEL -
o-ie sce:rery Cesigner, c ltercry text il ustrolor, os we I Locvl si stalsra
'ANCU
os cr ctchiteci, cn urbon-p onner, o leclurer crnd on
onc ysi of currenl events ln lhe reo m of ftne crts. Geo Serbqrt
Undoubtedly, he wos very much gifted ond yet there
wos something more thol mode him on inf uenlicr per MAR.CEL IANCO .
sonolity, o coiolysl in o lhese f eids o promoler of Rank and Scope
modern, f exrbe direclions meoni to ibercrte lhe cre-
oiive energies from the risI of morginolity cnd vcrious
'recdy-mode
bounds (i e. provincio sm, crpothy,
ihruths, ond gregorious opporlunisiic gesture).
Mo-^ovo I o uvo' o wo7 oior o' d .-odZ -o q^ io
ol whcrtever mrqht hold lhe Work of ort bccli from
responding the requiremenis of crulhenilc vc ue ond,
ol ihe some fime, from estcbl shlng o genuine com-
oi orge.
munlcotion with the pub ic
t^ wo' i.y .1 6 leorsgar o I g. c, ^oo p ,pr ,
Buchoresi, when he ond lwo oiher motes pub shed
their own mogozine, Simbolul(The Symbol) tn l9i2
imp From ihen on, no moller how old he wcrs he never
spored himself to set lhe bo I rolling, which proves thot
he wos o true founder. There were ot ieosl lhree
occcrslons when he enlhusioslicc y took port ln such
underlckings. The flrst one wcs hrs coporiicipoilon in
Ccboret Volioire (Zurlch, 1 9l 6 togeiher wirh Huqo
Bo] Lor. Arp l-.e5o^[6'., or o - (or lzoo r
compotrioi), the nexl one wos lhe Contimporonul
mogozine (1922 I932, together with lon Vineo),
crnd finoly his work.for, Ein llod (1he pointer co ory
sel up in 1953, not for from llcifo) o fe ti e co Jeciive
workshop for pcrinting, scu plure, engr oving topistry,
ond whot is more, o schoo opened fo the youncer
generclion, whose oclivily he effeciively direcled unti
his deoth ln Apri I 984. There wos no better p oce for
o memoriol museum opt lo show evidence of M.
.,lonco's pro rfic coreer over the yeors, o lifetlme chol
cnge for crny scholor indeed.
Among the exibils in Ein Hod memorlc museum, there
is c se f-porircit (oi on convos) ond few other drc
precocify monlfested ogo nsl on nlel eciuc boc[<g
round permeoted with rebe lious drives, synchronico -
y reloted lo lhe Europeo n fronde evo ving oround lhe
Wor d Wor l. Firsi, there wos ihe impoct of the Fuiurist
Movemenl cnd the Lrnsrpected response thoi
Mcrrinetli s furious ossou ls hod n the Romonrcrn
pub ic By woy of coincidence, the flrst Fuiurist
Monifeslo wos crunched simu loneous y on
Februory 20ih, 1909 ln the French moqozine /e
Figaro and in lhe Romonicn mogozine Democrc:tfic:,
which mode o slorl for o susloined ccmpoign rn
Romonio. Shorty ofierwards, Bibliateca Moierno,
onolher Romonicn mogozine, pub rshed lhe some texl
ogcrin, crnd become o kind of Fuiurist bronch thot
would print (between l9l0 l9l 2) o the monifestos
belonging io Morinetti s portisons (pcrinters, p cry-
my reunrons (in Mi crn, Venice, Turin) copob e lo unle-
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t I 9l 4) So we shou d noi wonder why Morcel Jonco,
.'li reiil si grupr de lo Corro, Russoo, Severini oiung reoiiv repede so fe
''_:::'C-"1 930 de orgcr oudienld lLlniversul lite
reprodusi in revistele
. t'-;-i rf a it-a rar,3A morlie '1914) Nlmic surprinzdlor crrnd, cu
-3;-3,.,' g13up, 1930 acazia ptezentei lo Bucuregti o Iiderului, in 1930,
Mcrcel oncu vo itne so precizeze opdsot: fuiurismu
c losf scoolo noostro. El ne-o onimoi cu pulere de sim
bol, lo izvoru idee or sole om crescul, aflr ole i elcl
f u nosiTu"I. Pcrro el, rdzbcrl ecouri multiple din
direclic cubismu ui. lncercoreo limpurie de sintezo
leoreiicd cr ui Gleizes si Metzinger ero lmediol con
sernnold chior in efemero revistd Si,nbolul editoto de
loncu si omicir ui Deschidereo de orizont, ofinitolile
lolenle pentru loote monifestcrri e de independentcr
creolocre, gustu inovoirei isi qdsecu suport in inta ni
reo cu pdnzele ui Andre Dercin e>puse in laoo lo
Aieneu Romon {9i opol reproduse, oni in sir, prin zio
rele vremii, de pildo in Seoro, a 1914, unde igi fdceo
ucenrcio de grcficlon Morce crncu), co si descoperi-
rec lui Apollinoire din Alcooles, pe iorg comentot lcr
Bucuregli, o mcri pulin de un crn dupo lonsorec volu
mului lo Poris (19i3) Este, ostfel, explicobii de ce, 1n
drum spre Elvetio pentru o se dedico studiior de
oli-o, 'o O Po -e.r o ai^ Z' .^ 1 oo1 ao j
1915 ioncu progromeozd escoe lo MLjnchen s
Co onic (Koln) pentru a se pune o curentin muzee si
expozifii (Sonderbund) cu ultime performcrnte o e
modernitdtii - pe urmele lui Cezcnne, von Gogh, prin
Picosso 9i, evidenl, Deroin preocupol scr desdvorse-
oscd iniliereo.incepuio occscr, sub indrumoreo lui
se12.
ntro, de o incepui, in sirucluro persono ilotii ui
Morce lcncu o dublo so icitore. pe de o pcrte, se
osh the energies of peop e oll over The recders were
introduced lo such iexts os Morinetii's Mafarko, lhe
Futurisl \c: nove ) ond ihe poetic demonstrcrlions of
Enrico Covocchio i's, G.P.Lucini's, Poolo Buzzi's
books The mcrjor poiniers work (Boccioni, Corro,
Russo o, Severini) wcs printed in wide y recd mogo
zines lUniversul lilerar, for instonce, on Morch 3Oth,
on the occcsion of the Fulurisl ecder's visit in
,1930,
Buchoresi, in empholico ly sioted 'Futurism
wos our own school. lts symbo enerqized everyone,
( ) r^ tod or i doo o 1s . ^. g.he^^d o ,. ^-tl
siosm'1. n porcr lel, echoes of the cublst lrend were
oso heord on the Romonion scene. Geizes ond
Melzinger s eorly ollempt lo lheoreliccrly formu ote its
direclion wcs immediotely printed in thct shortived
mogozine, Sinbolul,pub ished by Morce .lcnco ond
his peers. He discovered the imogery of new horizons
lhol were opening wide, his loient offinities wiih ory
klnd of se f re iont ond unbound crective monrfesto-
lion, os we I os his tosle for innovotion reflecled in
Andre Derotn s pointings exhibited ln 1919, in the
foyer of ihe Romonion Atheneum {his poiniings were
clso prinied for yeors rn lhe mogcrzines of thotlime, for
inslonce, in Seoro, tn 1914, where Morce Jcnco wos
opprenliced to grcphic ort). His spirituo growlh wos
c so lnfluenced by Apol inoire's A/cooles, whose
poelry wos commenled ot length in Buchcresl, shorly
cfter ils pub icotion ln Poris ( 1 91 3 ) n fcci, thoi
exp cins why Morce Jonco, on his lourney to Zurich
(io study orchiiecture) in l9l 5, schedu ed some sio-
povers in Munich ond Koln. He wonted to updote his
informcrtion on ihe lotesl developmenls in modernily,
cnd visil exhibitions (Sonderbund) ond museunrs,
ooking for C6zonne, Von Gogh, ond Picosso s poin
lings, obvious y onxious lo enrich ond comp ele his
educction in the field he hod been firsi tutored by
l se 12.
From lhe very beginning .]cnco s personoliry wcs dri
ven lo lwo distincl directions. On the one hond, he fe t
on inner urge lo breok rules, lo outstrip f rozen conons,
while on the other hond, he obhored gregorious nihr
lism ond thot kind of conlestotion thol wou d soon mell
inlo dissolving exlrovogonce His p cyfu spirit, ond
inveniiveness he ped him fiqht roulif e, thouqh he
owoys restroined himself from cynicc orrooonce thot
I o 1 1 .e
o- roqeo .s or e1r' y. I e ti*led
Porte lll r-o ^a o livor- l^ orb o, . e o' Cooor"-
Voltoire becouse he himself wcs ottrocted by ihe
explosive meonings of the croiesque p oy wiih mcs
ques he clso mode such mosl s - cnd let himself
ccughl into lhose hislrionrc impromplus of Ihe sinulta-
neous dicrlogues lL'oniral cherche une moison d
louer)3 filed with the onti-conformist joyfulness.
However, he drew oport from Triston Tzorcr (his former
col ecgue frorn Simbolul ) once the rebel ious dodo
spirit seemed to turn io futile insligotion, on o ldevos
toting excess ikely io exhcusi ony creolive crysto izo-
simte lrezisiibil clros de ioi ce inseomnd sporqereo
tipore or, depdsireo conoone or onchilozote, spiril
insurecliono - pe de olto porle, ii repugno nihilismu
rudimenior, refuzd lronsformoreo conlesioliei in
exlrovogonid dlzolvonto. Ludlcu, inventivitoleo fon
iezisto ii slou lc indemond cc o replicd stenico o ruli,
no, cu gri o de o nu oluneco in cinism orogonl, esuol
in zono periferico o excentricildli or sccndo oose. E
se vo lnleqro perfect in ombionto cornclvcJ escd o
Cobcreiu ul Voloire, otros de sensul dinomilord ol
iocului grolesc cu mo9ti, pe core e si confeclioneozo
cu oceeosi dezinvo lurd histriontco pusd in dicloguri e
simullane, o scend deschlso lL'anirol cherche une
naison c: louer)' , inir-o mo rpsiioore dispozitie onli-
:onformisld. Dcrr, se delimiieozo de Trlslon Tzoro (fos
'; componion de lo Simbolu{, imedtot ce spirituL
-ebel dcdcist dd semne de o olunecc spre frondc
)e a tr\ce\ op\o.loor "eros o roe'
zo'o l
:i izdr cTeotoore. Semnlflcoliv esle cd, desi s o
slc
:csit de c incepul in miezu miscorli Dodc, loncu nu
.-o revendrcci a tout pris dtn dodaism, inleresoi, moi
,,rond de egilimiioteo roportdr i o construcllvtsm!
r-efero sd se denurneoscd arlisl radicctl, delimitot in
=cc d mdsurd de conservolorismu obiuz, lribulor
-:-eie or imprumulole dln orsenc u vefusl o iluz onis-
-r ui (estelico occdemizontd o imitoliel dupo noturc),
:-ecum si de cochelcrrio filistino cu un crvongordism
':jus cr $ocurile oplicote osistenlei perplexe in fofo
,=rzcliei cd or fi viclimo unel forse. Docd, in primu
-:2, cr uniformizorii irodilionoliste, deplerngeo soro
: -ec orlel pono lo punciul de cr i se onu o impoclu
:-clc nu mcri pulin deleslc soflsticolee misiifica,
. 'd noreo creotiei, in u limo lnstcnld, sub efecfu con
':- j'ii crbuzive in zone e hozordu ui sou cr e obilrtOlii
:=:oroilve, muzeo e. Genio itclii ego ofre, exclcer
::' or subieclivisle pe urmele romonlismului, oncu le
:-re efortu opJicol, obiectiv, o profesioncrllsmului de
i- -fr in sensul consocrol de progrcmu Bouhous -
r,-os devotol meseriei proclicoie fcro nimlc oslenloliv,
-, o inclto congtiintcr o utl tclii soclc e, ferii deopo
: de tentclli e occesibl ilcrfi! fociie, induslrioose, mer-
, r-- e, co si o e formu e or de vreme nicd modd csoci
: . ^pe,elo' le -bo'cr',e.
r'::-rotismu ui, de investigolor fervenl cl drumuri or
, - cdrldtorile, ii lrebuio ierenu ferm o ocliunii pen
::i pune in vo ooTe impetuozitctecr temperomen-
. :rpiruni e indrdznete, resurse e de vrednic colo
-
-;'- ()pocitcrl.i, rezerve, onlrnozlldli inldmpinoie pe
r-,, s, de'infe es din pcrteo mediu ui romdnesc inco
-:ri in tobi-uri, obio slimuleczd inc lncliile ofensive
= , Morce loncu. Mdrluril e cele mor vechi despre
, ..lb iniozo decizlo insu ui de cl nu se loso inlimi-
- :cdtui, coplesii de inerfiile oco e. Prirfo expozr
- -='soncld, pe core o deschideo in tord o pr eiurt
- .:-.r ur Victor Efiimiu - oulor de piese de leolru cu
: r,-e drn repertorul cosic, mitoogic, greu de
- c nutri specio e s mpolii folc de ovongordo -
: , :-lrleoscd inld nireo cu idndru p clor in olmos
: :: r' :!, Tr'slcn Tzcro,
: r: r-:!, Trislcn Tzcro,
core ol the Dodo Mc,:-=-- -: :.:- : l --ec io oe
a Dodaisl himse f o :c-'c--.. -: .. t: ^-,:r -rcre inler
esied to identify himse; ,.'., - '-: ::-: .uc iv si idecs lr l^
He wou d rcrther co I l r-se: c -ccicci criisr equo ly
drowing oport from ihe norrow conservolve spirit thct
would feed on lhe borrowed formu oe from ihe obso-
ete voccbu cry of oesthelic I usion (the ccodemic
cesthellcs lhol odvocoled the lmltotion of noture) os
we I cs from ihe philistine f irting with thoi superficio
ovonl gorde, recdy to shoc( o perp exed pub ic, o vic-
iim in o deceiifu ploy Whi e deploring the flofiening
trcdilion ihoi tended lo weoken lhe ort to the point of
moking ii incopob e io oitrocl the pub ic cny onger,
Jonco o so stood ogoinsi the sophisticoted mystificc
tion of lhot ovonl gorde vicious y ommed into ihe hop-
hozcrrd cnd museum- lke decorcrlive obi iiy resu ting in
ihe o iencrtion ol the crecrtrve spirit crnd ils work To
genius ego oiry ond excessive subiectivity thct
reco ed lhe omcniic 1ype, Jonco opposed the direct,
ob o.- .e orlorl o' ho otl*r or i- -r^ :er .-pl eo
"
by ihe Bouhcrus progromme - tho ouchly cnd unos
lenlolious y commitled to his profession, hich y cons
cious of hls socic utility, o person who neither induiges
himse f in poin ess, merconti e work nor in shor! ived Motce oncl, Auioporlrel,
foshions of sleri e, bovoresque chorccfer. I 935
His progmolism, fecluring his pcrssroncrie pursuiis on Morce .]onco. Se lport c 1,
unlrodden poths, needed firm ground of oction cble 193.5
lo enhonce his impeluous ncriure, hrs bo d chorces, cs
,a/€ o:'rr'oloo-o cooly i ^steo.Treopoqr-e
ro,erved ouer I o. le o-'-ro^ . o (orror uo e i
the Romcnion society, slil frozen in ils own tobJs
cou d hord y orouse Morce lcnco s oggressive reoc-
iion. Some eory occounis show thot he never feli
intimidcied, troubed or overwhelmed by the locol
ineriio On the occosion of ihe pointer s first exh jbltion
in Romonic, Victor Eftimiu, o p cyright, toklng hls sub
iecis from c ossico mythology, obviously o person
who no one expecled lo shore the ovontqorde
views, reco ed his meeting the young pointer n thot
high spirited Zurch, where he 'wou d work brovely
ond possionoie y n seorch for the go den fires thot lie
buried ln every mon s sou " in order lo sel them free
from 'ol thol is slo e ond deodly sweet in ihem'. The
ploywright went on oddlng ihot the crtlsl s underlok-
ng wos to be lcrler confirmed despite lronsienl nor
row-mindedness or quesiions thot it might hove pro
i voked. "o shcr low humon eye ccrn never grosp ihis
mon s orlistic uprighlness, o mcn who crvoids comfori
ob e success, who never stops bui goes beyond his
own goo s ond surposses himself in everything he
does't. The commeniotors noticed how lonco s slro-
tegy po nted lo h s contempororres' fol gue os welL cs
lo his desire lo shoke them oul of their lnertio ond rool
ed oulomclisms. Mcrcel ..lonco s otivo lroub ed the
siognont woters of lhe loccrL sprrit, vicorious y devoted
lo frozen cnd orchorc mode s of rurcr life. Dynomrsm
is, therefore, the mo jor feolure lhot pervodes hls work,
gushing out in cn whir poo of ines ond co ours,
 liricl' -':= "-':::'-.: e^oe. Ie Le 6.,a'q6' oT h oq' d'o-'loti ollI
fero efervescento de lc
no Leo ol'ne boo'. oj'e h o'o9, ord o^ed i ll
e
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n,,ste e composition of motching, overlopping' or

lLlJ,e o ,o"p ^ o'e tr oe o c- ^n
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, .,o. .tq prot ^r rho'r z'n-q o'd 'o, 6^ az;-ri^q

ir," JJri-ilurie, declzie confrmcii cc: col - n h, *oqer / o'a I eor ' 'o croL'c'oe 'le pos ihoe
do obiuzrtoltor lemporore po:lb leior n ror 'c.lie
mooe of ;ipe or o ,o7" otlot- plo"o' l' 'o
"ochlul superf cloJ nu vo puleo prrnde colo p'obLtole
no\e/\ o,' r^o peuot' 't h noot oto ole \oa
ortisllcdr zoce in ccest om ccre evllo succesu
lcrclL'
b.rl l5 0a' o,o' qP or ''orao oy '^r'o / oo '3 91."e ''a
cote nu se opresle lo plnctul oiuns' ccrre coutd
vor nlu bottle beMeen troditlon ond modernrly oi 'o higher
mereu, dor nd sdr se inlreocd"' Comeniolorll
o outo-depcrgirli vlzo ]e,el O, ,^raq O,iOt. A 6 '^ ol 'he to"l 'L o' ll ''
imedioi cd slrotegicr oceoslo '-'r" . h^ \or'aloT ri' o' i 6q^l !c 1'-
blozireo conlemporonilor, lntenlio de ;;
."t..ti*t i ",
h., l"i ; cr.ire,, di- o o rg g'o'o
a t,od'o"t ' o
o i 'n.',oo o' 'lo ob 'TL 'e'or o o'o d; o '' "on
wo vrcto es of
o oa o. ^ a,or ,epa(^. Apo'ir,o ' Mo' or'orJra
;61 ' ' !,a i ...."ltedli look do'in lhy
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th; ;;,i"H" n"vJ, ,rl"d out onything ot olL' on the
l"i,o o 01 01 ,b-,o 'o ro; ooo'^ oe
.;.[; ochlevemenis ln the
, . raqot .' i ' oe o ol o,oo ooral6' 1o - oll the
he scruiinized
1^ l'o1 " o 6
6.,6h,6r.r
;;; ;; u olo trtia, orhoico Dinomismul este colr , . .' l4"oro or- la23) !^
o lro' "o nor did he relote himsell ot rondom io hts mL teu
t.t o' ,' \6e''o'deo"
-o'eo pr1 o'''eP'e vised
or io his own ortistic cryslollizolion ln foct, thls is
the
4-o ( orPat,"? oe olo
i""i t a-tn
rOCv. ,""; ;' ;- -J p ^ r' ao.L , q5 ' ooe r9'^t*"- '[o
nLl .nTlF;O'Oo .f Oi'Oe 'JpOp' \a \rtr^pO
" be
o' o., '\do o, tl o o t'o
morcote drcmollc de lnvozio tehnlcil sl supremctio Po' 9:.t^:
vliezei'. Rllmul, tensluneo eLemenlelor lniroie in com
ih; ;;" coLumnlsi went on writ ng thol Wel d infer
Mlllo Pdiroscu, Busll in bronz Yet'
n,r, o",uod" the subllme chosiity of hls visions"
punereo mog nilor proLiferote de pictor vin sd interzi
o lri Mo ce oncl onoiher critic emphosrzed thot ln cerioin poinl ngs'
Ml ilo Pilros.!, Bronze Blsi o| cc ttosivitoteo pr vi ir, complocereo intr un contemplcr-
tivL-m rmoersonoJ ldllic Nu otdt nouloleo pro-l
J., .on ldeniifv: 'lNi"ttrche't fierce cnd bltter smlle
Morce]onco
.AdAA,o p- t eo/o O tr, O a, "lo.r{ O rlOd
rr O i.a ;fi".|'"t otit"o , ihe humonily 'lost
ho
in the reclm of
i,' w'r 9 t9
'r e to lrod So, ,o ,oa ' ord aooarr o-.
-t i,oo.p I or o o lozo' d 'o 'l r
belween supersition ond crime, *1ll [6r[qr dreom
rJJe n tore lo un nivel de slniezc superroord Cum t:""Llt"a sensoiion.' (quoioiion from the some
rernotcc un cronlcor ol vremil "Aslcr e lootd to
no
trodltll
".J
n oooz.,lA 4 oro r 8 'or' lo2:l
so epudreze
-;;";"" Mor ^ Jo' o ,uo \e ) -r' ovuo ^ rl-'
orlel sole Nu o slmllt nevo o 91o-
roose, spre o-gi c-rulo o su[iciento 1n d spreluireo
n" .o l" oo,.'o'l ,voq€ h wor o ore o ot w r ho
comodo c oiOior venercrblle \zbaazt oJe lrecuiLrlui p'b' lo- wo' nh/ "o 'vo o'tuov 'oo
"l lo'ootl
if t o",".r.at 1o nlmic sl c strdbolui loole cuceririle 1^ o qor ized o" 1o-e odor oo ^ h bi
, ^- Wl;
o''o'14 oo a'. a7:l \n; o'odo '-oor' ti.. gr.f.l"rest," his cJosest colleogues6r^f om lh-^
zot, Jc voicr intclmploril in roportur le, ortistulut cu umeo '. iooL po- o'o, 6lhor
/",,, n'o-ooo 9 ^;r
ole n 'l a'zo ^c: ol er 'o e l^ai r l' p76 roTo ;o'. P^' oio;"et or ' o Ce' "ol r oo^or o;6!
Avor
.or o r or o-o CtA s-^ ., , or ol' o'oo g ovo oe^
ooro^, ,. ,r o t-or A p Po ' 'e^ lor
t -
lru cjne $tle so i io lempe oturo enoclo Acelost cronl- :"'( :^rr^. W, q goe';rg I o, o roro: 'c I

."t, .'ti tol ,r., observc. Sironii dcgorori de infern

se revorso peste ccsliloieo sublimo o vlziuni or soLe'
lieoe. -ro.e nzLo nilr " ; ''; ooo ' q nocl' 'od
Moi oposot lntetvenec olt comentclor (lot in Auroro'
.nl noo, \o.erbe JOtr 'o)4 l"n'^iszz'edb'
'o 'r 'reL^ oo -' o{ o,'56, ole,l'eo*' ^o Lr, o l^ azz
. B ;o, . 'a)i) qo o 'o o 'aoo ''^-;n
t"t.-." o ]ui Nieiz-sche 'fulgerori de Lond] *hor" Negro drum ployer ond his devl ish
Ir,oluiltot sl '
airtt t"i-"J the iublic otleniion The experence of
socrmo', o omenite 'pierduto in impdrotio ioridd cr
stirred ihe oudience lo such
' p nO,/O le \. OAI- ihis clmost mog c riluol
'' o^ rO- o'' -OOA-^O 'agor OIO ,a "vecrs
loier' Comll Pettescu' lhe prose
.intre
v s bo bcr si senzotle ldeolizoto .xient rhor ien
sttie .i ctimo, \
l^'r or ot o' Lcr' "'9n -ooe
Consllent co.in boto lo penlru cucer reo publ cu ut
nu r ii oo." o .'o o qh
oooob,,.i^qu Mo e o'', .g'lrq116aai no,"' Fo , P o.,,c (P o'' , B"d) lte
piond lo ccle o expoztie fdro prece- drreclor thot js, Morce Jcnco dlsp oyed the e^hlblts
n
"lut'nd"n.
dent lo Butu est, cu porticiporec celor mcri crpropiofi ; ;;h . monnet thct ihe visitor hlmself could rnfer the
"J^ ,"ltl onrh,r-,, crnd ociuol iouches belween the fore gn
"
uo-; o ,rpJ 'ort oat o z''t'lo-o,'6 's'i
n,totri *oiL, ond lhose of the locol ones stimuloied by
." oou log, g',o . g'or o "ro or ^'o di' o'o L
o
jon.o; rhw Arthur Segol Mollrs Teuisch, Vlctor
;.";; z'' o o ^ rropA A: ror Ar P Po le^
Brouner, M.H.Moxy, Mijto Pbtrcscu s worls were
ionr" nltrt"t, Kurt Schwirers, Wll rng EggeLing' oround.ot" of Conslonlrn Brerncugi s sculp
Kos.Ok Loios, Korl Tiege Mcriori lo verniso uL pro "t.r""a in o centroL, posilron'
ir,"r, d" berorely plcced
cromci duminicd, 30 noiembr e 1924 ou ovut suT-
' 'i^: Pe Morcel lonco s olm wos to mcrke the onlooker owore
n, o -' f,ro,o'o ob;.oo^a'o c6lo
-- ,ll o d^ ,.o, ,o r o i oo el l; thoilherL wos no reoson why lhe new spir l, modern
; ,o-1. LTe,
"r, boleristul negru' odus in cenlrul oienllel ty itself, shou d be borrowed slnce lt hod olreody exist
core nu lipseo
renerole de iobe e scle .indrdrciie. Senzclio o fost de
I ,o oproop" mcrgic, oiot de pulernic tmpregnol in
--emorie, incdl pesle un decenru, prozotorul Comi
r:irescu tezetva episodu ui un ]oc proeminenl
-:rcnu sdt, Palul lui Procust. Reqizoru (in persoonc
, Morce loncu) ovusese griio de o csezo cslfe
=.ronoieie co viziloloru sd siobilecsco singur mu lt
: : e inli de conlocl, inierferentele intre lucrdri e
:,celilor s ole creolorilor oulohlonl, sllmu oli
r-:.l: Arihur Sego ,
Mottis Teulsch, Victor Brouner,
-i Moxy, Miito Pdiroscu, grupoti sub potronoiul
-
-' sculpturi ole ui Constontin Brdncusi, crsezoie
:-=-lrslrotiv o loc dominonl spre c olroge olenlicr co
. - nou, modernrloteo, depcrle de o fi trebuit
-::-iold, o primil, eo, din Romonlo, viguroose cf u-
-- = dep rn omologole lo nive mondio
-:-: Mcrce oncu monifesid vreun orgoiu, oceo
-: - re o se p oso necontenil c nierseciio circuiie or
,= :ei europene. ?rin Conttnporonu/ siobi esie o
- =: :clivd de vose comuniconle cu revisle simicre
- -- --rioTe din moi loote copitole e contrnenlului, de
:-,ovio 9i Be grod lc Poris si Berlin. Proclico schim
,- Ce cooborolori esle frecventd cu orqonele
:::'der poloneze, cehe, mcahiore, sdrbesll
---' tl,4erz, Tank Blok Dtsk, lndex etc ), co sd cu
-- --:.Nir un numdr integroi dedrcot de prestigrooso
,i'--m confrotilor de borlccdo din Romonn Dirr
-r
- : Contimporonu/ui desene e ui Morcel crncu,
-: ^-co moi dinoinie, cu fosi, in co oonele publi
- -:r ienesii (Procelctria, Nois o.m.d.) evodeozd
, '- 4rgentino. F izbutrse scr olcciuioscd un fel de
: I crtetentlor Conlimporanu/ui in slrdinoiote,
---
:
ci miscdrii moderne iterore si ortislice; pe
- .-
lnio reuseo sdr-i coniocteze cu ocozio cdlo
= '--prinse o finee lui 1925, incctl vo fi in
. ,: .o publice, in suilct, scurie convorbirl cu
. - -- , 3rcque, Cocleou, De tell, l lrrns Arp, P6rei,
r- lrOncusr, fiecoruicr focondu i, cu oceoslc
= -:ie un porlrel in penita. Forcr so ccule cu iot
, -. - sd ocupe p onul inidl o scenei publice,
r trc! se dlsiingec Aroiie priceperii de o
. , ':-estl ce or din precimo, desrgur prinir un
- t-"-r
: --:rno in formu/o cdruicr lrebuie scr fi conlot
de irodiere o muhip e or sole optitudin
-j
elori orgumenle e
necesore penlru o
.:reze ln jurul sdu o intreog-r odunore de
=,= :xisld, in ocest sens, mdrturio octrilei Didcr
''n 1925 26, in fiecore mcrtr, in coso
e i' ^ odr OJ Oco:o .O- .rL^ , O o
- toTme
e.imbocsite o e lreculului. ln reuni,
-.-:: de spirit si orio se puneou c cole otd
=r opere cori ou sconda tzoi, ou impre
:: erminoi curenle noi in lileroturo, picturc,
ril si toole predomino personolitoieo
: ,-:druio, cred co ise dcrloresie Bucures-
- - -terviu in Clopotul, I ion I 934)
, =.::ci vd se dislinge prinlr o remorccbi d
--':: irilrotve, cvdndu-si punctul de pornire
odrDoro,o ": . ,'l: '-: -'einOl On-
o #o oo-o' ,c- ... :.' r - ra : : -e:ricns ic ihe
Romcnion orli.sls
n f we ore io f nd ou- of e s r e -roce of pride n
Mo,'^ ']o o o-- o- -r a -o, o oo. io, i.n
^6
his steody effort tc plcce himse f ol the crossrocrds of
Europecn ideos Througl Conlimporonul he estob
' ^o o o .li. o
'l ^-worL ol or ^ .. o' or ry ll r-
de or mcrgcrzines issued in olmost o Europeon copllo s,
r'or Wo so^ o l^lg,oo^ Po'. o o B^
exchcrnges ol col oborclors with lhe Poish, Check,
|
Hungorion, Serblon ovont gcrrde pub icotions (Zenif
Merz, Tr:nk, Block, Disk, lndex, elc.) c imoxed wtth o
specic ssue on the Romonion ovoni gorde published
by Der Slurm. s drowngs were printed
.lonco in
Conlimporonul crnd enihusiosiicc Jy welcome in ihe
iolicrn mogcrzines (Procelorio, Nor, etc.) reoching
even lhe Argentinion medicr He succeeded in sefting
up o kind ol Continporanul circle of friends cbrooJ
thol comprised exponenls of the modern rlerory cnd
orlislic movemenl. He cou d conloctthe French on tlre
lrlp he underiook by the end of 1925. Afterwords he Mcrcel loncr, ArCr6 Brelon,
publlshed o number of diologues wiih De ounoy, 1926
Broque, Cocleou, Deltei , Hons Arp, P6ret, Breton, Morce .]onco, Andre Brelon,
Brdncugi; ihey ccrme out with their porlroits he hod tQ?6
sketched in pen. Athough Morcel Jonco did not
crove for o top posrlion on the public scene, he hcrd
c remorlob e copocity lo coplure peop e's inieresi
duo ro [i. .].ori.rcr .,,ror ^d ol'o oy .,,n . iipe -o,
a - -a ol*o7r rouTo o gl ; 6-q -e, o o',.o.
'
r|^ -o b ,'ort o o.t, ot .O--.-tA olo, .o | ^ -, ,
respecl, we owe the fo lowing recol ection lo oclress
Dido Soomon 'Around 1925 26, ol those who
wished to escope the slif lng forms of the posi wou d
gother 1n my Buchorest cpcrtmenl eve y Tuesdoy.
D '. 911 o:e o .'i( Oao )p i-o e r^ior . -"to V
o o- iol ro ^O.,
- , o oo i,zeo 1p ^ ,eO o,d .,o ^o
up few lrends in lilercrture, pc,inring, ond in theoter
were devised. Mcrcel .lonco, lo whom modern
Buchoresl owes so much, wcrs towering cbove every
thing crnd everyone" (o possoge from crn inlerview
published in Clopotul, I cn, 1934)
Thoi period wos exlroordinory indeed, due to fhe
unprecedenled effervescence cnd vorious inilictives,
.
moin y dissemincied through Contimporanul.
Groduo y, this group grew slronger os some oul
slonding persono ities jolned it The f rst lo come were
Beniomin Fundoicnu lBenjonin Fondone), Sondu
E icd, Ftlip Corscr, Morius Lotor, cnd Henri God, then
Ml llcr Petroscu, M H Mcxi, Vicior Brcruner, ond
Brdncusi himself from lhe dislcrnce Some o//sprincs of
Contimporanu/ cppeored dur n,q this period os wel .
For inslonce, the on y ssue of 75 H P showing iis
ut own provocclive spiril, ccme oui in 1924, whl e o lit
tle bit oter, Punct la wee|y mcqozine of crclivisi pro-
pogondo) fo lowed the some course ond spirit to ihe
point of ioiol merging. For o whi e, lntegral (1926)
wos o sorl of Conlimporanu/ scrtel ile, ond cter, moin-
19
 si o otformo de rodiere in or-c :'': - :'l '-l'1
Contimporonu/. Se produce r;. :' - - I -c
grupu ui cu oderenl de mcrcd. ce or i'e '-l-l: i orr
- r : :.O
^o.Mo ^"o^. .oq, -
mol 'inloi, B Fundoionu, Scrdu Eicc F I CIsc'
Morjus lotcr 9] Flenri God, opoi Mi ito Pdircrscu, M
H. Moxy, Viclor Brcuner si, mcri c dislcnf-r, insu^sr
Brcncuil. lfereozd pubL 'ot r de t p :imicr' 1n
Pro
1924, tntct,t numor din 75 H P lccec un le de
frondo pe conl propriu, dor pulin mol tdrzlu' Puncl
(scptomoncr de p opooondcr cctivislo) merge in oce-
cr>,D, ooro o 6o 1,:.gc5 o ropi '-Io 'ro.'l
o^ ro o, p, ', Po rt. o .'er- ^ ro2o]
or, dizldent din pricino unor
1ni-^qrol, devenit, ulter
nolJmici moi curdnd de o,dln pe sono Slrndo duL
olo e L' .o I oa ol a( /a a IJ' t'oz8-
1932) d" echlpo ce or mol liner neconform gtr: Geo
'if
Bogzc, (dL-lpo ce scosese el sL.rFi meteorlcu Urmuz)'
Sre-fon Roll, Sogo Pond, Modov, Zcrrembcr, Miron
Rodu (Poroschivescu) 9i cei cr ll Cu ocozlo numdrului
OO (oct nov. I 93 1 ) ce de \a Coniimporanul schl-
lou un succ nl biloni, intr un context cu ospect de mon
lfesl, morcol de orgoliu independenfei si cl orientcrii
lucide: 'Nu om imiict, nu om sllobisil si repelol nim c'
lsl revedicou o experentd originolo, cptc scr i oseze,
sincronic, prinlre 'inleme etori. Nu om rdspuns n c
;OQ^,O^t O, r IiOOO Crt'o oi eO d
a, -ro ', d--p o ^,or d e oo
,n ni" metoolo ului ero Mcrrcel lcncu. De oceecl,
,n"n
din cond ln i,tnd, ovecr grilcr so improspdteze in
memoiio pub iculul reolizorl o e soJe din vremeo
p^ o o .a /,' I p',r- ^ O^ 06-l a I' oro o9o' is'i ri
c. or qo d-i t ^ ro,.ot o ^. t P.' d^ oi do ld 'o
scr cJoro une e desene dln ocel cnl si chicrr doua
iexie in frcncezd, dotote l9l8 Celebro so pdnzo
Bo/ul inspirctd dln seri e onimcrte o e Coborelu Lr
Vo loire, expusd de cum revenise dln Flvello, o ovut
un mpocl moi org cOnd erc din nou crrdtold omclo
ri o, de orto 1o incruguroreo gcl er ei perrnon'^nle sLll-;
Mcrce oncr. Srso Plro oLrspiciile lbrcrrlei icrsefer (tf comentcrli de Rodu
l92q Veniomin tn Polittcc: 27 no,t 1926 il Aurel
Morce .]crco Sosr l'tnir Broslecnu irr Violo Romdneoscd, dec. 1926). lnir un
l.)29 reoisir u omplif tol reluo preocupdri schltole, door,
nltcrdcto Foslu ilusl olo cl versur lor ui Trlslon Tzorc,
din epoco Dodo, comenieozo grofic, cu dezinvo ld
ccuiiole, de ostodcrtd piesele de misierioose iensiuni
incredinlole Continporanului de on Bcrbu, sou
prozc fonlez strt c ul locques Costln. lncitoi de F
Adercc, ise osociozd penlru su lc de inlerviurr cu scr
ilo i odcrpostite de Mtscarect literard, de c ungul onu-
O25 ^o',.uoro o 6 . ao ro d; or.o 90-'a
de porlrete si inslonlonee reproduse oproope in loto
jtcle in viilorul volum de succes Mdrlurtcs unei gene'
rolii'. Condvo se inirecuse cu Hcns Arp in reo lzoreo
de coslume {mcrsii) pentru onlmotorli seri or lliercre de
coborel. Ttecuse ocum ]c cdevdrcrie pro ecte de
^ ooo A rooo - C,o'l ^ooa' ' ^o : o
puno pe pcoore propr u teotru e'petmenlo )e sl
tr y due to severo inflghts, lt become o dissident mog
ozlne. The bonner wcs loken over enlhuslcsticolly by
the new discip es from lJnu (1928 1932), whose
vouno ond nonconfo mlsl edilorio ieom counled Geo
"c, aoo/ o,.ll. oo a 6pheaa o
Boq th' roo or
Uriuz) $tefon Rol . Soso Pono, Moldov Zorembc,
Mircn Rcdu (Poroschivescu), omong lts membets, cs
well cs olhers. Cn publishing the lOOth issue (Ccto-
ber November I 93 I ), the leom of Conlinporanul
b e, .rraorptr ei o - 1, Ioro 'a olLe otl
rlao*i,r oloi o' po,o oeo^oa eoo"do
entolon oLl in ol lt wrole 'We neiiher lmilcled, nor
dld we vicoriousLy repecrl modes, nor did we spel out
crnvl to w^o .o^.e 5o lleT r'6iro6 cr o q r 6l
o p^''^i ^ opt-o rr I o i o',, o'o F- el o'lo o
the founders of the new ori. 'We were nol omong
those who responded to ony oppeol lounched by oth
ers; in focl, we wete omong lhose who roi:ed the
bonner n Europe'. Noturolly, Mo'cel lonco wos the
only person wi-,o corld righifu ly cloim his to e, 05 o
D e ,- o i' 'ho ro'"'t,^.l [^. ^e lao.o ' n^r ha
would ,efresh lhe publ c memoty ond lolk crbout his
ochlevements in Zurich os crn ouislonding representc-
iive of the iniernotloncl ovontgorde Fo lnstonce' he
O, bl 'ocl 1 P 'r' -ou- g 6,0r'1 g. o 'hot rr
oo d
iwo ie.,ls in French lrom l9l8 Moreover, his fcmous
Or oo r q I' o Bo 'o' 'oot I P'o'o ot 'l'e I '^-
i
, er ot Cobo'o Vo'-o' e o'raoo/ e'l ',1 'eo oi'e
hs ,""tutn from Swilze lcnd, hod on even deeper
impoci when showed lo orl lovers oi ihe inougurol on
ol c permcnent orl gollery, opened under the potron-
oeo ol lo.ole oi, ^oo (ho o'^ 'to p e or ol
bi nod, Venlomln tn Politico, 2T nov 1 926 ond by
Aurel D Brosleonu in Vialo Romlneoscd, dec. 1926)
He p cLed up oeoin some of his eor ier interesis he
hod hordly puttrld ot thot llme The former il ustrctor
of Trision'Tzcro's poems during their Dcdo epoch,
beqcn io drow orcrphlc s[etches meont to comment
o. r6 ra.r 'ord^o r 'o p.b'o o, 't Co ;r-
po o l'' q-op' , To o o o ^6lie ed os
^o o
ever. even il"he hod to deo with the tensrons ond
D
enigmclrc expression of lon Bcrbu's l-^xts crd.locques
Coitin s fcnlosres in prose Provoked by F. Aderco s
series of lnlerviews published tn MiScorea Lilerora dtr
ing 1925, .lcnco drew lhe mosl dynomic golLery of
pJtroits
'Marturio
ond sncrpshols, loter lo be repr nled n
unei ge,nerctlii, o very successful booit
Cnce he hod competed with tlons Arp cnd creoled
coslumes (mcs[s) for the performers of the literory
nighls ci lhe Cctboref. Therefore he tooI up scenery
design when l6e Continporonul tecm sei up its own
expJrimentcl iheoire compony Sondu Ellod stoged
Evrernov's Moarlec: vese/o {A Merry Deoih) c horle
quinode (see the scenety ond coslume drow ngs pro
po.^o by Mo e Jo o 'r Co^ ^ pa on lob o-
Mo,ch o) \1 ( r , Io1Ao.. ) I e wo\ or d^ i^9
some p eces of scenery for Cain.by Widgons ond G
Kcrlser's iuana lle remembered his octivity os o lhe-
ICAIZCAZQ UN SPECTOCOT, ICg ZOI OC JUI]UU L UU/
cleso Moorleo vese/o, orlechinodo de Evreinov (o se
,'edeo schile de decor gr cosiume propuse de MorceL
oncu in Conlim poranul, febr.-mortle I 925). Concomi-
ent, moi ovusese in vedere eventuo ltoieo unor deco
':r penlru Coin de Widgons si Junna lui G Koiser.
-:le o octivitote de core.isi vc oduce ominte mol ielrz
- in timpul unor colobordri succesive cu lrupc teotru-
, Hobimoh din sroe, cu core o co oborct destul de
-':ns, inlr-o serle de reolizcri' )6sen \Stilgoii 1947)
::der co Gorcio Lorcc ( Casa Bernardei Albo,
l5 I ), Prronde )o \Henric ol lV'lea, 1 952) 9i o te e
:: Drc:wings for the Theatre Hobinah /ql I l97B
--: Ie Aviv Museum He eno Rubinslein povllion,
:'. lgZB-ion. 1979).in fine, ojunge sar se concreii-
-:ze ocum dep in o pteocupore iimpurte cr scr egcto
:= criele decorotive. Viziloiorij expozitiei din l926
,= .cr li mirol in folo moi mullor exponcle reprezen
:-: clcluri pe siic o ori lucrdri reo izole in tehnico vil
',,- cr. nsd tenlolro ero cu mul onterioord, cum
.,'-:eazd reproducerec acelut tnlerior dotot l9l6
):.gn for a raom in Wi ly Verkouf, op. clt) Pe
: -:: ,eproducere se vdd, in oforo mobllieru ui, doucr
-: incoslrole in perele, in Locul rezetvctt ferestrei s
:'-::bi , ugi , ovond imprimcle, pe siic o, orobescuri
:=:-eirlce din coiegorio celor prezenle frecvenl in
,=..-" e cu core pigmentc poginie coieielor Dodo.
- *: Ce orobescuri idenllce
'in resluri
se mot pot gdsi
.incd
= : :ss-wonduri, vlzibi e in ccse conslruile de
-:"cu (cc
oceec din slr. Neguslori or pe slr.
. o p'. ri-' r e qo \o-o oa o derolo'oo o
: ::-i in progu el). Unli mcrlorL prelind co or li
: - cereii intregr decoroli intr un sli osemdndlor,
, ,: . o ofoone viu co orote, in oJie ccrse concepule
= :-- ecl c Bucureslr. Ar fi de semno cl, o c, o coin
- --=--: nu ipsito de re evonld. Recent, lo ZLjrrch
-,,.;lr konslruclive und konkrele Kunsl"), o expoz
= .:::'old ocluolizo incercdri ole Sophiel Touber
- '- rclerle de orto decorolivc din onii 192627
,: :'onlco de expozifie in revislo de crld Voir nr.
.1995, .in
: --:i Monlreux), oorecum linio promo
, r oceeogi oni de crhilectu piclor romdn. Dor
- :: orl sli, core'inse cunoscuserd foorte bine cr
' ,' cu rdmos roporiuri oprop cte, dovodo
----'. lui Hons Arp in expoziiio de o Bucuregt,
I - :-ecum 9i vizito ldrzie o sofilor Arp o Eln Hod,
- . 'r'o ui Mcrce oncu. Sd fi fost nu numol
- ':' : chicr un circuil de idei, un progrom comun?
, : ::l'e. spoliul unde 9i o exersot insprrotic Sophie
=---c (cce imobrl Aubelle din Strcsbourg) c
:
,--" 1930, icr c crdirile edificcte de romdn ou
- :r
- -.' :'- tronsformdri ce Je-ou desfiguroi cond n cu
- =' :e c drepiul rulne, ceecr ce zdddrrnicesie
-:'-porotie inco din 1924 Morcel Lcncu
: - =: nobile de conceplie propr e si diverse
:- - re decor lnleror, risiptte sor pdreo in cee
. :,-:-e cordino e. Se giie inso co o predol cur
'=:'esl proflL lo Acodemio Arleor Decorollve,
L
he conlrrbuiec -: :=.--: :-- -''r --: : -
lbsen'.s lhe G-:,'-,. - -- --. ----;--;,:
tso, o D c c- ' -.
Drawinos t'or ii-e - ,-- - : - :'
''::'= --.:
lel Ari, M e'o : - :
oz8_ o o . :
nde,oo.eo-^o c : :-
1926 exhrbition m gh; nove \i/i:c:i3. l- -r. d sc oy
of hrs pointings on g css crs \,v!a cs ci irose execuled
ln ihe sioined g oss techn que. !cwever h s nleresl ln
lhis mcriier wcs much o der. os the copy of thcl inlerr
or doied os eorly os I 9l 6 pointed to (see Desrgn lor
o Room, in Wi y Ver[ouf, works quot). Apcrt from
some pieces of furnilure, one con see lwo stcined
closs ponels fitted in the wol in the p oce for lhe win-
dow, ond moybe, for the door; they be ong to ihe
some ronge of geometricol orobesques ihoi he used
io drow in order lo odd some flovour io the Dodcr
reviews Trcces of such orobesques could be found in
whct sti I stonds from the French wlndows in ihe hous'
es he designed (for lnstcrnce, the house rn Neguslori
Street cnd ln O ienl Slreet, mirccu ously soved from
the ongoing demo ition) Some of his contemporori-^s
c oim lo hove seen lhe entire wcrl s decorcled in o
simior sty e, inc uding the co ourful cei rngs ln olher
houses designed by the orchiiect in Buchcresi. We
would like lo pointlo o consequenliol corncldence. n
o recenl exhibltion set up n Zurich (' Hcus fijr kon
^ slruclive und konkrele Kunst ), ihe orgonizers showed
severc exper menis in decorolive orl from 192627
beonging to Sophio Touber-Arp (opudthe chronice
of the exhibitlon in the ort mogczine Voir, no 1 1 8,
Cctober 1995, Monireux). They evince lhe some
drrection promoled by the Romon on poinler ond
crchilect during lhot period. li is known thoi the iwo
ortisis hod met in Zurich cnd kept ln louch over ihe
yeors For lnsionce, Hons Arp porticipoied in the
1924 etlt6ilon ln Buchoresl, ond loler, on .lonco's
invilcllon, he ond his wife visiled Ein Hod. Wos there
somelhing more lhcn o commoTr cose of crtlstlc offin
ity? A cricurt ol ldeos, o progromme, presumoby.
Untortunotely Soph e Touber Arp's sludio (rn thot
Aubelle house in Strosbourg) vcrnished in 1936,
whl e the buildlngs designed by Morce .lonco weni
through successive ollerolrons, thol mckes ony com-
porison quile unsuslclnoble As early as )924,
Mo,c" lonco e'hlbited pieces of inlerior furnrshings
he designed, loter scollered oll over lhe wor d. He is
known io hove tcughi inleror design courses cl the
Acodemv of Decorolive Arts. courses in the tech
niques oi portro i, nude, ond sti l-Life, togeiher with Fr.
Siroto, ond o couTSe in modern furnilure ond fittings,
'oq^ rer n't o ". W. Be . t .
M-orce Jonco impressed eveTyone through his coher
eni ond inlegrollng orlslc proctice trghtly intertwined
with the ldeos he supported in ihe medlo quile sys
 : I : l:l ::'-.:1 -o- O o', ', ort. -. o e ho'o'v 6..
-L
o ,

unde in )926 era coleg cu F:. Sl'c

r
si cu orh. \&. 3e:r I 3'' e''e
d)
o-.o, e r, AA a o ^rtro i ^.tor 6e',.9d o
nud-nolurd moorld,
. )6 -l o,ce.to,Aoe*eo1 -oo' o^r,' ^o'r^d'
Ob'o rOOo O'O O A-- I
'i. ptr' 6pt,O, O Or ^q '6 re Ol \\ O1O I OO aC
PLrleo scr lmore:loneze o Mcrrce Jorcu' ln;iciec,
coerenio dinire proclico orlisllcd si ldei e susiinule o ot 6, I h^t^o, o rtae 'o o.'o' . oot'o' f

o
'intr ocllvliote publicistlcb destul de sistemolica ethcl c iches Hrs reoders could Leorn how lo expr:'
1o. 6r'a 6'a o. o-ct . O.po o'e o - gotc,ol^ . ^e ' e. o d,^ o'^tt r 'o' .oo, l ^ c
sl, deci, suni preo puf n cunoscule o:lozl Roslul celor u.,,,r", os we I os how io hormonlze viobe for-'
moi muLle dlntre eLe ero de o deslrdmo opocriofrLe tn,o roh rl .' rr: o' d , q ' ,' 5-' aood ol u o rT

dclorote proostei educotli din scoclo sl de o eLlbero
d-^ ooncLle percepe eo octului creotor. Citlioril of ou,
ostlel desp e vo o, l" .^,presive in sine ole fe ulul de
o monui cuLori, inil, voume 9i despre merllul de o
omo6et 76; 'O -e \ OOi a p',1 '-. -; i OpO OI '
qulore de si lzore o nco lo oe orp-or ortro .o 'o
i,r." do-o eo o. P e do olo ore do'^ '- p o
"
o decoroiivrsriulul n crhllecturo plotiiudineo noiu'o
lismu ui, co sl vremelnicio snobisme or esletizonie ou
cvut in Morcel loncu un odversot conslcrnt, insufletil
de eoclo fetvoore, dln vremec cdnd iineo pe oceste
,"t""o,",ooo ct6''5 iar'a g P9' -^L 'r
zuricheze (iq I q)'
:i zecl de onr moi lcrziu, lo epoco
bi onluri o,, fo.ond, relrospeciv, lurul de orjzonl cl
omplei so e octivildil''
.
ooo4.o-o. a to'ov eorbo, ^ A \rl^lao'
iode modeL, Morcel lonco slood ogoinsl lhe roote:
orejudlce cs to lhe need of on onecdole n pointirc
ot O Lrtr 6-per dar .^ o,'t ^ o^ o r^ Qra^€l
orchilecture; cri lhe some llme he reiecled tr =
Noluro isi cLlches os welL os lhe ephemerol oeslhe' :
snobbery. He wos equcly inspi ited by the some fe'
vor when he lectured on lhese subiects ot the lur c
Politechnlc ln froni of ls sludonts (1919) ond in | :
loter surveys of his rlch ocivtY'
As onv true orlist, Mcrcel Jo'nco hod io foce obsic
; c es period, of sloqnotron, cnd, of coutse, occctsior
cl voclllotions o I o onq hls ong ort slic coreer' lJ :
debui rose much lnlerest ond, oi the some lime, mixec
roa^.q -or o trTpooa'o'ohoro'7'd
a .o.- o V o' ror Dopc o rar on -tu :a

Nolurol, osemeni orlcdrui creolor outenlc, Mcrcel ('o

^ol
ond grcrphlc ortisi). Consequenl y he needed mucl-
cncu cl porcuts un ilineror ortistic deloc uniform, cu li i,' . o'
-lte ort 6 g p6r;o1 - 'o ht
povorni;uri, stcrgncrr sl ezitori de circumslonld [cr
rhen ihe publ c ot orge lt wcrs on y ofter his fourth c'
inceoLrt. c slorniimcl mult curiozilole,'insolito de rezer
,,"-h oo tlo"o,i^-oo'iF \b o^.'16r'L" t^ /
ve oblc disimrlote (de lo un confrote co Vjclor lon
t

Popc, iterct grof clcrn) si l-o trebuil o dozcr insemnoid sive ort c liic, Pet u Comornescu, weni beyond hls
de robdore penlru o- convinge, pe critici mo
jinioi, lc ooooslt on io lhe cub sl theorles Jcnco upheld, onc
cr clutoru lor so obiino sufrcg u publicului Numcl vie ded uo in odmlrollon' 'll hcs nol been Long since
F ior^d qpr'6r s Osi^trrQ -t Bo c ^
o' po o i -o ,o o o ao pt'z^^t6 J^ ^ oo e opp ^
1..O,.,o ooO^^.poif^ e,q6. I 'i o^-' ^.-^1 6,1, f r's- oo, ^'\ o 3,- .; .^ 16 1 )
Comornescu i9i invingeo ldlosincrozille de principiu crowded moss of peosure ond muscol suggeslvity
foio de ieorille cr,biste orborote de orllsi 9i se pro- Now we odmlre the rhythm ol co ouTs cnd ihe woy
nunto cdmlrolrv osupro vlziunil lui Morcel loncu. 'Lcm he renders lheir intrlnslc puriiy We liI e olso som" de
oorecicl nu de mull pentt u e:cepilonolo d-sole rcole ploste wo,[s, o better molerlol for colour lnler
OrOr' ,O' O' * , qeO.6 OrO OO OO'd O
tcrare Balul, ioc dinom c de fo,me e<presive, ftlr
-ol
n cor congesi onoi de pLdcere 9i sugeslie muzicold' eolln... o ho o 'o' ooL o'o'lo-a'dode
Mr. .lonco's work or in the Bessorobron rugs, since
ApreciemLctuolmenle rilmul culori or, redote-doo rn
puriloieo lor proprie Admirom unele lucrdrl frcrgede theytoth disp oy forms cnd co outs From this point of
in ipsos, muI moi polrivl penlru locLr le de cuocre' view, Morcel Jonco is a greol crtjsi who succeeded
decoi uleiul, core este mcl gro5 s moi moteriol Nu I in creoling some lones of blue ond brown' olmosi
cereli subiecl d lul M Loncu precum nu putet cere
.
'o ^ ,^'91 Po" o or po: ,i-qr I?o-po ) t^c: .

subiecl nrci unei scoorte boso obene 1oc de lorme

a? I',.aar ^o i rO:O 'o.oo^ " 'Meo'
si culori. Din ocesl puncl de vedere, M
loncu este un ter[cneon counlties wos o cruciol moment in his evo
more orlisl, core o izbuiil sd dec nisie lonuri de o bos ullon os o pc nter. Shortly ofle wo ds, the cr iics ogre-
lru si cofeniu, unlce oproope in p cluro noostrd ed rhct he'hcd bonned the pirtu esque elemenls off
romcrnecscd \Ranpa' 21 febr' 1927) I)n momenl cl I po'Iq 'ro.o'ol ^nlyoI ''deotr.i\^
ro tote"M-orn i'e a li arQo'lQ i'wo'f
polorizorilor in evolufic picloru u PO e so I fi con:iituit
colctorjo so, in 1930, d" c ,.lnqul iormurllol nordice sought lo obel Jonco s djslrnct voice cs 'o.Dronys us

ole Medlterone, dupo core cronicorii cru ccrzul de llkeioker of colours ond 'o discoverer of the plcto
o o o o.'p o |^: ol o'l prg ri g ^pl o'e d^ '^ ' rio clgebro", 'o poel fighting noiure lhrough colours
,O-^pito^ 'r.,.P,d OOOr -Clo'el O"'o'o i., ond l-nes Mony newpopers :toried io Proise hls
/O,O
de o l fjxo noto personolo de diferenllere pr ntro sin- OpO:1.o6^q.l //O o OOO"i-l
^OLOt. 'o31. n, i qr i, r'- 9 tlt. to^' or d o 'lho
loqmo emb emoiLco. 'un Dyonisos ol culorllor"' B ^o
d!s.operrlor cl olgebrei p cluro e', 'poet coTe se rized personolitles lon Bo bu ih" poet ond mcrthe
-iruiegle cu noturo in culori 9i llnii '. Ziorele incep sd-i
::dice pog n intregi omcgiole \cf. Facla dln 8 febr.
:32) o * oo, co'cr s- sP;r''e oi^lre r ^ e ro
"', c exp ro Prel'i'eo oobord o r
: )'7a'e per'tr
: -' .opi^ie p:orireoe p es,o"'es pe sorolloeo'
'. :-cel oncr. PoetL i ro-e^ o c c-ul 'or Borbr-
-:,-d sd concentreze esenlo corocterjzotoore in for
- - : opldoro 'geometrie incendiotd' . 'furtuni de
'. ---= c c:,7" oe ioru'i s rJ, e ro o es orep t r9!
' - ome cenusii pentru inolte opere lusiitiore"' ln
- :- : :rcheiei .cr.'to . Mi^o I Sebo-- o- e.evc c'-
-;': :- inid o creolorului de o poirunde in nlimitoteo
-
--
^t,ndcbi d o slructurilor supuse unghiulu sou de
-:.=-.otle: "M. loncu ore o lntuilie solido o formelor.
I -= : spus cd este un pictor obstrocl ? ConstrucliiLe
:::-ent fonieziste, suni de o rord vigoore fizlcc,
:= - .:rietole plosticd evidenld, imedrotcr. Nu zodor
- : :-crrJ oceslo esie inlovorosit de un orhilect. Am
-:-=:: co M.l. picteoz-r orhitecturo oblecielor ce-
: '-, -- ri. Co desfoce ucrurtle 'in elemenle e plostice
: -: :e e moi durobile, esentiole. Punereo obiectu
. " ::'zd este crstfel fdcuto incol sd i descopere
-: ::::-,'o sl Lumino ccre ii este speciflcc, so-l
--,:'-:: de detolil si sd-l fixeze in eternltoleo lui de
- - -r, ,gen lonescu crveo, cdnd 9i cond, obiceiL;l
, '=: =:-=ze csupro exPozitii]or curenle. Despre
:' :-cu scric impresionol, cu deosebire, de
..-, =:.:-iiuolc'o cuorii oltfe decot lo impresio
: : - - -.crd, unde funcltono o nivelu senzclle
'-:--- r: :ciice. "Lo M. . cu ooreo este couterizo
, - = r-:
:orto de eroziune de purificore o unui
9i
: , -:t:gregheozd lonurile impure sou ne-
- .-' r = 3oiosivd, dinomico, dor discip inoid, cu o
- : :: . -:-: simbolico, eo conslruieste olmoslero
- = -:': : n inlerior. Spirituol-r si crbstrocld {vreou
- - - -:-:riolo), culoorecr nu este otdt densd, cot
: :,
:-: r =::dceo co in chior ziuo oporifiei comen-
r - ::--tri de Eugen lonescu, sd fie progromoi6
'-: - r - Morcel lonc, pe temo 'Postico moder-
. - r- .: i centrold orhip ino, pictoru reveneo lo
" :. -,:t-=l ce egitlmore o propr ior opiiuni de lc
--
-- -=,: :iiel operote de cub sm prin restobilireo
. -.:'; e trodilii prim t ve. 'incepcrnd de lo
- .-- = . -ci oles de lo Picosso (morele vizionor)
- - .-= l::-tr o o reviviere o strictei trdiri plostice'
i - -.' in cotidionul Diminealct,22 lebr.
=ro-nerij
t:o- ercr semnolul ongoiorii intr-o ocfiune
-- I lool po I in urbon p onning symposio, ond wos o so
- r -,,-: := :cificori 9i drologuri publice. Se numdro,
=
: - -'-'-: -iiioioril osocioliei de ortc, filosofie sl
: . -. : :- cr inird in componenfo unei comisil
r r: - = , -- :: -plice in plonuri de dezvo lcre ordge
-. , - , -- -.;c sd porticipe c expozifii 9i so
-,
- - : : ::-:: 'i e criticll, totu;i foro intervenfio unor
-=:-: colltotiv. Un occent moi vehemenl soli-
-=r-r ccrie din lucrorile expuse in I 932, sub
moticion, epiomzec -:::,-:- - :"'-I:-l-=-
rer s. sutI o": o. - - I
gles, cu minclon c: ::-:- l-l --t-. -::-l-tr 3r
espe.,ol /l€u'o'ce: i..-= : ---:'. J. : a -:-e
i wo .s o( jlslice A:: -* ''= :. ' ,: '.' -J I
Sebo.lior rr de'oo( -'. tt l.:" : i- i::(
ence of the ortist thror-lgr: w- :- -: l: l: . c pen-
elroie the ingroined uniqueress ct -'e s-',ciures he
"
wos contemp otinq. 'Moice loncc rcs c iirrn inlultion
of forms Who iouLd teL ihoi he is on obstrocl
po nter? Appcrenty his fcntosies hold o singulor p'hys-
iccl strengih thot disploys on expressive vorieiy thoi
you con .grosp ot once. I think thot Morcel .Jonco
poinls the trchiiecture of the oblects he js concerned
wi'^. !e oi,r orr,e ' s ;ch 'h ng, 'o eo, h he bo' c
erpressive elemenls, the mosl enduring ond essentiol
ones. Whenever he sets on obiecl on the convos he
discovers ils specific llght ond perspecfive, he geis rid
of detoils in order lo render its uniqueness, its elernol
shope..."". Now ond then, while sli I in Romonio, ihe
poywriqhr [L gere o'lesLo wo'ld wr, o oowt- \'s
Irp, essiont on the curenl exhibitions. FJe wos
.-rpro,"ed by Mo'cel Jorco erpec o'y oy ' Le so't' Morcel loncu, Hons Arp, 1926
-L
o. lrt.t'or' oI is co o-rs o'lleto^l lton tr o -o'eriol Morce ]onco, Hons Arp,
optico sensolion cssigned to it by the mpressionlst te26
poiniers. He went on noting thot 'With M.J the coLour
b".or"r o meons lo ccuterize; li is endowed wilh
thot purg ng, corrosive efficocy of on ocid. lt disinte-
qroies the impure ond triviol lones... . Being corrosve,
j
Jynomic, yet mosleduly bridLed, becrring o symbolic
expressve ood, lt turns nwcrdly to proiect iis otmos-
p-e'e. Btr'rg spi ' o o o otls- oc (ho s o^ro-e'
ol), the co our is rcther inlense thon compacl' '
The verv dov when Euqene lonesco's oriicle come
oul, Mcrrcel Jonco hoppened lo lecture on his
fovouriie subjecl' Modern Fine Art. ln on overcrowd-
ed ol,,.re poi"te oo'the oppo rr ry te dcfp'i l'
own choi. es o lhe eagir-r rg ol cloi I ovou'o' hot
hod reestob lshed the conneclion with "greot primllive
lroditrons". He mcinlcrined thoi 'Storting wiih
Cezanne ond, porticulorly, with Picosso (the greot
v 5 olorV o s') we witcess the ret'tr o clr 'lly orl
experience" (lrom the summary of his lecture, pub-
lished in Dinineato,22 lebr. , 1932) As o motler of
focl, thoi eclure poinied to o vosl compoign mecnl to
open pub ic deboies ond e ucidcrte the prob em ot
stcl,e. So, he wos omonq the lnilioiors ol l6e Criterion,
on crt, philosophy, ond liieroture ossociction, ihen he
nomlnoted n o specioL boord thcrt wcs to deol with
urbon developments. He continued to exhibit his
poiniings ond to enioy the crllics' proise, yei there
wos not ony spectocu or noveliy obout them
However, the'pointings he exibited in 1937 evinced
o vehemenl y sotiric noie lnduced by ihe lolesl events,
op ro r ol e h n -ore ooP e^errive ond :crse Le
dorqer oI e\lreri)l lo', es he lirles ot ll e e ooir i^9'
mnllctte the colleciive onxieties he shored in. The
I
23 :
,i
_-t
 .:]:3 elc' Durinq rr:
influento eventmentelor de nor;'i .. .-=-:].-] No/iono/is/s; Muliloted Abyssinio,
:c'-
oer.' .Po-6rU ol o'o''ro' ' t'1Acn'ov-e^r ''e " o o^o-
,r ^:,, ,,,a'roo, 1a,::-- " oo;d 9" t^^'^db oo"t'o'd'oooo'i[6,'
o.o' \ororo::Aa. al'e'o o r"e '

r- o'z'o o' o
o -tnri Aa'eoO"l^oor ' '-'n'gf
1,, Ltp: oa-a d o "lo rol medio \Facla Cuvontul Lrbe'
morqinecr ocuteJor .h".tirni ,oJab j" 1r",.o1 n."li o.,l ai.ioto
jn hls 1939 exhjbllic-
rudineo poci , mizerii ."rrrio,""oa".
d"rogogio i,rpr1 The pc nt ngs no''or exhibited
' Le ,na'e' o-d
16o-tolooo" oi'o' oolo^'oooJ'ors
oo,;',.or .o) .po o h -o ooe'''reNeo' Fo'iorInerol'e'rofo - -
, e l/o..o C rol roe -9^l C olo d- : r I ih js wos Jonco's lost ortistic shc''
lucrorjle insp rote lilu '1J"'ol"t't
nozitote oduc, in expozit o .lin l b:q, ."r in no,ttonio Soon rcrciol i'1"s *e'e put.intooggre-:
forc=
de o recentd colciorie ln Crrentul opropiot,-
p"
'ri;
fi; ;lr;t rt" *"t brutolly morqinolized A specilic
Hoifo - Tel Aviv - l",u,oi'tYll-i;' ;;;;tt" "ta sioried lo dominote lhe Romcnon scene
onc=
ieslre o Jui Mcrrcel lcncu in crgoro vefii orti*lce sivilyt";;.;
led to the lonuc'r
r ghr to'k over' whlch
proospcrt nrio th;
romonegri Exclus.vismul legilor rosiole
-
1941 jrogro;r ln o'd". io sove hls fomrly'
hls wlfe
duse il morg nolrzeozO-'tr,rtol Brutclilotec, coroc- well os hls ort'
tersitco forlelor A" a,Jo"pt- "Jr." 1o
put"i", "tJ itrit*i' doughr"" os
rq3'p'1 6''r 'n?.ofi'inl
t.aaaalao rs:'r'o iiotot ^Jo'olo ^"' 'o^''"!"'-;l 'q
"""iL""' fomilrcr] i-i"".".r-hirro.r,",noikobl"pointingsexhibitec
ooorom in ionuorie r94r. Co sosi solveze
!itV. , ."r" a"rl t"'" to s o'io so'

* ::,1*r,*' #' :? #J n : ruil

:
prctorul jo drumul n
Im] t yl; l"m'
-1939

: .'"1- ii{:X"U ii:*v3"r;[ ry:

6rth" ovontso de ts promote'| onc
i:* :"*i:T:,mru;: ::il.3:,'il; i'i:TF ;5;il:i"'""'
.';; ;i.;;tg.rdei, r.. " cu egolo insuflelire de onimoror ei

proicrgon sl it^i5L", lonco, 'Fururismul nostru

(cur Futurism), r

Faclo,)9MoY, 1930
NCTE l" Morcel Jonco wos ihe pointer s
oppreni ce
nosiru"' in toc/o' nr 35B Z'Wi
'.too,,oa. ro
I Vor-."l loncu, "Fulurismul ,.ln ^ rn t ''o, 6' I a Atr o1o
'r '16
- L

6 'o-6 loSQ ,-". J.: ,-"' I BB o5 ) o o^ o'ri''o d"

i E*o.t cond Morcel focec rnifiereo crlisticct'
lcrncu'isi Ao'll l ol
'o ." o o' I oop I oo' t''o ' -

; ;;; lo At"n"' il propulso pe losrf lser ", wos perce ved oi thot,l me'
""p.tlri" p ho* th" lolter s direclion
trBB A 2, p "'a .a; To 6DrA-d'r'o';v 36't^'1': .e reoel , ooo' ' po 1" q c' oo ot d o ocje-l
a o lL , roor'e I ooe ra M' d^ -; ' Jn e'o t61 or ^'n^d ot
"o n ,o .d ,., ' g ^e'd rg '16' '
I :

;i;;*.;;,;tunci, orienlcreo so' un revoltor con- " l.Jl o ono" Iq a1' tl oL

-*oo o ' i, r, q.-- s1 6 16 '^
I

i p,- j 'do o"'o' o roer; 'o 'or' t' [")o '

o
"t6' ortistico' cu
.
desdverrsireo onl oP1^orao,on olaoo''r Io I o'
,li ..-,.i'*tu'brulolitcte in crid' .o^ o.a o. , 2 a' st \o'' o 'o'o'''or
;;";" ;; ;.,e"o por foce credlnlele3)noi wer-o
ol doomos ond hls lnterest for oriisiic innovctrons
(llr.strr:tiunea tam.)na, nr' I l'l 2, I 9l Distonloreo
i" toot" si lnleresul folo de inovolie crtislicd ouiooi-
ire ;";;:;t"; il r,,. os true lcrnd
.p"'"ttice, ond srood
odd here thcl
co r"rf, i. n'ti.t"r- "uol,tion We should
;;J;:t.. n bogclul ucenjculuj, loloone.in j."r f*'tr"fi brouqhr Deroln in Romcnlo' crfter h-e hod
," ulterioaro. Trebule mentionot cd locmoi
"l"tt't
"""lrri" 1o noi dupo ce in seric de "lo lf .h'on't1"s
,",L', on noveliies in French
r,9 os r,:rn h: o€'
i*, I .arlt" i" "rrr'rr-."i
;;". ;"; " oo Ar'h ho
.,on .i d" cciuolitole plcstico publ cote in, evisto ;^tolo' o" l^ to. o.'^''o' 'r'rl ' of,o
ondl' irimiteo I ecveni :; - 'h
liori,o sub pseudonimul Remb
crutorlzoi de ;;;;;;";;: hod consront relotions with the French
lcr iol ce ero mo nou in p ciuro froncezd'
crtisiic milieus
lrr.u o f"not"nulul lo folo Loculul' unde Huelsenbec['
" -*.sL,ureloili 'in medlile crrlisllce'
'inlrellneo 3. Sjmulloneous poem performed by R
stobile
'slmullon
de R Huelsenbec[<' Tr Tzoro' l.'-ooMo oL 'o o.
3 i;;; a nft"t hls relurn io Buchoresl' the ortist wos very
Mcrcel .lonco ;r:h ;.;;"';"J to d',p"l onv doubt ond srote his
; ahl"; din primii oni oi teinioorceriL 1o Bucurestr' r."0r'vocolly For inslonce' os soon os lhe
confuzl,i ,Cond' "..i'..
ortisiul ljneo sd ris peoscd evenluolele
.o ordo ao.z',o. o No. Fl ^. i e a:P'o bl'.o
.
L' il ';; ;;;;; iio'v'//es
with
littlraires-publ
Trision Tzorc'
sh-^d
ih-^
('-'e' l'o^'-oo lo'i o nlnJ" C,"""] s inierview
n* .. or d^ P^.a i ), r,i, o,o,o,,, r/ "d lto", wiih out nsislii g o n M
n nco' s
J cr

,Jirf .l" pt"togon st crl ul Mo cel lcrn-cLr lo cor'

;";;;
'lirich, Conlimporanu/ oduceo, to o into z ere' f role in Zurich, brought n the necessory
ce
""il.J ' En 6clolrcissonl ce petrr point de I hrslolle
rectioi.
lor".ti t" .r-"rrt" de cuvlinio: En ecloircissoni des oris. nous devons clouter que Mc
cel Iclnco peln-
nous devons oioLrtet
o"rt o.ri de hrstojre des crts,
L
tre et crrchiiecfe, opres ovoir ete de lo sorle un de
i"" ,r,lo .' 'o'r od r 'e o I e ^
a' oo oro'
"o'
6t6 de lo sorte un de propulseurs de ce fomeux mou-
vement Dodo, foit vote foce el mll ovec le suedois
Eggellng el l'ollemond Richter les boses du construc
trvisme octuel (le groupement des peintres rodlccux
de Zurich, f0t ulleriorement mel6 oux 6venemenls
revolutionoires de Boviere) Et bien qu'il soll d6sor-
mois fermemenl convoincu que es ecoles ne servenl
qu'd rellefer es verilob es personnolites, il esi toui de
m6me surpris de voir M. Creve esquiver, por des
molenconlreux oublis, e iugemeni du temps ';,
5. Viclor Eftimiu, 'Cronico orllsticd", in Lupto,2A ian,
1923
6. Conlrosle dintre cele moi deruionte se puleou iniol-
ni in reclitoteo romdneosco, neosteptole 9i ciudote
urme de orhoiloie ruro d oolo lc cu oso turi e induslr-
o i)rL Li iroetuos. Ai rrgeo oe pi db so ec pri-
goro Pcsconi, in nordul tori , pentru c fi fropct de
spec'oco - J origirol ol nc' ;c i:o. i exp-trsJ Li
Bucuresli Progo-Vieno cu iondourile boieresii de
ccum un veoc, trimise sd preio occzionc ii turisli 9i so-
i lronsporie, co odinioord, cdire m0ndstirile din zond
(cf. Demoslene Bolez: ,,insemndri de drum", revisto
Gandirea,l2/1923).
7. Feix Aderco, Mdluria unei generafii , Bucuresli,
1929.
8. Vezi conferinto "L'ort obstroil ei ses buts", text ine-
dii comunicot de Hory Seiwert Tn monogrofio solid
documenloto (Peler Long Verlog, Fronkfurt/Moin,
1993, pp.34555)
9. Yezi M. onco, Dado crealeur, o corle editolo de
Wil y Ver[ouf (Arthur Negg i ttd - Teufen,
A.R Switzerlon d, 1957, o douc edilie, t OO I ) Switzerlond, 1952, second ediilon, 1961).
lO. lon Bcrbu, "Geometrie iniristcto'', in Facla, nr
441,8 febr 1932
l1 Mihoil Sebostion, 'Morce lancu", Cuvdntul, l3
febr. I 93 2.
1 2 Eugen lonescu, "Expozltio Morce loncu',
Romdnia lilerctra,2a febr. 1932
13. n Almonohrl Adam, 1939, Morce oncu Tecro
impresii recente osupro orhiieclurii polesliniene: "sim
ple si sobre, modesle si curote, olbe dor severe, oces-
te o ose pl ne oe o vo o soc o o bogoro resp ro 'l
r- eogo o tir o de s-rp horr'c .i Ioror o o ros1orcr
de no-r--o e o si l be.'oro eoe^;co . bee-hlve body breothes
propulseurs de ce fomeux mcJvere-: lcco ioii
volte foce el mit ovec le suedois fccel:nc e- 'olle
mond Richier les bcses du consii'uct"rv"sme"octuel ile
g oupe'1e'l de: peirlres od co rx ae h'cl ir-- u re-i-
oTeTnenl m6le oux evenements r6volutionnoires de
Boviere). Et bien qu'i soil d6sormois fermement con
voincu que les 6coles ne servent qu'c reliefer les veri-
lobles personnolites, il est tout de meme surprs de
vo r M.Creve esquiver po' oes nole-cor-.e.l^ orb
's le jlgere"t dr, -erp'".
5. Victor Eftimiu, "Cronico ortisticd" (Art co umn),
lupto,2a.jon. 1923
6. The Romonion life offered lhe most crmozing ond
bofflrng controsls; for inslcrnce, unexpecled ond weird
' o, es ol'u c orcLo c lfe we deo w ll on irdrs- y n
Iu swrg. SLrlice it to soy nowyo;, or'o sop over i'
Posconi roilwoy stoiion, in the northern port of the
counlry, ond woich the Buchoresl-Progue-Viennc
express lroin meellng the one century old boyor cor-
rioges sent to pick lhe occosioncl tourists ond drive
them to the locol monosleris (cf Demostene Bolez,
,,insemndrl de drum" {Trovel Notes), Gandireo, no.
t-2/ 1923
7. Fe ix Aderco, Mdrturio unei generatii (A Testimony
of one generotion), Bucuresli 1929.
8. See his lecture "L'obstroit et ses buts", on origino texi
pub ished for the first time in Horri Seiwert's
'ir" info,-
I
med monogrophy (Peter Lcng Verlog, Fronkfuri/Morn
1 993, p 345 55)
9. See M.lonco Doda creoteut, in o booL compi ed
by Wily Verkouf (Arthur Neggli Ltd - Ieufen, A R.
lO lon Borbu, "Geomelrie inlristoto" (opprox. trons.
Soddened Geometry'), in Facla, no 44l, 2O Febr.,
1932.
l. Mihoi Seboslion, 'Morcel oncu", in Cuvctnful,
3 Febr., 1932
2. E. lonesco, ' Expoziticr Morcel ancu" , Romdnio li
terard ,24 Febr 1932.
l3 ln the o mcncch Adam, 1939, he wrote hts fresh
impressions on Pclestinion orchilecture: 'these lowns
ore simple, sober, modest, ond cleon, white but
severe; experiencing o rich sociol life, their young ond
in on oir of noturoI ond
Edenic freedom'
25
s*€str#r# sf{,f*f
 '1895
Morcel oncu se ncsle 1o 24 rict 89i : 3'c-resi Morce .lonco wos born on Moy 24th rn Bu
MARCEL IANCU . chorest, in o weolthy mlddle-clc:s- fomlly, h s lcrther
ARC'ITIECf
.intr
o fomille burghezo inslorlio' icrd scr r lnC ccr:er
'inori beincr c lextjLe merchonl. l-le benefited from o gooc
cioni 'in bronscr t6rtilo Se bucr:rc de o ed'.lccl e
o og oz ( 'oot '
.'.o.o o'o,'r^ ''o-o o 'ea' .loo ,'c('h'ogl e' o
Ancn Bttciine{ "o,.t-o'
-;l: ! -oo o'o C, ^o,qr e Lozo n;oh \c"oo
- ice Cheo -
' q . \o'o o lo ilo r r i-
" he Oo,-'o o.?'OO od 'r;,1 ! oo'
. 1oroie ,a ^ o. .o o^ ^ o pooro 1'96'6 lo r 1 Mo ^O'o ^O dovs, which crllowed for hls eorry
MARCEL IANCO
I

e muzeeor din ltollo, Fronio:l Germonicr' Momo .nL au ino h s hol

IHE ARC'IIIECr sdLr
o yr. ot r 'a I i- lto'1 ['o' ^ o
o\eo ooo^^d.ooo-.. oo 916rpo oo; oL o.o',g".
Ood o0-6OdI tl,a
^ 'ooo'6'pr'16 loer C^r-o / , .o,, o on o r'. -ol oco l' bo't^
-6,o'o. Oto.") eo''9 -
Ant fost tlinte cei o lui MorceL loncu''. [o crbsolvlreo llceulul ocesto 'or o' 9'" o d,on t g 4r'6'
ce cLu isbutit sd doreste sd sludieze ortele ploslice dor renunid, ce ^. oJ oq,r q Mor or rol e .o la
o'oo,c,..no h o' chool h" ''o^d^d o
descifre:.e stilul mtei dOnd lo inslstente e lotoLui sdu de c se orlenlc spre pro to a llo od e o-'
O vor 1^ , --6^6 o' ' o
epoci sd-i gd,sectscii i".src oroctico. Trlmlsi lo Zuri.h penlru c-si comp eto
Morcel sl frolele ,ou lul u (l 896 I o!f f ^vor lo o -o e p o r, o'plo'a\,io . Mo'.-l Jo '.o ord '
tm glas.' -^ducolicr, - Boo O8') ne'^ ^',' o I L

srudlo cihitecruro. icr mezinul lor, George

(l899?) ^. l 1
"'.
study crchiteclure, whlle iheir brother, George
We have been omong ng nerio de conslrucfli.
{l 899 ?) ottended conslrucilon eng neering'
those vvho were uble to
sense the srl'le sTUDlltEiN rLVrIt,q ]N SW]TZERtAND
Perloodo pelrecutd lo Zirrlch, inlre voro lui l9l4 :i MARCET JANCC S SIUDIES
oJ an age cmdfind
ui 1919, este delermincrnld peniru for
'I tAp6,oo o^,-.2', 1'9-'l o rte, of o'
an adequde .lotsai onu
mo,eo p,oferonclo :j crilstlcc o lul Morce loncu untll'lcte 19,19, wos c hcll morl n ]onco s p oies
expression for it. ' ilonol ond orllsllc ccreer Whi e he otlended rie
Pclro,el ',oraoeoIor'o o 'a da'/o
cl:o poini ond Jor
n.-DO1o O r- PA'1oa-O p ;' 6 ^ 'ol^ ^ oe ' crchirecture courses,
- I
he wouJd
O'Oqo o
a ogF ^ ar' , "ra aCd'^
C) 't
.r A 16 ,, lo.-r'o ob "o 'o. ,rq ra7,-h Pot 'tot
rroli-o eo o ,',o',oo'o 1' o i Dooo o'o' ' do niire re,^': oroob ta'- )p rle i'Po'oo r-
r- or '/a'a ,'o'1o lot'do o ot
Trislon Tzoro, esle momentul culmrnonl din ungo viofo ";;; ^i,
orr I oo" ro1 ao^e 'lpl oo'1 6 i o Dcdi Mouemeni wos /he momenl of his long ortls; -
him o poce ln Modern ort h s'c
orlei moderne. Cu energio debordcntc ce I vo ccroc .or"",, ond eorned
lerizo inloldeounc, reugJsete sdr imblne sludille cu ocliv , r o o.a, ^he,t ,nq ^t e-g/ o- ho o. ^"
lloteo de nechanl dadalst flind unul dlnire ce mol o. o.-'p^dr ' ^^'o ; 6.sclor; 'die r''l '

o ,o ^a'o oooor 6 h^oooo ob^'

ocllvl membrli cri miscorli Deseneozd ofise pentru -o1[o, i -^a gorp. le ,ro d d
exoozitiile sl monlfestorile dcrdcrlsie, conlecltoneoz' 1.o. o. ,c
misri si cosiume cub ste pentru donsu j e moderne, oosters for rhe Dodo exhlbltions ond shows' wo'' :
!".s""t. 9r recitcr, line pre eger dospre orlo si orhi rtnrfo.tr," cublsl mcrs[s ond cosiumes for modet-
i,".rricr tl conlribule cu grouuli.-sr desene o pub colrile don.", os wel At the some llme he would dcnc=
Dcdo. Din oceostd perioodo doleozo moiorltoteo con ond recite iexts, de ver leclures on orl ond orchile:
fure crnd would cr so pubLlsh hi: drow ngs ond eng'c'
-
locle or cu reprezenlonii importonll o ovongorde nter
l':
nolo o^' ti'toi^ ; c o c qooopo zioro inqs ln Dodo mogcrzrnes Du ing hrs Zur ich period
[]imlior esle fopiul ccl reusesle so imbine loole oceste es]oblished mony conlccts with vor ous mporicnt,re:
octlvitoli $l ccr scondolurile monl{eslorilor Dodo, core resenlciives of the lniernotiono cvcnlgorde, such c '
lhe lolion Fulurlsls crnd the Poris on ovoni gorc:
- cru , o^r '.o p6l t^;
ot po >o'^piaaTa o oo
Jto oe -, p, r' ,.o-\or o o oo n^ ;, ^6 I' or-i,.t.. lt is cmozing how he cou d combine cll the:=
ceriiflcolu de obso vire: Condu lo domnu ui lcrncu n c cciivllies. Besides, ihe sccndc,Ls coused by the Dcc:
oo o 1.,,"e' l''gai' r".li"ti"i.tt, if !r ." Jed even the crltention of t-=
crescdnd penhu 9c:irec une coi :pre o locc] oo ice, did not seem to hove offected his occ:
Lnteresul
-r..,r oo o'oorjog; qb oo.ontoro'o
noud ortd, foto u,tdtoo'e o.-pe,crt e de p rrgor'e efec-
tuoio de dodoism, indeporieozc t eplol pe lonru co n: oroo ,o"o ' o i .oro 'M Jo' o bel o
Je oltf"l si pe cei ofi pio:ticreni din grupul Dodo de .orid no complcint ot oll''
lsmu ce contlnuo sb f e perpetuot de poetii din lcnco become more cnd more lnteresled ln flndinc -:
nlhi
r, o^r''r r'a "loro.D' o^oo,d'^^ro-' i""ll..t *.rt r""a;.; ;;; ort, meont os rhe r'-e '
-\ r - ,O ' , ra qr rol J P-^" O lr r /' ^ slecr lo the potQ nq operclion ochieved by the Dcc:
" '
-o o 'o rdo'o ' ol8 6 q 'p''u Do Conseouenllv,-he ond olher fine oriists of the grc-:
rrort, ,po ' n odroiv dlrsocloted themselves lrom the unfcll ''
Neue leben tn Bo:eJ impreun-r cu Arp, Bcumonn,
,^poar),r ^^'rorere,'
Glocometti, Touber 9i Moroch si crpo , in cprilie ;.;;-; ^
iq "o^o'aoo
or |'o'o. 'oa rcDooo-oo-c
l9l 9, o csoclcl ei porolele, Bund Revoluiionarer o'fct-
Kinstler. Monifeste e ole cdrul oulor sou semnolor ,1,6'ro,16 .o'tc,r . Ir . -o,d' ^po
esle, ne dou o mogine exocld o ldei or pe core loncu llon olonq wth Arp, Boumonn, Glo-comelll, Toub:'
crnd Mor"och into the foundotion of ihe group i:
sj le formeozo 9i p"entru core mllllecrzd in Elveficr
misi-

un"o ,oclo d o crrtei sl oriistulul in formorec omulul Neue leben in l918 in Bosel' fol owed, in Ar'

il

t,
rl
rll
 .in
=r ndivlducr ismu ui orid sl necesi- I 91 9, by lhe poro le .:: - - r' -
penlru creorec unei orle noi; 'a^o'F -ld t '.
-:,nln N, ..F
-:ls focle de o orgi slmtu de lbertcrle cosigned beor wilness oi tl-e -l-t: i--:: -: r:.:
oPoo o o . oaoo a .

-,- ch revine cu predi eclie.in lnterviuri
-, .! se re{ero nlclodotd deto lot o
-':^'scrc Zurlch in voro ui I 9l 4, Morcel
= u iniol lo Universilole, plmu o
=: ':o motemolicd, peniru co in loom-
aOO. tC Irid.O^ta^
--er Technlschen Hochschu e (ETFI),
:e crhilclurd pe core il vor cbso vi in
:-' Cirir,^ profesorii de 1o ETH si, pro
^ I
rnore inf uenlo osupro formdrii ui
=,'- e vetion Kor Moser (l 860 1936),
rcc o po itehnico din onul in core
=:: . -clii e si poncr ln l92B Moser esle
, - -.l d n pr mit menlorl oi orhiteclurii
:::,pio ins-r stilul modern incepcrnd cu
::- : :upd ce loncu pcrosesle
.inccr
ZLjrich-u.
-- ::esiu o, Moser erc ecleclic, in
'::--rc d oporond o oturi de elemente
-r--,:. nf uenle o e mlscdrli Secession.
=:e devin moi t0rzlu cctroclerisllce
,- : pe core in teole oceslo le enunlc
:,:- sd s oibo or ginec in influenlcr exer-
,:- ' pre egeri e sole lo ETH, Moser si
=-' .d irolorec orgonicd c spoiiu ui esle
;:--e o crhiteclurii. n ocelosl timp, drn
- :: e se desprinde ideecr unel sircrnse
o' plo.
: -:r loorle pul ne desene de crrhiiec-
-'-C ior, inire olle e cdtevo schite de
- : 30-oce, ereculole in iimpul excur
: i.,lo inleresonte sunl, insct, douo
,- =-:riind prorecte de lnterioore,
r scru comp ei ocoperiti de picturo
soc o mission of ort ond oris:'l :'=: '-.. - a.
='-a
ihe releclion of individuo isn r .: :- I = :-l , .e-
Lt eOoI-O,l Or^C6, u aAo - ,
- -.
crl lo enhonce ihe sense cf freeior r i-.-
Athough lhe Zurlch perod wou c core rp r . s rier
views, he never gove delois os lo rls occdemic si;d-
es Cn orriving in Zurich during ihe sumn'er. of 1914
Morce ond .lu es Jonco registered llrst cr the
Universily, choosing os molors chemistry ond mothe-
molics respeclvey. However, the next outumn lhey
both were odmltted to Eidgenossischen Technlschen
l-lochschu e (FTH) to crttend ihe crch iecturc course,
which they groduoted in Morch l9l 9i
The Swiss orchiteci, Kor Moser (l 860 1936), c ETFI
professor f rom I 9l 5 unti I 928, hod, presumob y, the
most effeclive inf uence on .lcrnco s lormclion yeors.
ln Moser is hed os one of lhe lirsl meniors of moderl
orchrieclure However, il wos on y from 1920 thct he
odopted the modern style, ofte .lcnco hod elt Zurtch
Whl e the oller wos o sludent, Moser's orchilecture Grupu Simboiui de r :lirngo
wos still ec ectic, pervoded with clossie ond boroque o Crecpic: Trislor Tzcrc,
e emenls o ong wiih inf uences of the Secession move ll r oncu,
Morcei oncu,
ment. Some ospects thot .lonco iheorlzed whi e in r.o lncper ! of vfeo
Zurich, crnd whlch oter turned to be o chorcrclerislic of l9t2 t913
hls wor[, seemed to hove lheir origin ln Moser's influ The Simbciui (Symbci) grorp,
ence. in his ETFi courses, Moser icuqhi his sludents irom ,^it tc righl: Triston Tzoro.
lhot on orgon c lreotment ol spoce wcs ln foct the Molc-- .]onco .1u es.]onco,
essence, ihe roison d'etre ol orchiiecture. Moreover, Po rJl Chopier crd on Vlnec,
his entire work wos governed by the ideo of tight co- t9t2 t9t3
cu
.in

:r<:resronisl". Aceste schtle ou fdcul

-': olntr o serie de desene cu interioore
: i;ezentole, sub formo de diopozilive,
.- .,-'.- iinuidr de Mcrce crncu o Deporlo
- -,-- -eclrrd ol ETH in ZUrich in febrLrcrie
-:rlscris o pre egerii, inlilu otct ,,Despre
.r ra:t-oclar sl crhitecturo', se pdslreozd!.
-:- preocuporeo \ul \crncu pentru re\oiicr
'ieclurd s conv ngereo co dolorllo dez
'el obslrocf-^, crhrlecturc (de interior) pic-
9i
:oi reopropio. Arhilecluro de inlerior mo
.:: e 1oncu, cere.indepcrrloreo icrb ouri]or de
- :' si ornomenloreo pereil or pr n oplicoreo
c cbslrocto direct pe suprofolo lor. deeo
o'p o op oa aPoro"o ^po o
24
r -a ocuore e doiote I 9l B, reprezentond
:e clcrdlri, s-ou pdsl'oiin orhlvcr M Seuphor lc
I ale Maison ctvec observotoir si Moison
,r, crmbele desene ou o notd ocrecum fon

?t,./,tl
Molson ovec observololre
ocrorelo, Zurich, 1 9l 8
Moison ovec observoloire,
woter colour, Zrirlch, l9l B
FRANTA )919 ]921
[o cdtevo uni dupo obsolvireo cursu ui oe ornlieclura,
Morce si uliu oncu pleoco o Pors :. Perioodo ce
urmeozd, intre decembrle I 9l 9 sl sforsitu onului
.in
I 921 , ccnd se reiniorc'in Romonio, rdmOne ceolo.
Din nici un lniervlu nu rei-os clor inlentille cu core ou
mers in Fronio si nici detolii csupro crciivildlii din cel
doi oni lnlre exlrem de pufine e mdrturii despre 1re
cerecr lui loncu prn Poris, exlslo o relotcrre despre
intrevedereo ocesluio cu Brelon sl Piccbio, inlrevede
p the ETH Archllecture Depcrlmenl ln Zurlch, in Februory
re in trmpu cdrelc loncu le crolo ocestoro o serle de
desene de orhilecturo. Brelon meniioneozd fcplu co
desenele il surprind 9i co deiLe u oncu'in ocesl
domenlu se por ciudote, dor nu-9i exp iciteozc ofir
molii e. Esle posibi co inire ccesie desene so fi figurct
si cele omintite mol sus '.
Porosind Porlsu, frotii loncu merq in Flondrc, unde
ucreczdr lo Arros si Bethune, orose ce ou ovut focrte
mu I de suferit in limpu rdzboiu ui
r. ntre septembrie
l92O si sfcrsitul onului 192,l, Morce oncu ore
Bethume,'impreund cu orhitectul froncez A L Dequi16,
un birou de reconslruclri de ccse dislruse de rdrzboi.
Se stie mult preo pufln despre lucrcriLe biroului Jonco
& Deo re .loor' l-o oo rti 'o'li^r o'o't'-r'o
sume onsioe oo a oa oo^, o - Ro.ror o rd o ot' t
imposibi ilcteo froli or lcncu de cr se inireline dln
munco lor. ln icrrno l92l 22 oncu se inloorce ln
Romonio sl esie de presupus co sl frotele sdu, luliu, se
i'opo o,zo i oce'o, r p.
RCMANIA
[o intoorcereo lcr Bucuresli, Morce loncu crre 26 de
oni. Avond oscendentu celui ce frecvenlose ce e moi
rnor personoliiotl cr e ovongordei iniernofionole,
oe\'r ^-epadApivot.1.g,r odot^o "^Po ce1
i- e'e:o r r 'lo ,e oi' o- o o. dor o o. '^ Ro^lot o
ore, in sfirgil, posibi itoleo sd puno in oplrccre con
ceptiile lormcle allrich sl onume ocec vorionld po
',,o -odoro.o o ogoo \T. r'perl" r. ota opro.F .'
mol o es, inieresul sdu crescernd peniru Construclivism.
Revisto Conlimporonul, o cdrel coeditor sL director
orlislic esie iimp de lO on , incepond cu 1922, si core
.ii
servegie lui loncu de porte-paro/e, s"primo loorle
bine cceostd nucnlo de moderore' . ,,Revo ulio s o
focut foro forme bomboslice', scr e .lccques Cosiin
inlrun orlcol relrospecliv in l934 ,,CeosuL cles, curr
oziloteo 9i mci o es co iloleo operei ou fost ccuzo
'.rC€.r p ireo d"rorrlto i^ ,c'. 1^ p'or ro
n o h'o t. ,o. {...) oro \o oloctr 616 inva6 la t
' Lro- r' proqro^ r lCo-li-po o.. lero 'o -os"ge p i'
pa \Jo< ,. re 1 ) C rvort-l oe oro rtr f L ero 'podo
'c!po!Lneo.l Io o .'
) C,ez /1 r ^'s >tr -r r c
Der
oooo p^l-e( .to ir Poronio r re or' Q)2 s
194 I, sto sub semnul plurolltalii, o unei energiexplo
zive si ol unel continue couiorl. ,,E prolix. piclor, scu ptor,
,ec' .. i^ Sor-o" r ioo oesp e Morcel orcl '
o,l930.
,,E inconslont: picleozo, sculpleozc p onuesle
oz ol-f"l de-tns.,ir ooer .c rob, .eto '.oer Irco
ore toldeounc dreptote, e procuroru ortei scrle. {...) o
loborotion beh,veen crchitect, sculplor, ond pornteru.
Cnly o few orchiteciuro drowings hove been pre
served from thot period, omong which some sketches
of clossic ond bcroque buildings .lcrnco mcde during
his study trips. Todoy the most interesling ones for us
ore two woter-co ours represenling designs for inleri-
ors, where ihe wo s crre entire y covered with poiniings
in on obstroci expressionisl sly et. These sketches were,
presumobly, included in o series of inlerior designs pre-
)c'l aO O r.id^S ,r o p lO . e r -a lol .o do 'o'ed C'
lo B -^^ e -' ^ nol p 'Cr C bi.r Ab ro'
A' o.d { erts c o oea^ p eser ^d llis '- '
proves .lonco s conceTn with the re ctionship beh,veen
po ^ g oro o , F--r 'a o: wol' os ri. oo o' lo-
crchiieliure ( nterlo orchileciure moinly) ond poiniing
could come coser ogcin due io the deveopment oi
obslrocl ort. Modern interior orchiieciure, os Jonco p.l;
it, demonded lhe removo ol pcrint ngs honging on
lo wo,b or o ne opp 'o iot o ob:-ro'l po "-irg d on
direcily on the wcr I su foce. Storting wllh 19232t
c,1.o p I s doo ^to p o, 'e i' Pororic.
Two more cquorel es representing fogcdes - some
how bordering on fcntosy dcting from l9lB, hcve
Oe€l pa5g1ej M'o :e.pto pOp^f it
Do''
Mo.:on o\ e. oo)e i o'oi ' ot o Mo'so^ od\ Fou.
FRANCE, ]919 ]921
Few months crfler groduoi ng the orchitecture course
Morcel ond .luliu Jonco sel for Poris The peric:
sponnlnq from December l9l9 to loie I 921 , whe'
1[ey come bocl to Romonlo, is sti b urred. No inle-
v,^w ceo ', .po iIo. *1, ll-.y \^trT -o Dor' or o
vides detois obout their octivity during lhose "w:
yeors '. Among the very few detoi s concerninJ
Jo !o sloy i Do-i, -\e^ so roAor h. reeii :
Brelon ond Picobio, when.lonco showed lhem seve'
o orchilecluroL s[etches.Bieton menlioned in his co-
re.soondence ihot these skeiches omozed him c c
oni .lon.o s ideos seemed rother odd to him; ye'
Breton did nol moke his point c eor Presumob y, h:
sow the sketches menlioned obove '
On eoving Poris, the brolhersJcrnco wenl lo F crnde,s
where they worked in Arros ond B6thume, both dcr-
oged during ihe World Wor l. I Sloriing wii-
September I 920, .lonco cnd the French orchilect A
l. Dequire were regisieted os hoving on office, spe
, o ./eo r eorid r q ^o os oe:- oyed d '- r 9
wor; however, lttle s known obout Jonco & Dequi'=
office ond its oclivriyr'. Since Jonco's porenls kept c-
ro ll ^' 'or w'tr lotge ono' r ol roror
-o1to l'6 61 -9 ryo .
i
'pply
-eem- To- lpe lwo oro'tA
thelr own income. During the winter of l92l 2-
Jonco come bcrck to Romcrnio, cnd presumoby, l'.
brother relurned os wel .
RCMAN A
Cn hrs reiurn to Buchorest, Jonco wos iwenly s '
Hoving the outhority of someone who took pori r -
: ,s .ile o plotro de unghi fleccrui skyscrcrper cr orle. lhe interncliorc I -r r :
-,lresionism, cubrsm, consl urt v sm F imed ct p no o nl I o-
- ersc itcte. dovcdo: icb ourle e o:e e re e[ur e, ^l O3e O r

,:.eneie scre, iehnco si suf]etl nici unui fu seclrrdnO -e eo

oo'{)[
.impreundr
oo'o ^oio 9ro oo I

,,'rnC cu frole e sdu, uliu, Morce oncu o ^,

'orol I

-: corierd ccr- crhitecl, construind inlre 1922:,t q . :

1,.8 peste 4O de cadir,'il mcioritole orhileciuro r i, Ol2

=- ientio d. Procllcoreo crhlteclurii esle ceo core ri cl o 6 (] .o
, :.l'd o vrolo 'imbe sugolo, burghezcr, ii permile sr-r o looo-
.-De ^ a I ;
':ze oso cum vreo si sd flncnieze revisle sl monl
:

tlo o. o I o -
-, : crlislice. Toius consocroJeo co orhilecl vlne Jocques Cosl n wrole r o e: :-D-:i .e i..c e pub
- - obio in crnli 30, mu l limp dupo ce crf cu ercl ished in 1934 The sLrc e . i tl e i ,i d+r , .,ic-
- I cunoscul cc p clor. groficicn si pub icist. Lc; llons in wrliinq, fire oris, crd crcr ieciui-e v,ros due io
,-:: rit oni]or treizec , Mcrce s u iu oncu ou un ihe chosen momenl, 1o the indomiloo e curios ly, ord
-, de crh leclurd core
.in
se numeste Blrou de Siudlr flrstond foremosl. to lhe intrin:c qrc ty of rhe wo I of
-r: fe, cu sediu lmobile conslruile de ei, .in ort ( ) The progromme clmed or winn nct th oL qh per
: -. Triniloiii, Ccimoter si Po eo ogu Aporlu srolion, ovoiding olloc[s invectu.s crnJ insu-s. {...)
' ^ poo ^ ^ oT r, , lo g so,'^ sp19.i The s ogon wos.-1he creotion itse f ond not o wor-like
d - orao.^.oo O I OpitrO . dec crclion. ( ) Our creed wos neliher ncrrow m nd-
,-r d n cel dol frcli nu c dscrl mdrturii scrrse. ^d o no lo r o
- -r -crse e foml iei, Morcel ero cel responsobi de The iime he spenl in Romonio, between 1922 cnd
',- d- po ^o o o Mo ^c I 94 I , stooC under the sign of p uro rly, erp osive ener-
o ot ^ a/a r^- ol,a ; p- o o d.^oo p lo oo,'. oo oro
,.
: reclizole de e : o ^ Ma,cet], i, io,-.r oso h^ ooo,a o p,o odo ol;-e od
' reinilioi or plleo crede cd este vorbc de o E iod wrole obout Morce .lcnco n l93O He is on
,r rer.socrf d, este probobi semn ficotivc oiOt rnprediclob e person. - he w pcrint, sc uipt, desigl Schiii pent.r lr ille io , Zuriclr
- crhio dln codrul echipei ce o formou cei dor
-- o'o o ^r^ - ooo/ i ol v or o ^o -o ro oit 9 t6
- : s' penlru coez unec ei. n publicclii. une e yesterdoy. Since he is owcys right, he s ihe ludoe of Srelch io or nterlor. Zrr ch,
:rcr sub nume e ombilor froll, ce e moi mu le h s own cri. ( .) He hos poid tri-bute to every c Jnt n t9t6
, -:' sub nume e lu Morce loncu. U lerior mer
':,,enil ocesluic dln urmcr r uno:cui n pr mu1
p^oOoaOr; r'.a i o,O,o.d .,,r".:'i.,:t::li:l:t'lirll:::.i',.,.:,'t,,r.ir,::r:t,,r,:,rir::::r,il:,t,rr:,1

,rt,t .jU:...li.li:i r,j:l,li.:..11: ri,:r,ri a::ijitll: t:::.tt:itii rrtl ;,i t:l

] I922 1925
-_JL CAR EREI,
'incepul
I Ce
: ,i cr oclivltotii ur oncu in domenlul
- ---- esle foorie putin documenlcrid. ln inlerv uri
= :'nordri, olcu nu se.inloorce niciodclo moi
- -r.especliv
timp de onli conslruirli primelo' cose mo
, = ant 1926 22. De curonC'insd, s ou
:-
=''i cilevo proiecle ce oduc pulinc umlnd
''.epulu ui coriere sole si cr evo ui ei stllisiic^e
; : c irecul opero so 'in ccesli prim on . n
: citevo lun dupo inlocrcereo'in Romcnio,
=': zeczd un onsomb u de gcpie mici lmobi e
- , :'ocr -olole o loid ul sdu din str. Trlnttolil'r. Din
- : l' dcteozcr si o vi d, o cdrei odresd rirmOne
.o o. A_[.]^ p o.^ . opo .

.d'o'o F 6 ^io pto^o-ooo^ ,-'*

: :c ec geomelrlcd o e emente or pre ucte d n
- : csic onuntond inso deio evoiutio pre-
:' .l lerioore. Sunt desigur rezu tctu l:ormcliel
: - s-rdlior io ETH in Zurlch si cmlnlesc orhr
: :-identiold eng ezd s germond, cunosculd
, Ct A \ , o, o oE p, 1 ,-
r o io'l' M io
-, cncu proiecleozd ocesie prime c odirl in
r , rc rsl f ! esle slrprinzdlor. ntorccrndu se in
-:-|
--- !
 192 :-:- c:-:s:s-e Ce
Romonio lo sforsitu onulur
root t_rooo O. io-.o'o c'-a ,:. -- e oel
mente mportonte rn orhilecilro modernd so fi ovut
loc". Pe de olta porle,'in Romonio o siOrsltu Prlmrrl
Rozboi Mondlol nu exlslo incc stlmulil culturoll, socioli
sou economici necesori unei innoiri rodicole in orhi
lecturd ln Bucuregtiul onilor douozeci, predomino
incd ocodemlsmul becrux-orts $i stilu neo-romdnesc,
excepiie focernd ctttevo rore exemple de Art Deco
Tol inieresul pentru.innoire in crrhiteclurd se concen
ireozo 'in cdutoreo unul stjl ncrlionol, specifrc, in spe
.ltt o" Jinle decorotivo. Primele monifeslorl crle
migccrri moderne in orhilecturd se vor doloro lui loncu
9l vor fi reolizole in )92627 lo cofivc oni
dupc
intoo,.","o so lc Bucuregti. Eforturrle scrLe lzolole
deschid drumul consocrdri modernlsmu ui, ce vc
lo inceputul onilor 3O' dupb rntoor'e,reo de
lc studlr".din slroindtcrte o une lni egi generoltt de Iirerl
f
""""
orhitecti, moment ce coinclde cu ptoi"tul generol de
modernizore rcPido o Romonlei.
in octlvjtoieo lui loncu, perioodo 192325 opore, dln
outrno info motle pe core o dellnemi co o perioodcr
o-a O eoo. 6 o^ r 1oO:le t€ )i opro 'loo ^ o o'l ' J
, 'r, eJ e- o n;.' ori rootr -a s' o^ otol ovora o
ccesiuio 'in rondurile pub iculul Lo primo vedere s or
po ao o 'o- - , 5o zo'o- i1 o -ot'e o o -dol'to
, .n.arroloo oo;tio'o,o o't Dolot ;6 )e 169- ol
" neo omului
se dovedesle o fi insosj rmog modern,
iocrrre bine informoi delol ce ie petrece in domeniul
ortei, 'in Cccident. C sludlere oienld o revisl-'i
Coritirpo,onulur, peniru core cncu stobileste de o
inceoulul onului i 923 o retecr de relofi inlerno'
f ono e, dezvc ule conllicrteo impres
ononld de reviste
de crvongordo primite din toclcr Europo. Prin inter-
mediul oiestorc, loncu esle lc curenl cu ceeo ce se
,T-orp,o r pos- r te o^ o,o.qoroc glo 6'f 'o .J1
r ode'r^ ,1 (pa' o 'r Clo^do Co n o^io ' l'orto
Conlimporanul primeste g publico orlicole 9i moi cles
iLustrolii de orhileclurd slro no ce ocopera un speclru
destul de lorg Clondcr (V M Dudol, i P Cud Th
v Doesburg,-C. v. Eesieren), Fronlcr (Le,Corbrsier, A
Perel, R. Moletstevens), Germcrnio (W. Gropus,
B.Tout, E. Mende sohn, H.W.Lukhordt, M es von der
Rohe), to lo (V Morch ) 9i Belgro (V. Bourgeois)'
Pe plon teorei c, cele moi im!ortonte suni in primLrl
'g q 'a, r 6're pe 5, il :i / f:p ' 'aI \eotJ. oA .o ^
(6n"np6t6^1 tr oa T-o ' e'o-"rol do p' b;' ' 'Li
,l923
lncepond cu februcrie ln scrierile ur loncu,
e e er de 16 r I'r o1-6 eo ooJo e d r 'e rojo'o
ole cvongordei consiruciiviste, neoplo-slicismu s pu
i,mr I eole7aato'a de oce 'F et
-a . Ali' -st^6
qrupul De Stiil si cu Le Corbusler este explicoid de
interesul lui oncu pentru cubism si obsirociionism, co
sl de idei formulote de el deic lo ZLir ch' precum res
oinoereo ndvdlol -.l r clAeoo^' ec'' |' node'^
.n if.* co]ecilv si rncredereo in rolul sociol cr crhl'
tectu luiz'.
lnformof prlmrto din siroincliole, lcncu infeege so o
o .,r1" rho' 16 i 6- . r'Or .A r. ,r -hc eos. C^
popllcrrizeze prin inlermediu revlslelor de ':vongordd
ort. erptessLonism, cublsm, cnd construclivlsm f is
llol-o e', 'ooo. -6 r I ite'Sol '1 L ' po'^r rg
f,o o
'
,^ sl . or o'd ow'rg' qi lp1 ll6rl i 'e'hrq'^ ord'or
il r...1 r^ ;s o' t' ,b-o o"d o oro V-,
lolco ro t oo oge hor w'n h. b orhe' ' re o"d
mode himself o .J,""t cs on orchilect, buiLding more
ihon 40 buLldings, mcinly residenticl orchiteciure,
belween 1922 and 1938 H s proct cino otchlteclure
secured hlm o weolihy bourgeois living, which
ollowed him lo poinl whithout consiroinls' to fund
mooozlnes ond ort shows However, he become o
*"iiLno*n orch lecl elolively lote, in the 1930s, long
ofier he hod olreody mode his norne os o pointer, o
oroohlc desoner, ond o columnist. ln eorly 1930s
(4o',." ond lulet lonco hod on orchilecluro office,
nomed Cfflce for Modern Studies, Locoled, in lurn, in
ihe houses designed by them in the Coimotel,
Trinitoiii, ond Pole"ologu stieets Todoy lt s difficult to
evoluoie the ind vidudl contribulion of the two broth
-^ s to the lolnl
p oiects, becouse the office Popers
were Losl ond none of them left cny wr tten documenl
in lhis resoecl. However, c,ctording to fomily recol
Lecllons, Morcel wos in chorge with the design ond
rhe ortisric slde of the proiectsi. The l nd of hie orchy
ond cohesron exisling inside their ieom could nol
t hou" b""n beiter exfressed thon by the wcy ihey
used io inscrlbe theli nomes on the buiLdings they
desioned arch. Mctrcel Jules Jcsnco,which could be
lnieri eted by on outsider os one single nome When
o1b, rhoo \o't ao r6Jl q 1..'qr ^/tr ^ o qred 'o
oo L [16'l.or , ve r o ] o, 'fo"-, \Aare g' ^d b
Mor. o' 1or.o. A' o. gh tne, olwo rr wo ' od 'oge-l
er, histoiiogrophy gorie cred t lo Morce lonco, /he
well known"ortistic [ersonolity, while]ules remoined in
the shodow ".
EARLY YEARS I922 ]925
Few documenls hove been found regordlng Jcnco's
ecrrlv ociivilv os c,n crchileci. Whenever he reco lec
hls crcilvltv,'he would never qo fu*her bock thor
l92a?7 when he buii the flrst modernisi houses. A
few orolecis recenly discovered, ihrow some light o'
istic evo ution'of .lonco s eory work ln 1922
the siv'cfler
soon he relurned io Romonio, Jcrnco deslgne:
on ensemble of seven smol houses on one of h '
'o-\o , ll ope ritr. i^ i'i16" 5- etrl r'r rl ^ 'o^
lc whose oddress remo ns unknovr-
veo, he built c vi
bolh oroiecis belonqed lo trodltionol orchlieclur:
'the
olthough simpl c iy of the fogodes ond the ge:
,.,,i,uli o,,o, o'h^eerd.-( oo o*edIor.
I clossicol onguoge weTe cnnounci,rg his oler der:
oomeirs.T'Jto:et ^'aa / l^a e r,'ol torco ''
ie O ['- ,. /,.h O.o -e.OlTt ^ lrg ' ]
Germon style in resldenlioL crchrlecture, kno '
through Ch.'A Voysey s work ond H. Muthesius p-:
Llcoiions' .
Jcrnco's designing these first bu ldings in cr irodjtic--
[e
hcnd by the end ol l92l , when lcnco come !:
 r' r ol unor revisie culluro e cu oudiento mcri loroo
: Ilepr n rl o.pririoli-, roiori
'::: i ci modernismu ui, pe core il preocupo s
--,:::iele teoretice crle miscorir. ln specio onu I 925
: ': ,. cn de virf in compon o penlru promovoreo pr n
- : r orhilecturii moderne, in core loncu pub lcc
l,oao o'os dod,O,r-trre r'eqi o'e evis.
= Jtntinporonu/ orhiiecturli noi. Tot ctunc cpore
,b, orcr oo ,oo1 ,n si o-.,c .ro 4,'o
-- :-.,,' din o cdrei redoctie foce pcrie si oncu, si core
: -rc!rne sd coniribuie lo formorec unei cu luri crrhl
-- ,-'ce genero ei oxondu sc in specict pe pro-
. ---: e octucr e privind urbon smul, ocuinle e iefline,
, ::'dizorecr 9i higieno soc o]d". In oce os on
. - --
^rcepe so predec cursuri de orhileclurd
de inie-
. le pro eclcre de mobi er modern lcr Accdemio
- -= :' Decorotive din Bucuresli Acodemio, gOndito
:: -ode u sco il Bouhous, lnsc bcrzcrlo pe inilioiivo
'-, crd, ore o viold destul de scurtcr neqosind
I- -:- -: mdrtuTii oe'incercdri de obordore o moder
rieres cr vremeo resoectivd.
, -,,i de cdtre cncu sunl cdlevo desene de orhi
- ' -: publicoie in februo rie 1925, in revisio
-' "aoranul, intr un numdr consocrol orhiiecturi
'- r:'ie. Ele pot fi dotoie oproximotiv 192324 st
-. - l3 cresupus cd provin din ,,Expozltio inlerncrlio
' :: : lcntimporonu ' ce ovusese loc cu cOtevc lunt
: -': in decembrie l924,,.tnde oncu elpune zece
.- =-: de orhilecturo si o mcrchetcr. O olio sch io do
. ,: ')24 insolesle un orlico de Mcrcel loncu publi
"- :prilie 1925,in revisto oondezo Arhitecf:urc:'..
':-'.l protect cunoscut o fi rec izot din perioodo
_-2i ^ e .T pro a\- lo 611 I o6 ,.o --e. Oo,o:
: - -rreo redoctiei Contimporctnu{ oflcto inir-o
. ,: -: veche ce osidzi nu moi exisldz;. Schemele de
- r-e cu coTe oncu ocoperd perefii redocfie
-'r-- preocupori porclee 9i posrbi e inf uenle oe
, ---- r' D-- Stril. Desi nu odopto niciodoto neo-plosii-
, , in piciurcr, loncu lmportosesie ideec genera a
= ::zvollore o unel obslroctiuni qeometrice, precum
r::c nlegrdrii picturii 'in orhileclurd. nieresu pen-
:: icoreo cu orii in orhiteclura conlinuo so looce
: nportcnl in mulle pro ecie ulterioc e, scheme e
--:iice ctp icclte oiot in inlerior col si -in exterior,
'-:.llnd o noto specificdr o operei lui oncu in
^ ode.nis- | oro-e L.
:- .,-LE
CTADIR MCDERN STE
TJCURESI) 192627
" . . or i .l or r' 9t5 lo't.. 1.^p i de o . oc
O id^. trco o p r C- ro. o [re-o
t r- tr '. Nu ovem deto ii despre ocecstd co olorie si
-- r-.rme oncu o vdzutin moterie de orhlteciurdr. Se
'= 'i onu 1925 a fosl onul morei Expoziiii de Arte
- =::rolive din Porls, unde Le Corbusler conslruieste
: ,: . rnu Esprit nouveou 9l Rob Mol ei Sievens, povil-
-frrismulut
- - Semnificctiv poote fi foptu co 1l intol
-:': oe Robert De crunoy core, co si Mo lel Slevens,
-r rcse interioore moderne penlru pavi ioone
o to Romonic, Weslern Europe -::
i*nlinpoRAnr I
renewcl in orchileclure r '-= :- =- .. : I , ^ J- i.
Moreover, excepl ng some A:; l::: :.r-a :: '-e
Beoux-Arls ccodemism ond ihe '.-:.: i-r- :- :- :-y e
prevciled rn the l92Os Buchores A e ,- : -,. -ern-
ing the orchiiecluro renewo were chcnne ed
lowcrrds o nctrono slye ond conceniroied on orno-
ment. The firsl mcnrfeslofrons of the modern rf ovement
in orchileclure were due to lonco, ond were
ochieved o few yeors ofier his return io Buchoresl, in
192677 l-1is onely eflorts opened woy ro the ftrm
eslob ishm-^ni of modernism in eoriy l93Os, when the
young generollon of orchitecis come bock from their
ocodemlc sirdies occomplished in lhe Wesi, ond
when Romcnicr wcs undergoing cr genero process of
modernizcllion
According to the limited omounl of informoiion ovoll
obe, the yeors 192325 seem to be cr pe od of
ocquirlng ond occumulotrng ihe theoreticoi ideos of Auloporlrel, Co nli n poro
n u l.
lFe r Od-r, I o/e-ra-- ne p orO Fo .is prir ,
1923
ples omong the Romonion ^rer public. At first, Jonco
seems lo be isoloted cmid the prevoleniy conservcl
Solf portrcit, Co
tg23
nti nt pr:ro nul,
ilve ond ircrditionc milieu. n loct, he turned lo be the
very imoge of modern mon, o we linformed persor,
conversont with the deve opmeni of tho Wesiern orl.
A thorough sludy of l6e Continporanul m<:gazine,
which Jcrnco connected 1o on inlernoilonc iu lurcr
nelr.rror[ , reveols the impressive omount of ovon!
g;orde moqozines ls edilors would receive from c
over Europe. This ollowed Jonco to be fcmilior with
whol wos on in lhe ouiposls of cvcntoorde, espe-
cicly in !o lcnd, Germony cnd F'once Contin
poronulwou d receive ond pub ish crlrc es, ond por-
c, O'ly o a gt Or, -' or IL a i I ,fro o^s .OVA| l^q o
,r.d^ or geir -is-ielo Iooio{V M D oo, .P
Cud, Th v. Doesburg, C. v. Eesleren), Fronce (Le
Co b,qi^ A DA el D. Mo e-So.e s) Co rorr (W
Gropius, B.Tcut, E Mendelsohn, ll W Lul hc dt, Mies
vcn der Rohe), ltoly {V. Morcht), ond Begtum (V.
Bu rgeois ).
Among lhe mogozines Contimporanu/ would recelve
ond further recommend to ils reoders storting with
Feb uory 1923 the most imporlont for their thloreti
co conlent were De S/1/ ond L'Espilt Nouveou The
moio direclions of the construclivisi ovonlgcrrde, rep
resenled by these two moqozines2:, neoplosticrsm
ond purism, obvious y influenced Jonco. The offln ty
with De S/r1l cnd Le Corbuster I is e,p cined by
Jonco's interest rn cubism ond cbstroclionism ond by
r o'e 9^r^ 6l lcg, l-p l-oo de.o opoo o ,eod1
r
Zurich, such crs: lhe reject on of ind v duolism, the
need of lhe co lecive effort in modern orchileclure,
ond the sociol ro e of the orchilect .]onco disseminoi,
ed the Weslern nformotion throuqh ihe ovcniqorde
mogozines crnd some wide y reod cullurol lournc s.
e Among the few Romcnion orchltecls to odopt mod-
expozltrei. De osemeneo, s cr il!-ea c: i- Geir-'on o,
loncu sd fl vozut 9L reolizorl o e sco i Bcuhcus. lme-
diot dupcr 'inlocrcereo djn ocecslir cd dtorie, oncu
proiecieozd $i conlruiegle trel c odirl cu un evidenl
corocler modernlsl. douo lmobi e de ocuinfe gr un
pcvilion pentru fobrico de cloco oio Suchcrrd, cl
Tc'gul Mosllort'
Povi lonul Suchord, o conslruci e lemporord, este
egot sli istic de studil e vo umelrtce orlogono e sl os
.in
meirice pub icole de Morcel lcncu antt 192425.
Ce e douo c odiri de ocuinfe sunt proiecie de trcnz-
Jie cu un ccrocier modernjsl desiu de pronunfct, ev
dent in simp itcteo folode or si in renunloreo o sime
lrie si o ornomenle trodilionc e, dor sl cu une e ele
menle de orhllecturd lrcdltiono islo. plonu cu cornere
en suile, ocoperisuLin ponld si ferestre e re oliv m c ;i
^nc te. ln ce mdsurd coldrtorio prin Europo de Vesi o
lnfluentoi reo izoreo ocesiot clddlri, romone un semn
.inlrebcre
de A dturi de elemente de crhitecluro mo-
dernd, esle predominontc o onumitd notd personc cr,
-rpr -"roro o^ o o ^o o odoLo onoo '
p -turo e ob:ircrcle. Llberloieo evidenio pe cote
loncu sio permile in cceste proiecte se explico prin
fcrpiu ccr lmo[ri ul din slr Trinitdti i consiruiesle proc
p^.r ^ el d ._e e pa, ,p io:!^r
s Corne io Dcn e membrr ci cercu ul orlislic de o
Confimporanul in'specicrl c odireo de lrei opcrlcr-
menle din str Trinitolli, cu fclcdele ei policrome s
formc so ciudoto, trebuie sd fl fost o cpcrifie cu tolu
speclocu oosd
.in lnislltul corller mic burghez de
longo Ho o Troicn
Urmdtooreo consirucfie de locuinle, proiecicld in
)927, repreztnto posuL definiiiv de odoplore cr mo
ern sm, he wos ihe first ond one of lhe very few nler
esied ln the theoreticcl conlenl of the movement. n
1925, the top yeor of lonco's modernisl compoign,
he pub ished count ess orlic es ond devoted whole
issues of Conlimporr:nu/ to Modern Archileclure. n
the some yecsr Artct si Orosul (A* ond Clty), o bi
monthly mcqozine for lown-p onn ng ond orchilec
lure, wos founded, hoving Jcnco on lts editorlo
boord. The mogozine oimed to creole o genero
orchiteclurcl cuLlure ond concenlroied on such loprcs
os lown-p onnlng, soc o housing, slondordlzolion,
ond soclol hygiene" Storiing with 1925. Jonco
loughi inlerior orchitecture crnd modern furnilure
design courses cl lhe Acodemy of Decorolive Arls ln
Buchorest This short Lived lnslltutlon, struclured on ihe
Bouhcus mode , c though bosed on privole initloilve,
foi ed to roise sign f cont lnlerest cri ihol llme.
A few drcwings pub ished trt Conttmporanul in
Februcry 1925, ore Jonco s firsl known crliempls
to opprooch modernism They con be dcted
oro To lo) 324 r-o Ae c p'. rob I o^ i
the'Conlimporonul nlerncrliono Exhibitlon" in
DecemL,er 1924, where Jcrnco hod exhrbited ten
crrchitecluro sketches ond one moCel Another sketch,
dcted I 924, was published cs I luslrolion to on orli
'reo,Joi o l.rogo. ^4 t^
l'D a
The on y lnown p olerl lrom192325 is lhe interior
decoroiion of the Conti mporctnul edltoric office,
ocoted in on o d buiding, no onger stcnd ng
todoy'-. The co our schemes ihot covered the wo ls
testify.lonco s porc le interesis with cnd possib e inf u-
ence of De Stiil group experiments. A though .lonco
never odopled neo-p oslicism in pointing, he shored
ln lhe overol ideo of deve op ng geometr c obsiroc
tion cs we os ihe concept of integroting po nt ng nlo
crchlieclure His inlerest for opplyrng colour in crch
lectrre poyed o key roLe n mcny of the projecls lo
fo low ond conferred upon .lonco s orchiteclute c
specific chorocter within Romonion modernism.
TF]E FLRST MCDERN ST BU tD NGS
N BUCHARESI 192627
By the end ol 1925 .lonco set for o iourney io
Western Iurope, trovel ng through Germony,
Switzer ond, ond Fronce'n. For lcck ol inlormolion, we
cof on y moke suppos tions cs to whol .lonco might
hove seen during this iourney t ls known thoi in 1925
Le Corbusler bui t the Esprit Nouvecsu Povi ion ond
Rob Mol el Slevens did the Tounsm Povi ion for. tlre
'Exposilion des Arts Decorotifs' in Pcrls. t is o so
known lhot.lcnco net Robert De cunoy, who just like
MoL et Sievens hod designed modern interiors for lhe
exhlbitlon Agoin, he m ght hove seen certoin ochieve-
menis of Bouhous schoo in Germony. Soon ofter hls
return, .lcnco designed ond bui i lwo houses ond o
pcvi ion for the Suchord foctory ct Tcrgu Mosi or
(The Mosi or Foir)''', oL of them wilh on obvious mod
ern sl chcrrocler.
The Suchord Pcvll on, o lemporory consirucilon, wilh
 rnismului. Vilo Fuchs din str. Neousiori e.sle unLr din {jFffi
. rol^, oz ,ti l co a .e tr, tr\o l^,0 ^ -16116 61 -fi
i6j^r1 ,, o^ oa 1-r6T,0o a.lr 'oOr t. alo.rpro
^ r,i. Tlr-rrrarv rdelo 'c^p'.l orlor30 l-
arul Rampo, oncu decloro. ,,Primo cosir modern sld
r Bucuresti c fost si ceo dinicrl din tcrcr. Am clodit-o
'r!i negustor de vinuri, core ciiise revlsie de crld
-'clndr si cdruio orhitecluro noud probcbi i o p ocut.
venil o mrne si mi-ct spus car ore un mi ion si un oc,
: core mi- pune o dispozifie, dondu-mi totodoto li
:'icleo de o foce ce vreou cu el. So iosd inso o
:sdr mod-^rnistd':c
t a -,cls lot,'t-oo re r Dorro^iou ro. iip
-oho. lr to'e.ioer'co. odopoeo^ar efo
l e corocleristice crhilecturit moderne.
si ueto orlo
: ocoperisul lercrsd, fereslre e lungi si ioose
"old,
:':de e predominont o]be, renuntoreo lo ornomeni
r.lioteo proiectu ui o otros otent o si o socol. ioncu
\1 s-T^t o'to-. T ro at .o\o
:l t-60 T 't A v I
: :oto de mlne o fdcut senzolie. Popo, comtsor r si
:.l;lorii ercu convingi c om construil un 'loborolor' si
ercr deplosoi in corlieru oT""'. lor Sergiu Four,
-
-n ortico inlitu oi ,,Bucuresiii de Avcngordd',
::rul in Reolilatea lltrslrctkt in 1930, re oteozd crifi-
: :cerbd provoccl-r de nouc conslrucfte 'in lnlstltul
:' er negustoresc. ,,Vecinii nu se dumiresc de ce, in
-- geomurilor strdmosesli, (.. ) coso noud cre o fer
.'-d, core merge de lo un ccpol lo cr lu c zidu ui,
: vlirind de morgd. Ochiul de pod, de obiceiu pe
reris, e oici 'in irip u exemp or, cc ntsie cobine
: o de uopor or.o lor-c .o qc o ul pore
oo a'ro-orit- ^^lro on,-I or'.o
': sorccrslic si vo t exogerct, dcr desigur inspirol de
--,-ie publicu ui
,: mdsurd nouloleo concepfiei orlislice, inio sim ils reclonqulr:r crnd osymmeiricol si houelle, rem nds
::i suprimcreo elemenlelor decorotive cu fosl some of .lonco s orchileclurc drowings pub ished in
--ricoie si opreciote de colegii de breosd, este 192425. The two dwe Iings represent cr lronsiliono
=- de spus. ln oce osi cn, Horio Crecngd, ce ce slcge from lrodilioncr io modern orchrlecture. The
:eveni cel moi imporlcni orhiiect modernisi din plon with en suite rooms, lhe sope roof ond the rel
--1r o, proiecleozd vi o Pelru Grozo de lo Devo. oti'ely no ord c vroow(oeeero, .ol -ooi-
I ,: o oluri, moderniloieo vi ei Fuchs, otdl in dis lrono orchltecture The greol srmp icity of the l:ocode,
- --. p onu ul, ceri si in mbol formo , este lncon ihe osymmetry cnd lcck of orncment r-^f ect ihe
,':ri d, vi o Grozc fiind un hrbrid, in core pe crngd opprocch to modernrsm. To whot extent fhese p o
i :.ie e predomrncle Beoux-Arts sr Art Deco opor p. -^",f| ran doo!^. orf^/ 16r g,W^.1-r
Europe is sti cr queslion to onswer Along with mod-
ern orchiiecture e ements, o cerlcln personol monner
' : Die Wohnung" orqonizoid de Deutscher Werk- is prevo ng, present n lhe ireoiment of the focodes
-: o Weissenhofsied ung .in Stutlcort, expozilie os obslrcrcl poirting compos tions. .]cnco bui l one of
-:'e lcncu o considercrlo co unu din evenimen Lero o,fot ^rr5elor o eoll o |s 1l ^por.er:
ce ou determincri reinnoireo crhllecturii
=:'ircipole Henri ond Corne io Dcrnie, members ol lhe orlisl cir
:-: desigur -o lnf uenlcl Dupc spusele ui oncu, c e of the Contrmporanul This exp oins the liberty he
: - z iio Weissenhof -o convins de vo]oorecr ooerel could toke in designing them. Especioly the buiding
: Corbusier, o cdrur p edoorie penlru o esietico he inhcbited ln the Trinltotii Streei, with ts po yrhrome
:. - sid, loncu inrtiol o respinsese"'. focodes crnd its slronge shope, musi hove ool ed
,- ce urmeozo, p0no in 193 l, lcncu vo conslrul o qu te si iling n ihe pecrcefu midd e-clcss neighbour-
- = :e B vle moderne, ce potfi corcclerizote co orhl- .insd,
hood ol Ho c Troion
- -': functiono isl construcirvisto, fora o ovec, The next house, designed in I 927, meart.]cnco s
r , r-:o unor mcnifeste. Remorcobile suni coso Cho decisive step iowords modernrsm The Fuchs vi lo in
- 929) st vi ele.luster (1931 ) ;i Wexler (l 931 ) the Negustori Slreel is o roTe cose where deiclls con

'#
I such os. lhe rectongulcr silhouetie. lhe terrcce roof, ow
I ribbor windows ond ock of otnomenl. The noveiy of
CCNSACRAREA MCDERN SMUTUL
De o incepuiu on or treizecl, Birou de Stud r siond why insteod of the troditionoi windows O lhe
Moderne cr frotr or oncu esle oso lol de comenzi,
cunoscernd oni de vcrf cu 5-6 proiecte,'in speciol imo
bl e de oporloffrenle. Presc si colegii de brecrs o
incep so ocorde oieniie crhliecturi lui oncu in icr
nuorie 1931 , Conlirnporanul pub cdt o scrisoore de
G.M. Contccuzino cdresold ur Mcrce loncu". Fsre
de fcrpt o profesiune de creClnio, o declorolle c
cderorli lo orhilecturo noud c mo tOrrdru ui
Contocuzino, ce se inlorsese cblc de un on de ct
Poris, unde obso vlse [cole des Beoux Arls. Dor n
crcelogi iimp esle primo recunooglere o ul Morcel
oncu de cdlre un confrole, recunoosiere o rolu ul de
,,premergdtor' , o .,pcsiuni , ,,lcnclismu u ce ou fosi
necesore penlru o ojunge,,in mors foricrl o ernlst orchliect, designed o vi lo for Petru Grozo n
lmp nreo unel credinle ,,in ormonre cu lendinlo vre
mur or'. Ccnlccuzlno.il scrie ul cncu: ,.Nu otoi fcp
lul cd nu le cunosc, co niclodotcr nu om ovul p icereo
so-ti string mino, (. ) md pune.in oceo slore
suf eteoscd speclo o si prie n ccr obslroclu ul sl obiec
tivllclil, cot oceo convingere o rreo co cri fost lntciu
core o inlors'in ccecrsld tord, spole e, unei mento ridl
oboslte s sleri e. n oTOsLr nostru hoolic, de un hcros
bo ccnlc si medrocru, 'de o tlcd osie micd', cum zice
Tudor Arghezi, ccrsele dumiio e sdndioose opor co
prem se e sdndloose c e unul viilor sdndlos o cdrui
crcliviloie viguroosd nu'si pierde timpu in ctltudini de
cr(]m[of e reffo5pecr v(]
oncu rdspunde scrsorli lu Contocuzino oblc in sep
tembrie. R-rspunsu sdu morcheczo inceputr une
schimbdri de ton'in crlico e e scrise de loncu, in core,
pe ongo obisnuilc pror.rovore c principii or orhilec
ilril moderne, incep so oporo si referiri concrele o
slluclic orhileciuril in Romonlc Anu l93l reprezintc
cern ng lhe orchiteci c ient relciionship ore [nown,
including the crller lni uence on the prolect n on inter
view pubished in lhe ecrry 1930 n Rompo, Jonco
declored. The first modernisl house in Brchoresl wc;s
o so the first of this [ind in Romcnio bult il for c wine
merchonl thot hoppened lo recd ioreign orl mogc-
z nes ond seemed lo en joy new orchrtecture. He lo d
me he hcd one mil ton lei [Rononion currency, frr:ns
lotor's nolel, ond o buiding ot ond would g ve me
free hond. A he wonted wcs o modernisl house.'r''
Storting with the Fuchs vi o, Jcrnco inlroduced o new
Iind of residenl cl crchileclure ln Romcnic ond look up
the specific formo e emenis of modern orchileclure,
ihis design drew the pub ic's ollenlion cnd shocked
oltogeiher ln the cr reody menlioned nlerview, .lcrnco
reccrl ed thct 'The house built if thot dlstrlcl wos o sen
sclion The priesl, the po icemon, ond ihe people were
convrnced ihot hcd erecled o oborclory', whlch wos
out of plcrce in their neighbourhood't . n on orllc e enli-
ted 'Bucureslii de ovongordo', pub ished tn Realiloleo
lluslrolit ln 1930, Serg u Four wrole obout ihe fierce
criiicism thot bu ding orose cmong the dwe ers of the
qurel lrodesmon dislrlct: The neighbours con I under-
house hos bul one window coverng oll the width of the
foccrde, [e c morgue show window. nsleod of one
oll c r'vindow, usuolly p oced ln the roof, lhere crre three
of them, os if I were lirst c css ccb ns in crn oceon liner,
while the goroge looks i[e o oco brcrnch of the cen
lro cremolorium' ''. The crtic e s scrrcosiic ond its lone
is de lberolely excggercted, yet inspired from publ c
reocl on.
It s hord lo soy lo whol exlenl ihe nove ty of his ortis
l c concepl, the simple ine ond lhe exc uslon of lhe
decorolve eLemenis were eilher noliced or voLued by
his fe low crchilecls ln ihe some yeor llorio Crecnqc,
who wcrs lo become Romcnio s mosl mporiont mod-
Devo. Shou d we compore them, the modernity of the
Fuchs vl o s evident both in the dislributlon p cn cnd
formcr vocobu ory, whereos lhe Grozo vil o js c
hybrid design, wilh some modern sl lones emerging in
lhe prevc enl BeouxArl ond Art Deco e emenist"'.
The molor Europecrn evenl n 1927 was 'Die Wch
nung' exhlblllon orgonized by Deutscher Wer[bund n
Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgori. .lcrnco consiciered il
os one of lhe most mrporlonl events jn the process of
crrchllecture renewo , which undoubted y inf uenced
him grecty, too. The Weissenhof erhibition fu y conv n-
ced him of the vcr ue ol Le Corbus er s workt' On y cr
few yeors eorlierJonco hod stil rejecied the deo of the
mochine cresthelics.
n lhe yecrs io come. until 193 1,.]crnco buit eight modern
remorkcbe vl lcs, thol con be described cs conslruclivisl
funclionc isl crchileclure, though wilhout being designed os
rgurous mcrnifeslos. Noticeobe omong lhem ore the Cho
pier house ( I 929) cnd the.lrster ond Wexler vil crs ( 1 93 I )
 -cmenlul de cotifurd in orhilecturo romdneoscd rnter,
:elicc, onul decislv ol odoplcrii modernismului. Se
:rre cd rocnoi cceoslo odopto e b l.co si intr-r-n
-cd oproope exploziv c modernismului declon-
':czdcritrco ocerbo o lui loncu. ,,Docd o9 fi rdspuns
: scrisooreo d.o'e pub ico'o oici ocur corevo llri,
--spunsul meu or fi pocoiuil",
ii scrie oceslo lui Conto-
:-zino. ,,lnlre timp ;i in more grcbd .o evoluct orhilec-
--c lo noi. Toiusi no precedol nici o evolulie, nici o
-:.,olto r-o sgucrui terreli le vecri' . lorcu ep,6-
':czd p'oosoeli o' ooep' oi node r's-nlll o { opro,
::riru ocest sti co perlrt o nodct,loro so li odorci
lui ieoreticd. ,,Cei core ozi explooleozd mofe-
=.ento
-: ul modern, sunl dclori so pdtrundo iniregul [cnt de
qondul de [o plostico
=.clutie. Sd cunooscd intreq
:irc lo orhilecturd, core o bdus orientoreo noud'in
-::te ortele" AlOturi de oceosld criticd principiod,
::-esoid acelor orhilec-ti ce ou pre uot limboiul formoi
::- nu si confinutul ieorelic ol Mlgcorii Moderne, se
. -=e si noto de.fruslrore, omdrdciuneo celui cdruio nu
-: recunoscul merilu : ,,Cine o propovoduit neouzit,
::^lru reolizoreo noud estetico? ( ). De ocesl succes
: :ubismului',op iccl in orhiieclurd noi, cei core lup-
':- de l2 (.c) ori lo,Cor-npo crli' o.'-ebr'sd r e
': -?'r8. lr rumd" r IOO ol Contimpotctnului. o or;-
,:':oreo o zece oni de opcrifie, ortico u sem-
-:- Ce redoclie, respiro oceeogi cliiudine:,,Noi",
,,Hohotul
::. :corii de odiniooro s.o tronsformot in oscultore
- .op's'o. No, ostoz,, ce'
-:-stierrd si, T p o': .loine
:: :ici nt irlelegen sd rorroren pr zo.ie" r'ronL,,
: . ::61 noi pr-. r cop vi' tre.utului rosr, L. lr pol ti.o
'=.: utlie se foc pentru instilulii noi, in ortd nu":e. Acest
:- :cl pore so fie testomentul revislei, ce igi inceteozd
:::-iiio in scurt timp, u timul numdr opdrdnd in icnu.
:-= 1932 Coincidenfo sou nu, renunloreo lo stotutul
:: curldior de stindord, lo ceeo ce G. M. Conto-
:-:':o numeo ,,lonctismul necesor ovongcrde or",
::: so se rerec-e n orl-iteclr-ro
.l933-38, ui Mc cel lorcl. ir
:+-oodc ce urineozd, biroul frcli or oncu
.:-:.ruiesle o se'e de lmobi e de oporlorer-e oir
: r-: o Trcl e porie sLr- 'nvesti' i llcro- ve. nob le de
-l: j'- cL buget'es'"or: si oeci s, ibertcte si pos oi
r:- -eslrdnse pentru orhitect. Comenzi e obundd si se
:'--d si in oforo Bucurestiu ui, c Buzdu gi pe Volec
: -:-ovei.
l:-evo proiecie se remorcd prinlr-un progrom spe-
- r ce se re{lectd si in coutoreo unor miilooce de
;,:-esie p os- cd cdecvo,e. Soro oril Buc eq dir
r'::eol. co_rstrL-il in 1934. e:le de o ro e s rrp ito-e
-::sd de funclionolitotec ce primeozo in ocesl coz,
':. -'or-d lrtr-o lon c conpoc-d deslosuroio pe orr
. :'-clo, cuegisr'e repe-rive de pl r- si gor.
-:clul Bozo li. ( l93Z) proiecrct perr,r o soc e-cie
--: :onstructii, este sirglr:r pro ec' cL p ogron de
;::'orerte r' bi ou'i 'ec izot de orcu, -r lip oe
-:cil ce opore des in Bucurestiu interbelic qi core
;-- importonto sc o contriburt lo consocroreo orhi-
rcce co
=: -ri. noderr's e. Specil c lo-eo proqro.TtJ ui
:::si imobil so fie s sirqlrl pro ecl ^r co'e lo-c-t
THE BREAK.TI]RCUGH AND ESTA3 S-"'_..-:=
MCDERNISM
'930s,
S rce eo,ly he oro,he-s -3-:- : l: -: ::-
Mode'- SIud es rece veo ple.1 :- ::- - : :-:
knowirg -opyeo swil- even five o:x c.r 3- : - r --
ly oporlment buildinqs. The med;c c-o -^= ,e :...
orchitecls begon to poy closer ctrerric. -: ,3-:: :
orchitecture. ln lonucrry 1931 , Continpc.c.- c-i
lsl^ed o leiler cdoresseo -o Morcel
Jorcc cy --_-
yo rrg orch ecl G.M.Co-lccuz no, w.ro roo jus-
returned from Poris, where he qroduoted Ecole des
Beor:x Arts. The letter, thct testifies G.M. Conro-
cuzino's enlhusiosm for the new orchitecture is the first
public, recognition of MorcelJanco's work, voiced by
o
fellow orchiiect. Contocuzino ocknow edced
.lonco's role os o "lorerunner", the "possion" ind
'fonoticisr' ne neeoed Io o-oir ir "ro,ced n o cr h s
c.eed ' r lorrory wi-r ll e spri, o[ Il-e oqe". As
Cor-'ccL-ziro pu- il: I is nor ror I hove never met vo.r
o sLo.en [ord, w.rh yol ( )rrcl cos]s re ir o ipe-
c ol mood, so bereficiol fo- ooslroc. or-d obieclive
oop'oocl, ou- ny deepes- oel;ef Ilct yor- were re
lirs' o -.l'r yo,r bock or '[e sler'.e erl cr_s ed nen-
iolily in lhis co-untry n our chooiic iown, ruled by
"redioc'e ord Boll,cr ri,e c oo> ord pe-y I'viol-y
os the poel Tudor Arghezi pui it, your heolihy houtes
core Lp os heol hy pren ises ot o I eol'Ly l-r-lre,
wrer ihe v.gutous octiv y is rol rirde eo 'by ;d e
odmirotion of the nosl"36
Jonco's onswer t! Coniocuzino's leller come only
lorer, ' Sep-embe'. Fis epy nc l.ed o cto^qe o{
*ore oiso presen' ;n l-15 61'als5 c ttol ire wherr,
o orq w ll- n s unloil re effo'r 'o o.olote the orinc oles
of r o.c^irectl'"e ^e begor -o conrrer or'rl^e
'rode
deve opnen s w il^ir corrempotory Roro-ior o.cr'
'ectL re. The yeor
-93 represe^ ed rurr'nq poin-
o in
rhe Romotor irrerwo orch,'ec'ure. tne lno, breo<
tl^olgh of rode n sn, Appo.erty '1e sreoel oro
ovewhe,r'rg ooop.or oI rooerr'sn liqqereo o-i
Jor co's . 1-16 5p.. 'Hoo I o"swe ed v6-r' e"er o
"ho'p
te* mor-rs ogo t[er ny onswe' wo ' o hove beer on
i unpcrdonoble error , .Jonco wrote lo Conlocuzino.
'Mecnwhlle, our orchrteclure evolved ct o ereol
speed (.. ) Sti I there wos no evolullon to prepor"e the
chonge, no rebellion shoitered the old foundotion"rt.
lonco blomed the fresh odepts of modernism for hoving
c-oscr tnis sty e oecouse t wos ''loshiorob e", w lro, t
hoving oss mi oted its iheoreticol conlenl. "Those who
loke odvontoge of the modern moteriol should olso
understond its evolulion. They should know the overol
thinking lhct led to the new direction in every crt, lrom
pointing io orchileclure." Aport from thls essenlicl criti-
cism, o feeiing of frustrotion ond biilerness of the one
wl^ose ne'ir wos rol du y recognized by l- s corlen
porot'es peruoded rte le ler. Wl-o p'eocreo lLe rew
oeslhelics ond no one heord him? (...) s there onv reo-
son for us to boasl wlth this kind of Cubism successlu ly
oppl ed r orcr,tec u'e we wl o hove beer riqh.ir q lo-
12 yeors (sie) c: Conrinporanul?" I lne lObih is re
 recurge 1o un llmbol formo monun enrc sin ior ce u
folosit de orhiteciij Horio Creongo sou Duiiiu Morcu
penlru c odiri de birouri"'
Ccrso ole ier Milito Pdtro;cu ll937l esle g eo singu
ord in opero ui lcrncu Desi in dlverse imobile proiec
lole de oncu gi in ccre ccestc o 9i ocuil, in sir. Trinito
lji, Coimotei si Pcleo ogu, ou exrstol spoiii folosile ccr
ote ier de piclurd si birou de orhilecturo, docr coso
Mi ilei Poiroscu esle o odevdroio ccsd ote ier de ortist,
progrorn exprimot vizibil ;i 'in exlerior prin urcrgo fe
'eo)-o o otele Ll i p ero'o, rolodo.
lr l93B f oli lo^ or lt-io' , lr,rr lo p o ^- -
Romonic, un imobi de roport, de gorsoniere, in str.
Nico oe Go escu, o cdrui pc ler^Mcrcel loncu i te
zervd penlru o golerie de piciurcr. n oce csi on, oncu
inlreprrnde o ccrLdiorle de mol mu ie luni in Po esiino
considerdnd dejo posibilitoieo unei viltoore emigrori.
U timc expozifie de p cturo o vo orgcnrzo o inloorcere.
Circumslonfe e rcrzboiu ui 9i tu burcrile politlce.il deter
mind sd emigreze
,194
impreun-r cu fomilicr in Pc estrnc ,'in
februcrle I Frotele sou, lu lu, .il precedose. ln
Pc esiino, voT inceTccr sd proci ce orhitecluro dor
condll ie, s in specio ipsc de copitol, e suni neprie
nice Doud vile 'ingo Tel Avlv, intr-un slll modernisi
medileroneon, sunl srngurele Jucrdri cunoscute, reo
zole in onii '40''. Morce loncu lucreozd co crhilecl
Lo Minisleru Muncil si o Construcf ior g contribuie lo
scr vcrecr g prezervoreo mullor centre lstorice. Se
dedico moi oles picturii devenind unul dln rmporionlri
crtisti plcrsticl ci sroe u ui si cu obi;nuilcr-i energie inle
meiozd co onio de ortisti de o Eln Hod u iu loncu
emigreozd ln Conodo ln 1954, unde vc conllnuo so
.in
]ucreze constructll.
TCCUINTA MCDERNA
Morce loncu inlroduce un nou tip de orhlteciuro rezi
denf io oin Bucuresli, vi o modernd, recrllzctdr peniru o
burghezie cu vederi progressle. Vi ele construiie de
el sunt odoptole Jc noul mod de viofo o omu ui mo-
dern, fiind economic si rolioncr importiie. Suni dotote cu
incolzlre cenlro d, si cu ce e mor moderne echipomenle
pentru boie 9i bucctdrie, cu un conforl ,,ce nu p -rtegie
nici un iribut bogofie ' , dupd spuse e ui loncu.
loncu fo osesie moterio e $i tehnici de conslruciie
moderne, slructuro de beton umpluto cu zidorie de
coromldo, tehnico ce permiie dispensorec perefilor
'- p o ao Zorao r p o^ bor. Lrp oo ^o/o t ro
doo" porl.o. po o io-te olo te de o oo Io -e-T'o
ucru ce este de o lfe generc vc obi penlru crhrlec-
luro romdnecsco inierbelico. Despre pon iber, se
poote vorbi docrr in cozu porteru ui, ce esle aproope
inlotdecunc un more spoliu deschis, cu dlferrle zone
funcliono e de imiiote prn porcrpeti si denive crri o e
po do.ele so plr -"ror' ' g-ri,o'rra ( e r^eo oav l
chicrr pereii inlregi de slic o. n rest, oncu foce con
cesii unui mod de viotd core desi se vreo moderrr,
postreozd cnumite convenrente burgheze, cercrnd
sepororeo funcfii or de odihno, igieno si moi oles o
ce el de serviciLr.
of Contimporanuf publlshed on ihe lOth c-- -
otrthe mcgozine, lhe crrlicle Noj {We) - si:-=- -
ihe -^diioricl sicrff dlsploys o simicrr ottitude. " -=
doinful guffcw of old hos lurned into unconscioi-s ,: -
sonce ond imitoiive plotitude. Todoy we do nol r'r .-
be kept coplives by onyone, not even by our own : -,
Jn politics lhe revoluions ore sicrrled to esicrblish'=
^s','ior. wf i.r r"v-' lopp^'- 'r l[e recr n o[ c"
lli o -i. a \or to\ \c-y -tc, l|e o -a\lo"ttrr o
mogozine, which shorty ofterwords cecsed lo cc-=
oul, ils ost issue being pub ished in .lonuory 1 9: -
Coincideniy or nol, lh!s momenl when .lonco gives -:
ihe role of bonner beorer, which lmplied 'the nec:.'
sory fcrncrticism of lhe ovonlgorde', crs G M Cc- :
cuzrno lobeled il, seems lo be reflecled in lonc:,
orchileclure os well Beiween 1933 ond 1938,:'=
brothers Jonco office designed c series of oportne-'
houses, most of them being lucrcrllve investmer-.
nomely, tenemeni houses on ow budgei, which cc-
flned the orchitect's freedom ond possibilltie,
Flowever, the commlsions poured in, o so from oulsic=
Buchcresl, from the Prohovo VoL ey ond Buzou.
Notob e ore o few buidings with speciol progromn:
which enob ed .]onco lo seorch for cppropricle ce.
i lhetic meons of expression noi present in his designs ic-
resideniiol orchitecture. n lhe cose of the Buce:
Scnitorlum in Predeol, bui f ln I 934 the prevci ir -
functiono ity of ihe progromme resu ted in lhe compc:-
sob of greol simp icity, unfoLded horizonlo ly, with :
repelilive compocl ond void regrsiers.
The Bozcr lin House 1937) designed for c bui dirg
compony, rs lonco s only proiecl contoin ng cpcr=
ments ond offlces. Thls porticulor bullding type occr'
red frequenly in lhe interwor Buchoresi ond the irr'
porlonce of iis impoci conlribuled to the eslob ishmen-
of modernism The underying specificity of the pro
qromme mcrde Jcrnco crppeol to o monumento formo
onguoge siml or with ihot emp oyed by Hor o
Crecng-r ond Dui iu Morcu for office bui dings".
Mi iio Poiroscu's siudio house (1932) is oLso onother
singulor exomp e in Jonco's work He hod previousy
included sludios in severc of the buiLdings he
des gned ond inhobited, such cs the houses in the
Trinitotii, Coimcriei ond Po eologu slreels, but Mi ilo
Pdiroscu s house is ihe only genuine studio'house, c
progromme expressed ln the focode especicr y by
ihe huge sludlo wrndow.
ln 1938 the brothers Jonco buit their ost projeci n
Buchcrest, c lenemeni house of studio f ois in Nicoloe
Go escu Streel, whose ground f oor Jonco designed
cs on crt gol ery spoce. ln the some yeor.lonco trov
e led to Pc estine where he spent severol months ten
totive y thinkrng of hls emigrotion. When he come
bock he orgonizeo his ost poinling show ln Romcnlo.
ln Februcry 194 l, conslroined by lhe wcr deveop-
menl cnd politlco iurmoll in Romonicr, he finc ly mode
up h s mind ond emigroted iogether wlth his fomiy to
Po esllne. His broiher, .]ules, hod preceded him. 1n
Po esilne ihey mode severo ottempls lo proctise
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 irfchiieclure. yel lhe circumsicnces. especroiy the oc.
oi ccpiicr , were odvefse. The ony known desigr.
cchleved ln lhe I 94Os ore lwo vll crs bui t ln Medlte--
ronecn modernisl sly e, in ihe neighbourhooC of e
Avv' Morcel .lonco workeC for the Mnslry i
ooo oo o o oro o o ^o o-e e
cnd preservcrlon of mony hisloriccl iown ce'
c-uing
lresn porcr el, he commliieci himse f lo pcrinling cr:;
become one of the moior pcinlers ol sroe . Wl--
rnlcmed energy, .]cnco mcncged lo moke on o:
drecm come true by estob ishing r;n orlisl colony c,
Ein l.lod .lu es.lonco emigroted to Ccrncrdo n l95z
where he wenl on vrorking in the consiruction flelci.

TIE /\"4CDERN DWEtt NG

Morce .lcnco inlroduced c new kind of modern res
Wi:: deniic o'chlteclure lr Buchoresi, name y, lhe moder'
vi c, bult for the progressive midC e-c crss. His vi c.
were odjusted lo lhe new rnodern woy oi ife, en joy nL;
on economic ond rciiono dlsiribution. They were prc
vlded w;1h ceniro heciing ond ihe clesl bclhroom crc
kiichen equipment, benelitlng oi thot [lrd of comfol
ll,l.l,l(-t,
v-l vJ,t rY'l!,*.,!t,f
,"t
thct poys no lrlbule lo wec ih', cs Jcnco prl il
It,l.i.t I t.t. t
-Dlr!H. /t#TU .]cnco mode use of modern cofslruclion moleric:
cnd lechniques, of ihe concrete slrLlclure lhol o owel
for the e mincllon of lhe inlerior wc ls cnd, conse
querily. the opp lcctlon of o free p on. Yel he porlic
y took odvonloge of this iechn que, whlch is e!uCr r:
lrre lor the Romon on inlerwor orchiiecls. Jcnco desir-,
ned o lrue free o crn on y for lhe ground floor of the
vi lcrs, which s o most c woys o wide open spoce, the
vorous functiono orecs be ng seooroled by poropet:
ond f oor unevenf ess, os we cs by crge s iding
doors, which somelimes become enirre g oss wo s.
4-. For lhe rest, .lcnco observel .erio n bou 9o6 5 16- o
<j ?k convenlions lhot demonded the c eor cul divislon o-
resting, hygiene. ond espec o y, service funciions
As c ru e, lhe inler or dlstrlbution of lhe one1crmi y hous-
es rs done on the four eV€ r .e. lhe bosrrnenl compr s
adr46 ng the service spcrces, the ground Ioor conlolning ihe
iv ng room oreo, whi e lhe bothrooms crnd bedrooms
were p crced ot the flrst f oor. The lop f oor wos portio y
burlt cnd porlio y used os o so crium lerroce.
The remorks on the uti izotion of the free p cn ior v -
os, ore olso vclid lor lhe oportmenls Jonco deslqnec.

ffi. They hcve vc lcb e size, from one ioorrr f cls lo very
crrge ones. occupying one iloor A though the crpcri
ment bui dlngs, os o ru e, were more econom co y
designeC thcn the one fcmiiy dwel lngs, even lhe mosi
modesl omong ihem do nol comp y wlth tbe minimurrt
dweiiing concepl cs il wcs promoied in the writ ngs of
Le Corbusier, W. Gropius, cnd.l P Oud. Jcnco tnros
very much preoccupied with boih ihe probem of
socicr housirg ond r,vith the socic ro e of lhe orchlieci
lo creoie cr new rfon os we os o beller ond mor"
equllob e sociely. llowever. neilher .]cnco nor cfy
olher lnierwcr Romonion crchilect wos ever ob e tcr
pul lhese deos lnto procl ce. slnce the stoie did not
fund progrcmmes for crge-scole socioi housinq The

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 - :: - r distribulio interioordr o coselor unifomilio e
,* -- .. poiru niveluri: subso u confine spofii de
r- - :crterul esle formct din spofille de zi, etoju
, : =-:-vol dormiloore or 9i boii 9i ultlmu nivel esie
: : - : -:rstruit 9i porfio terosd-so oriu.
- r .=-.:' e referilocre c oplicoreo p onului liber in
::- : cr, sunt vo cbi e gr penlru oporicmente e
., . :- r: de oncu. Mdrimecr oportomentelor poote
r - -- l're mu t, de lc mici gorsoniere pcrnd o o
. - : - eloi intreg Degi imobi ele de oportcrmente
" '- :eneroL, moi economic concepute decdt
: -- = uni-fomiliole, chior si 'in cele moi modeste
.:. -- este vorbo de locuinle minimum exisfenz,
- - :cnceptu ui ce sto ceniro , o vremeo respec
r:
'- :ei e ui Le Corbusier, W Gropius sou .1. P.
i : olerc ocli-lelor iolli^e, o de o tfel s
r-l -: .r ui sociol c crhitectu]ui in creorecr omrlLri
. , : -nei societoli moi bune si mo drepte,.il pre-
. - - :: o'cr-. Dor rici e s r 'c ur ol- or[iter
-:- : n perioodo interbelicd nu ou ocozic sd
: - = ::este idei in proctico, din ipscr unor pro
; ,-= .:-iiinile finoncicr de cotre stot. Proiectele in
" : :-:u, prin rofronolizore si stondcrdizcre, se
; - : = :el mo mu I de ideeo de locuinla ieftind, stnl
-: -i - r cee do:o po eo de;c^!1e oe p'oori-
- - =- ':-dlui scu din str. lrinitdtii, in 1922 si respeciiv
-_
- -; - :--R SIIC STITISTICE
-:'rr de lo proiectele trmpurii irodilionoliste, o
: norrower creo of ihe enironce coniinued wilh service
: -:: ccdirl moderniste s-o fdcut lreplcrl, oncu
," - --r-ci in primu rdnd o simelrie co metodd com-
: :--,-:ld si obic opoi o eemente-co ocoperi;ul in
..'-. :ere.lre eo v'"ru . i-olo. lrto. r siretr'e
:'-- :Jopid, incepdnd cu imobilu din str. Trinitofli
-
-: o meiodo compozrfionc o bczotd pe
'intre zone conlrostonie cr-r
- .'r'=r unui echilibru
- - -: croporJie 9i ogezore, ceeo ce reprezrntd unul
:- :--:ipiile crhitecturii moderneo'. Sursc estelicii
'=-corone, vc scrle loncu moi iOrziu, se ofld in
: *:--: si 'in echillbru moseor scu formelor, ,,co
: ,':i 3 vo unlord o uti itorismu ui ce le deseneozd si
, =. : -:ozd funcliuni e 9i dinomico"".
' -,-:ozi|c folodeor principoLe, o zond frcgmen-
: - :: obicei vertico d,'ingustd, conlrobo onseozd o
: , -:nd ordonoldr, p olo, mcsivo, cu pul ne
.:.. :er s s.p ote-e ror'oc be cJ uo ocrer pre-
- -r'ri orizonio. ln cozu vi e]or ccecsld schemd
-::zitionoo rezultd din plonu porterului, formol
: : - r.e intotdeouna din douo benzl longiludinole:
: - - : -oi ingustd c introrii, conlinuold in odincime cu
- r- re serviclu (bucdiorie, onexe, etc), si poro e d
- =: zond muh moi orgo o spoiii or de zi, respecliv
: -- cibioteco, ho 9i sufrogerie. Pe fofodc poste
-: : ceLe doud zone o1e porterului sunl de oseme-
=r:xprimole expliclt, cu u9o-fereoslrdr uriogd c
---':::riei cdlre lerosd, uneori formOnd un pereie
- =: de stico, si fereslre mici sou zid orb pentru
: - r Je serviciu. Co regu o generolo, in conslructio
proiecis where Jonco, by woy of rotionolizciion ond
slondordizcrlion, coTne closer to l6e low-price
dwelling ideo were those erecled on the haro ol c.
ments opened on his foiher's properly in Trin -c-'
Street, in 1922 and 193/ respectlvely
STYt]ST]C FEATURES
The trsnsition from his ecry lrcdilionol proiec's': '-:
firsl modernist bulldings wos occornp rshed c:::,:
os Jonco gove up symmetry os o como. j.-:^l
ne-'oo -i'st oro o e'e riro tro otner e €r.€' : :, -'
os the slope rool ond the relotively smol ond ic .. -
dows. Storting with the building in the Trinitdtli S::ee-
.lonco reploced the symmelry with o compositionc
method which oimed ol otlcininq on equi ibrium
between zones of controsllng sze, proporlion, cnd
positlon, in foct, one of the princip es cpplied by mod-
ern orchiteclure". The source of the contemporory
oeslhelics, os Jcrnco wrole oter, lles in the csymmetry
ond the equilibrium of mosses or forms, 'os on inten-
tionc expression of will of the utilitoricnism thol desi
gns ond mognifies their funclions ond dynomics"".
The orgonizotion of the mcin fogcdes is bosed on
lwo conlrosling zones. A frogmenled, norrow, olmosl
oiwcrys verlico oreo counterbolonces on ordery, flot,
mosslve one wilh few openings ond lorge b ind sur
foces, predominonty horizontol. ln the cose of vil os,
this lind o[ compostion resulis from lhe ground floor
plon, mostly orgonrzed in two ongitudinol strips the
spoces (l,ilcheni onnexes, etc ), ond porole 1o it, the
w de' o'eo ot lhe lu rg roo- \ Ay/lb ory ho or d
dining room On the bocf s de fccode, lhe two
ground floor oreos ore overty expressed by the huge
French window - sometimes oppecring cs o whole
g oss wo I opening onto the terroce, ond by smo I
windows or o b ind wol in the service orec. Storting
from ihis genero compositiono method, Jonco seor-
ched eoch lime for different so uiions which were firsl
of o I determrned by whether ihe building wos free
sordrgo o oc[ed *rhdrown-ron hebL ldi-g ire
o rol. A secord tocode Iocor *h.L lro-n wi -ir he
p on, influenced the voriety of focode compositlons,
wos the p oce given to ihe slcirccse, in the centre of
the plcn or odloining one of ihe fogods, cnd o so the
woy the stoircose wos expressed in the foccdes,
di e, 'yo\ovou.eor h'orgf [-g"wrdow.
The fosodes fol ow ln most ccses this compositionoL
poitern bosed on csymmetry, with on off centre verli-
cc elemenl mode up of bow-windows, controsting
the omp e horizonto ines of the bo conies. This for-
n.ru c wos often used, ihough certcin voriolrons were
operoted The opcrrtment bui dings ocoted cl cross-
rooos o e he ros ile es- 'rg ores. s,ch os -hose i'
the Pictor Luchion Street (li:S) ond Clteni Sireer
,1937) where the corner is rounded ond stressed by
over opping p ones s idlng crround the corner. n the
cose of ottoched buildings erected on quite ncrrow
ond deep pcrcels, ihe #eet fogode disp oys three
Vilo Partroscu, folodir spre
strodd, Bucure;ti, 193 I
Pdrlroscu Villo, streel foccde
Bucuresti, I 93 I
/l
 vi elor si de multe ori gi o imcc e:'l: l:r'-crenie,
deschideri e in folode exprirr- z-='e'':' : sir buiio
rnierioord.
-o od"l^ ir ooile o d^ oporlo-er te 'ei e ''o
:
{i mojoritcle, oceeogi schema compoziionolo bozoto
: pe o. ne a ^ e'reit verli. ol p'o . ol ^, -e' " i' si
formol de bov ndou i, dln core pornesc linil e orizon
to e omple o e bo cooneJor. Aceoslcr formuld este
I re]uolo odeseo, cu onumite vorrcfiuni. Ce e mcri intere-
[< sonte sunt lmobi ele sltucrle lo inlerseclir, precum ceLe
drn slr Piclor Luchlon (1935) si O ieni (1932), o core
co fu esie rezolvol pr n rolun!ire si occentuot de g iso-
eo ee:Te.ol o .ro po^t i, e r^ 5Lpop.r.'o ro
o6a .r reqr r'is co^r,'e oc 661.ge'alo r
tg rq'e ) od,"c' torooo o '' ooo o. e ozolvorc or't
lroloreo o trei registre verlico e, dlferenllol lrctote, de
obicei decolole'in oddncime sl docr roreori slmetrice.
Un singur exemplu de fotodo simelrico esle cunoscut,
lo imobllul Mogo {1937), simelrie de lo core de olt
lel porterul se susiroqe
Nu se poole uorbi dL o evoluiie lineoro in crrhilecturo
lul oncu. Exlslo inointorr 9i reven ri, Legote de moduL
de trotore c voLumului, de p o:liciioteo lotode or' de
oo, (o ao lg ..o,1-o poli. ror e o. eor^o de o., t'
de r'r o i , t o'o pe ror. c,oloro-e 6'[c sg le
p thoi verticollv divided the focodes ln lhe 1920s nov'
oco" J( ro'.tor; o'etoc oo'ce1 -o-o c Peler-e a
ies puternlc in decros, precum vlle e Fuchs 11927)
Lombru (1928), iuster {193I ) ei imob lu dln str. Ccl-
motei 93 1 ), clterneozd cu oLiele cu folcrde plote, cu
(1
o reliefore sublllo, sustinulcr de finiscrreo in lexluri
'o
di ^- e p,o. -1 roro Ctop'er I o?9): z o Wq
( 03l) Di .oro r o-d r, oo, , t6.ll ^as -^pot
contrczrce chior evolulicr onlerloord, co'in ccrzu
oroiecte or penit u strondul Kiseleff ( I 929) sl viLc,l
Chlhoescu (
'1
930), unde oncu odoplo compoz lri
cLcrsice, bozote pe s melrie. ln u tlmeie prolecie de
vi e, construiie In 193637 oncu opteozd penlrLr
occenlueoreo orizonlo iiol i. Linio fronld, zigzogotc ce
-oo -A u"'t1, ol ro'ooe'g v reo
d;- or'
dolb. "
devlne ocum orizontoo. Folodee suni mo pote,
sculpturo ltoleo otol de occeniuclo de lo
'incepul
focond loc drn nou, lo vilo Reich (1936) Ei vilo
Hossner \1937) unei subiile reLleforl.
in ror", si in ciudo controzicerllor ce opor temporor,
se ooote totusi consloto in orhilecturo lui loncu o
evolulie generolo de lo un volum frogmenlot spre unul
moi com"poct, foro c oiunge lnsc lo o prismo puro, de
ro o pro: ,oroo e,. lo'too 50ao Aalore ..loi
lo de o o .o npozit'e bozo o po 11 rl r1o11 'r
Ft
',t
conlrosl verticol-orizonlol o o opliune cloro penlru o
zontolilole.
lcrncu nu isi concepe proieclele co nisie monlfeste ole
L orhitecluril moderne. Lipso de dogmotism esie eviden
tc in ibertcleo cu core fo oseste p inc p ile lunciiono
t-r
ist-construcllve. Din ce e c nci conocne ole orhilecturii
noi, formu oie de Le Corbusier, loncu odopto door
ceeo ce convine monierei sole pe sono e :i, nu in
r+- t 'ti^ .-r. cl d, t eeo e .a po- v^5ta . L .o 't 'e e t'
conditiile locole. Loncu nu tsi ino to vllele pe pilotis'
Vilo l-icssner, plon porler.
Brcure:l], 193/
Hossner Villo, grornd lloor p cn
BLrcLrresl l93Z
veriicol regislers different y lreoled, usuolly uneven y
recessed, ond o most olwcys osymmeiricol. The
Mogo llouse ( I 932) s the single instonce where
.lonco designed c symmetricc fogode, lhough wiih c
slrong y osymmetricol ground floor.
Jcrnco s orchriecluro work did not folLow one steody
direclion of development He obondoned cr certoin
monner ony lo return to ii crter. This wos reflecled
time ond ogoin in lhe ireotmenl of the vo ume crnd the
oLosticriv olthe focode. lhe use of colour schemes oi
lhe . eor'or o r^ooow o^ct iqh o'ie.-' o lotg.
while surfoces. The Fuchs, Lombiu .lusier vi os or ihe
Co noto cpo- np' o.,oi^q o ho, rq rle fo, od^:
,-olgy (tL PAO Oy prolcr-19 oe'ret O e10
w'h o. i d rq wi-^ :c tocooo. wi-h or 7 s gttlv p'o
trudlng oreos ond subile use of finishings with vor ous
texlures, os the Chopier ond the Wexler houses.
Sometimes c design conlrodicts even stronger lhe
orevlous development os ii ls the cose of the Kiselefi
!wimmjnq Pool (1929) ond the Chihoescu Villc
('1930), tirhere .Jcrnco unexpectedly re.urred io clos
' o o'r pos oorod or "-'n^ -y'. tl e, o'
lio '
os, buil between 1936 ond )937, )anco chose ic
emphos ze horrzontolily Thus the bro[en zigzog line
b"."t" nolit.nlol. The fogodes cre f otter, whlje
on\ e ooo ' 'ne detrp ,\ p-eo a,ar^'l \ -odo oo-
,or-ne5rbt,o-e'ol:o[ r^Re ^V',o('0]61 g.l 1, -
Hossner Vlllo (1932)
On the whole, ond desprte shortfived conirodlclions
we mov notlce lhoi lonco s orchilecture wcs chorocle'
lzed by o qenerol evo utlon from o frogmenied to the
more compoct vo ume, thouqh without oltcrining o PUre
or,\m tlo^t Ie .. r'O , er6 re OAS| pr 65 '6 <1[t ^'
!..". -ro- tho s 'rgly o'll ot,ed '^rl' o ro 70-ic
to Oo.,o 'o'eg^' 1irs \6,.e-o h61i79r1ql ry.
'[o"to^
Jorco o;o ro dor'se is p o e 05 -'ror o
1roo" ^ s rl. -er I' ro. li. ocl. o doqn ot - ^,^L ,.:
con be seen in the wcy he f'eely hordled-the cor
slrucilvls|functiono ist pr ncip es Out of lhe five ru es
o' -\^ r e w o t^, d.- lt^ lo I L'o oo ou le C orou"io
lonco chose those thol suited hls persono Tnonne'
tnd, lost but noi leost, those thotwould meellhe occ
Lrirements cnd condilions. For instonce, .lcnco woulc
r-ocr
noi rlse hls villcrs on pilotis, on extremely rore eLemen-
to be found with the Romonion modernism. The s
houetle of hls vll os is rolher mossive, mcrinly due tc
ihe compcrct qround floor ond the relotively smcr
fo' e l1 o 1 1
ooenincs o o'-'oo,"o lg o 166g6o 5,
i Alr *liJ.*t :treiching over the whole width of the
house were moderoteiy used. The solotium lertcce
wo, o leo po y ovetAo b^ r9 '' rod ' o c
ro qe
loeq o ,v i'' "o' woq o -,lote \ loolA ''o tr Io'
no'nroi.-,nan'l e o r'-qr6' tB' [oe.
ln"theory, ]crnco subscribed to the princip e demonc
aq ' a e i- ro"o of o ^or e1l. to* eue '- p'ocr, '
he" did not keep the dogmo, rendering on oeslheiic
dlmension to some pureTunclioncl elements The bo
conies ond bowwindows were frequenily used cs
 -. ': teptezentond, 'in genero, un e ement exlrem
i 'r- in modernismu romOnesc. Siluetc vlleior este
' ;- eiizoid priniro onumild mosivilote, determlnoto
: : r--eTU p in 9l de deschiderile re otiv mici in com
r : cu suprofoto folode or. Fereostro bcrndo, pe
: iimec cosei, esle folosito cu mdsurd. Tercso
- este ce pufin poriio ocoperild si ironsformcld
':': oggie, element mu i mor polrivil peniru verile
,- : e Bucuresliu ui.
=,
-: lcncu susiine principiu renuntdrii c orno-
- - orocllcd, insd, inco co litera dogmei dOnd o
. .F tr-6.CO J.to ^a-ar-e p ,,,,tiOrO-.
':'ee 'i bo'rool les-r'l loor eooqse6 61611e
- =-ente decorotive, formo or si mcniero in ccre
' - = - ncliunecr cu fclodo depogind slricl uncliono- f rneons, comp emenlory lo functiono isl orchlleciure,
.=-.;nd c or penlru obtinereo unor efecle esleti
- - 3iL.tro e. Din ocecgi cofeqorre fcce porle
- -: rlei ocoperisu ui p ol prin usooTe sou occen-
= :::cnlrnurldti ce nu sunl necesore din puncl de
- = ,rrsiructiv, dor cu menrreo de o echilibro
-:porturi compoziliono e in folodtt.
=
' -
- - :t o c cdire conslruild de loncu nu se Doole
- -l :sie de o simpliiote dusd pcrno o oridilote.
. Ce ^et ea I.OIF\OO,ieO^OAla rrp.
'oapor'e.ro- vea\y'/e.,er (03 ls
?o) tr \o otdoor^o - 'o' o.1 r i
- . rgoie .e r-"rpo r 'o od^.e r plo' .' oe-o-
.
= ::incime, si mici supropuneri si 'inirepdtrun-
=::rurl, prn core se oblin efecle de lumind si
: reprezintd dovodcr preocupdrir de o gosi
,l:e de expresie esletico, complementore
. ' iunciioncr sle, millooce derivole din p osti
'
: ,'d.
- A P CTOR AR! TECT
corlerei ui Morce loncu se pol detecto
,s,br e surse de inf uentc, incepOnd de lo
sobru cu e emente Secession o profe-
, Kor Moser, lrecdnd cpoi probobi o
)e Stiil si, in fino , lo Le Corbuster. De o
:^cu c preluot oce e e emente teoretice
,l-e cu interesoi, rezultolu fiind un ecc ec-
- -onrd foorle personold.
-:mporoni lui Mcrrcel cncu, crrlicu] Scndu
::ot comenlcrriu cel moi c orvdzdlor c
- :irc ildtii orhiiecturli ocesiuio: ,,c,:sele lui
-
; r-rLr nu seomdnd uno cu c to, degi bozo or
F o, treo5: 5' iClO )-p l eta o ^g le pe
: -it
g 5-y lo9 Io 61e c todiro eg o
r ccrn be o so exp oined once hls orchilecture is con
oulri posblo ^ l^hrr a rpero.
^o-e
. -:.ric]. .locul voriot ol vo ume or, rilmico
-: : c golurilor si suprofete or, oJiernonlo ver
: :,-izontolelor, cu loote co nosc din ho
- ---ic t de nevoi e interiorului ou echi lbru
--- :simeiric si festivilolecr orhltectonico dolo-
- r 'rmiului lui p oslic. Pe urmd, integroreo
: -osfero strdzei, peisc u ui, .ii reuseste, cldl
- - -.-moi dotorlto ochiu ui sou de colorisl
decorolive feolures, since lhe r :- l:: I
with the focode wos more thon s'-:' . ' -t-' , - ,
oiing insieod sculpturo ond ces'-:: =t=',
lhe scme cotegory could be inc L-c:: - - .'-r,
the f crtroof line by elther sho otu :- r, :-', , ,- ,
coniinr ti-^s.
Simpiicity never lurns inio dryness - , r- - r:
[v^r -te ros sob^.oerq1. o. . :
-
Vi io11a3 Jo-o'reDo,^\ c,"..'
lorn such elements os round corners s:-: :
zigzcrgged lnes dividing the foccdes - , -:. =-
recessed pones, ond sighty overoppirg..c ..-:.
troting p cnes resu ting in ight ond shcdow eireci:
They o I prove his concern io flnd new oestl-er c
ond mostly derived from obstroct poiniing.
PAINTFR AND ARCHITECT
Al through .lonco s ccreer vorrous sources of inf u-
ence ccrn be lroced. Storting wilh Kcr Moser s sober
c cssicrsm wrth the Secession e emenls cnd pcrssrng,
presumob y, to the f uiur sts, ond then De 5rr1l cnd fino"l-
ly to Le Corbusier, Jonco bo rowed lhose theoreiicol
ond proctico e emenis thot he found of rnleresi, whlch
ed him to o sort of ececiicism underiying c speccr
i personol louch.
From cmong .lcrnco s coniemporories, lhe ort critic
Sondu Elicd wrote lhe mosi insightfu remorks on the
origincrlity of .]onco s orchilecture : "None of Morce
lonco s houses seem to look o ike, though they hove
the some orchitecturo bosis, thot is, o strrct obser
vonce of the lows I hove mentioned crbove lc ty reg
Jo o' P'y5,4 loar'o ll^ro-e'o ^ hr.o po s-
bi lties, the economic demondr] The diverse nierp oy
of vo umes, the dor ng rhythm of voids ond compocl
wcr is, the c terncriion of verliccrls ond horlzonio s,
o ihough issued from the hophozord d ctoted by the
lh-^ requrrements of the inlerlor, they o I owe fhe sym
"elr rco o'do.ynrF Lo eqrio'r oroo |tr
turol pioylu ness on y to his ortislic sensilivity.
si Furlhermore, ihe successfu integrotion of the building
in the cimosphere of the streel cnd ondsccpe is due
to l-i' bo rq or o, o-'rp .1eo co o .
I rs crucio for our understcnding of .lcnco's orcrlec
lure to be owcre of his belng boih o pointer ond on
orchitecl. Flrst of o l, this occounts for his inleresl to
opp y poiniing ln orchiiecture The ltnd of libe ty he
took ln the use of functiono isl-conslrucliv si princip es
sidered in conneciion with hls poirting cnd especicr -
y wilh the crbstroci re ief: creoted in Zu lch The
locodes bui t in depth, through cpp ccriion of succes
sive over opping elemenis, for which funciiono lity
o one doer not occouni, rem nd Jonco s obstrocl
reliefs which were mecnt io be inleorcled in lhe orch
tecturol wol . Another defining e e,ient in the fogcde lmobi u Hoimovici, por elol
composition, the Z-shoped, broken lne, con be o so curent, Bucurest,1935
oc ed r I s oo ly po I g oro g'op oar;g^). Hoimov cl Brildlng. upper loor
C^r e ol y tl e ec -er' dAo or .or.o, ll eo'^l o pon, Bucrre5ti, 1935
 Duo itcrleo picior orhileci esie esei-old penlru
,'eegaFoo-l lo , .iMo o c. [6o'pio
in primul rind, lnleresu penlru op icoreo plcturii in crrhi
tecturd. Llbertoti e pe core Loncu si le perm ie in op
t.t-Coc,i
i h' p'-.,pFge^erota\IeIeo-Ter ro' tr efo.oc-
.g^6 9r,".p'6 oa.lr .,-,5e s, gO
sesc de osemenecr, o e^plicoiie.in momenlu in core
orhliecturo oceslulo esle considerolo olotur de pic
lurc so si, in spectcr , de re iefurile obsirocte reo izole
de el lo Zi"rrich. Cunoscdnd reliefurlle obstrocie, pe
core loncu e-o vrut de lo bun incepul tntegroie in
zidu orhlteciurcr , poli lnielege de unde provine con-
sl ulreo in prolunzime o lofode or, oblinutc prin supro-
puneri succesrve de e]emente. supropunerr ce nu sunl
o necesiioie din puncl de vedere funcf ono . Un olt
e ement delermlncnl in compozillo folcde or, inio
fronto, in formo de Z, se regdsesie si eo in piciuro s
grofico timpurie.
n genero, ideeo ce revine in repeloie r0nduri in scrl
Pellle crchlleclure, eri e leoretice sl onume. ,,moniero s ml ord de reo izore
.in
re elplctot Zurch, l9l9 compozitionolo orhilecluro si 'in piclurcr", formeozo
Peille orcFllecl!re. probobi cheio notei personcr e c crhileciurii lui cncu
o: rieil re ei /Llr cr I 9l 9 Din ccesi princlpiu decurge lrolorec fofcdelor dupo
regu i de compozilie si plcstico obsiroclo, monierd ce
poote fi urmdritcr co un fir conlinuu, unificotor, in ciudo
diversltoiii so ulii or.
.193
in
lntr un ortico publicot l, piclorul M ll Moxy,
ce considero de oltfe cd crhilecluro lui oncu,,,nu
p oneozd c nivelu operer sole piciurole', scrie: ,,E
oproope o conlrcdiclie inire spiritu ce se vreo siolic
ln orhitecluro si oportu olit de dinomic gi tempero
ne11o o oi i o-''.Oboro-io :reero lo
pocie f inso ielormulolcr din punctu de vedere ol
ce ui ce siudiozd crrhilecturo ui oncu. E emeniele
.in
dinomice ce obundd compozilio folode or, chior
docd uneorr foorte subti , 9i ccre sunt forcr indoio dr
cporlu p ostrcionului, sunl locmoi menile sdr rupd spiri-
lul sloiic o crhiieciuril. C c,:dire de loncu poote fi
.o'oc^ 1o-o ro d"gobo o o po li o,po'ocr
d^or oLr vorrpLr . orooebra69^:sc
r\I RiCAp_ S AD_A AD lLATA
Lo multe clodiri, in specio lo vi e, loncu se ocupd si
de proiecioreo in ce e moi micr omdnunle o interioru-
lui, cstfel inc0i sc formeze un loi unilor. Doieczd inte-
rioore e cu mobi er li,, precum du opuri, conope e,
borurisi eloiere penlr u ccrii, cu dmpi s seminee, si e
decoreozo cu scheme de culoore, vitrouri sl covoore
lesuie dupd desene e so e.
Tot crlticului Sondu E iod i se doloreczd rezumoreo
unor ospecle mojore o unui inlerior proieclot de
loncu: , B ne compus rollonol imporftt, cu juslo uti-
lizcrre c spoliu u , cu o sobrd 9i pllno de fontezie,
tolusl, decoroiie co orlslicd. Ccsc focuto peniru con-
[o ''r ocoor I o^r l gier o o. 'o-pleoveo.- r.
Ur e o' c.,t de Mo' .e lor t , ore cevct cl n
slricleleo si o ]ocul sdu ol unei uzine, sdrbdiorescu
siveseiio unui decor leolroL. lmbinoreo oceslor doucr
conlrozicdtoore si inlreqltoore infdtisori, e dcrtorito
orhilecluro so 9i vo ooreo ei si tol ocestei duolitoli
wriiings, thol is, 'o srmi cr monneT lo ochieve the orc'
ieclurcl ond poinling composition" mighl be cons:-
eed,l eL"y o lApe\o'lo'oeo l'ocr'iec
occordinq to compositiono rules of obsirocl orl c :
.q" [e 6, ^do. o.t^.Fyr g . o^r^Jor. t^erert,o :
. wo l. do.p o l^o oi.ersi y o ol i'ior
'.
n of ortic e publlshed in 193 1, the pointer M-
Moxy, who thought thol Jonco s orchitecture 'dlcl - -
recrch the eve of his pointing', wrole thot "ll is cr rr:.
o controdiciion belween the spirit thot tends to be .'-
li- ' o ti-ec. e ord [o drror, luey ""1.
-erl ol I po r '9 . Wle r's ^-o,l i. rrc
: .e f - or b^ 'eol ,o'eo I o-1 t1e poi^l ol . -r
someone who studres -lonco s orchileclure. The .-
mercbe, olthough sometimes very subtLe, dync^
e emenls which oppeor in the fogode composi- -
cnd crre undoubted y ihe pointer's contribution : -
meont lo breok the stolic sprrii of orchiteclure A b- ,
ing designed by.lonco cou d be rciher descrrbec ,
on exompe of spotio mode ing lhcrn o pure vo -- -
with well deflned focodes.
NTERIORS AND APPLIED ART
-o '"roT, b' d rg, e)oe. o y lo uiro .o1co . . -
d^.q, -l ^ i^le io, .o o ll " 1o esl oe o 5. ^o.
view the bui ding os o whole. He c so designed :,
in furniiure, such cs cupboords, sofos, bcrs, boc. -:.
A\ oao\ or d ti e plo' os do.o o 'g ^^ wo . '
,oo r- , I ore, .-o red q o.s o o Lo pe ,\o.-
his own pcllerns.
t wos ogcin, the some crilic, Sondu Eliod, ..-
.. nred .o or a ^ ojo, eo'u c- o lor .o s '-
de'' .b.9'L err o, 'w^lcor66r^l '6 6161 , -
iioned, fol owing o iudicious use of spoce, disp c. -
o sober, yet ful fledged fontosy in the colour de:-
tion. The house is buit lo offer comforl lo its or'.--
ond it suils the hygienic ond sound spirit of the :--
Ar 1o' 9' deri.^d b, Mo-<ol or . o o5 .o, r
ot l^ ro,e,) oro ave) -^i^q;r lr po e' c-
pL e-e ot o foc-o'y o o e jo7l. loro a5-.e -
ll eo ^ tr e,y. lher^rgrgof t'..^lwotor"r.
lo r ye .o-ole. erlo , o>p^'t: Io"r te .oL-..
o o') o.. l iF- o of Li vol ,e oro o,q tc -.
.^ , oloL d^ o.o or o. L is6 . 6 o6l rl'^
r l-oro o co ^oJd opp7 o' ro wol s ^:
oQ'io glon el or f,i. r o' /ar -ioT ( r ll - -
spoce ond, whot is more, the mosl orig no fect--=
inierwor Romonion orchiieciure. Srgnificontly, ,,- =
o.r.o wo.[ eo , Rororo |^ rr-oi i.qIi -
obslrocl pointing n orchiiecture, even when he -:
given up obslroclionism in his eosel pointincs - -
ideo of lhe complementority of pointing ond oic- -.
ture hod been .lonco s concern since hls hrict :-
od wl ^rl^p, oowr-opope',o1 osl e.res -
e.oa, -o1'I eli , ^ra-,oterlop-li. lop: :
-l erLo de 9r ^d 1e Itr o orch e lr re -
Corttinporanul ediiorio offlce. The proiect cc- =
opproximcley doted 192325, ond it hos bee. --
 ^s doloreczd
- : sl oriqinolilotec .i,. Decorolicr I ro,,r, o,.a ro or a o^ oo .
-r
:

cso cum numesle Eliod schemele oiciuro e o'd,no" /^/ar. oo',

: ,^ op', o oa pe -- a., aata p.ooob., represenirng osymmelrico c3: _: _
-
^ IO 'tOOto't' O 1,a,.ar .'O, ,qo;. e or o 'e o.^ oop-
^ o; og,
;.oa^to.o.ro,tro
ol o. a o o o ,/^
., r-: icd. Semniflcotiv esle fcplu cd
oncu, in /Vaa, po6 e,'a. -

'' lir ooo\'o

RomOnio, conlinud sd irleoreze con
tO, o'li^ - c,,"'rp
loro'. lena ro'r
o.e o-'l o.oo^ o o-o
^ o]-' ^ o o'o e oacr oa ob,rro'o 'la o' I .- . o. oe,o I o j
:--t compemeniorilcrlii piclurii obsirccle cu ao o eo 'o o )po ^ -o-c .

: :j c preocupcl pe loncu incd de o Zririch 'ho orpo or -eIoo o.

:, sese deio pe hortie, sub formo de schite Still group erperimenls, especic
I

v ii.:- .. -
- --r oord ocecsld idee se molerio tzeczd t .o.o,d-,...Do^oLo l.c-. o
- :.1 de orhilecturd interioordr, execulcl de o L'
^ -. o o ^J o- o p r. . o . _
-- : _redociio revistei Conlimporctnul. ?ro slruclures ob]e to counierbo crnco lho ,pol c ar ,Fi
--,': ii doiot oproximativ 1923 25 si este leclurcrl struclure wcs the id-ec mcrnner to opply
: a,^
"d . O'o .o oq o, oa FOo o.
, ,O
colour lo orchileclure for De Sli1l pornters. The,u-o,.
tro p6^. 'o.oi,.o opp r; o^ olso similorities with Fl Liss slzl y s pl,o"n Room shovvld
- oo a ord orpoz r; obq o in Berlin in 1923, where ihe dtuirion berween rhe drf
- - ,--. Pe suprcfete rectongulcre, de cu oore, ro o' i no' aq
^,o di 1 o-ao or -oo o ,l
.
. a e oop'troi ir, ^, , p^ rlo'' rl ool o.r^ oape.o6a,,.olo..^._
e_

oito'o o .a 6r ! l^.-€, lure itse f. Cn the other hcrnd lhe wcy.lonco orrplied
- ie .oniinuou neinlrerupl pesle co luri e co our to orch teciure cou d hove been" nfluenced Ly
pa c;.or de,o, ^ oe o,. i
B' o'O, o.Q^s o. -1
:r' oLi'-.ro ooo,o.td oooo oo,'odp\oog'opn o,,or, . r,a
I,Q2 ,or,orr,
- piciurol ostfei creol. , -, \ 'c I Ql I ro* o,o. 60 ^ lo1qa. oOO eO
r: compozitie folosltcr de loncu cminlesle OOOr. ;O.e OO.OO,O \,-.trO, OiO^'6-,
.-c o r, Do \ii n pe.6 6,cr,
^d o' he f o- -aa-o^. o . e . o, qr
r:.. s Th v. Doesburg. Deslrucluroreo for ie Oo,O ,O,.A Or _r ^o.,o,io, 1apOA,_ .a,a )b,.
'=:i!rcr e, creoreo uneislrucluri
spctlcle pic scorce informction ovcri oble The co our schemes
: -: : sd conlrcbolonseze struclurcr soolir: d hove vonished wirh time. Cnly rn the Retch Vilic
; : ero ideolu de op iccre o culorii in crhi (1936) the rnierior poly hromy could be ecofsiruct_
' o, o,i d,' o p O" S t. -, -6 la6sa srr b orc e 1--r I p
;ir:35
' Doo- o ,i[
ed ln the chi dren s room both the wcr ls ond the fur_ '4ionc
Zrrlcf. l9llr
.r ,oa. ..r11 nilure poyed of imporloni role':. The wols were
f

-r€ " r g/3 , o^ o'z, ,ao o,n,,e

B crc srrr b orc p r.:te' : -..
pcr nled in lwo colour:. Firsl, on overcl bockground litci t19 t7'
r - ei'cr dizolvoto de slruciuri ce se conlinuc
ndependent de crhitecturo. pe de olra
-o o , i^ o . i.e -r,o oo.oo e oe
:
- ,c'a o.r,-"r' . B,,,o ro,
r: epocd cr e vr elor Fuchs (1922) si Juster
: O \a rOdO 'p,Ore,e O OqOr Oe de
o o.\- P-,,oo, o^ ior^ ro
- ::lrpoziiii simtlore celor de c redoclio
- : r.ri desi moi puiin speclccu ocrse. n
- t - ,",esle poleto fo osild, informctii e sunt
, 1 he, c'o o, o. .F o, 6i por,, :r
. Doo, .a/, . ai poi I r OJOJ o
- -: iui compoziiio po rcromd o inlerrorului, in
-ob.^',. o . ol imoor.
. O Or a. e Ot- Op .,O. O. aO . f OO. at^
'. ',^,d- r^ po ' go oF, oo p^,"
ti
I
: 6J^g ^^6 .oO-,^OOi6.,, -o.
- ,,: oiele de nuonle vlo el rece i; ;;;";;
- :rr si violel co d in ccrmero verde fls|c.
.l O'a O Oer^,A tr p,O tO, pa O a)^
. ]oor^.o-r aoapo
,: eru ur. Astfel mobi cr nu mci ero oer-
' I co un obiecl funcliono ci formo si un ele
, allv si eslelic in cnsomblu comere or.

a.. !'
'r'*'F'
it {
l r{
 ln cdruioreo unei expresir esieiice c:-c:-e--:re lnie
riorului functioncr si, oncu nu se i- -e:zc cioor cr
op icoreo de scheme de cu oore, ci iriegreczd in
perelele orhileciuro si bcsorelieiuri creole de scu p-
torilo Milto Poiroscu gl vilrouri e proieclole de e'.
Prime e desene pentru vilrourl dcrleczo de lo Zurich,
fiind compuse inir un sti obstroct expres onLsl. In
Romdnio, oncu expune cdtevc desene pentru vitrouri
in 1926 in ccdru unei expozfii de picturd
gi, in oce-
o or p bro r or - o^poz a.rif 1'o r^
revisio Conlimparctnul. ln mu le cose, viirouri -^ ou
suproviefuit, iumindnd hoiuri, scorl 9i degclcmente,
decorond u9i e glisonle o e spcl i or de primire sou
tipice e fereslre hub ou.
Cc in lot ce fcce, si in proieclorec vltrouri o[, oncu
lnlerlor d n redoclio experimenteozo cu dlferite lehnici, melode compozi
Conti n po ro n tl u i, I 923-l 924 liono e si sliluri creond vrtrouri co orole sou o be, in slil
lnlerlor of Contimporanul obstrocl, cubrsl scu f gurotiv-noiurolist. in vi cr Chihoes-
editorlc olf ce, )923 1924 cu, un urros v trou co orot domincr holu si coso scor L
Compozilio esle diciolo de tromc de metcrl crlcdrtulto
din dreptunghruri orizoniole si verlicole Cchiurl e de
sllclo, une e inlens colorole in o boslru sou brun, o 1e e
dlsc ete gri sou bej, ou iexluri si grosimi diferile, cOte
vc llind g ovoie cu lronlurl de reprezent-rri figurotive
sou geometrice, ostfe inccri efeclu genercl este
cce o de collctge Fereostro ho ului din vllo lulo esie
un cso zis vilrou o b, in core prinir-o tehnico speciolo
o fosl grorrotd o compozifie cubistd, cu o temd muzi
colo, clor insp rotri din picturile conlemporone cle ui
oncu. !o ul de introre 'in onsomblul de oportomente
din str. Ste eo Spoloru c cvui, de osemeneoi un imens
vitrou o b cu o temo morind, disporutintre iimp. in vilo
whlch hod ihe some co our with ihe furniture, -:*
yelow for one room cnd pistochio green
j:-
olher Cn this bockground ond more prec se,., -
where pieces of furniture were set cAcinsl lhe .'
were opplied polches of co d ond respeclve y ,
nuonces of vlo ei, which s ighi y exceeded the
tours of the furnriure. So, furnilure itse f wos no :
exclus vely perceived os funcliono oblec
become, iust rke the wols, on e emenl thol de: -
lhe spcrce.
In secrch for on oesthelic express on lhol shou : :,-
comp emenlcry to the funcliono isl inlerior, .loncc
not confine io co our schemes on y, he c so nte:
^d Mi to Dol o ,'. bor^ o ofr 61 dli. ow' oc. .
w ndows inlo the wol '0. The flrst s[eiches for sic --
glcrss, devised os obslrocl expressionislic con":
tions, doted from his Zurich period. ln Romonio, Jc-
exhibited severo drcrwings for sioined g oss winc:
n o poiniino
in po nl ng exhibition opened in
exn oLlon opened I 1926, ono : -
vlo, ond
lshed o cubisl composition in lhe Continpo':
mogczine in the some yeor. n mony of lhe house: --
designed lhe stoined g oss windows siil siond, :-
ing the hcl woys ond slcirccses or decorclinc -.
sliding doors of receplon rooms ond lhe tyc ,:
rornd windows
ln designing sloined g oss, just ike with onything - -
ever did, .lonco exp ored vorious lechniques, cori:
sltion melhods ond sty es cnd creoted white :
coloured leoded windows ln the obstrocl, cubis
figurolive-ncrlurcr islic sty es. For inslonce, in -- -
Chihoescu Vil o, o huge slo ned g oss window cc-
notes lhe hc I ond the sloircose The composiiion ,.. -
pollerned on the metc gri I mcde of horzonio :-
verliccr reclong es. Some of lhe pcnes cre intens=
co oured in b ue ond brown, whlle oihers, more :
cretely hued, ore beige crnd grcy. They o hove :'
ferent lexlure ond thickness, ond some hcve i'::
ments of figurotive or geometricol representolions =l
grcved on lhem, conveying on overol colloge efle -'
The ho I window of the ulc Vi lc is o so co led w. -
eoded
eooeo wlndow,
w ncrow, where,
wnere/ through recnn q,:
spec o iechniq,=
rnrougn o specic
o cubisl composilion on o musico lheme wos enc':
ved, obvious y inspired by one of .lcnco's poinlrngs -
thot time The ho of the crporlmenl buidinq in Ste =,
Spdtcru Street hod o so o whiie huge eoded v, -
dow on o mcrine theme, whlch is no lonqer exrslir-:
n lhe Juster Vi lo some smo I white glcss windows c'=
with 9eomelr
decoroled wrrn
oecoroTeo cor mor
geomelriccrl rs reco
motifs ng r':
reco ing i'=
obsirocl reliefs from hls Zurich period, especioly ti=
fomous blonc sur blanc relief. n this house cnd in il-:
GoLd burlding os we , lhe houblol windows cre de:
oroted with styised representciions of ondsccpe.
ond crrchiteciurol lmoges.
An inlerior devised by Morce .lcnco, where ti:
wo s were covered with co our schemes, i.he doo'.
cnd windows weTe lrue works of cubrst or obslro-
orl, lhe bookcoses were designed cs ln built re iei.
whl e the co umns, becms ond door fromes beccn-
sources of light, must hcrve hod indeed ihct ioy:-

- - ,,e geometrice, obstrcrcie, ce omintesc reliefuri e
--.-'ccle de o Zurich si, moi oles, foimosu ,,blonc
. : cnc". ln oceeosi ccsd, ccr de o tfei ;r in imobiiul
: fo'eslre^l,bo sr n'oeeooe., c-clo i;\roro
. .^' ord oe soia -i '^rogi^ orl c. r ,o ^ )
a o'.eo de Mo'e. o., ''r.o^ pore-
- : - :coperili de scheme de culoore, usile si lere
= ercu odevorole opere de orlo, cubisld sou
:-O ^io^F6 aoJ (o.epia O oot)t'
., ol- " ,,d i .oloor- e, 17 s 1,oq;
. -r:'omenle de usi erou lronsformole n su,se d"e
-. -: rn ostfel de inlerior lrebuie so i ovut
lntr-ode-
f
- rycdiorescu unui decor teolro', de core vor
-- ::ndu Eliod. Existc, de o tfel, similirudini ev-
---'= ^nlre interioore e proieclcie de loncu si
- ,'-'' e cubisie creole de orhiieclu frcncez
. / o'^l S-ev^' s 'r or ' 20 p^a-- J rr eie '
I -re'b'e'. Doco rrrr o ,o o lo. oi e.-o
. ':-: .ln semn de intrebcre, co mu le o lele eqote
' . : .i ol, .1 Co 'e, "po,
^ LO o e O, ^.^.^-
'= deco o've gplirgl^ 'l ot1a t o . -to;
: r-:eosi dezrnvo turo fotd de dogmo, ii crpropie
: ,,-j- doi orhitecli
. -'::-uro romdneoscd inlerbelicd, Morcel lcncu
. ,- Ceschizolor de drumur, o ovuf indrdzneclo
--r-ce suflul innoirii inlr un mediu predominonl
- ' -t isi, dor o fdcul-o mdsurot si sensibil lo condi-
- .: Cesclfreze st ul epocii scle si so-i gdseoscd
. - :: e personolo, credincios crezu ui sou de con
-: - : I orhiieciurii co sintezd o orie or.
, r - :osl dogmctic, loncu o reustt sdr fie ,,outorul
-, --odeTnlsmu ui !!.in orhiieclurc romdnecrscd
, ^poronul r. 00 'g? I
, 1oc . .-oe.J
Oa a\t ret iOt Cro OleCtivr 16o el6, 6'.
- ' : Ce desen si piciuro luote cu losif ser (1881
: - - -orco moniero lui loncu, in specro obilitotec
- .-t - in cOlevc linii corocleru unei forme si de o
- edo oo sorol loleo , -o -iql i.
' '' : le obro\ .a ro -o OIQ o o- ro.i
' --.i muss und wi l wieder zum Leben zurLlck-
. -'= -- Dos Neue leben Ersle Ausstellung, cal
'-o..Z ch t2. :.2. 9tQ / -
::.ore.rud leIorio'or , .,olj' _o
C- p,ovr
. Forr y Mo eet Jo^,o Dooc: . ,/e.,.qe
er periertc, n6tgett611i ,6 ,o, (on. i
r-.:-Lond, Fronkfurt om Moin, Berin; Bern;
-. roris, Wien, I 993, p 51 69
- , l':rislous von, Mctcmillon Encyclopedio o{
- -: p 242 244
, : - ccuorele s o pdslroi .in origincrl ln orhivo
- r-:o, Te Aviv, c douo door'in fotogrofle.
:a:-:
ond tesltve o r ol o lheolre t:
o''.Acuo, ^a'eoe -
' a o'\ o-.o d^.g^^o C -
credby'hate.. l-ro -e -.,-
tor Mo,sl'l^.[c1 -. .
,
loncowosdirectyinf uencec.. .. -
o 9 F lol'hot s a'to c :'
-or y o-he-: ^.o ad'o ro co ... :
tno c,' hi-e r we'a ee o - --- ': j
.O \a O . ord -^'lt- o..r^. e - ;
dogmo
Within the Romonion inlerwor crchilecrure Mcrce
Jonco wcrs o pothfrnder, who hcd lhe couroqe ;o
btq ^FWor IopodoLro /-roo: o.o;.
mi ieu, yel he dld it modercie y toling into occounl
the ocol condLtions
.lonco wos ob e io sense ihe style of his own coe cnd
,
find o persono tone to it, foiihful y fo lowinq his"creed
.o,.Ir^ .ec leq'o-oro' o...
Wt tl oL .b^, g dogno--L -a ^ro roged ro ea l^p 'n 6-61
or'ho o' n 916'.. rn ;r -he Ror 01 o' ot( 1-e.r .te.
NOTES
L ,,Noi (We), in Contimporanul no lOO, 193 l,
p.1; the monifesto ike ediiorio signed by the editoriol
leom.
2. Jcnco fol owed drowing ond pointinc closses with
osif lser (l8Bl l95B) from whom he" eorned rhe
obillty to define in c few lines lhe chorocler of cr forrl
os wel os lo cotch ond oulline the persono iiy of o
humon figure.
3. Groduotion certrficcte, Morch I 9l 9 in lhe.lonco
fomily popers, Tel Aviv.
4 'Die Kunst muss und wil wieder zum Leben zuruck-
kehren, in Dos Neue Leben; Erste Ausstellunq, enhtbi
tion ccfo ogue, Kunsfhous Zurich, l2l 5 2 ldlq p I
5 The jnformotion on lhe broihers lonco studies con
be found in Seiwert, llarry, Morcel Janco, Dadoist-
Zeilgenosse wohltemperlerter morgenlandischer
Konstructivist, Peler Lcnd, Frcnkfurt om Moin; Ber rn;
Bem; New York, Ports, Wien, I 993, p 5l 69 Vltrcu, 1926
6. Sionislous von Moos, Macnilk:n Encyclopedict of Sloif ed g os:
Archifecture, p 242 44.
( One ol the oquo e les is preserved in lhe .lonco
lom Jy popers while the other is known from o photo
groph.
B See H. Seiwert, l993, p 523 541
9. Jonco senl these drowings to M. Seuphor from
B.lcto ^ - i. oorly 920, Se rpnor rarars'o tl-er os:
'i 'e or. 1' e.rt o loro,,o' o or .TA,pe, ^o r o'^
which, by th-^ir light tone, proved thot this lunc|ono
o dio 'o o/ or y TAo.rs o.ci de -r o posr.b.'.e" o
I 'ro-r'. So-. Micre Se rpl or 'Morce orro i.
Arlisls of aur Tlme, vol X V, Bodensee Verlog,
Amriswil 1963 p 17.
I O Cn groduoiing the orchitecture studies both broth
ers obloined ihe tii e of 'lngenieur' (englneer), ond
 B. Vezi H. Seiwert, 1993 p :2: a! noi thot of Diplom ingenieur (Diplomc Engine:
9. e sunl trimise ce i..i. o-cu luj M.
Desene
9o,o.to'l ^rlq6, poio...pratr1 eoi iig
Seuphor, de o Bucuresli, lc irceoriu onilor 20. lo lod o qe il e o..^D-eo o ooa tre o ry Soir:
Seuphor se referdr o e e cc lo. lii e orchitecluroi 1993 p 52
lo 'o. i^' or or ,'ta.pac'eo ro-r .rl .. o, -r e - I \or a c \LTp'o'rr co be .rod^. Wo lro* '
'9[ to.^ oovod l-or lrs | 'o^o o'ooio oy P.obio o'l oo tata or o M. Jor .o lo / or ,

ony meons exc ude the possibilities of humour'i Do.s ord -to ll ^ oo- DorlDo,reo teq ,e lad o.
Vezi Seuphor Michoel, Marcel lonco, in Artisls of or dp lo oo . po-e ,-ro or a.l-,bi o' orqor ..
A'
our Time, vol XlV, Bodensee Ver oq, Amriswil b7 Le g or-p Se- or d o, a Go or e do. Beor .

1963 p )7 in Mcrch i92O

lO Amondoi frotil cbsovd studii e de orhiiecturo I 2. Sonouil el, M , Dodod Poris Jeon.Jcrques Por,.:
oblinond ln l9l9 titiul de ,,lngenieur', nu insdr ce de editeur, 1965, p 455, 506
Drp om ngenieur ', deoorece proieclele or de 13. Froncis Noumonn, '.]onco/Dcdc: on interv
dip omo prezenlole n iu ie l9l9 nu obiin noto de tre wiih Mcrce lonco , in Arts magozine, 1982, p BC
cere. Vezi Horry Seiwert )993 g 52 11. A' Olt^r p. o ro. o1s11 .r -;-1. ptr OO \ pte .^
I -QQ3
I Se slie door cd L f zaro si M. loncu fusesero ' t. S" *e p ot-/a.
chemofi de Piccb o o Por s si co poetul Pou Dermee, )5.Cont'irnporc:nul maaclzne ccrme out ln Buchc-=

!
l
6(e ^ . .o . J .Ap>crpor-cpclooe'poz o
.Ar rTO oteoqor oode )ea'ro" d o, aGoorio
des Beoux-Arfs, in mortie I 920.
12. Miche Sonoull el, Dadcs a Pc:ris,.leonJoques
Pcuveri edileur, 1965, p 455, 506
l3 Ncrumcnn, ,,Frcrncis", Jonco/Dcrdo: crn inierview
wiih Morcel lonco ', in Arfs mc:gc:zine 1982, p. BO B6
I.D^^11 .ot-Cd,Oeoa a(O^\li , eOO,^
ocde vezi H Seiwert, 1993, p 16370
beiween 1922 ond 1932, berng finonced byJc-_
l ediol wF a rp po^t lo V reo o o Mor o Jc'
lo , C. L o.t, D^po,lor 'r Co" .lpo,o^.
a \o' 22r loj/ p
lZ Sondu E tod, 'Megteru Morce loncu' (Mc- -
-lonco, ihe Croftsmon), in Fcscla no. 363/ lune 2:
1930,p3
e pa.r. 1 8. H Seiweri, 1993, p 393 94.
19. t o' i^r oo'o / p ,o Co, 01 . T trr oTAo :

15. Revislo Contimporanu/ opore o Bucuregti inlre broho oso,,l o- '1e.oeol ll elolow c:
1922-1932 fiind finonloto de oncu. Edirorii sunt iecis: lhe sketch for M Sorbul's cottcge (1i -
poetul lon Vineo si Morcel oncu. Suchord Poviion llS26) ihe Wexer Vilo (19_-
16 JG Costin, ,,Reporter' in Conlimporonul nr. the Bucegi Soniiorium llS34), the Reich Vil o (19: -
47 /22
noe )Q34 p 7 C' rl pcr A. o o Co,o ( oj4l o^o .rA -o
l/ Sondu F tod, , Me5terul Mcrce lcncu', in Foclo (t93 ")b.loi q,oo o ';o.r:weei'. o-o
nr 363/ 23 unie 1930, p 3
'B ,vo. n er -
orod i. 'L o -e. Duo ,sl
od oroie.rs
I Se,we to93 p 3o3oa o i g Mor .^ o.(o o o^e 'l-^ .- ol ot oo q
l9 n publicotii, sunt mentionoti omondoi frolii .in co- I s (6'';npo,o.Jt ^aror ol orl,^ { o25) -r" i -.
zu urmdioore or proiecle. schito de vi c o ioro pen bullding (1926), the Doniel buiding ll926t .
M Sorb ( 9?o) povls L 5 loo{1026) uio o-b b o.rq{o28) -l eClopo 6i, 16rq11- :
We^ e (1Q29), :cnotoriul Bucegi .1934), vilo Reich l-a ct Ioo ,- b- o.9 (lojol l^ bio
(1936). Pdcuiele de pe imobiiee God (193a) ; Coimcrtei Street (193 I) Accordinq io es j_
Hoimovicr (1937) ii mentioneozd pe cmbii orhitecli .in o'r - o .g Poo ,vo.Ju^,t lce
Vi.e,ctf Swir ,
Io l-o " ,ro.l
formulc orotclo in text. Proiecte pub icote c ccre esie {,^ e Mo7 2; l- Oo5l
mentionoi co ouior door Morcel ioncu. interioore 20 Tl-e b' r o 'o oe'r oppt oiior s qr^6
redcctio Contrmporcnu) 11925), imobilul Trinitcfii rl e ror - o o cL L Ro,^-.^o 'r ,o^lo i,,v ,.
I

\1926) Coso Donie (1926J, coso Lombru (l9ZB) o^. na - lto e-e Ae tu 10 o cl p oro ti j.
coso Choprer llSZol coso Chihoescu (1930), imo brothersJoncoobloinedinZurich'didnotgrc..
b ,tr. Coiro Cor'o n -eo'or,o. LrJ rr
- ( 91 ) ' ql -o d o* ,-p plon.. A .o oirq r rrer elor-
.luliu loncu, sirondul Kise eff esle opercr tctolui sou o'dr,go .\eo o'loiTe o ic. l.''o." o. ..
(S.ri oore 25 rroi loo5J their oppliccrtions. ll seems lhol it wcrs rouline c- -

20. Cerereo de outorizolie Ce conslructie este '1e.[1o*"o 'o grpc]-\o. o co-npo - :

ino nlolcr pe nume e orh. L Rosenthol. Conform Mo,col Jor o o -o 'o q1 Ii. owr o _
egii, tiiiul de,,inginer fAro diploma oblinut io )e ^1[^ I Q31 wl o, ^^ f^ \o.o,o I .

Zrjrich, nu dodec frolilor oncu dreptu de o infoc
mi plonuri De oceecr ou recurs lo un sublerfuqiu,
inciniond cererile de oulor zotie de constr uclie pe
r -^
"le o L i orli'^ Acoo.-o no.odo -L oo e so
fi fost o exceplie 1c vremeo respeclivcr, filnd cunos
cuio sub denumireo de o ,,semno plonuri de com
Archiiects wos esioblished ond he wos enlerec ,- -
the hecding of ' recognized crchitecls'. Ju es ,:
wcs nol menlioned in these records.
2 C, or.'q oo, - io Brclo a:i Mo. e l
o o' qh'o org '"ous 6 ooo. or -gli,l o.o -
orrh^-iFo-"tor gwiIM.o.l .Iono
Do, ^ tql s le Jor', Be- ir goa Q- ; 1^ -
:

p ezenid'. Mcrcel oncu isi vc semno oficicl p,o-

iecle e obio incepdnd cu decembr e I 934 ccnd, ered lhem imporicni enough lo ioke lhem w--
 , .- rtdrii Corpului Arhitectilor, esle'inscris
. :rhiteclllor recunoscuti'. lullu loncu
- .-" nu
- -r -- :egistre e oficicle a" ort^'il".ti
r -: oncu oduce cu sine lo Bucuresti mcri
- r-- lespre crhiiecturc englezd si qermond,
- - - : curosculo Das englische Hous, Berlln
'
- -- o lul Muthesius, corii pe core e-o con
- . -::-, de importonle penlru o e luo cu sine si
. r : =: in Po esiino. Vezi Seiwert, I 993, p
- ,- '- :nii ce uTmeozd informctiile teorelice si
- - i rospdndite,
.l923 in specio de revisle de
- - r--' r ore loc expozifio ,,De Siii ' lcr
:25 expozilio de ,,Arte Decorotive', in
. _ r We s.or 1ot 06 lo Stu, oor etc.
'
r -- j.. o'go,L, -ao p o,r,c,',r r ,. -9,
) -. edroo oe 11. v. Doo or re pr_
. I lo' lo, orr'(o.ea, o apo,-o, Jr^-,,
. ..- dezvol-oroo or-e o, o o e oL po
t:-:: Mondio. Revlsicr porizroncr d-^ crid .
- -_..cril Nouveau, este infiinloto 'in 1920,
pe Le Corbusier, A. Ozenfont si
: .,- -,:-..tot'
. : .-COAOesppOri-er:Oproi O.e.,
: -. i dico . n ,,lud ri proqrorcrti. e ,
:--iu ui Rodikale Ktinstler, o cdrrui co oulor
: E, in Bose si principii e crtei moderne
. --rs o^ ioodo. do' 'o o r ' o leqo-.r.o
l- co re o r-pt' De 5,/, Ve.,i: Mo,ce
-- :.iuro noud ', in Cont'rmporctnul, nr.
- -:' '925, p 3-4.
:- - inl inoinle ,In Arla 5i Crosul, on l, nr I
. '
- - - Jne bose d cr6er pour io nouvel e co
r3. Morcel .lonco, lronsmis de criticul de
: r:-'ron, Adolf Behne, Arlicolu esle insotit
' - -"-..r oto ,,Tribune el moison ovec terrcsse
r r- l cv ons', pe core se poole descifro
'- - :-: ,,Bucoresi 1924 . Vezr. Archileclurct
.:-. o2: p lA2. o^i ^ o'pJ.o oo lo.
'-ceo dro 'o'oepro olo'rRoro
' ,,: crhlleclura' , in Conlimporcsnul, nr. 48,
:
-- . ' Arhitecluro
. noud", ,,Conslrucfivism si
Co, -inpoton' r'. )3 1l eo. 92J
- : -:doctiel, oso cum reiese din revisld, o
, :e ocdo r.. lnp me.e :,i. ro-og o-i
- o r osr p 'bl co,e r Co-,,mpo o^
. ::' 1925
. : moiiv o
ocestei cd olorii esle DOrlici
I OOJO OOlZe. O e, po,z - o I -e1
:' d Au jo- d I r'' o^ o golo o Sy-
:-':uo res", deschiso c 30 noe. 1925, a
: r ce e moi mori nume o e orlei moderne:
- De ounoy, Ernst, Gris, K ee, L6ger,
:n, Picosso, Prcrmpolini, etc.
' I p t- eio o oie,ie .e r os.r'^ !,po
- l9?2 oobob r o rl,r le2o
ocosar de voconidr pentru fomilie, lo
: gdsit inco documenlolro in eqdlurd cu
when he emigroted io Pc e:'-=
p 395
)2 C^ly -il-reo.-.
visuo] informcrtion wos disse- - ---: -- : - -,
:
- - _r-
-he ouo^.go.d^ rooo--- -.'
e(hrblon wcs opened n /c': t-t - l__-- --:
'Decorcriive Arls' exhibliior !./c: :: ,.
1927 the "Welssenhof" exi ciio: ,...r: -.:-:r r
Stufigort.
23. De 5t4l the moqoz ne deo cc el ir reDo osl
cism, lounded in.lune l9lZ, whose pub wos Th
v "l-er
Doesburg, published criicies of o s qnrficont rmpor-
tor. e fo | ^ oav^ op-e, ot ,,o oi o--e Wo o
Wo C-^. -l e Do'sio, 're,o, o-o o, ^ooo,z,e
L'Esprif Nouveou wos founded'in le2O its dTectors
were Le Corbusier, A. Czenfont ond Pou Derm6e.
24. n lhe first crtic es on orchitecture, which he oub-
lished in 192425 Jcnco pointed to ihe proqromme
similcrrities between the mcrnileslo of the- Bosel
Rod I,c:/. <'^, g o p ro .o o-"d ro I e r.ro i.t
si
^
l9l 8 ond^Jthe princip es of modern crt lounched by
De Stlll in the some period, yet independenfly, crs
.
]onco oflen siressed.
25.,See 'Cuvinl incinte' (Foreword), tn Arlo si Crasul,
e no.1, p I
26 lf,e crtic/e "Une bose o cr6er pour o nouvelle co
loborotion" by Morce lonco, wos honded in bv tre
Germon orchileclure criiic Ado f Behne The oriic e hod
os i lustrcl on o sketch nomed Tribune el mcison ovec
ierrosse d ovions', doted in hondwriiing Bucuresil
1924 See Architectura, 29 1,g., Apri I f, 1925, p
, 42.lo' 'o'. deos e.pre r.o i , a rtrl-o A ve y' -,rr, .r
ole Ios^ ro1'r o', o p's'^odirRo^oro r
o . 5'i I or . o,.,te, I ,ro' ( ll-e \ow S-V o
A l^i-ec - oJ ir Co' -ooto., ro. 18. O.tooo lQ?A
Arhileciuro nouo (New Architecture);' Conslruclivism
siArhiiecluro" (Conslructivism ond Architeciure) in Con
timporonulno 5354, Februory 1925
27 Ihe crddress of the editorio office, os we con
mcke il out from ihe mcqozine, wcrs 53 lmprimeriei
Sreo. Pto ogtop 5 Oi Le i1 a1:O, *6' .- rol .aO r.t
e
Co.'-oo,o.,l . o. 57-:B Apri 92;.
28. A possib e reoson for this trip wos hr: porlicipo
rio^ ,r;'f wo po - rg 't o In^ i' e-^ot,o-ol e,, o
lion 'L ori d Auiourd hui' ot the Syndicot des cnti
quore5 go ery opened on November 30, 1925,
where the mosl resounding nomes of modern ort
were exhibilinq: Arp, Brdncusr, De cuncry, Ernsl, Gris,
Klee, Leger, Miro, Mondrion, Plcosso' P,ompollnl,
elc.
29 These cre the first known projects fo lowinq those
cchieved in 1922 Around 1926 he presJmoby
designed o vcrcclion house rn Brosov. Vel, no evi
dence hcrs been found on it so for.
30 Al Roboi, 'Cu Morce oncu despre el s despre
c fii" (Chotting with Morcel lonco obout himself ond
olher peope), in Rompo no 46Ba, Aug 1933, p 3,
T.a^ oooar rpoi^c i l-- .o., o to- ly pope-s.
3l See Note 30
 ocest proiect. 32 Sergiu Four, 'Bucures\ii ovongorCc -
de
30. A\. Robo\ ,,Cu Morce\ \onc, cesc-e e, sr despre Avcrn\ gcude Buchores\\,in Reoliloteo iiusirc-: . ,
cllir", in Rompoi oug. 1933, p 3 liusiroiie lo ortlcoi - 1930, p 3
vi o Chihdescu. )J ' C'eor 90 ( BO2 a13) ^od r .,
3l . Vezi nolcr 30. P6,,5 yy,6p,p he o,,end"d f . ole oe, Bec. .

32. Faur, Sergiu, ,,Bucureslii

-1930,
de ovcrngordo', in
,1932the modernrsl slJe Joter, in l93 l:.',
odopted
Reolifotea tlustrota,9 ion p3 with he designed lhe most purist house: .-
33. H. Creongd (1892 1943)tocmoi se intorsese de in lhe interwor Romonion orchileclure.
lo Porls, unde siudicse lo Eco e des Beoux Arls. E vo 34. However, lhe five fomous princip es of ne'.. :
odopio stiluL modernist obio 'in 1931, pentru co lecture, stoied by Le CorbusLer on ihis occosio'
'incepcnd cu 1932, sd proiecieze exemp ele cele porty odopted by.Jcnco, cnd quite often rece .-
moi purisle dln orhitecluro inlerbe icd rom0necscdr. persono ione.
3l.C.lerrc orrooep-i..ip, oe oL-^.. oi 35. G M Ccntocuzino \1902 ) 966) becor:
enunfote de Le Corbusier cu ocozio cceslei expozilii, mcrior theorist of the Romonion interwcrr orch,::-
sunt odoptoie de Loncu door portiol, de mu ie or He deve oped his own theory deo ing wiih p'=-
ccpctond o notd personc d. crpl lo creole o notionol sty e bosed on funciic-:
35. G M Conlocuzlno (l 899 I 960) vo deveni pr n ond Romonion fo k crchileclure oeslhelics
cipo u leoretlcion ol orhilecluril romOne interbe ice, .t() t, tv1 I alnTClaLlT no JCt soore aclTte 1.
ix dezvoltdnd o teorie proprie egoio de premrzeLe oncu' {A Leller lo Mcrrce loncu) , tn Conttnpc':
tw credrir unul sti nofiono , 6azal pe funcl ono ism si pe yeor X, no. 9698/1 93 1, p 9 l O
I
tfii'
tt:il eslelico orhltecluri romdnegli fdrdnesti. 37. Morcel .]onco, "Scrisoore' {Lelte'
:lr:r:
36 G M. Contocuzino, ,,Scrisoore' ,in Contimpora Contimporanul yeor X no 99/ 1931 p 6/ I -
nul, ctnX, nr 9698/)931, p 9 lO 38 See Note 32 '-
32. Morce cncu, ,,Scrsocr re ,in Conlimporanul, an 39. "Noi" (We), in Contimporanul no. 100,
'X) nr 99/ 1931, p 6/12/ Cci Nov, p l
38. Vezi nolcs 37. 40. Duiliu Morcu (lB85 1966) is ihe moin rep-=
39 ,,Noi", in Conlimporanul, nr. lOO, 193 I (oct lcriive of c monumeniol modernism wiih closslc:
noe.), p. 1. ne^ a?" oucooiod r ^e o'ooli o
40 iu Morcu ( I B85 I 966) este principo u
Dui lor brg pua, c bu ld f gs.
reprezenionl o unui modernism monumenlo, cu e e- 4l . n I 947 Marcel.lonco look on the necessc-
mente c osicizonte, op lccri in specio in prorecle pen mcr iiies io return to Romonicr logelher wrth h.
trLr mcrri c ddiri oLrb ice ond iheir youngest doughter However lhe com- -
41. in onu 1947, Marce oncu foce formcr ltdli e lolreover of December 1947 made them give L-: -
necesore pentru revenireo in Romdnlo impreund cu p on, ond lhey permcnenly seit ed down in Po e.-
solio sr filco ceo moi mlco, dor inslouroreo repub icii See H. Seiwert, 1993, p 227.
populore in decembrie o oce uiosi on il deiermlno 42. Cne of lhe prlncip es slcrted by Th. v. Doe.:
sd renunfe o plonuri e de repolriere si sd se sto-
-l993, on beholf of De St4l group See Th v Doesburc
blleosco definitlvin Po estino Yezil. Selwert, Nieuwe Architectuur' ]n Bouwkundia Weekblc:
p.227 20/17.05 )924 p 2AA2O4
42. Unul din princlpii e enunloie de Th v
Doesburg 43. Morce oncu, Despre ortele p ostice si o'-
in nrmee grupu ti De Stiil Vezi Th. v. Doesburg, ,,Die luro noud" (On flne orls ond orchiieclure), in Ace.
Nieuwe Archltectuur", in Bouwkundig Weekblctd, nr. Literar si Artistrc, no. 642, March 24, 1933, p ,
20/)7.o51924 p 2O02O4. 44. Sondu Eliod, Arhitecturo vremii (Contemp-
43. Morce 1oncu, ,,Despre orlele p crstice 9i orhltec- Architecture), in Fccla,Xl, no.442, Febr. 15, l9i-
turo noud' ,]n Adevdrul literar si arlistic, nr.642 24 45. M H Moxy, Conlribufii sumoTe lo cunocs':-=
morile 1933 p 7. miscdri moderne de o noi" (A few notes on the -, .

44. Sondu E iod, ,,Arhitecturo vremii", in Foclo, on X, ern movemeni in our counlry) ,in Unu, no. 33, V t=:
nr 442,15 febr 1932 1938 p 2
45 M H Moxy, ,,Contribulii sumore c cunoostereo 46See Note 44.
miscdrii moderne de o noi ', in Unu, nr. 33, on lV, a7 Anor g Jor .o's popa, rl ^ e we e o ( ..
febr 1938, p. 2 ,ool c'doc i-e.-rooyB.roTo oo-rg
46 Yezt nola 44. a,21 ..Il ev o e ora.e,ved i1 lle .o- o c^ r! oc: -
4/. lancu oveo in orhivo so orlico e de Bruno Toul rn le -Av v.
despre culoore orhrleclurcr, dotond din lg2 l.
si 48 Cn the occosion of 'Morce .Jonco Cenre-,
Poslroie in orhlvo fomiLiei Jcrnco, Tel Aviv. Exhlbition', Mrs. Adino Reich he ped io reco..-'. .
4B D no Adinc Reich o reconslituit pentru expoziticr the colour schemes of the house where she SD-.-' -:
,,Centenor Morce loncu', schemeLe cromotlce din childhood
coso ln core o copi dril. 49 Militcr Pdlrcrgcu s bcse reliefs hove beer :'=
49. Bcrsore iefuri rec izoie de Mililcr Potroscu s-ou served in the Go d, Bozo tin, Ghlco, ond P '
r: -:- -- imobi ele God, Bozoltin, Ghico, Pictor .:: - l
Lr, l-ior holsos. A sc- p'u'e .epiese-.' : r
. :* l- - fcto vilei Chihoescu exislo, ostczi dis. rJoe s'ooo ir [rorl of rne Ch.hdesc- t :. -.
r:. - -
tr:..-ir : s-oluie de Mi1i1o Pdtrogcu. longer exists.
i,- - -:' :;n dedicofieo oulogrofd o luiJocques 50. Quoted from the outogroph os. :r- :- : .
l: -- - :: volumul: Exercilii pentru mdna dreopfd 9i Jocques Costin on the volume: ,,Exerc-'ce-=- -:-:
,-': - I :ie, Bucuresti, I 93 I -o' -
dreopfo si Don Quiiolle' lfxercises -e :-' -:- :
'193
ond Don Quixote), Buclest , l.
 PR.O'ECIE DE Proe -etr\.T colooqc-e . i -: . -.) 'l-^.€'
-._. 6 6jo6 - we'A' e h a c" on6leqt6o
ARHUECfURA, c,tfel i-col olel ,o..o.po- ,.r 'o or rg -e e'h b rio, d rp oy. ,o -.J* M. .
I 922-t 938 evoluiio crhileciului Morce cncr. Jonco's evolution os on crchileci.
C'odr'e ooo'o ruTtr^ a'aa e'a.. p-- .- The buidlngs were ncmed ofter their owner',. -_- -

)1ar-eo !er". 11 .o.tlircoFoce.o e e o cLiren- p o. tice o il-e tire *l er ney wo-e

Anca Bocanet & cunoscul, s-o dot clodirii numele strdzir.
Ana Maria Zahariade Adresa meniioneozd denumireo slrozii in momenlu
construcliei, denumirec octuclc fitnd doto intre
AR.CHtfEC7URE poronteze, ocolo unde este cczu . lhe house wos built ond, if the ccse, iis prese--
PROTEGfS Dotorea proiecie or esle ceo o inregislrdrii cererii de
(te22-te38t outorLzofie de construclie, pulinele desene orrgino e
fiind foorte ror dotole
nlindereo comentorii or esle voriobi d. proiecielor
.o, o de. e-reozc ,epc e ,r evo, -tio c reo-ie I r
Mo'.e ,orCl -O-p oe.Cl. o or ,1 |a 6i.gr ti 6e
Wne'ele'tf e ov\re S t f .TOwn -fe o. lo r :
g ,e' -^o to.rp ol --lA s- ee w ele - stc,o,
The oddress menlions lhe nome of ihe slreei',,, -- .
fome.
The dale refers io lhe reqistrction number of --=
oop ( otot ror bl ,oi-g Z. rte ve'y 'u* o q - ,
d ow ng. o-tr br r -o'e y oo eo.
The p,oie, r /p5.r,6t'64" vo.y ' rerg ^s. f^o c. -
1e'llo y sJpp e< horotqn do'6 q - 'l-. b, lo ,

cdutore plostico sou sunt exemplore prln singulcri -o I of'o )-oqe r Mc:cel -or co avo,,lio-
x loteo lor, le sunt rezervote un spofiu mor cmI u 9i notob e direclion. Those proiects lhol obvious ..

descrieri moi cmd_nunliie, in timp ce proiectele core
urmeozd evideni formule onlerior descrise sunt
comentole succini.
lluslrofrile cpor gi ele in numdr inego, in funclie de
exisienic fotogrcfillor de epoco, sioreo octuo d o
clodiri or 9i modificorile survenile in limp nepermiidnd
d^co ro eor lotog oterec. C r e.cep'o r olo-vo
(,rd .oto a Drot enien,o ;tg<t161:i 6t-) loote rotoo,o-,i c
fo low o cerloin spoliol or sty istrc solution, c re::
de..riboo w l oe con n er eo o^ orie /.
Le
e s ot JleqLo re r be aL ,l'u.,,g'6".;1 -
colo og Je or e o -16'r' ' n i'eo ouo lob t: y oo
p es^-r slo e or-le o.id.q: ono tnF o-e o o-. -
.uffered nooe to i,ut Jroue ^afi pl.o-
iog oohed Fzcepr'1q'l o,e i'leo r iTe Sor r,
ttl 5',sli6p5 o I r'e pr'r,ed plotoe,oo^5 be o, c .

oe eoo, o povn d, o-nuo lor'l^. Jo. o ,Le -oT c o ron i'y popo . ir l"' Ar"u
din Te Aviv Thp pl6n5 ond tocodes we e orown oeo I o--c
Plc:nurile 9i foladele ou fost redesenoie dupo copiile t e iog'op^
cop e5 61 1e.eo o ro fi'es'cor o - -
' d ir re A, r'ro o[ B
-l e b roi-g pe"r.l -o
-o*rFoI-l swo- rnanoo qopl cooclm-
:

.:
'o'r SoLrce ovoi.oo e. Urfoflr 'ro'elv w^ .o ) a . -

. o eo orowi^gr oe, or sA .1e pop6

10 ot v oe
lr ebrohe".Jo cooc^i eqJ1 -osrtrp*ei" n,,

!,,
Tl-e
g e wor o1o en g orior yeo.s
,
'ALo-s tr -.or o- le T rior ^ro A nos beer r -:
difficu t due io the clterotions thci occurred in ii-:
ond the inodequole uti izolion of lhese vil os, w- _-
were portitroned in severol flols in most coses {i-=
gLes- spocer ll-e roio .poco- oelonq.^a -o 1-
, osed lo rs .r-rfe trd seve,ol pc 'rioioo"e oro,
wti e tl-^ boll-roor. we-e r,rroo r o t;lcre, . -..
tou\oue ir sone . g^ir'.or- cosg5
'l e p.or s -
^
eco s- red o, -r;. I os pos. ole.
'r gere'ol 1e po'rs o to.^ed lo ori'oiro oe -r- .
"nr c'r o e plbi sneo , tl- s o-o oq-" oi" .o
olwovs ,.J or 'g il e o. io' b rloi^g Sore o ^ :
roluro e rec l' or -l-e . or.^olior oro e5s srori n :
wirl e 1r- 61'grtr 'o -e i o o'oiec . T^L, lhe.
oe. oTre siqr'-,cor lorororl : rot o. L.d"-, ol t
6f \p 6'.1 ie' rl or g^l o1o we e . eT oleo c
. cL r lle de.c'p'o- of re p.oe6t o rn , corc_
rv oo 'o y oe o'tg ine o re.o'.o^, 6916o1' .q ;=
inlerior circuloiion ond ihe conneclions beiwee-n
vonous spoces. Most of them brought obout o
gieo e spo-io r]owi.rg oro reu b iiy o wioer r, :
co'1"1. Lcol or belweol 6.tre et, tave.5 ono nte.
e,^,o- (o' iy'. wl ch cr'o ro'o-luo,yo.er
'o deo o t:,-eLthe co- ory i er 'cred -.
re
'
 - -i urrule UIU)Ole OOSOielOl Oe OUIOT|ZOIte Oe
'rclie ce se pdstreczd o Arhivo Primoriei
:ipiului Bucuresii - Direciio Tehnico, ocesteo
- : -uind principolo documeniotie grofico de
.: ,:- de core s o putul dispune. Proiecte de exe
- = )3u schiie origino e nu s ou gdsii, orhivo
-, ,i de orhitecturd' ol frotiior loncu pierzondu-se
.. -; le ,oz6o L r : ole el gro-ii.
-- -:-iiuirec sldrii inifioe o clodirilor cr fostingre
- : :e modificdrile surveniie'in timo si de uii-
i-p'oprie o r
'r-oro di.- e elo
(subd'v zor^c
--: or mori - in specio vi ele in moi mu ie
- -r-enle, oblurcreo go uri or, reportrtionoreo
.- Cu primlre, tronslormoreo boiiorin bucotorii,
:-r.lsl, penlru cdlevo cczuri semnificotive, ou
=. - ..r,t,i e otr co po)ib,l \' pronJ
,e eo izole.
.- : ) 'r ep'oiecreeoeo;orizotie pro'co-e
:r'r 'g, s clcdirlle reo izote, existd notobile dife
= . ^ e d r lre oce. eo 5-r I Ii gcti oec Jroono
- . o goro , -r. o,oiet I oe lo p ro'"
- : lrd c proieclul de execulle. E e devin ostfel
- :--: '^oe e oert', .-relege ^o r erti lo o r -
- t-'o,lrer 'oloteir prezen-or e
.--- r.. Din cceostd coteoo,ie fol por.r" roi
-': -d ie or vI o o'go^izo eo spo-ocr.iin
: 9"r'oi'-dlo-i spo-iole. o cor I .ilo
: ,: ' 6lprfs5y'ore o. zor -olo o- si ,-, e
Anotner caleqory ot dil-terences : _ I l'- - _'
... _
cerlhedocurelovospe : -- j..:
-ley'o-eotfecsorpe ,c..:j .. ..-
lo:peculo vep.e, e ro r- .... : -.:. 1
one level hlqher thon the builC,rc ::-- - .--...=:
The cdditlonol level, for which rJ . r-: r-: r. :
oble, -on'oi'5 os o r'e o 'e 'c - -. : ; :,.
e5 grq51-taaa5 5e \te'oo^15 o c t: :-l :-
Alihough the motivolion ls quire dilre.err i. : -r-:1.-
ty o 50 .ot -oi'ls e)seT o o JI^ ^'tC-. oe-"l -e. ?
formol focodes, found in the fi e, ond the ones Jcrcc
octuclly ochieved beiween 1922 1934 There is cn
exp onotion for ii: Mcrcel Jonco groduoted his crchi-
loc e slud'e, toi .ng lo Doss I i ,1^o oioron o p o
iecl excmino,lion, ond so he wos noi ollowed lo sign
his proiects; hence, he hcd lo wriie the opp icotion'
under onolher orchilect's nome Most ol ilre cpp icc
iions were submiited under the nome of lhe orchitect
Conslontin Simionescu lt is mosi unlikely thot he
shor ld ho'e I od o v .o1'er o- w ll rhe Lorrv no
ol of -ro o'ojec . Co^.eqr er y to reep w rlr:1c
-odi oro 'y^ o 'he s q, etr ^a ocooes orowr lo
the b, ldirg pe '"r r were 'l e y o' ferer fron wl o
-r'"d lo be tl-e f rol ^ ooer- ro.ooer. ior ih " oerr
oo, .l e ccr'o oque eorto.r o1'l 'l e olons or lhe
i b , roi^q o',d Jo ne 'o. ode
'
.

Once the Notionoi nslilule of Architects of Romonio

t:-a co ideec inilio c so fie substonticl schim- wos sel up, Mcrcel Jonco wos registered os on
^-roi imbogofito. oulhorized orchllect on lhe isl of orchitects withoul cr
'- -6 1de orrnre. or Lrclrri spe,if ce si dlplomo on November 3Oth 1934 Henceforword
I Oegrooo fl e e5 oot-1retroi. A 're h" otrc o ly 'igred ^i) p'oie(rs o-o so boll I
::-cr id presiuni or speculctive, muhe dintre p cr'rs o'd Io, ode d ow "9, ecoroeo - 'Le
'
=:isesc cu un nivel regimul de ino time orchive, ore prinied in this colologue
:. \veul "r p,-er o pe-lru
o'"uo-,e. Most buildings, both the ones he signed ond ihose
. .'o p o, J es - d" ob ce co-'rpr 5 cri-llr o do:igreo '' de. o bo-rowao .lo.r 6 were prirrao ir
-I i ole/ele ei -orere oe oo pati 5' the period publicotions ond siqned eiiher by Morcel
, s un pod porfiol Jor (o olor e o- logetle wi'^ i' . b o ^er .Lres ;or co.
: -j:'ente
nolrvofie, in oceeosi colegorie se Al the o recdy dentilied publicotions hove been isi
: e, fundomenlo e de ocesto dcio, ed .r ho p eser .o olocr-e.
::: e din dosore e de cuiorizolie si cele The infornolion concerning ihese projects comes
: croiectele din perioodo 1922 1934. o- b'l,o'9 porr' \ p ei5 orli.les e poparb o
- ,'=azd fopiului cd Morce oncu, fiind \e ,o'..l ro'n ly ir le Avv. .evoro i- e vewr ol d
-': :- plom-r 9i deci foro drept de semno. l,or he e e-trr. e erlr,e i-red i1 -l e b b.oqror:l u
,. de un subterfugiu, inointond cererile oI -'is boo-. Mo' or -re r ro -nolio- s lhe rJs.- r ol
e sub nume e unui oli crhilect. Aslfe, Anco Boconet's reseorch for o doctoro lhesis on lhe
-t :ereil:lllior ou losl
fosl depuse sub nume ee crhi '' e wo Roro' o'r nodern ,m
I -.-:niin Simionescu, core, dupd toote
. -^ u oveo ro deoo r^ -,61 9 logo -,o
'' _ o i rroJe lo odele cote opo' i-
:ceosld perioodd suni desenote, pen
:po'e, -eo ,'noreo-odi'or otsloo
-:-e-si imprumulo nume e, toto diferiie de
-: 'eo izole in finol. De oceeo, penlru
;ceoslo o^ ioodo opor ,- o-olog
: ru si folode e
-'creo Corpu ui Arhiteclilor din
:-:el loncu esle recunoscut co crrhiieci
,:'rndiurd si 'inscris in iob ou orhitectilor
: 3O noiembrie 1934. De lo ccecrstc
: se pdslreozd si fofodele originole,
: -: L.lote in coio og.
: ---e clodiri e reolizoie, otdt ce e sem-
= : cu outorizofio obfinuto sub o t nume,
-:': in preso vremii, ovdndu ] menlionoi
',':-ce loncu, in unele cczuri oldiuri de
- cncu. ln mdsuro in core sunl cunos-
:,c colii cu fost meniionole in colc og.
-. 'lcre o proiectele prezenlole provin
:= :utorizotie, preso vremii, docu
l '- -- crhlvo fomillei Jonco din Te Aviv,
= :--'o mentionala in Bibliogrofio
= .,--in ceo moi more parie rezuliotu]
=:,'e in I 99 I de Ancc Bocdnet, pen-
= --::-orol, pe lemo modernismu ui orhi
= -: 'cmdnesii.
 l. Aleelr lancu
l. llousing in
lancu AIIey
Strodo lrin tolii nr. 29 (intrcreo
Molor Avrom Zenovie),
Blcl resl
Proieci oulorlzolle:
Lie 1922
7 corpuri de c ddire
cu oclinle cuplole,
porler s elo.
29 Tfif totii Sireei
(Avrom Zenove A ey),
Brchcre:1.
Bul ding perm 1: )t|y )922.
T / b ocks of semi detoched
t
houses, ground f oor
ond upper f cor.
n 1922 Hermon loncu - lclc orhileclu ui
de, ndeoo6coeo oo eo godr ioe OOOO
nO ,a .e I ^deo I cpo e e .o5tr rO a oi .t"ooo
Trinilolii. Pe ocelosi teren, M. loncu vo conslrui in
1926 prlmo cosd modernislo din Bucuresit, icr restul
proprietatii vcr face obieclu unei noi porce drr in
1934
Pe ocecrstd o ee se vor conslrul cdtevo iocuinie
''oo-o o6 pole' e'or o^.n or oodrolo,u
-ode.-.A ^.-eo.J1r p, 1oo.os^dr B, ,.t,o.'
. ore oo- i o- b' ,ro r /\,{6'r^ lor. , oe, proieL J
o-tr )el^O';-"rp'c r'O C ro h. . PO.o. hot.
Dln puncl de vedere urbonislic, oleeo o fost gondito
co o fundolurd, cu o evidentd incercore de cieore c
un,ui spcriiu comunifor cu inlimiloleo si speciflcu sou
crhiteciuro. Ansomblul se compune d nir-o dispunere
de r.. orp r' 'p oe lo ' -e o ple. , . elor^
'-n^e dor o ro ^'o.e oa o o,ee oen r J o,iFo
L' ^r. o90 o.opolrlo-; o.roo o .o,^,oe
'o ieozo:'t'"oeo'1 cratr o oo oicr^o,te.
l,o o 1 ct .oe. ioro t9e-^1a oo lL, crc ^, oe, o
poo odeo,.e, ^r'J or c,1 or.
Aceste douo clodiri, re criiv ciudole, osd sd se inlre
vcdd o onumild libertote in lroloreo orhitecluro d
.O'a.O, O O. ^ izo p.O.^, -eo riMor,^ Or r de
r o; o'z L. o '"ro .op , oo\o o lod,io 1ed. o o
esenlio de fotmc porcelei, inlerpreloreo elemenlelor
O iO'-e O lolI5i O J., . tel . 'o66^,c,
ro Lota oce leo . r- oo o-^ olo od o go.t
zoreo o onului si c inlrcrr
Resiu cose or, mol modesie, repelo cu ponderore
o-^vod 1^6 6c.tp^ a-pa/lo ol^oeo e).o.
oo ,o ooi i. iroo ri oo oor o 'egi a o-izol,o e
cslle incot porieru so devino pred"ominont, conferind
o cnumrld monumenlolitoie, bovindou , ocoperisul .in
ponto linc. Aceoslo conferd onsomblu ui otoi unilole
stil siico col si porlicu oriiole disiincliva
ln 1922 llermon loncu, Morce lonco's fother.
ooatao o ore/ o o e. da o re IO,OOO .q. n.
gorden slretching in the bocl yord ln Trinitoti Streei
ln 1926 on this very lot, Morcel Jonco built the firs
modernisi house n Buchoresi, whie the remoining
ground wos loiled in I 934.
A. or ce ^ 't-^ ol e, -ey- cr r'od.o,C -ivo a/e
tor ra or o .o-ew o' ^ ooe.t ,o oord ,vera o,
They were the first bu ldings in Buchorest thot could
o, ribed o Mor ol or o .o'
9^
Po or to o q' ^o lL^ o.o e o' 9l or.r.
t'or -he' bor .,^,r,oo r ' h , ole. wo,'.o,q-i o
05 o o.e a\ I c "o o' obu o s otre-p 16 r og,o 6
ot t'tJ,i'r o ^o rotod o/ I o,vr pr,,/o 7 oro
o'' 'ec . 'or sp^ fi y -t e e ^-ol^ d solou,, ,^
L
lOrOOrd t,^/i't1cl .^ Ol nn C. 'ta l6s twO O1a, O
recessed os to lhe olley in view of crectinq o brocc
er spcrce ol its bollom The two houses lhol f onk the
enlronce ore destgned ln such o woy crs lo suqqesl
cr gore"voy lo tl o
'ro.l er erot^.
These two e ollve y slronge buildings onnounce ihe
rohc r'^^o.f io,-.ro eolror -tlo.horo ,at1e,
ol co '61o 619 e. ':. l^o op , o . \t ope o. ll e
br id' q \'o-T^ o.'o l, roo ^s 6u tl e :nooe ol
rc ot L'o T^ . o(- oi ^,^r er ''l o. tle qob
o-o le O.'r. o ^ f16'c, ot O r O- /A r.O.to,',;o
o-^o oc io por o qo. ta o- a d ,rorr^
1i6- Ire o ^o 10 A\ o o ro F n ooa.^oDoeo or e
^ Ooa oie v tepeo, ora pe( ti- o.p^ . Ol ^o
oroos lior o tl e b-i o q qo'ewoy o-"rtr \ tr e
g^1'y oped root '-a oow w ' dow oro . e
to ode d r :ior .' -o ,vo o or-ol -Ao
c-€r wni. h
-
moke the ground f oor looI higher, thJs enderinq c
(e o' '"-ro. 're. o , lo 'l ^ b loi^g. St .l oio^ er
do not only g ve stylistic unity to the"bui ding but they
OO^OL'rsdi ti,.\a10e.
 Among the onco fomiy popers in Te Aviv, lhere ore
wo pho og opLs ' or 'l o .ilc oro .ortr s.el, 1A
o'c olo' o'ro o -o.ode o- oopo tr'r- y oe o1q lo
this bui ding, whose ocotion hcs noi been tdentified
yel -l i ol'ologroors oo e o) eo y' o. 923 or d
ll ew lrer rolo. o 'te drow.-gr r Poror or
,"o.ld ['rl o' o p'o e. I o r' I r Qoro. ,o
,t^ b"i d rq .ell. o 'oll e ec ec c le prelo o^ o
o c o'. o. corpori o. P^-e'lsceror ele^te-i:
-ho wo-ld - y s., gr y' Lo'r^e i'-o ll-e o^t I Aley
\1a2?) or o G';r ho , 9llo27)
Howev-^r, neither ihe obove menlioned crgumenis
nor his fcmily s lnformcri on - thot pleod foi.lonco's
ouihorship of ihe house is unequivoco documen-
tory evrdence in lhis cose.

2. ViId ln crhivo fomi iei lcncu dln Tel Aviv se of o douo

ro
neaunosculd oo oli oe eoo-o .i cotevo -^i-e oc p or -i
lolcde ore oo so opo'- 10 o/ a -e . od o coro,
2. Unidentifiied od e o or- o1e e. LTo\ Jro. lo og ol cr oo eozo
viIIa din 1923, ior legendo in romernesi-e de pe schite o-
t d .o .r' Q'o o, ' Rorror o.
Adreso necunosculd Clodirec, o inierpretore destul de ec eclicd o unei
Conslruil cca 1923. compozil i c osice, prezinto onumite e emente core o
trogo s i,li 6e 6 p^6 6 t l)922) oe o.o
LJnInown oddress Grn \1927)
Buih c I 923 )o5i sr^ re org..r ^.r'o (c, s -o ' le lon le
o' . , p odeozc pen o-- b loo o. cs o ooi
'
Morce loncu, nu exisidr incc dovezi documeniore
siqure jn ocest sens.

schlle pre iminore

pre lminory skelches
 ')2> Co rpo.o- p.o 'O)r\o
O Or Ol^ aOO. tic tr. i -ei ,r '
o 11 -poo pb:heoo e.^ op^o_ 3. lnterioarele
.t O ta1
O loo ooL ao a d li g- e a"o, o . ^ eo otiol redacliei
:-iicat orhiieclurii de rnlerior A le cdtevo folcorofii olf' o'o aO. rc,oCt^iO.OCnet e. Conlimporanvl
r- ,-pocd, poslrole in orhlvc lomi iei cncu, coil Some more photogrophs of thor]rme, found in the
.:'eazd imogineo o ce pulin tre comere, un cori fomiy popers, comp eles the imogeol: ol leosl three
.r ,- si o cosd o scdrii roorns, o corrldor, cnd o slcircose.
3. lnleriors al
I
=--ru oceste inlerioore, loncu o creol scheme de Joncc designed severol colour schemes for ihese
]he editorial
rore, couidnd evident un fou ilp de decorolle, interior, obviously seorching for c new type of deco ofilice oi the
=',rot din p ciuro obsirccio. Peretii si p ofoone e roiion derived from obslrocl pointif g The wo s ond Contimporo,nvl
. iltao--o,OO^ la .OOlo-o-ogo.roa cer ings were lololy covered with cb oured recton Magazine
- oo^ e e pop r ^d^to.oo,o c,e gulo' surfoces thol over opped ond slreiched irre
l^ go, ^ i 61o9 ol^-.1g. a Or oA o. to ' oa, t;.e ol le o , i--. .'o Prcbob sirrdr r:'iT3i : -
^lo^ ^, I p'^ooi^g
- 11 i O..
- -- nudnd neif lrerupi pesie co iuri, orl de pe perele
-lvon.
o.e' o ar . o'd or -g ['o r ^o] -o - l o.
53 Bucl
demo otd.
est

= This is the firsl known inst"t,:nce when Morcel ionco Rec izole cco I 923 25
, = crimu exemplu cunosculin core Morcel oncu opplred colour ln orchileclure Cver the yeors he Prb cote ir Conlinpcronu/
,ir cu oorect in orhlteclurd, e conlrnucnd de cr wenl on decoroting eilher inleriors or focodes. The rt.57 58/apr e )Q25.
:, cni or sd decoreze crstfel oiot nleloore, cOl si Conlimporr:nu/ inieriors cre ihe mosl rodicol exom-
.[.le c ^o ti-rO o,otp a,ro rOO pe.of oo a ^ oppl ao ror ''e.rr ra ^tr Presrmob y ot rc. 53
: redoclio unei revisle de ovongcrdo flind ocul editorio office of on ovont-qorde mogozrne wos lhe lmprlmeriei Slreet, Buchcresl
:-: ol unor ostfe de experenle plcrsl ce. :d-cr oo 6-6o o.^,pa .e1 c demo ished.
Br ic.192325
Plb ished ir Cortrmporcnu/
rc 57-58/ April 1925
59
 :_r expoz r o LnTernor onoro LOr/r//fpotanul, a t) .1. getene ae
recernbrie 1924, Marce ioncu expune zece lioroe'io; o V- .l .',thireclutd,
lesene de orhiieciuro si o mochetd, pe core 1e to o do^,g o : : .. t923-24
:.lnooslem oslcrzi din reproduceri, origino ele A e,r,o lt e-,tee l - :
: erzdndu-se in decursu timpului. Co'poo^ Io --:: - .. r 4. Archilealvral
, r olt desen dln oceeosi periocdd o fosl reprodus [^ 6 r^[ 91 oo. drawings,
- 1925 in revrslo olondezo Archileclura, ca some period occomcor ec a- :-- :,- 31 ir,'i. .lorco
,strolie lo un crrt co scris de oncu. Acesie desene published ln the Duicl' nc,.iczire A,.cr'recirro, in
t 923-t 924
:crezintd siud i pentru diferite progrome: vi d o 1925 The drowrngs fepreseri si..lC es for different Prbllcole in Conlinpor onti,
,'cs, vi d o fcrc, vi d si cinemc c munle. poslc s progrommes. urbon cnd colnlry vi os, vli o cnd nr 5354, 25 lebr 1925;
= egrof, zgdrie nori, elc. cinemc ho I in the mounloins, post ond ie egroph Archiiectrto, XXX, ll04 925
:- stic, sunl drficr de p osoi. Apor ccr vcrriofiuni pe o office, skyscroper, elc. 9 )42
- o o,' ro: di lr o bo,ro 1o \o o a S-vl r-,oy-ho.s^o, rodt. Iopo^. I^
.: !me ortogonoLe orlzonlole sr verticcrle se inlre see[f lo be voriolions on lhe :cme iheme. o mossive Pu[, shed in Coniimporcnri
:::irund intr o compozif e osimeiricc, se incr id bose, representing on osymmelrico composilion of rr 53 54. Fe6r 25, 1925,
rnter oc ng verllccl ond horizonlol vo umes, is Archliectura. XXIX, IL04 1925
.
='-icolo unu lurn. Exlrovogonfo turnu ui in formd de p )42.
.::eold, o compoziiie si verli-
corocteru] fcnlezsi crowned by o lower- lke verticoL e emenl.
,: smul cccentuol pcr scr indice crhileciurcr fuiuristo The exfrovogonce of the orrow-shoped lower, ihe
- po.;bo.sddtr-)poo foncifu vejn of ihe composiiion ond the cccenlu,:led
-:- moi iuslrotiv exemplu esle desenul intilulol verl co ism cou d point lo f ulurist orchiteclure os o
oundr si^cosdr cu lerosd de olerizore penlru possib e source of inspirclion. The most obvious
: ccne' in ocelosl timp, simpliioteo uoirr" ot exomple is the drowing co ed 'Tribune ei molson
--:goncle si ipso orcdrui orncmenl pol fi inierpre- ovec terroce d oierr soge d'ovions'.
r3 ccr o incercore de o obordcr pricipiile Ai lhe some time, the simplicity of ihe reciongu cr
: ^ iectLrrii modern-o
: ,Ciul pentru 'vild si cinemo", ce moi blne
:::umentot, cu fofodo, p on sr mocheid, pore sd se
::-opie cel moi mult de un pro ecl recr izobil.

t-{-r-T
,,Sludtr pen-rr, a: : -
"Study for vi o :rd : r:

vo umes ond the ock of ornoment con be nierprel

ed os on ollempi io odopt the princip es of Modern
Archilecture. The study for o vi o ond cinemo in the
mountcins , which is the besl documenled, wiih on
r' rgo o drecplo, de srs
-.cm ell e evoiion, p on, ond sco e mode , comes closesl lo o
1o right hom top
at:
fecscble proiecl
:-i

' r iord peflru or

; lr the counlrvside for

-:ros"
i irre ciiy"

, vo lmeltlc: zgoi e for "

:f vo lmelr,l: s[yscroper"

r : cosar cu pislo de
-,-f o'/ioofeor"
: rrd l ouse wlth ondirg

: ': egrof"
:: : rd Te egroph"
 5. lmobilvl Conslruit pe lerenu din slrodo Trrnitoiii ce oporlineo
,l' . rr ol oooln ^1 b oirg i. b I I o- Jo.co
Herman lancu loiolui orhilectului, ocest imobll ore o formdr ciudcrtd, 6-l -'propc -, i^ T o-' 51^^ l-lo. o r o-ga
porlla molvolo de olinierecr decretoto de primorie lopo po ) o.e o ^Aor orq i -po.^d o1
-teM.ni ooi'yi ^
5. Herman lqncv pentru deschidereo unet viitoore slrczl si de vowor opF lqo,ew5-ae
building cdosorec o o conslructe porler exislenld. cnd p.crrtly lo it being cdloined to on extoni bui dincr
Prime e lrei niveluri conlin cOle un opclrlomefl destu Ecch floor conloins 6ne f ot of rother modest ond
)tlodo r n lol nr .J.J de modesl si de irodrlionc , docd focem crbslroclie t,od o o o oa .Ce' c, rroor5'ror^o.tro.qe
{Dr Moximi ion Popper nr. 55], d^ lo r a t ^ t,/ ,aa a ao 1-opar' . aeo ca po ^ rot- *t 'r q bo ooro 17 ll e '^s1 , o 611 oc
Blcu resll \o rl ep ^1;. e 1. o o o.-ora plo.ri o i^ e sthetic pursuit or determined by the overo shope of
Proiecl oulorlzolie -o6^9crbo.re,/rot ol loregAr poeo t-^ bui d'q Mcr-'ol or o .veo i o,o ol ro a -ioi
,l93
irnLrorie 1926
Prb icold in revislo
clodrrii Unul dinlre opcrrtomenle o Tost ocuil chior unti l, when he moved oui to Coimoter Streel
de Morce oncu pdn-r in 193 l, cond se vo muto in His studio wos on the top f oor, which wos noi
Conilnporonul nr.69/
octombrie 1926.
slrodo Coimotei Ultimul nive, porlio, core nu opclre mentioned in the building permit
mobil de oportomenle, porler. in ouiorizolio de conslructie, este olelieru sdu The remorkcrb e volue of th s bui ding ies in its being
3 eloie, u limu nive pcrlio. de picturo o olo. , o,p^-"^.r' p obooy i lar oao os o lo
Vc ooreo remcrcobi dr c ccesiei cose rezidd in exer- e oe. P ocad 'r o fo.ol po.r ^ -) 1ovP
33 Trinitdl i Sireel citiu p ostic pe care i propune st i impune chicr cu boer o ,l ro opooo o'rra o^ o'r9 rl e -oo rior ol
{55 Moximiicr Pcpper Slre,-l), o onumrld inienlie de o $oco, imobllu filnd proreclcrl housinq ol the orecr. Ol course, Mcrce Jonco cou c
.in
Brchoresl. mod de lberoi co un cop de perspeciivd core o o o o o o.o.o've !e,t-ra ot / oe.o, 5A tr
Br ciro perm i: .]orllry 1926 opore lolol insolit inlr-o zonc de loculnle scunde bullt rt fo himself
Plr :[ej - Clr'-loiorri trodillono e. Des gur co liberloieo pe core Morcel
-: :l l: :::i I 925 The house slonds for on oeslheiic exercise ihot
: :: :t-r': r':--r t:: :.,c loncu si o perm te se dotoreozd si foptu ui co o contolns obvious expression sttc overiones ond re-
proieciot ocest imobi prcclic penlru e . minds us of the ploster re iefs he creoied in Zurlch.
5- ^tr(' po.-cc evoe1'et'ir^ e'pe storling wilh I 9l 7. Apan from lhe thorough y uncor
sionlsie, ominlind de reliefurile de ghips reo izcrte de ventiono orticuloiion of lhe unusuc 1y shoped
Mo -.'or . oZtc"ar,a19 /.innn,,,no vo ^te o o a a/o F ,
vA -oloi.g or ol , o
orlicu oreo lolc neconvenlionolo o volume or, e e in surfoces, lhe mosl speciocu or feclure of the buidinc
r^ roobi,rJ ^. o rorrc 06 polop^o a.pe5vcr oppeors in the chromolics of ihe focode, which
o Lp cr ^olo oo o^ p'oooo o eerer ',o ^ o o -"r oa a' /e -o.ot o-5 e^'ndl i't -1e 01 p.
/a
speciocu os este cromctico fcrtodei, fo osilo co ele s o.. t 'r.o o''r o oie 15 oi.,-e.o'o i'e. "^
menl re oliv oulonom de compozitie. Aso cum, 'in Mo, ^ .orro do orpo.^d .he o ^i - I. ro .Op.
onurnrle studli de orhilecturo de interior, Morce bu 'so 6r ro oLr i't 't oo o .o e po 7.1 -o--,,
loncu desfiinieozo spoliu crhilecturc prin culoore, in o eneroles o rch il-^ciLr re
ocest coz, policromio creeozd crhilecluro. i ^ o ot oF\-leli ou , - d.^n p ited ,r I .

Cdulorecr plosticc exprimctd prin ccesi imobrl - o.iJ.9 .ro,n,r o il-e r,. o eol Mooo'^
It O.. .O O 'I p.enp 6^ 6 -.la . O -nOd^-rCt orchilecture in Romcrnic, rs nol in lhe lecrsi lypico fc-
drPororo L - ^delo. tipi,opel-,,^Ao e whol Modernism wos io become in Buchorest lt
vo deveni modernismu bucureslecrn. Ec i reor-ozen merely represenls Morcel .lcrnco s work oi lhcri
to pe Morcel loncu drn oce moment, probobi mol ove Tone-^[or ll epo l^Ore-ooIe
muii p osiicion decdt orhltecl, si se vo regdsi, moi or' h -e ry1 . wo5 ^ .. oo. io' il r'q o e
mu i scu mor pulin evldent'in proiecte e so e viiloore. pro jecis.
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p''vition
Morcel loncu c pub i.o-:i :3-e,,,c scriie in
Contimporr:nul in onii 192425 Torgr Mos or, 1926,
S ngurul document gos r desp'e ocest proieci esie o Bucrresl.
toogo' ede^po oi .oeopoF) o" ia. Pub icci in Conlimporanul
nr 67,itnie 1926

The Mcsl ot Fan,1926,

Bucho resl.
Pub, shed in Confinporonul,
nc:.67, )une )9?6

wcs o lemporory consirucl on, probob y in

This
wood, meoni lo disp oy the Suchord producls for
lhe onnuol Mogilor Foir The povi ron recc ls those
vo umetric studies pub ished by Morcel Jonco n the
lO)42) 5 res ol Co-t,npo'o../ l^y lo r c ,
orIdoItl eroI e rrl;lo boorgrqo.o-e
crtists of the De Sir// group.
"or )ouolobedoc ror i.ope oop.olo
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oopl wl FPwa or o50:etr Ttror' trc

robi u H. oncu
- oncu Bui ding

: rn de sltuotie/site p on

: :" etoi/upper fioor plon

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PAr--U PICrO- | ln 5 nOUSe WOS des gneo -a- --- a: 7.Gesa ldenrf
-::' : Donie, prieleni cu Morce oncu sr colcrborcr- Donlel ond Corne ic Bcb c,l: = Danietr
:: Contimporanul,
esle o cosc mol modesld, friends ond members of .-e J:- --
- -. iliid pe o
porce o difici cl. .o otl e'""looa oAr -- 7. Henri Daniel
r= ,- c on irodilono, core nu prezinid nici un irregu or pcrce . house
- The plon is trcdilrono, ond :::. - - :-:i
=-:s deosebit, fotodo dlnspre strcdc pore, prcctc, -l
:: ccriie picluro obslrocid, ccrre se 'inscrie pe inio pO , o 1-a-aq - o^ :
",: ul Hermon loncu (l 926), dar mci put n spec-
L- bietorob o :c :-'
-: --- :csd s cornp et p atd. ine opened wiih llermcn loic. : ., I -
-:-:iele mori de culoore si prof le iiniore formeozo yei ess speclccu or ond lhoro,gh y : :'.
r:sen geomelrlc core ing obeozcr dupc propric The lniervention of co our in lis crcrirec .-: ,.::
- a aa.a) -_ -..,_- rpi.l,ti_,1
=,: -rui elementele de crhilecturo. Aceosld obordore, more visible crnd fcr more como ex ci lhe rt-., .
'' ;z a' l)27
:- rcnd piciuro o, pooie exp icc sl ciL.lddtenio evel, cs the photos of the siudio ond bedroom sl-ovr Cc:r -n i:r ic a plrlei,
, , .:coloore o bcr conu ui fcro poropet, oltfel com- It. The chromolic trectmenl vcried from lhe orce eia si Tarsordar.
=- :bsurd din punct de vedere crhiiecturo . slrelches of co oured surfoces lo lineor drcwiriq,
= . entio cu orli in orhilecturo este mu t moi vizibi o ond somelimes to ihe inleqrciion of vorious p eces 9 Ceres Slreel, Buchcresl ,
-l comp exd'in inieriocrre, oso cum reiese din of furniiure demo shed
',:-ciii e de epocd o e ole ieru ui si dormltorului. ] ^ .r, d o I. r I 'e w o5e or ror i, ro -'ro\^1 Bri ding permit: not founC tr the
,tr
r :-eo cromolicd esie voriotd, de lc op icoreo de obu o-. ) qqe)-. (,c1 Q|o|u^ o records, presrmob y bli t
..:'::ele mori de culocre, pono lo desen de linie, ^o- tn 1926.
- ' -- .ro integrond si diferlte e emenle de mobi ier. Prb lshed tn Cont'irrtpcrc:nul,
no 72, )art:ar1 )927
-: erul ole ieru ui, o cdrui poternilole nu se OneJomi y holse, ground oor.
-::rsie, foce referiri evdente lo Gerrlt Rieived f
rpper f oor, ond monsord.

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8. ViIo teqn Fuchs [sle consiruitd inlro zo,rc 'e],: ,--:i:--: : bll i
n o commerciol crreo of the o d ciiy centre
,-,io oo p- il I :t' t:' o 'wecLlhy w ne lroder, who osked Morcel .]onco
8. 7he tesn vinurl, core ii cere ul Mcrce crc, :i- : io design o modern house for him.
Fschs villa o cosd moderfd. Although one yeor before .lcnco hod des gned the
Ec iniliozd tnta cutiilor o/be, o evldentd cdrutore building in Triniioiii Slreel cnd lhe Donie House,
Sirodc Negrstor nr 33, po.r cd-[o. oBo' lo' oc ^.o eoo r wh ch both slond for his Moder-rist opprooch, the
rcr re:1
3 mu le proiecte u ierioore, uneorl in combinolle cu crrchliecl hlmse f cnd the history of orchilecture
Prclecl r rlo izolie: e emente de inspirclie expresionisld. recorded the Fuchs Vi lo os the f rst genuLne modern
r e lQ27 er;lnde e Desi cu un on inolnle Lcncu proieclose imobllu dln buildrng ln Buchcrrest.
ougrsr I 929. strodo Trlnliotii sl vilc Dcrnlel, ombele exptesie o unel This sloiemenl rs certoin y sustained by o more open
Plb iccto if iipcrriic iile/orc ond e oborcrle spcrticl dislribulion, os wel os by the
onumlte modernilotl, otot orhltectul col gi, ullerior,
nr 3 ion. l9?9 F.ealitatea
new formo anguog-a
9 lrn. l930
itus,troto,
isloroorcflc orhiteclurii romernesti vor considero vi o .

locllnlo rrtliomillo o, pcrler.

... n' ln L no o mc Iod e oo^.o o r ode ^o Ihe white box building morks o new orjentolion jn
elo sl lercsd. dln Bucuresti. Morcel lcnco s orchlteclure, cr Bcruhous ll[e cesthet
D^ cl r o .po o to -o 1o ooro .rgi lllo16 -a' ic pursuit, which merges w th expressionistic- lke e e
33 Negrsto iSlreel, Brr:foresl o,-;d o ro I o'oo or o'^1ol loo - | 1 ments rn his loter projecis. ln th s proleci.lonco gove
Prole ct pernil: )t|,1 )927. sprilinuL oceslel ofirrnolll ,o lhe.nroro- , ^o. er.o ll oro od-.i. ct.or I

exle rsl.r Argrsi I 929.
PLrb ishecl r iioc'irilc
r,c 3 .lrrrr'!, r929 Rcoiiioiec
'r.':r tri,' ]rrLrrrr' 9 1930
I .:-:,-- -1 ;_. g :r,.rl f ocr,
,:t:: - l:'lrl i:.loae
ln ocesl prorecl, oncu renunld o cromotlccl o o p"'o oppoo oboiroo- 6'9 bod
iiterord fotcdeJor in fovocrecr unei scu pturolitaf i oblinute pr n poa o o'o:qo ,-6'^ ^ P "dfo od^
oa ro -^6" 'polo- oi
10o,,r p anes, ond b ol en lnes which creole o strong light
^ o9^ 016 po.r I o o^,otooo 'o.- r d^ i
ond shodow effect
t js here thciJonco used for ihe first tlme the ver;icol
etc., prin ccre creecrzd un puternic efect scu plurol
de lumino si umbrd. projecl no bor conlrosl nq with the unbroken horlzonlc
Aici opore penlru primc oord elemeniu rrine ol rne oo one. [n e'er o1 go gno 6 o gI
verlico in porle oJoux din ccrre potnesc oTizonlo ee Jcrnco s orchiiecturol chorocieristlcs from then on, cnd
piine oLe bolcoone oT, e emenl rl wos olso loken up by the crchitecis to come.
OtaOA.f- .OCl. ^i.li po', O 1e,-;6l- A prenidre for lhe Romcnlon orchileciure wos o so
Mo o o. ipo o,- t o p^ Or,l o,l lo tle top f oor terroce whose inlerpreloilon of the /oil
core ii vor urmo). oo-p 1 pa or^Po'o-oiorr'6g lair o
U O-c,oPti^OA^^OOAlt OtLio 'O the Modern Slye.
O OIaO O a la OPOI O ^lO ^ 6,-,6i6 o la 6
rllimu nivel, interprelore a prlncipiu rt lailfordin,
definitoriu penlru Misco'ecr Moderncr.
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These twin houses ore bui i by Sidonle Grun on iwo 9. Cesa

odloining ots, situoted in o populor housing oreo Sidonie Gfiin
Cne of lhem wos loier so d to the Furcusleonus.
The trcditionclisi siyle of these bul dings seems to 9. Sidonie @riin
conlrodicl lhe evo]ulion of Mcrce Jonco's work Building
towords Modernism. We shou d not expect lo find
on onswer in the o reody known line .lonco wos Aeeo Cornelc rr il il
fo lowing then, but in the prevci ng conservolive Bucl reslj

icrste of the oge thot he, os o young orchilecl, couid Proiecl o!lcrizoiie: :a :-a-:
1927, corslrinn :l)?3
not offord lo orgue wiih.
Coso unifom lo o a!p a'a aJ::
However, the troditioncr rst chorocler of this house is sl elo, cu cdle un
c oser roiher 1o Jonco s eorLy projecls of 1922-23 oporlomenl pe nive.
reco ing the British cnd Germcn residenlic crrchilec
ture - lhon to the specific note of Buchorest 30 32 Corne io A ley,
buidings Buchoresi.
Bui ding cermil: November
1927,il r n 1928.
TwoJomily fwin horse, ground
f oor ond upper f oor, ore f ot
on eoch floor
- :-3 de ccse populore, ombeie
. -: :cnslru te de Sidonie GrLin, uno fiind
- .r: -': ::miliei Furcustecnu.
,, :orccter trodiliono ist o ocesler cose
. -----:zcd evolulio slilislico o lui Mcrce
= .- :' enlose de jcr spre modernism.
'=.. e probcbi ccruloto nu otcrt in opfi
, --
-'- .ri, cot in gustul predominoni conservo-
- - =: :espectivd, pe core tdndrru in cduiore
' -, isl permite incd so controzrcd.
- ,r'ccterul trodiliono isl o oceslei cose nu
= r: r-ri specific bucurestecn, ci se leogo moi
- - :: :rh lecluro prirnelor proiecie o e lur
' :- I 922 1923 tooie cminiind de orhi-
_ I -- rO O e1g e. O \i ge--r o^a.
lotodo spre slrodd
s;reet Ioccde

P cn/Plon

71
 I O. Vila Esle primc vl o conslruild ce
Irllariq Lsmbrv rezidenlio dln nordu orcsLr L
Reportitio lnter oord, loorle rcl crc i -l:::zc o
I O. Mafia Lambtu onum-a preocupore de econom c icle, nJ lpslto insa
Villlr de e egonio si cloritote spolio d
Aporenl, clddireo urmeozd Linicr p ostico lnliioto de
Sirodo Popc Sovl nr. 5, vio Frchs, dcr moi modesid si rnoi puiln imoginclivcr
fllrcLrr-osll Cu toote oceslecr, compozilio fotodei principc e ore
iae,T,all ,lTale l)e ,/a o bogolie dlscreto, obliruto otot dln decrogcrreo
ccrsli!ila in 1929. p nurilor olbe de zldcrrie, cot si din desenul
Pub lccio ir Corrliriporcrnl/ p:ofiLe or de cu oore inchisd ccrre qeeazd zone de
rr TQ.iebr 1929
Locuinio rnifrml ic d
o onumild lntensitote groflco, occentudnd aslfe
porler s, elol controslu dlntre diferitele suprofele. Desi desenu de
profile este mu i moi molivoi orhilecluro, ceeo ce
5 Pooo Sovr Sireel, Brchcresi. conlerd lotodei o onumild clcsstcilote, ocesl pro-
Bul d rg i:erm t: ..luiy, 1928, cedeu nu poole so nu om nlecrscd de coso Donie
br rl ir 1929. \1926) sou de vio Chcrpier 1929) flind tipic
Prb :lrrd r C:rlriirolr.lli pentru p oslico ui Morce loncu.
j. a.) F:br-r-v 1929
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lo buit by Jonco in lhe new norihern
This rs the first vi
resldenl o oreo of ihe citv.
The exlremey rcrlionc inlerior porliion reveols o
certoin preoccupolion lo economize, lhough il never
gives up ils e egonce ond spotlo c orlty.
Apporenty the buid ng fo ows lhe Fuchs v lo ine,
though on o ower ond ess imcrg notrve eve .

Nevertheless, the l:roni focode composilion is

discrete y rich, obtcined through the projecting while
lorms ol mosonry ond the dcrk co oured profiies
resu l ng in o grophicol effect lhoi emphosise ihe
conlrost between vorious surfcces. Although lhe pro
fl e design hos ils own crchitecluro molivolion lhcl
renders c certo n classicctlity io the foccde, the
house recol s Dcniel buiding l)926) or Chopier
V i o (1929), cr typico nslonce of .lcnco s oeslheiic
express on.
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 I l. Slrondul Conslruii penlru Federolio Socleici i Sp:'' ,: I wos bu t for the Romonron Federollon of Spc' ,
F.S.S.R. Romdne, spre limito de vesl o corlreru I rez cenlio Sociely on lhe wesl edge of the norlh resideri:
dln nordu orosu ui, ero cel mcr more slronC drn distrlct of the city crnd rl wos ihe orgest sw rrr.r - l
I l. fhe P.omaniqn Bucuresll, o oceo vreme. poo in Buchcrresl crl lhcl l me.
Federalion Anscmb u . in suprcfr:ld de 9.500 mp, cr fost pro eclol Thls ensemb e lhol spons over 9,500 sq. m S
ol Sporls ca o omp o compozif e cxlolc, de locturo ocode designed cs on oxic composil of in on cccde-- -
Society |R.F.S.S., micdr, o succesiune de spofii cu coroclere d verse, style ond contolns o ser es of spoces becr ::r -'
.inlre
deflnite si desporfrte ele prin diferitele corpuri de drlferent chorccter eoch, cnd being def nec :'
Swimming pool od o, oi o -'oor p^ oga- sepcroled by vcr ous bur dings cnd ondscoc:
Din picrielc de onoore dln folo inlrdrli, se occede prln orrongemenls.
SoseoLro Kise eff, 3lcrrest.
Pr.le.l cllc zolr:: nro 1929. porlo u sugerol de lurnuri e ce se'inc id decsuprc c From the fronl o czc ihere opens on occess ,.'..:
douc mici povi one cu birouri core floncheozo thror.lgh the porlol suggeslive y oul ined by tcr =
( selell Avenre Bri:ho esl. inltcreo. Spctiu urmolor esle un porc cu pe uze srmel rls ng obove lwo smc i office povi ions ihoi f cr' .
Sliclng p--rmi: Moy l?29. r ce. im lcl fronlo de pov ionu lnicr c clcdlrii mu ti enlronce. The next spoce is o pork with symr€-
funcliono e core grupeoza,.in iuru reslourcflu ui din disp oyed owns, whose froni is bordered b;, - -
-r. , , oco/ ,- o -, ^o oP o, ^ po. ^ neor pcvi ion of o mu li-purpose buiding. Tl-e , -
-..
n spcrle e ocestul pcv l on se desfosocrro ncintcr pro groups smcrl shops, cr coff-^e shop. o Coiry. cr-
priu z sc cr slrcrrdu ui, cu plolcr si bczln de porlicos crround lhe reslcuronl occled on the: ,

50x IOO m, 'inconlurol-r de vesliore grupole in The becrch r:nd the 50xlO0 m swimming pco .
8 oo. roo ^ po-e : .inchele
^oi behlnd the pov on ond ore surrounded by o:- -
Compozilio oxlc d se crlci, pe porliunea lri- rooms grouped in B pcrvi ions, groi.lnd f oor cr:
lnghiu orcr de leren ccre urmeozd, desfosurondu se upper f oor
o omeno ore peisogerc moi liberd, denumitc in The oxio composilion ends here, whi e on ;he
proiect "peluzo de gimnosticct". lriongu cr ground thcrl comes nexl lo il, lhe'e : -,
Arhileciuro c crdirl or propuse esle foorie simp c si freer ondscope crrrongement, designcled in,l e
lrolold cu de icotete, intr un mbcj cu evidenle referi project drowings os "gymnosiics qround".
c Artdeco, desfcsurclcr predominont pe 'AO o. rrQ OO - ,/^.Ja .J.)^a
orizonlo d, cl excepl c occenle or verlicc e o e ond o de iccle opprooch, using Art deco refere --
pcvi ione or de pocrtc. 'told.
lo.oro -. ap. g e ^.i o
Cecr mor modernd esle orh iecluro pcrvi iocne or de of the goiewoy povi ions
vesticre, ce reprezinld o cmplo desfdsurore orizon- The ocler room povi rons oppeor lo be ihe 'rc.
to d, o cdrei suprofoto esle crliculctd prin ritmu org modern Their orge hor zonlc unfo ding is rh,v-. '
desenol de inli e olbe ole sto pi or s p onsee or ccr iy orticuicrted by the while ines of lhe concre -=
Esle un exempiu de cduiore esiel cd slruclure. This is on obv ous exomp e of oeslh-.i :
rezu lold exc usiv dln sub iniereo simo liolll e em-^n o, , ,L-^^oL o 'oid-
le or funciiono e si slrucluro e. ^lpii,o'' ool o,d' o

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 12. Gssq Avoccr\u\ Po\di Chopier esie : :':- Po\di Chop\er, o \crwyer, wos Morce\ jor,c: - :

Poldi Chapier loncu din 1iceu, peroodo i. cr ,- C. c ^ I.oq h96 -6r ,r^. oo
Sinbolul. Arhiteclu vcr r.tc c.rs-., ' l^.-oo l-5 p[6, .-
12. Poldi Cho,pier bi de opcrlomenle.in strodo D. O t- d^ o ^o o, r .coo-l-r,o ,oi.o
House la'o6 r' -ob e.,er. ---o lo ^.6. o oc - o-5.
Conslruilcr inlr-o zond cenlrold c Blcurest ului, pe o .^ - ott^, o ^ o li o o.t.ol o-o
nlror,-c Genero p-le:cl nr.21, porce d odcrnco sl cu fronl ingust o sirodd, cosa Buchoresl. on o deep ond norrow porce , is c
Be Chopier erc o loculnld uxuoosd, desfcsuroto pe trei slorleC luxurious house, with o gcrcae ond se-.
D - - ro
D!b
o eloie, pcrrleru filnd ocupot de gorcri si servlcii roo- o. '^go o oo.
lciio ir Ccllrmlorcrli Crgonizorec genero d o ccse, ccr si dispunereo
.o o.
The overoL pion of lhe house crnd the occllor -
o.p^ o ol eo c p^ ^ po I o-o enlrof ce on the ong side fcclng o quite norrc'..
loclinld rnllon.
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o ir,
d^,, d^,q . o o..^ . ot ^6. 6616.a crccess spcrce, ore bul inherenl effects of ihe sl:-',- -
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porce e si cr regimu ri de oliniere c slrodcr si de ond pos lion of the porce
oa ooao Loc^ooo oo. l^ Lo^ -, ,o, ,o ct: g,oo- o.c ,-
Bucfrqr--sj Se compune, spre slrcrdd. din blroul ovocoiului cu lo - le ..aa, A.:'6 ,.- oo, g^,o -cr g.-
o' rl^ordoo^ b.b.o^ , ,,-p a
lo ,^d o ^o -a^o/o dD^ '- loi,tonood
Brriding ocrmil: Arcrst 929 lowords the courtycrrd. The bedrooms ore locc'=-
lr Ccrtimporcrrrl
PL,b sheC o on the second {loor, ond on the third {loor ther: .
na.93 91 95 '9-?al poo/oOor'oo - oorh^-c, specloculor loggio with o sky ight ond some .-,
f)nefcnlv rrr:e q olrct iccr nivel cu o specloculooso logg c cu Lum nolor s cdte ory rooms.
vo incdperi secundore. The orchitect seeks for cr certoin fluidity of the : -
Arh iectu o cdulol o cinumrld f uidliote o inlr-^or rl ground floor spoce, the portitlon of vcrrous fu-- -
c u por ^ apo,o o d '^ o. - ,o'o'.or o ol oreos being crch eved eiiher ihrough slight c ::=
. .o,o^ o.o o -p, o6t \-o ences if the floor eve or lhrough s idlng pone.
pcnclri g rsafle. execulio cosei. perel-^ e
Lo When the house wos burt, the wo I belween ii^:
despcrrtilor dlntre birou 9i blb iotecc c fosl inloturot, study cnd lhe ibrcry wos e iminoted. whlch
os;fe irc0l conlinuiloleo spoliolct devine s mol ev ^LO -o 6.oOo o^tg
cenli. !owev--r, the mosl inleresling ospect lies n the
Asp,ecirl ce moi interesont rdmdne insd compozito fcrccrde composit on thct puts nlo prcclrce vcr r - ,
de lotodo core pune I operd o serie de elemenle meons ond e emenis of expression (the chcnge -
, m ioace ei D es ve de nolurl foorle d verse (schim molerio s ond co ours perhops, the groduol Ce"-: -
bc e Ce moleric sr probob si de cu ocre, demcrle
" a /a a o 'rF o 6 a , a a l o o ,
o- , oar do o^p'o
,

o.o-oo.odooo o^ol Po,^ o 'e -o o o aA o -

nur or de zlddrie, decrosuri, micul sl lnutilu bc con ot ioi c ool o - o, o o oa^^l
sem c indric, sublinierl o e g ofurllo'in onumile zone. ^1 ,. ^,6,6,o6 ^ ) o^ .a o o
etc.), oporenl ccrpricioose si nemol vcrle din punct de orchileciuro viewpotnls they might ook somev,r-:
o 'r.^ .or
^d^.- .inlr o. o oo. o - .i qo ^ r J ro' oll e o,o op o ol oq-.
oglccr o ev denld cdulo'e eslelicar neo-blsnult de oi ' o r rooo- a o pr ii.-.^o .,
liberc in orhiteclurd. pooie mci degrobo piciurolo, si
.incodrdr
o oo. ,vl , o o p o o o o -
ccre scopd or sl islice uzucr e. Aceosld o,oe oc^ o o o' ' ob^ rg. .

modo iloie de obordore oorooie sl isllc coso ol l - o 66, ^ -oio ^ op- -

Chcrpier de mobi u loncu si ie coscr Dcnie. dln okln to the lcncu Bu ding ond the Dcniei House
1926 le26)

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Bordeesnu supropuse, vilcr se vo reo zo inir c, crn. c c ieriio,
un oportamenl o porler sl cclmere de selr ciu o
13. Bordeeanv eloi, ocesteo din urmo fi nd exprimote destu de
ViIIo neuzuo in fotodo.
Se evidentiozo inlre vllele timpurii ole lul Morcel
Strodo lobtrintnr. I I B, lOr , O a.lte O ' ;-'tO' tg'o . ,O OOo O .t)p tr
Buclresi demololi s odo fo ooo o-piet pl6r s ( o e o-1 a.lL
'
Proiect ollorizcl e: I le 1930
^r .rc lo aod^o ao ,io cr o o,,,d. ly, ! q,,'l
Loculntd lnilom iold elc^ gr ,1 e :ot orto d spO.,i-v O" a O." .O i
porter si etcri.
ecl lb ^ozcr : o oro s le r polo 6 -6,i re 6rr,^
A'e' o oe da 'c \^ po a'e.olo. i oe l- o
ll8[obirtntStreet,
. iozoqoro o lc croelo o orole oa ogralorao
Buchcresl demollshed
ding perm volumului dinspre curie.
Bui t: July I 930.
One lcmi y house, ground I oor Este de presupus ccr si gordu de lemn o fosl proiec
cnd upper I oor iol iol de Morcel oncLr.

p on porler
ground lloor p on

Crigino Jy designed to conioin iwo superposed flots,

il wos buih in o different rnonner, wllh one flot
po ^d o" tTe q o,rO r,oo w^ire € Joo^.r'oo,
LoL ^o 'a
-erv.ca oot.. ll ^'o e. o e e^o.es\-^o
ir rr ^ lo ooe r o e i'e r.r ot lor .rF'.
,lo 19 '-o'lo o \o^.iol Oo a o^toJ q ,or .o
oorle- ri o o, ^-o .e i-not o' r.-e llor .-or,
,
foccde, where lhe orchiteci seems to hove qiven uo
"-' ,p' ro rooloo
.l - a tuo.-ntro.r/
coIsplcuous rellef ls the enlronce meonl to counler-
bo once the lcrrge window surfoce. I6is box like
oppeo o'' 6 i o' odi t^cr oy l^a 'e-ooo, o ire
o a .ioo ro.odes o.ro ' a -oonenlJr',rn"il ,n-^
.Ol ,-a -O. ; q .ta Or , ,O O.
-e .e wo
]!" *ooo^' ob. oqsi6r^6 [,
iV\orce lonco.
 t4. ViIa Florica
Ghihdesou

14. Florica
Chihdescu ViIIa
Soseouo Kise efl nr. ,19,
Bucu r--sll
Proiecl oliorlzolie:
inexislenl in orhive,
probobi construiln in l93O
Pub icoi in Contirtporanul
nr. 96 98, lcn 193 I
s in Architeclure d'oujourd'hui,
nr 5/I934
locrinld rnifomi lo d luxuocstt
porler etci si ierosd
omero o1d io ulllmr nive

49 Klse efi Avenre, Buchoresl

Buiding perm t: not fornd in lhe
orchive records; probcbly bui t
in 1930.
P!bllshed in Contrmporonu,l
no 96 98,.lcnuory l93l
onC,r,4rcliiec/rre
clArlourC'lri Nt 5/ 1q34.
One lom ,, rrrt'rls hcl:e:
grcrr:i :or' .pper icor,
:.C -:r i rl. er.rae.
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: tr | porter
r-rund lloor p on

. rn etoj
3oer f oor plon
Consirullo penlru fcmiLic de
i:--:-
o'lic rez der-:ol d^ r : . .:
pro eci srngu or.inire vilele l l"1:-:
o^a.a,.i nodo^po- :.=
c-antro.
Plonu oprocpe po lodion orgcn zeozr spcri e lnir o
re -oio.ggl ' ,1'1, o a -C c bo
ino iime. o dominonld cruce cu broie egole, in core
numoi spolli e odlocenle din ce e polru colturl
e\odoo. o toto oi o PO 'o g do -
Lor pozi-,o c o r e,-c:o rT )oe ol -olo
^ ^
do principclo, cornplet simetricd si neobisnuli de sto-
ticd. Desfosurorec conl nud o ferestrei in bondo pe
inlreogo ungime o folcdel nu foce decot so sub
nieze ccesl corocter. Axioliloteo lnlelocrrdr copcrto
rop-'i-ooocP-r 06 o.ri^.oo.r e o
p roi aoraoo. ioolees e o/o1,o"d'
porter ('inchiso cu o singurd fooie de geom de
crisio ), co si prin cmp crsoreo slolui semncld
Mlliio Potrcscu.
Neosteplot folo de uzonfe e lectiei c osice, o cote
compozfio foce evidenl oluzle, oceosld simelrie nu
morcheczd rnlroreo, ci conlinuilcrleo spofio cr si
../ ooo'la-o r'po^o r pot:,z':-^oqodr,.
i's,ao oooopos'e'ooo^ o orp^l d e'to.
ec controzice simelric de bozo c compozif ei, intro-
ducond o orlicu olie de doud corpuri inego e: unu
mosiv sl copricios sjmeiric (ccrre corespunde
sufrogeriei si se pre ungesle pr n lerosd spre gro
oi o) olsl61 , , r pol go ol o.or ol do' r o
scund (sugerond in mod fo s o coso c scori) si ccre
lo o o .e pe Aopo pr 1 ro.e r ao o^orope J ''
'ppa'eDa,oo do o.-^ |,'^. p6l r.
folosirec unor elemenle de vocobu or slrdrne celuL
modern, cum or fi pergo o mediteroneeon-rusticd de
pesle lerosd, conferd ocestei folode un ospecl
ecLectic, si ln ocelosi limp moi domeslic.
Ce e douo folcde olerole ou mc puiind persono i-
lole, e e focond o egolurd de o onumilo neulroliiote
inire prime e doud. Compozilo lor esle mol ploto,
losond so se delogeze co occente dispozitivul destul
de e oborcrl o zonel de occes - pe folodc stongo
- ovcrnd co pondont pe fofodo din drecpto -
ro,elezro ol oi .oroo'o.
Acecslo urlosd ferecslrd vitrou este o compoziie
complexo de suprofefe rectcngu ore, orizonlo e si
vertico e. Texturc si grosimeo ochlurilor de stic o co
lorold voriozd, ior pe unele opcr grovole frogmenle
de reprezentdri slilizcle sou de forme geomelrice,
ostfe incot impresio generolc esle oceeo de co ci.
B-ii for the phormocist Chihoescu fcmily, ln ihe
rorihern residenlio district of Buchoresi, ihis is c p:-
iiculcr project omong Mcrce Jcrnco s vi lcs, moybe
becouse it is o kind of modern exerclse on the cLo.
siccl vlL c theme, bosed on lhe cenlrol p cn.
lls clmost pcrLodlcn p on orgcnizes ihe spoces or :
bl-oriol symmelricol poitern, oround the double
height centrcrl holl, o dominonl cross with equcr
orms Only the odjocent spoces ct the four cotne':
]o, c t, erooe tn l' e.
,o'Y or 'a o ]
lh co po i o' I ^[,^ '^6 ^ Peftot,
c o-o. r' 'o-' to odo. L.
,11^ ' rol , Iigo.' r'
'o'rr rro. bor oo'- owrdo*r-^
i who e ength of the focode emphosises this pecu :-
1.1 . r'o o o.o p,ol- ^ p'e.^d r -t^a o o:
o7 il e p o^ tio o 'ho.sr 61 ele t br ^
'./p a e e o.'ro oo p olr 16,19 ,v roo,v (o '
crysto sheel of wlndow pcne), ond fincly by
Mililo Potroscu's stotue.
Oto,^po.--o1'ot'e o^lo^ o. ol'
-,o.^di 'i.br drg re /r^olrrpoiterdo^
not define ihe entronce; on lhe controry, rl oulline:
h^ spo o ord /,. rol llowi g ot o , tr o- llo-
e^ eno ,lom rne lro, to ll o oo ol Le Lo e.
The design of the bock fccode is uiterly diiiereni
conlrodiciing the bosic symmelry of lhe composir r
by the oriicu olion of two uneven bodles' o moss'. -
ond rondom y symmeiric one lhcl corresponds ':
the d n ng room ond extends ihrough the lerroce
lowords the gorden ond o prolruding polygorc
one, fc se y suggeslrng c slo rwe thcl opers
view to the 1op floor so crium through lhe lrons
QO e^ / ol e ooo \F po opal Mo
oo.^ 'l ^
o'e orelero l ^o oeI oo Qh1 ol"'6'L
modern voccbu ory, such os lhe rustlc
Mediterrcneon pergolo over lhe lerroce, rendei c
rother ec eclic ond domestic ospecl lo the focode
The two lotero focodes hcve less personoli!, sir:=
they on y connecl the first lwo ones n o neulro
mcrnner. The onLy occenls ihoi stond oul on these: -
foccdes ore the refined enlrcnce devrce on the e.-
side ond the big stoined gloss window,
on the right side.
This huge window is composed of horizonlo cnc
verlicol reclongu or sur{cces. The lexture ond thlci.
ness of lhe stclned g oss pones vcry, cnd some c:
rhem ore engrcrved wiih stylized figures or geonel
iic shopes, which mo[es the whole composllron :
vost co oge.
 'au coIsltu e5 e penltu IUclcr so,
c v d luxoosd inir o zonc cen
' o o35 o odo,.,go ',
dire oborolor pentru produse
^- ouiorlzotie ccsd cle ier' .

e exemp e core s-cru pdsirot

_ .t.
. or(] Tnoorl cor n

'. r-:: .rcu, consld in puritoleo s

r jopos. d-to'odo.
--='=l : o orticLr cre foorle dlscreto de
: : ::r ce cu inirhiml diferite, unifrccle
r
:---'l':r desenu .l generc rezullcnd
- : , , ' --ar redus de elemente, ce se
:t-: :-:ieiee mor, pcne, ole
-: crezrnid modlficcri folo de
-:': ir scopul evrdent de o obline i*
- -----:c'e spcfrc o si vrzuold, ctct pe li
, a-.e'icoo.
- :=.t:.:oro in principol pe nlve urile I ir
: - r' : --e- ocre sunt cenlro izote de un hol
l5
' ' : .: ::rd nrve uri, p osot in cenllu de
- i :, r- - -1. Scoro nlerioord, deschiso spre t:
= - ' .'a Ce un urios vilrou olb, dlvizcl con ti
- :,- --'= oilogonole, in core suprofefe lF
- - : rsoce o]coluiesc o compozite iI
-:- ---l de ioblouri e ui Morcel loncu din
- - -l
. :-t o goorcdolor .roor oo- A
'- : pOa O'd OO rA r r

-:=: :orslonl urmorito de inlegrore o

-r:- :l e in oTn
i:_ leciuro.
-r crhil-^cirrrd.
r rtrl'oioru ul, construitd moi i'irziu, este iI
::csebild clenlie crhilecturo d, dor fdrd
h
r::.cd o cdulore p oslico deosebllo
,- . c odlrii este o e egonld crlicu cre dintre
.: '.o o corpului de lnlrore si corpul
: -, jereslTe in bondo o oborotoore or

.iorce Jonco buit o luxury vi lo in o ceniro fol owing his steody concern obout the niegroiion 15. YiIa PauI lluld
ci! for one of hls reloilves, Pcu llulo, o
e of opp red orts n orchLiecture. si laboratorsl
:,. ln 1935 he cdded o bockycrd lcrboro- The loborciory bui dlng wos bullt crter, ond o
- ::crmoceulicol products, eniered cs "work speciol ollention wos given to it, though the orchilect 15. Paul llvld
-:.lse' in lhe building permit. wos not so much concerned oboul speciol orlisiic villq wilh labo-
:
ros been we I preserved ond no c ter effects. The compositron of the bui ding shows on t.'lotY
:-e operoted, which is so rore o ccrse e egoni crtlcu olion between lhe verticol volume of
: construclions. ihe enironce body ond ihe horizonio one wilh lls Slicdo Oor rr 23, Blcuresii
-c lty of this house, os compcrred io his for oborolory rlbbon windows Proi--cl cutor zci e: morile l9-? I

:cis, les in the reciongulor purity cnd cusler vl o; 935 cboroloru

iccode. lts volumelr c pcitern suggesls c Locuinlo unlfoml lo ar, porter
sl 2 eto e, u timul nivel porlio
:illcu olron of orlhogonc volumes of dlffer-
9i Loborolor. parler :i 2 etoie
ris, crnd yei united ct the ground f oor level
: iy of elements, cut out of the orge flcrt 23 Ocrl Steel Buchoresl.
cf the fcrcode, speoks for lhe overo Building permii: vl o, Morch
ol the design. I 93 I ; oboiotory, 1935
d'ng shows certoin o tercllons os compored OneJomi y house, ground I oor
- ilo proiect, which were meonl lo obiojn ver o rC 2 upper floors, ond porlicL
-: horlzonlol v suo ond spotiol communicc lcp f oor, grornd llcor ond
2 rpper f oor loborolory.

'.'e rng itseLf disp cys on the flrst ond second

',,hereos lhe inlerlor spoces ore orlicu oled
: ihe twoJoor hlgh distrlbuiion hol ploced ln
rvily centre of the p on. The inlerior stoirccse
-rens lo the ho I is it by c wh te stc ned g css
,., divided occording to o reciongu or cublsl
o^ po'-d oI lro' po el o o opoqLe
,:J reco ling Morce .lcrnco's polnlings of thol
-
a 9t / o.o, doc o fo
d le ol,o d". q.ed le rbL'- f.r'i- "
'
p of 3otrer/igroun.l i.:

p .rr elci/lpper f ccr tr

Lcborclorl :/.obcrot:-.
loiodri spre slrodd
sireel ioccde
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rl

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riili.:itlilli:l:lritrt:irl.:t:lrt:,: i
,ra

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rlilliilllilrlll!,,.,,\1,
;iililli'::.iaiSil**ll
16. lmobilvl Clara Construil pe nume e soliei scle, pe c s--rtra - :a ''
lrrncv zono centro d c orosului, imobi u o l:osr i:c--c, ce
Loncu. Fomilio vo si ocul oici incepdnd din 93 I
16. Glara lancu Tot oici se oflo, probobi o ultimul n:el, Biroul de
Building Studii Moderne cl frolilor loncu.
Conllne certe un oporlomenl pe freccre etoj, porterul
Slrodo Coimotei nr 20, J5o r1g opol - ;.rd o 'pc de goroie s serv.c . slightly sunken there ore goroges ond service
Bucu resli. Conslruii pe o porcelo inguslo si olipii lo consfruciiile
Proiecl oulor zctle: mci 193 L vecine, loate occese e se foc prin fofodc prlncipolo;
Pub icot in Conlinporonul de oceec, porterul este iratoi co un soc u cu o suild
nr. lA2/1932 de usi, in core occesul principo se delogeozo dis
mobl de oportomente, porler sl crei, pus in voloore mol o es prin compozilio plos
4 etoie.
licd c eto jeLor superioore.
Acest lmobi este mci oles un studiu de folodo, oore
20 Colmolei Slreet, Buchorest.
Bui ding perm t Moy 1931 cum pe inio deschiso de vi o Fuchs. Fo osirec de
Pub ished tn Contimporanul e emenle exclusiv orlogoncle ;i p ote creeozd o
no 1a2/1932 opcrrenfo de rigidltote, core esie conlrozisd insd,
B ock of I ots; ground lloor ond otot de dinomismu cct 9i de scu plurolltoleo com-
4 upper floors. pozifiei. Dinomico esle crectd de dep osoreo pe
inoliime o ce or doucr registre verlicoLe 9i de csime-
trio orllcu drii lor prin poropefii bolcoone or.
Scu pturclilcrleo esle obfinulo prin grodcrreo pe
odor ci"re cr d fe i ^ o prolo'e dec-oso-e d r
p,or-l lo od^. lr p' . del tote-eo o, r ro A'eo
'-OOrr lOITpO e dl pO'lrl ,e lO ', A C)5 pe5le
ccrre se supropun elemenle]e decrogole, creeozd un
efect de rnore comp exiiole.
t wos built for his wlfe in o smolL streel in cenlro
Buchoresf, ond finonced by Jcnco hlmse f. Since
I 93 I the.loncos ived lhere ond the Brothers
Jonco s Cffice for Modern Sfudies wos probobly ft
ocoled on the top f oor.
There ls one flot on eoch fLoor, on the ground floc'
it.
rooms. BuiJt on cr noTrow porce ond oiioched to i-=
neighbouring buildings, ii con be cccessed only
lhrough the front focode; thol is why the ground f c:
ooks ike o bose course wilh o series of doors,
omong which lhe moin froni door is discretely
morked by ihe composition of the upper f oors.
This house is mcrinly o focode siudy, somehow o.
the llne iniiioied by the Fuchs Vi lo. The o mosi exc
slve use ol reclongulor ond f oi elemenls crectes :-
opporeni siiffness, which ls on y conlrodicted by ---
dynomism cnd scu pturo design of the composii',:-
itse f. The dynomism of the buiding issues from th=
verticol shlft of the iwo vertico regisiers cnd fron
their osymmeiricol jolnt through lhe bo cony porc-
pets The sculpled design is obtoined by the grcc- -
recess of vcrious pro jecting oreos jn the fcccde
plone. Moreover, lhe smooth ond occurole
treotment of lhe corpenlry work in the mosl Teces::l
plone, overlopped by the projecting e ements,
crecies o complex effect.
p on etoi curenl
rpperfoorpon
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WexIer
17. Psvl Wexler
ViIIa
Slrodo Gr gore Moro
nr.36, Buclrestl.
Proiecl o!lo lzolie
luni-^ I 93 I
Prb icoid in Cont'inporanul
nr. I 02. cn I 932 :l in
A b-.rlc Sorloris
G ! i E le ne I ti clell' o rch
rolioncle Micno 1932.
Locrintir lnlfoml o d,
porler sl 2 eioie
36 Grigcre Morc, Buchor,-si
3uiCrng permil: lune 193 I
Pub sieC ln Conlimporonu/
lc. 02 lrruo,y 1932;
Pll,ul Corr rO p-^i1 o io . :. t wcs buit for o wel to do fom ly in the new
,a.a ^/l^.,16 6^ ^ . : : ..
- o- liol d r.l ^.o 1oeoo 't-e ,,
preznld o dlsiributie lnteroc a;-:'.'- - --- ia .J O OO i..lio O 1ar O' pO aO.-r
"loo.torra o 9.'g poesooqe.o
spotil e diurne cornun conle. cL Eo 3es:e I zcrd c
lo. r.i roro^-orogc,l::o : o oo.a orotaoo- -o o'o-loooq
r
:
o u limu nive . den-i-^rroce of d some odditionol rooms,
I ^,tro' r' oo.^ rot oooopa o on the top floor.
p olo,oa ^1o' de zdo ^ rp'. cro oo ^a l^ b' d - ^l o ploi .ol ,^16 o'r o\ o :
mosrvilole. L- Iooe'9tu oc,6 ool o'-o.o^/ll o'
Fclcrdo princlpcrld exprimo destu de c or disirlbutio on overo I mcssive chorocler on the bLrildino
inlerioord. Esle o orllcu otie prin controsl o douc a^ot o,OO-,ao 600 ll - Ie o pC-
70-t^. o^ de o oo 'e o o oto oo-"r . o -o o- p ,1 lcr'o o't-oi.^o JOonolwoo
iteltL: rc:
i ore o do.. poozo fo'or ^ o .6;-o1o161 o tr ll eor
^ ooOoe.oio o^po tlo..
cosei scorii, p" de oltO porle, regrstru vertico ce se l^ ,. do,v o-' e ro r 'oo'"r5 o^o ^a . o
d- ,o.oo,o oa. ^ 1.o e ^ oge; ^ \e. O open, whie on lhe other hond, lhere is ihe ve-' -
corui coll se demoleriolizeozar lreplal pona cr regrsler thot unfolds over lhe enlronce, wiih its
oggicr lerosei. \ .tor 'r^ Q a ^. LO- O'OO O / O.TO a
ooroi o^cr'o ooo a tr oc6 oqq
-^t.l.c, ^^'op lono o. cl.
de oncu penlru o fi pub iccto in ucrorecr
fosl c eo.o Significont y, Jcnco hims-e f chose this dwe iinc -
d-Or .oo O^,opacl oo SO'O.o^oi OO ^o.^ p o' t^o to o.oI ^006 o 'r .

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:rr i :-iialiirra,?olicncie,
irri:ro, I 932.
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::--pcerfcors.

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Conslrultd pentru bonche:, , -: :- - - -l o wcrs buill for Jeon.Jusler, o bonker. l' -
Th s vll
tean tvster trr'oro e ^olo . o .entrc oreo of Buchcrrest, of d lt ls lndeed o ,
.r p ', pol :' ous dwelling. ll spcns over ihe lirsl ond secc' :; :
18. Jean tvslet d^ 9o o,o oa^ ^ d^ ^ while the ground lloor houses goroges ond c -
ViIIa comere de serviciu si de un so criu aL..l Cc;cr e t. es. On the top f oor lhere ore lhe socrium r,^" ",
Ce e douo n velur p inc po e .omLjnicar pr'nir un go oo o,-q p^- od or^ - .eoo
traoo ) \,e Ir nr I I \t
Brcuresli
tl po ^ or od-o o.olol Vo ^ o o two moin floors communiccrle throuoh o volc .: -
Piolecl o!lorlzolie:
pro eclot peniru if lerior vltrourl cubisle, mobi rer, lhot strelches over lhe occess oreo "of rhe hc
seplembrie 193 I
lompi 9i o op col scheme de cu oore. oso cum o Morce Jonco designed cubist stoineC g oss ',
locu niil rrlfoml io o, porler sl dovedesc fotogrofir e de epocd gcsite dows, pieces of furnilure, crnd crmps for the -
3 etole. r i m! flv-^ pcrllo Coso ore o formd focrte simplo, exceplie focand decorol on and opp ed cericin co our scl'e'-::
oturcr dlnspre slrodd, core prezinl-r o compozilie fhe period photogrophs show ii
5t.,i75i Si veslrr St eei, comp exd de more sculpturcr ioie. The house is simply shoped, except ng the fror :--: ,
3rchoresl. Penlru prmo oord, Morce cncu expr md scorcr whlch disp oys o comp ex scu pturo compos l:'
Blid ng permlt: principc c in fcrlodc, prinir un volurn cilindric crvclrsol, For the flrst lime, .]cnco deslgned ihe mc r sir .
Sepiember I 93 I conferlndu-i oslfe un ro esentict in compozii e. nlr ^io.od^b.^r-po,9opro o :

Ore fcmi y hous--. grourd f oor

ord 3 rpper ioors
\o r' I o oroa-p. o o i. o r o. d,a,o ^oll o-pO, O,a.^ o a^/.
'o. oi !- r re
'o'odoi -"lod- o o ,e composil on.
porlio lcr f ocr.
de crdcrncime prin mor suprcfeie plone de p inuri -h^ ooo d oroo ,o 1eol re o
sou go uri, decupole si decrosole in diferite feluri conircsls wrth the rest of the foccde, which i:
Arl cu orec dinlre ccesle e]emenle mo jore se foce mo ded ln severo evels of deolhs oblolnec '
sl prin p onuri e bo coone or, dor moi o es prin o., I I rapo. o ooa ro o,o o ^
coperlifo so]oru ul. Aceostcr esle elemenlu ce rnoi L o o po^ rad - c'o - :

obi si moi speclocu os o cornpoziliei, peniru cd, These mojor elemenls ore orlicu cled ihro.rc'
desi foorte deliccrta in roporl cu ce e o le elemenie si poropets of the ba conies, ond especic y '--- ,,
deoolc06.ortr o, 6 6-porooo.o the ccrnopy of the solorium ln focl, this :s iF:
elemeniu ce mai uniflccrtor ln p us rchimbo cenlru skilulondstunningeffeclofihecompos'c-
de greutole o compozii ei, demoterio lzeczd cumvo quite de icoie os lo lhe olher e emerls cf C
zono de orticulotie, imprimcnd osifel fotodei o seporoied from the slcircose vo urne; neve " - .i
cnumiid sup ele. Firrd ccecsld coperlin-r, vo umul lorms lhe mcrjor unifying e emef i. MoTeo're
iod o oporFogreo ^eo ^ 6' 16'f^1 a -o lhe grovity cenire of the compos i on, crnc :: -
do,-d p ' lo.oo60.op- i^ o po demoier o rzes the orliculotion creo ihus r:. :
culrem!rLr dtn 1977 ood'oo.q a pp.B o,l :

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bui t by Mcrrcel .Jcrnco os well, thouqh no
hos boen found yei "iiden."
\e s l rlol fon iy vod or ll ^ r' lloo ,v'i^
Jonco s sludio wos on ihe ground f oor. Accordlnq
o o^te o | ' or 'e-r po o F5 -tr o le.- or,
le -ol 5 6r t-1 f'sl w6 e co\at^o w tl- I F., oe5
ond the furniture, mostly buillin, wcs designed by
cnco hims-^ f
ih"fino foccrde ooked entirely different from the
one proposed in his proiect, ond indeed for more
inieresling thon ihe oller os concerf s lhe cresthetic
lreolmenl The composition of the front fcccde is
yo 1 s, 9]o a \o ito'-o o jcp oy ot porcpol. cl.6
' po^d wi^do r *h ore sioed o', fe76 r poq 16
e -.ol ,o9 . o . d tlerer y ,eo-ecr. Ov^ .i v^ I
ao to^ oo.i orol poliarn h^ ot('l ^ | opp i^o
vcrious iypes of profiles thot bring in on odditiono
grcrphic element ond enhonce ils comp exiiy

p of eloi curefl
upperfoorpon

19. lmohilvl lmobi ul esie conslruit pentru frotele solrei lui Morcel
tacqves Costin lor ] (o r oa o oo.^Jo r9.ls'o 1i ooor o
dt.or'.' ocl'.1 eopi'oo oo ave 1a
19. Jacques Goslin imobilul din dreoptc fiind construit tot de
Building Morce cncu, ior imobi u din sldngo probobil
loi de e , desr nu exisidr incd o dovbdd cerlo
Strcdo Po eo ogu nr 5, o oceslui fopl.
Blcu resil. Arhitectul o locuit cu fomi io scr in cportcrmenlul de lo
Proiecl oulorizolie
etoiul 1 si toi oici, cr porler, o ovul si olelierul Polrlvlt
februorie I 933
unor ominliri ole coniemporctni or, clparlomenlu
lmobl de oporlomenle,
porler si 3 etole. oveo peretri ocoperili cu fresce, ior mobilieru - in
I O O O-e I ostrO it oeroto a O p.O a. 'O-
5 Po eo ogu Slreel, Buchorest tot de loncu.
Bul dinq permit: Fcrtodo conslruito este totol diferito de folodo din
'1
Fel:,ruory 933. proiectu de ouiorizolie si mull mol inlerescnid co
B ock of f ots, grornd lloor ond p ostico decerl oceoslo. Este o primo vedere o com-
3 upper I oors. oo,r' o'oc ^:i-p,o oq -,6^lep, go'I
6o z otizot ro e .. oo o'o oe oo o eQ..l c r^-
co e inegole si diferit lrolole. Pesle oceosicr lromd
compoziliono o foorle c crd orhilectul cpiicO diverse
rio .deoora o'i -o,-d-OodA rr ol^ ro.o,
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Climlrto-lerapie H. Teodorecrnu, longa Predec ''"' . .. ,- ' , rr ^odo ^O.r o^t-'t 5 O c6 .o $16.1^,
Bvcegi a la67 m c tiludine, esle L.rf l d nire piile e .lonco lo design o scrnilarium bui ding neor Predecrl,
sonoiorii privole dif Romctnio penlru lrclorec bo or in c mounlorn vo ey, ot )a67 n o litude This wos
21. fhe Bucegi pulmonore. Dotorito pub c totii core i s o focul in omong the firsl privcrte eslob lshments for lunq
Slrnitrrrivm preso vremii, esle pooie ceo moi cunosculd c ddlre d'o.e ^ 1Po'roro.D, ^ o ae e.)i ,e
de Mcrrce oncu. od,^ , g o-,o-tr cr'.o -ro,l -o.r.r or drQ.
.O-CD OO- D^O^O. Avond un slondord ridicct de dotore, clddireo ore o B^ o tg o"ro g .o oooo-aq,p-a /-
O . z ;A orgonizore funclionc d focrle c clrar: o porler, spoii buildrng disploys o c eor funclionol orgcrnizolion On
D b o aoo o ) ' i e de irclomeni si de cozctre o doctori or, seporole the ground floor, the enircrnce orea slcrnds between
Gli Eiernenl clell archietura a 7at C; o l^ 661 J^ po al -
lhe treclmenl oreos ond doclors f ois on one s de
ftrtztcrtale M cno l94l loo poi rliool 'ob' od"po^ ond the pcrtlerls recreolion oreos (i e. the mulil func
oo cinemotogrcrfico, so c de muzicd, fumooru s tlono room wilh clnemo foci ilies, music room, smo[<
o o lo' sufrogeno egotcl de zono bucdldrii or), c etciele ing orec, d ning room connecled to the [.itchen) Cn
z j^po
I si 2, comere e de cozore c! ierose, so oriu the llrst ond second floors the crchileci o oced
comun si servic ile de eto j, u iimu nivel fiind probobil severc words ocening of lo lerroces, o so orium,
oo-oo.
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loto ocupcrl de servlcli. o d ^r ^ oo- --" pp-',o lloo poooo,
D I I lL^O j,O ' ooi coe.tao o'ro o o ,.roo cr oF o.to Lo, ^d L^oo-i.i orio o ce
G1i Fienenii cieil Atchiietitro esle dele mincricr de orgonizcrreo plon melrico o elo- The bui ding ooks like o ong ond ncrrrow s crb,
-,/ rO I lului curent, un simp u lrocl, in ccre comere e de un
.insiruile
o^ ,g .hopo 6 L^ plor r ^- . o'go 70 o.l o
pol sunt pe oturo sudicd, aluro de nord lo ro'tloo osirp^ o,,rlooool(oia
S:ri rt rm LL d ng grolnd fiind ocupolo porfrol de servicii si de lrer ccmere mci slrung of the soulhern side, whie lhe norlhern srde is
'I modesle de douo poluri, cu grup sonilcrr comun.
' :i porlio y occupied by servrces ond lhree esser
.]l-oen
Monolonio desfosurorii lomei esle'inirerupid cu equipped doub e rooms, ond one toilel This monol
obi itote in zono cenlra d, rezu lond douo oripi ugor ony is s[.i lfu y broken in lhe cenlro orecr, generoling

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decolote in luru orl cu otie curbe pe core o two slightly uf even wings oround lhe curvinq ort cu
constituie soloriu comun, oslfel incoi plonu copotc o o ol ro oo 1 nrqco.eol plo b^rq
vorrelcte sr o crnumitd mISCOre. Aceoslo esle oi . ar .o-te \ o' ^lr o-o o
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occenluold si de dispunereo ob ico o corf ere or, o emphosised by the ob que positioning of the rooms
cdror lercse copleozd oslfel umino de sud-esl. Iol e o. 'r- oJ'[ -po.i ,lg'L
vo I lOC Opolo o -^ O Og I a.tio 6 O ta O ll^'olroo l^bLidroo ou e oo\cree
uniliccrio prin plosiico qef ero d, core folosesle foorie ^obooeo roona ro-o 'ro or),.r^qa6 ,-o
put ne elemente. ce e douo reg slre pulernic vibroie ihe overo oesihetic expresslon, which, in foct, uses
o e eicrie or de cozore sunt.incodrole de benzi e or y o reduced ronge of e emenls: the Mo powerfu
c be moi mcsive o e porleru ui s u iimu ui nive. , . b o od o*. oi 16 or.o-aooo-o- oor.
Durilcrtec ortogonclltotil este imblonzlto de curburile o d"do) ow'ioo dro. r-..ipe o ro
collurilor si so oriului cenircr , si de de iccleleo profi- gor o oo'oooproo. r^..i 1a.)o a
oturii pcrropelilor de o etcjele I si 2. reclongulor shope is tcmed by the curved corners
n genero plcsiico vo umeiricd o c odirii neoqd cnd solorium ine, os we I os by the de icoie poropet
orice ogresivilole, ceeo ce fcce co moderniloieo ei pol^o tl -l or o.d o.ro oo.
ob o o o ^ilFgre.o .g'rgo.ie ' p^r o On the who e, lhe volumetr c oesthetics of the buiding
Morce oncu s o ocupol in delc iu st de proieclcrec denies ony klnd of oggressiveness, he ping the obstrott
inlerocrre or. Mobi reru meto]ic, cromclrccr pereti or, modernily nlegrote smooth y inlo ihe londsccpe.
pordoselie cu ino eum, simpliiotecr deto iilor din elcr Morce Jcrnco wos deeply invoved in lhe inlerlor
ie e de ccrzore sunl un monlfesl o rgienismului, in design of the buldinq os we The meio furnilure,
.a e.a OO'6.O^ r^dr pO ^ . ^OOOOA lhe chromolics of the wo s, the ino eum flooring, the
oo .d^o-l ^ o^.'too-^.oo o., d;oo.^ slmplicity of deslqn deloi s for the crccommodotion
o e vll-^ or scle floor come up crs o qef uine mofifeslo
 22. lmobilul Esle un mic lmobi de rcporl ioc-'= -r,:: --
SoIIy Gold po- opo o^er 6do-o.^ ci- r^: - l f
o inierseclie de strozi in ceniru nequsio'es.
22. SoIIy GoId o Bucuresliu ui.
Building Formo 'in plon o imobi u ui esle un pentogon
neregu oi, cu trei oluri crliniole lc slrcdc, crportc
Brievcrrdu Domnit-.] nr. 34 menle e orgonizOndu's-^ in iuru scorii principo e,
.in
{Hrislo Botev nr. 381 Brcrrest .
plosctd cenlro . Accesu imobl , inilicr pe uno
Pro ecl culorizclle:
dintre ioturlle dinspre strodo, esle p osoi pe loturo
morl e 1934.
din dreopto.
mo[, Ce oportomente,
Aportomenie e sunt obil stdponlte, dcr, ccr si in o te
porler :1 3 -.ioie.
cozuri, formo neconvenliono d o unor incoperi pore
34 Domnitel Borlevord (38 rnoi degrobo rezu lclul conslrdngerilor exierioore,
Hrislo Soiev Slreet), Brchorest. decot o unor cdutdri spollo e in sine. Cel mcri
Bu ding permit: Mcrch 1934. inlerescnl esle oporiomeniul cu gol pe doud nive uri,
BLocl ol lLotsr grornd I oor cnd de o eioiu 2. Esie singurul proieci'in ccre Morce
3 rpper f ocr:. Loncu inceorcd sd reollzeze o cornerd de zi cu
'pO O O \ a-'ttrO O, oao I ' 5nOO Ol r OOotri'Oli
iloolo.oleo o od o ^ lo ^ o. ^ 6^ gor
cu dubLo 'incr time e e se gdsesc peste holu
de reporiiiie.
ln ceeo ce priveste p crsiico exterioord, volumul
c odirli se dezvoltd in mod neoqleptct otot pe verli
cold, cot si in porcurgerecr fotode or.
Descompunerec vo umeiricd esie foorie evidenio,
privito dinspre intersectie. pleccnd de o convexi-
tolec neledo o porteru ul, fotodo este ostfe mode
oio incot se desfoce 'intr o crliculore de vo ume
inego e, core creeozdr o concovilote pulernicd, in
ccre pore sdpcid leroso de pesle eto u 2.
Pe de olto porle, priviio dlnspre dreoptcr, clodireo
oferd un spectocol crhileclurcr cubist, recicngu or, in
core pcropeii despringi din e emenlu 'in porle c fcux
.in
ies conso e indrdznete peste introreo in curte.
Nlmic nu loso so se intrevcdd fe u 'in ccre ocesl
llmbol oprocpe brutolisl se ironsformd inlr-o vibrcfie
.in
de occenle verllcc e pe o more suprofoio oorbo,
folodo din stongo Astfel, folodo de co I devine
elementul mojor de ortrculclie dintre douo folode
comp el diferite co trotore. E e se crlicu eczo oldi
prin.inirepotrundere, in spolrul conccvitolii de o
.in
ulllmul nive, ccrt si prin unificore pe orizontc d,
ccre poropeiir continui oL ce or douo bo coone
ioocc un ro foorle importont.
Aceosto c cdire pore sd reprez nte o siniezir dinlre
ce e doud linil compozliono e deschise de mobilul
oncu (1 926) ei de vilo Fuchs 1927) Este probobi
ce mol speclocu os imobi proreclol de Morcei
oncu, 'imbindnd o orgonicilote de iip expres onist cu
e emenle de fociuro cubisicr.
I ls o smo crnd luxurious tenemeni house wilh four
ots of differeni sizes, ocoled in the commerciol
cenire of Buchoresi.
The shcpe of lhe house is on irregu or pentcrgon,
wilh ihree of its sldes lned to the slreels; lhe flcrts ore
p cced oround ihe moin cenlro slcrircose. nltiol y,
the bui drng enlronce wos on one of ils streei sides,
while now il con be occessed on y through its righi
side, from the courlyord.
However, lhe u ilmole resu t beors such o powerful
sculplurcrl effect, being so sk lfuly mosiered, thcrt ihe
lniilol moiivoilon becomes irre evonl. The mosl inier-
esting f ct is the one on lhe second floor, with dou
b e height void spcrce t wos the on y prolecl where
Mcrcel .lcnco wcnted lo creote o ving room wilh c
go lery, on oltribute of modernily ol thot time.
Wherever he designed such doub e height void
. spoces he pLoced lhem obove the distribution ho I
i As concerns lhe ceslhelics of the exlerior, the bui d
ing volume deve ops unexpecled y both verticoLy
ond o ong the focodes. The volumelric decomposi
tion becomes obvrous from ihe street crossing.
Storting wlth the smoolh convex form of the ground
floor, the focode unfo ds its orlicu olion of unequo
volumes, generol ng o powerfu ho ow spoce,
where ihe terroce obove lhe second f oor seems io
be ccrrved.
Cn the other hond, il you look crt ii from lhe right
side, the buiding reveols o cubisi, reciongulor orchi'
lecture, where lhe poropels generoied by the pro
iecting bor spring oulwcrd on bo d conlilevers over
the courtyord enlronce. There is no hlnt thot would
moke one perceive how this c mosl brutc anguoge
shifts to c vibroiion of verlrco occenls spreoding
over o wide biind surfoce on the efl focode. Thus
lhe corner foccrde becom-^s lhe molor crticuloilon
e emef l belween iwo comp eie y different focodes
These do not on y penelroie eoch olher rn lhe
ho low spcrce on the top f oor, but cr so horizonioly
merge w th lhe continued poropel lne of lhe lwo
bo conies, which p cy on imporioni ro e.
This bui dlng seems lo be c synihesis of lwo compo
sillono direcllons, originc ly explored in ihe.lonco
Bui ding 11926) ond the Fuchs Vil o l)927).lt ts
probcbly ihe most spectccu or bui ding thot Jonco
ever designed, since he loined expressionist
orgonic iy ond cublst e emenls.
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: 'o est bui d ng built by.lcnco. cnd
r,- r-gs lo lhe generc ine foi owed by
=, rcderlism.
,:: of tvr'o unrls, hoving their own mcrn
- -L- blt on y one moin enlronce cnd
. : j: sicircose shored by both unils. The

-r::s .r'e somehow qrouped ond orjenled

- : i cf lght The cuient ioo, of ecrch unit
.. - - .is ond o studloJ ol, proving cr cerloin
or - a.o'ol . o,d o go '/ata.
I A^ ^\a OO Or .OA
- -,-rllion ol o
for modernizolion; tnsteod
'--a oco troditron of on indirectly lit distri
,.. cr,d ncrrrow focode overlooklng lhe
. o d, o^ , rrorr
, \^oLo-ood- o^g,^o,,
.i rol t.o .r p o.^ o oo .t o ao
.d .o.r- rl o go.e.o ^ -t ^ 10..
: : o a o o g o or, r-n' ,pal
: g \^ d-lo oo^o .
^at cy of
:, I r cof linuity ond discrete inierp 23. lmobilul
-e depths The oesihetic tnterest ol this Frida Cohen
TFOOOoOo:O'r,o.,,^
rl ^po o.opp,-o. 23. Frida Cohen
Building
Slrrdr Ste eo Siirtcru
nr l/, Buclresl.
Prol--cl c!lorizci e:
mci I 935
ln,ooli Ce oporicnerte porler:l
7 eltle t li'ne e doud n ye url
r--l c:-^.

l/ Sie --c Spotcrl Strr:ei

Buclroic:'
Brid rg permll: Moy 935
3 oc ol icts: grcurd Ioc cnd
/ ,p l.ors; the lost lwo
"t
i rl : r,e reeeqser]
p or etol .lreil
rpperloor por
 24. lmobilul Morce oncu o primlt probc. tr::l: l:r--l-:o Morce .lonco wos proboby commissioned b.
Alexrrndrescv pi o^tro.1 ,Mi ^o' O,^ r:'-- : -i e Mirceo F iode, whom he knew, to design lhis -
Aexondrescu, pe core i curoslec. for his sisler, Mrs. A exondrescu.
24. Alexandrescv Conslruil intr o zond veche cenlro d c orcsr ui, este Thls tenemenl house wlih one luxurous opor:--:-
Building un nilc imobll de ropo* cu coie un oporiamenl ecch floor is bui t in on old cenlro orec of
uxos pe n vel. Bu cho rest
Strodo Tro or rrr. I /9 Bucuresl. Se inscrle pe n o mlcllor lmobile pro ecioie in cr ll beongs lo ihe smo I bock of f ois line lho' -
Jonco designed in the ole 3Os, defined by c -
.ingust-r
Prole.i oulorizolle: douc lumclote o oni or '30, cu fcrlodo din- ,

moi I 935.
mobi de opcitomerle, porler s
2 etcle, pesle demiso
cu oorole
I /9
Trcicn Sireel Buchoresl.
'1
Bui d ng perm t: Mcy 935.
B ccl of flols' ground f cor onC
spre strodo foorle simp dr si o o scord domeslicd.
Desfdsuroreo ungo dlnspre curie esle moi
.pe ro .locr o. o-. 'o o o ro p o ^ lq6 'lri ^
)i^9 rlo ^11 P^rooooP r polo llo^^o,'o
,or oot ^- d- Lo ^s-€' I ,l plo.ola T 'o1 oo
o exlremiloiec stongo o c odlrii s core constiluie
e ementul de orticu ore cu folodo oiero d.
row, very simp e focode fccing the street cn: :
quile domeslic sccle The ong deve opmeri ' -
courlyord, however, is more spectccu cr, lhc,,:-
specrcl oesthetic pursuits con be lroced here: --
The only notoble occef l on the front focode
g ro -^ o,dr^ o o o\-bo
oaor
o a,e eoor-a,tr ^.oo'l"b Ldi E .

2 uprer focrs, qcrcoes ir ihe ihe crticulcllon of the side foccde.

seml bosemenl.

lclodi :: :
sli::

folodii oi--ro ir ' : -::

 Buit in lhe scme residentjol creo os lhe Chopier
o ,lo rg I s obvio, .ly o eol a5 614 i vast-et -.
l-, oe.lie . a.pra55 o't ooei o .l ow ory oo 'o
pr ir r'o orth e r r erery' rol ow 9 h ofr' .'.1
lo li-rg rro-1ao\arorl'^of Lo oo 30
io.-q.
Buchoresi modernism. The execuled focode is eve-
less inieresling thcn the one drown on lhe proleci

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25. lmobilul Poldi Construil in oce o$l corller cu ocuinlo Chcpier,
Chapiet ocesl imobll este evldeni o lnveslille imobi lorcr cu
scop ucrotiv.
25. Poldi Chapier Co expres e plostico nu denoldr o cdutore
Building deosebitc, orhilectul urmorjndu-si ootecum proprio
retelc sii isticcr, ;l inccrdrdndu se in Lino genero d
Strodo Dim tr e Oncir o modernismului bucuresleon dln o douc iumoloie
nr. l6A, Bucuresli. o oni or 30 Folodo execulold esle chior mol pulin
Proi-^cl oulotlzotle: interescnld decol ceo propus-r 'in proiectu de
iu l,- 1935 cruloriznlie.
mob de oporlomerle, porter si
potru etcie.

l6 A Dimilrie Orcil Slteel,

B rcho resl
Buildlng permil: .lu y 1935.
B ock of floh; ground lloor ond
4 upper f oors.

lotodd spre strcd-r

street focode

plor etol crrenl

upper f oor plon
Co"s-. t oerlru soceoeo Bozoltir socieoa p
pe'o de cor. rct' oe podlr. s povoje. oste -rul
d r- e foo'e rorele p oiecie o e r Mo,ce lorc.r
6s's clepo.esc sfe'o orIi ectLr'i s r'c reziderliole.
Desi c odi'eo LJp' noe 'n proporlie -ovors ioore -
opcrtomente, sernnificolio ei este dotcr de cerinlo de
exprimore o preslioiu ui socieidlil.
Acest sediu urmo sd ocupe douo porce e core
'ndrgrneou pioto Jionu, o cdrei regim de construclie
^rpls de 'egrrlorer- ero de tortre de vi e, cr
"nollime moximd de l4 m, totol nesotisfocoloore
ceniru emfozo cu core societoteo voio
:d se reprezinte.
r urmo unui schimb de memorii si ovlze inire socl-
: o'eo Bozoli r si Con s uneo Spec olb perr L
-c'ico'eo Requlorter-tride Corsruc-rn s A r,eri,
:-imdrio cedeozd insisienfelor societdlii si permite
:cnstruireo unui imobi cu sose eio je, ultlmele trei
':-'ose in goborit. Argumenlele orhiiecturol urbonis-
-.e oduse de socieiote, de o cdror formu ore este
:'eu de crezul cd loncu ero slrdin, sunt'in fopt juste.
.'-crofolo foorle mcre o pietei lionu, cu o rozd'de
'2C
m, trebuie suslinuld de un front mol inclt de l4
- :e pr li^ p.r^c-tol. co pordor-' ol irrro'i n porc.
I :ii-eo, oslozi deslL-l de nod lico o, (Lp ldeo
-: mcri zone funclion.o e: in centru, sedlul societolii,
:- rol penlru pub ic, so o de consi iu, birourile
:'::"ei . b rou i pe-irL ru'lcrono : ir d eoplo, :'r
.: :'did oporto're1l pe 'no rr le ^ivel I ole cdr,i
t:.--cose spolii de primire se deschid spre grodino
r - :core, o"n slorgo in obi ul de ropo . cL ooJo
:::"omerte si doLo gorsol ere pe 1ivel. Cele -e
: sLrni foo -e srrors o" cllo e ir corrpoz lio plor -
-- .'
- - ':i. do r L- n r.ne egolur' f.rr-c oro e
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ele. Fiecore zond ore propriu occes,
:: ::-cdo principolo
,: -rJl predominont esie cel o imobi u ui de roporl,
: '--' c rode o' ir ree:s e veriicole de r-o lir'
: ::- -e si diferit trotote, in core lcncu vo fo osi un
.- -rrr cr de evidenid influenfo Art-deco.
;:-:'cobil este insd modu in core orhiteclul vo
: - - r oces volur. porie si sop'e e oie ( L
- -^ - - por e' si 3 e oje po-o ol .eo-lolle
r r -: zone funclionole, vertico itoteo ldioosd o imo
: - -. ie oportomente filnd tronsformoto grodct
---'-
:esfdsurore orizonlold, echi ibrcto in finc de
-:: , -oieo suprcfefelor p ine, plone si curbe, core
--:-:3 compozifio. Rezu ld o obilO lronzifie de o o
:,r-r ronurnento o o imobilului lo scoro domestico
: t: af rJlrJ
'l-eo vizuold o compozifiei volumetrice, co
- si
-
-:l-. ei. se bozeozotoo'e rL pe elecr-^le de
- : ro 1e e o (orpr'lor de clod re d n d le te
. ::- ce prru,re Iovo zo-e oe epo'lilio p or'
-: :1. tv der cd Mo cel loncu o c6u ol con:ec.
=- : dincmizore o plefii, o9o cum se oflrmo, de
: -- , 'n nolivo io urbor's co exp rso.
05- Built for the Bczo lin Compony, o very successt- 26. fnobilrf
compony speciolized ln bridge cnd rood cc-s--,: Eczqllfil
tion , thls one is counted omong Jonco's roi-c c..-
lecis, os it wenl b:eyond residentiol orchiiecli--e. 26. lfu Besdliir
Athough lhe building mosty contoins flots, is s g-:',
conce lies in lhe mojor requiremenl lo enhonce---e
buildiry
prestige of the compcny
Th" [., 16.n wos lo < ove two plors boroerire ;-e
.licnu Circle, where the low rlse resideniiol oreo ,ee
ulotion wcs imposed. The mcximum l4 m height oi
lhe occepled buildings wos quiie frustroting for o
co'noo1y se-^t irg lo ,l^ow ils prestige. :i / eicie.
As o e.ul' ot il^e rerorordc tl o rhe Bo zcrlr'n
Compony senl to the Speciol Board for the lionu Rood, plol I 3 l4
(2 Aviotori or Squore),
lmplenenfalion of Building and Alignmenf Brchorest.
Regulotion tl-e mrricioo i.y firoly goue rp s r'rn Bui ding permit: July I 935.
oppos o'r crd ol o*ed te .o s "rc ior ot o 6-- o- Compony heodquorters ond
rled building, while the ost three floors hod to be b oc[ of flols, ground floor cnd
recessed. The kind of logicol urbon ond orchitecturo Z upper floors.
orgumenls brought oboul poinl lo Jcnco's outhor
ship: the very lorge open surfoce of the Jionu Circ e,
wiil- o -odirs of ?O r hos lo oe srslc neo bv n
lo ler froni, ot eost punctuolly, meont lo bolon'ce the
porl entronce.
The building, which s very much o tered todcy, com-
p i..d 3 r"oi"rrrclior ol o eos. r- ll-e cer -e he e i.
the hecdquorters of lhe compony, consisting of o
woitirg roo'l. o boo'd .ree ng room, rne d ec-ors
oflices, ond clerk offices On the right side there s o
lovishiy luxurious floi streiching over severo f oors. ts
elegont recepiion spoces open onto the bockyord
gorden. Cn lhe eft side there is o lenement bui ding
with two flots ond two studio f ois on eoch floor. The
three oreos o-e close y o - cJ oleo n p o1i'nel'c
-l^e r r.
conpo. ion blt rclionol 'es o'e rri.irol.
Eoch oreo hos its own entronce on the moin focode.
The prevoiling vo ume be ongs 1o the lenement
l^o.lse w[icl^ is powerl.r ly rro deo n vo,rico reqiq-
le . or urequo l'eiqh s ord o ffe ert eolren- fo
*5 .1- Jor-co oppeoled io or oovior: A't-De.o
vocobl o y. Foweve , -he 'r y en o , ob e teo,u-e s
the woy lhe orchltect succeeded in orticuloting this
ground f oor ond 7 upper floor vo ume with tl-Le
g olrd f oor ord 3 L-pper oor vo J^'le ho' ,ng-re
o he two fl^c- orol o'eo'. The shorp ve'licc re ol
the block of flots groduc ly turns into o horizoniol
development finoly bolonced by the mossive, com-
poct, f ot ond curved surfoces, ihoi end up the who e
composition Thus o skil ful lronsition from ihe monu-
nerlo scoe or re blidr q -o o Tro a honey ore
cl'o o. e z rg ll e e,iderr'o oreo s oc-ieved.
The visuol uni! of lhe volumeiric composilion, os
we I os its origino iiy, ies in ihe overopping effects
of the voiumes - os it con be seen from different
ongles fovoured by the p onimetric distributlon.
Cbviously, Morcel Jonco sought to impress o cericin
dynomism on the Circle spoce, os mentioned in lhe
urbon-p onninq orqumeniolion for this conslruction.
p on porier/ground lloor plcn
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27. Imohilul Construilin corlierul rezrdenlio de nord, esie un mrc
Evgen Carniol imobll de raport, cu certe un oporicrmenl spoiios o
fiecore etoj, porleru cuprinzdnd introre, garoi 9i
27. Eugen Carniol onexe de serviciu.
Building Vo -r' robi r,ooo^,o.r po'o.app^o
^,'roo p'^ odopF'oooP r .l..iio
core rocordeozd cele douo foiode. Suorofele e
o'od^ ot r.l r 006 o ^ pe Odo -e - ^rJ o ei
d^ro lrooo .ro-oi o,^ruo irpr.p,--
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foiosit pe cmbe e folode oce osi element orhiteclurol
speciflc ui Mcrce oncu, regislru verlico decrosol
din core pleccd orizonto e e bolcoone or, oslfe
.incot
p osol sd orief leze cornpozilii e spre semici in
dru ccre cr Lrnifrcd
Avlotor Slelof Prolcpopescu,
pcrce lO (10 Ddntceni Slreet),
Buchcresl.
Buid ng permit: .luiy 1935
B cck of I ots, ground f ocr cncl
3 rpper f oors.

Built in the norihern residenlio district of the c '.

i o.roi^rer^rl o. tr171or^ po.o
eo rlloo. l ^g - roroo, 10, a ll^qo
service onnexes.
Lo r - loo- 'l- o oo o eloo ood ,vlo = ,

pai oLelo.a, o,o tr^ ,

I

],l
lc.'gro :

'^ ll ^ t,to lo od^s. l

^ .' or a o.€ ro _ _

depth ond lhe slreei foccde is comporotve, ^-, -

emphosised Both fccodes shore Mcrce .lc-.
rra specif c orchilecturol elemenl o verlicc re: , -
 - 'a a) ce tn co rnc Trme, o
'- I a _i s r,eg sc?. o
' : ,o
ooli ^ idr1
ole ''
iP

-: l aarJ lrolore
-, p osli
; , h-e -"ro e ro'
- : ..r'e se regdsesie in
r ^o P^ oodo.
-:,: --:e dinspre strcdc
- ' -r -r-:c (prin e emenlu in
:- ,;:, :trcpeiii bo coone or,
.:: )o^l^o,zo
: ,-:c cu foiodo otero d.
,'
: -: ---- :: orzonlc]e core
- - --'- -.l pe fotodo Loterolo,
: - r,: trCJfere Cr pOnUr Or
: ----.,-e-e orienlctd de p o-
, - --:j-:J io osli odeseo de
. oodo.- pe \o.
.: - -eg siru verticol discrel
.- .r-o relief semnol de

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loccled in o ow-rise ceflrc oreo, cl the crossroods 28. lmohil pro-

of old commerciol thoroughfores if Buchorest, this pfielrrt necunoscul
burding lowers its neighbourhoods ond it is one of
Jcrnco's orgesl proiects of thls klnd 2A. A bvilding oI
ll is o ]uxurious lenemenl house, whose oeslhetics is dn unidenlifiied
compotible with o ine of comp ex orchilecturc pur ownef
suils chorcclerizing c his designs in thot period.
The ccrved composilion of the moin sireel focode Strodo P clor Sl. Luch cn nr. 3,
emphosises ils verlicolness (through the prolecling Brcu resli
bor thcrt generoles the poropets of lhe bc conles, Prolecl oulor zolle : inexislenl in
oriicu oled wlth the b ind mosonry ponel) ond directs orhive probcbt 1935.
c I lhe elemenls iowcrds lhe junction with the side mobil de oporlomefle. porler si

focode Thus ihe curvrng flow of the horizonto 5 elcie, u limui rive relros

bcnds, thct run un nlerrupiedly cr ong the side

3 Plctor Sl. Ichion Slreet,
foccde, sprngs from be ow the slighi over opp ng of
Brcho r est
plcrnes of lhe former. This rcther direcied over op- Bul d ng permil nol fornd in the
pin,q of uneven p ones wos o common device in his orchives, proboby I 935
projecls of thot lime. B ock oi iJots: grornd floor ond
The entronce is morked by or irconsp cLro.;s vertico 5 rpper loors; recesseC lop
regisler with smol bo conies crc o bcse'e iei by I oor
Milito Pdircscu.
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30. Vila Este unul dlnlre ultlme e prorecle dln RomOnlo, This ls one of the ost pro jecls thct.lonco designed in
Hermina Hassner reolizot dupo o perjooda in ccre Morcel loncu Romcnic. Jl wos olso cchieved ofter o period when
o \ \^ .p^ i6l 1 63 lo go clpo o r lerCl^d he hod designed lenemenl houses by grcducly
30. Hermina -^po o'o oorror o'r a'oloo,/ o oe exhcrusl ng his composilrono formulo. l-Jowever, this
llessner ViIIa repetilive. Proqromul si bugetul vlLei bcncheru ul time, the house progromme ond ihe budget
Hossner ii vor permile din nou sd experlmenleze. (!ossner wos o bonker) c lowed for new exper
::: : :j - :::ri':--a rBr9 Vi cr ocupcr o suprofoto de 2o0 mp o sol pe douo menis.
- ..i
porce e din zono rezidentiolcr de nord, locui eo des- The villo covers 260 sq m. strelching over lwo pLots
B l cl es'l fdsu cndu-se in principc lc nlvelu porlerr ui Eloiu in lhe northern residentrcrl district of Buchcrresl. The
ri! eai arlcr zoile: esle compus dintro serie de comere, probobll pen dwell ng lseif moinly occupres the ground floor,
ncrlte 1937 lru ocrspeti, grupcle in iuruL holu u cu go o scdrii, o whi e on the flrst floor there is o series of rooms,
Locrlrir rniioni io d
imensdr iercrsd so oriu si onexe de servictu. po.iol7gras oor gor p^ooo, d Iod 'o'
porier si elol ( oo roo o do7.o o p'^i6" r o^r po o- zo lo o o, o'^'aF\ooo[ ho cr'ro.eo.rde
'o ooo p, po'o ' cj o o ri 'o ^ d''''o 1o
lo solorium ond onnexes ore ploced on the lop f oor.
lionu Pcrl., pol l8l9
(32 Plctor :covescr Slreet]. mcse de zldorie o bo cu fereslre in bondo, inso liul The buildlng is o mosl exc usively o horlzonlol com
B r cho tesl. zid perforot core inchide spre slrodo so criu g zono posrtion. whose moin focode sionds for on orlicu o
Budirg permt: Mc,ch 193/. r o 'og"ra 'o'o o i tto . tlon of the wide ond white mcsonry surfoces wilh
One-iomiy holse, grornd Ioc' Ausieriloteo ortogono d c exieriorului foce 9i moi rlbbon windows, the stronge punched wcl thct
ond ropet f oor neoslepiok.r exubercnlo p ostico o interioru ul, oldi enc oses lhe solorium os to the street spcce, cnd ihe
ccl pocle fi reconsllluil d n fotogrofir e de epoco 5 frogmented oreo of the moin eirlronce.
d n ceeo ce s o mci poslrr;t. P oslico interioord uli- The reclongu or austerily of ihe outslde mo[es ihe
llzeaza L:n reperloriu vorlot de forme curbe, ce se cesthetic exuberonce of ihe interor ook stunning, os
regdsesc otot in stolpii rotunzi, ccso scdrli sl go u much os we con see ln lhe period photogrophs cnd
ho ului, cof mc c es.in mobi ieru lix din ho sl in the p eces thot sti stond The interior express on is
or e subti e ole p ofoone or. cchieved through o orger reperlo re of curved
^denlve
r o Fo .p o^, .o ^9o olo iod^ shopes thot do not on y oppeclr ln the round shcfts,
TAr or o.o r-"toro oood-^o p. o .. p r-o in ihe stolrccse. ond in the void spoce of the ho L,

9r vitrouri cublste. Pesle gemineu din ho se gdseo o
fresco fdcuto dupc ce ebrcr so picturo Jordins du
Luxembourg (1928), ior lntroreo ero rnorcotd de un
bcso re ief execulcl de Mllilo Polrogcu, ombele
d ispcr r ute.
but o so in ihe bui !ln furnilure ond subie unevenfess
of cei ings.
As he ofien did before, .lcnco inlegroled polntings,
scu plures, ond cubist sloined windows Above the
ho f re p oce there is o fresco reproducing his
fcmous pointing lardins du Luxenbourg \)928),
whl e the front door wcs mcrrked by one of Millo
Pdlroscu s bose-re iefs, bolh of them no longer exist.
 -- l': s .gulor Si neogteptot in onsom- 3!. Vflc
'r-:: oncu. Este proieclot pe o loee flcrirescr
. uf : l-: -. ovronceoi zond pentru core
-l :cnsiruirii 'in stil romdnesc. 31. Rose ltf,g,ri-
.- r :'_ ---:e'oile restricliile lmpuse de wrr.l
.;-- --r- r Ce plon, nici desenu fofodei 'fes[u
tl t- a l - - : 3-o eciof de Mort el lon.u.
r,.llri ".,;..: ", :- --::: :e ce]e o e vi ei necunoscuie
:= :' de pe o eeo loncu ori de
.-:::-- de trodilioncliste peniru o
::- :' siilisilce, cu otdt mci mu t cu
= - - :;loo ce ole oso nr-mir..r u sl )e curcrceo Pork,
Al ey B {Sg. MiLitoru Gheorghe
' : .-' -- oeiirite i. p rr e g FL oe Streel), Buchcresi.
.-: ::- vreo intenlie compozilionoid Building permii: Morch
,193/.
= :: :'eocupdrile orhltecturoLe o e
r)i .um se degojo e e din restu]
:.'iz ce ocecstd porceld esle o
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:noi mu le fcrmi il, conslruitd de
peste o slructurd ridicoto

foJodd spre strodd

slreet foccde

;: : singuLor desrgn, somehow unex-

plon etoi/upper loor plon
'.':'cel Jonco's work. t wos designed
le ovronceo Pcrk, on creo under
--. :cncerning lhe preservotion of the
. :t '-e or-id rgs. Lve' Iwe loo( r o
-.::sed urbon regulotions for this oreo,
:- :onflguroiion, nor the focode would
: s milor designed by Morcel Jonco
:: rot remind of lhose designed for
c of 1923 or the bui dings in the
S Grun's house. They cl hod vrsible
:--res ihot onswered the stylistic con-
-ention the foci ihot, from the morpho-
:: view, this style wos nol slrictly
: ' : :: -lrol i' iel o'r o Leos-. -hot r qht be
-:- - .. .:ser io Morce .]onco's orchitecluro
:-- r:'^:,,ore shown ihroughout his work.
- :r- :ee iodoy is on ordinory tenement house
' :. '-: -'cde unions c,fter 1949, on o slruciure
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il9
32. lmobilul David Po"o peopo'.elode -" , ..., jr : .ocoled or
llaimovici ;i ,ecro r ,rgl iobt' /aaa.c,-j : :-.'.
Sigmund Vdldrescu [ezo voTe foorle imogincivd s -e::-.:-- :-. a cidi
o,^leriort|,' o- ri o e rero:
32. David Cuprinde cdle un cporlcmeni pe iieccre nive, o
llaimovici and etc je e 1 sl 2 existcnd si cdie o gcrsonieri.
9igmvnd Vdldrescv Aporiomenie e sunl moi cdutote si moi putin ston
dord decoi in cozu oltor imobi e de roporl; formo
Building unor incdperi poote chior so depdgeoscd necon-
venlionolul pdno o coprlciu. Apcrrtomenlu de o
,'odoO'^ .2B ,es
ooo o'oZo^Opr e Ol u irmul nive ore o more lerosd cu pergod si soLcriu.
lmobil de oportomenle, Aspeclu cel moi speclocu os ol oceslei clddiri este
po,- 3-6- ploslicitolec so comp lcoto, prin core se inrudeste cu
imobiu God{1934)
Oteri ^- B, Lo^l Teorelic, clodireo ofero douo fcrlode - foorte diferlt
Br |1gp^ ag: o trotcrte compozitiono egote prin curbo lind core
B oc[ ol f ots; ground I oor ond preio coliu ; in reo itole, se pocle citi cc o miscoTe
) pp-rr o de invo u re o cose prinlr-o modelore permonentd o
-o toeo'ogo'cr
-d' li pL" o dde oo\crp
( r o o'r re p of-r zne,p e o plo'-co de
\ otolo-e r o ,r pe o'F .o, r [-676 11€,t1a
oblinond o tensiune moximd in zonc inlrorii. Aceoslo
este morcoldr de bovlndou semicilindric {core cr
pdrec o cosd o scdrii, dor core'in reo ilote esle un
.oo'c rr pA tr'e a go .or.erei) o,.or prop ., z t
ood,.aor'r^egovr- o o,ol lror|'.
C odlreo prezinld un interesoni corocter eciectic,
pundnd in ucru elemenle si miilocce de expresie
focrrle diverse: surplombe de dlferite forme si odon-
crmi, un echillbru pe muchie de culit inire osimelrie si
simelrii oco e, o dlurdri de curburl lncerle, e ernente
d" vo, ob - o- p . ^ r ooeif )- ,lr si eler erle oe
o eror-r (pe'goode e-r^ o ' deror o)
eic., totul intr o irotore generold de nuonfc
expresion rstd.
Aoo o-o1 de o elo rI noi po\ ag,/o t^\o o
ooted^v. o' lo b,'oo.gi^o^
c leqr-lorly .l op^o po er r i' e
obiuse crossing of iwo sireets, ihe buildlng proposes
on unconvenlionol cnd imoginctive so ullon for its
interior ond exterior os wel .
There is one flot on eoch floor, excepiing the f rst
ond second f oor ihot conloin o studlo f oi.
Compored to olher lenemenl houses, the flots dis
ploy more unconventiono formuLoe, therefore the
shcpe of some rooms borders on foniosy The flot
on the top f oor hos o lorge terroce wilh c wooden
pergolo ond o so orium.
The mosi specloculor ospeci of this bui ding ies in its
complex oeslhelic expression, which mokes ll very
much ckin io ihe Go d Bullding (1934)
Theorellco y, ihe bui dlng disploys Mo foccdes
uiier y differeni composed iied up by o smoolh
curve lhcl lckes over lhe corner. lt con be olso reod
os o movement meonl io wrop up the who e build-
o ing through o consionl moldrng of the wclL, which
slorts wilh o rectongu or scu pluro des gn ond goes
on towords o plostic ireciment of groduoly curving
surfcces, resulling in c moximo lension of ihe
enironce oreo The lotter is morked by the semi cy in
dricc bowwindow {which might be os weJ recrd os
o sto rcose, but in foct il is lusl one more fontcrsy
opercrted on the bed room wo ), whi e lhe occess
spoc-a is p oced in lhe negolive conccvity of ihis
cylinder
The bui ding shows on inleresling ec ecticism thol
puts logelher vcrious elemenis ond meons of
expression, such os, the proiruding bodies of differ
eni shopes, lhe criticol equilibrium beMeen locc ly
:y'r're ' . ol ord o .yrre Lo, po( e5 -re -or p irq
oI o-o.q ,o' r rve\. c *e I tl ^ os:or o o^ o
specific modernisi elements borrowed from oiher
vocobu ories (the wooden pergolo, the morb e bose
course, for instonce), etc. Fincly, ihere is o prevc l nc
e.pre ,o^iJ - eo-Te1' hol rf o o-lorize -1e oe
building. ^
sti preseryes some of ihe orlglno
The first floor
cubist sioined g oss windows.
 p or! cioie o si

flrsl ond :ecord f cor p ons

mm
mm

=n m EEn

2l
 33. lmobilvl
Vosile Moga
33. Vlrsile Moga
Bvilding
Slrodo Armeneoscd nr I 6,
Bucl resli
Proiect oulorizolle:
i te 1937.
mob de oporlomenle, porler sl
5 elcje, u tlme e doud nivelur
relrose.

I 6 Armeneoscd Slreel,
B ucho resl.
Bui d ng permit: .lu y 193/.
B ock ol f ots; ground I oor ond
5 rpper f oors, lhe lost lwo
f oors cre rec--ssed.

Conslruit inlr o zond cenlro d cl orosului, esie un imo

bll de rcport cu irei gcrrsoniere 9r douo oportornenle
mici pe etoj, corocterizote loote prin obsento
bucotdriilor.
Sl ocest imobil se inscrie 'in linrc proiecie or din o
douo jumolote o deceniu ui 4, compuse cu sigu-
ranlo, dor rnoi pulin indrdznele co expresie plosiiccr.
Esle unul dinire cozurile rore in core loncu dese
neozd o folcdo perfect srmetricdr, singuru occenl
mol iuccrus filnd llnlc ondu oto o peretelui de sliclo o
holu ui de occes, neobrsnuit de spolios.

Buit in ihe cenirol oreo of the ciiy, il is o tenement

house, comprising 3 studio f cts ond 2 smo f crts on
eoch f oor; they ol ock the kiichen spoce.
Thls bu lding be ongs lo the crte '30s projects prov
ing the orchilect's ccquired ski fulness, yet ocking
speciol oesthellc pursuils.
t is one of those coses when Jonco drew o flcwless
symmetrrco focode, where the only p oyfu occent s
lhe unduloted ine of the g oss wo I of the entronce
ho l, which rs unusuo ly oio"

p on etoi c!renl
lpper f oor plon
tti.
lf;

- =: Centlc de ux din nordu Loccled n lhe uxurious northe'n residenl o district of 34. ViIa
-: :.:r.slrr td de Morce cncu the city, thls is ihe osi vi lo lhcl Mcrce .lonco bullt ln EmiI Pdtragcv
B uch o resl.
' - :-' .u ctel er de scu piurd pen The build ng comprises cr f ol lnc udlng o sculpture 34. EmiI Pdtrascu
' - r-' sclr, buno p'reteno o olh studio for ll-re sculptress Mi llo Potroscu, the orchl ViIIa
:-:--' oerlru socrli e .
tecl's friend, cnd cr flcrt for her rn lows. Their occtllon
- r . dlierenie de iumoicfi de on ho f-ciislonce ln belween f oors ond some furlher
- - r :oecic e ol,^ ole lerulul ou ^-, ^rP.r rp aco, .^ ,do -d oo o^
: - : :polio d inlerioord mci comP i'
' 3 p6rior o' O 'o't 9' ,o O, ^ ^
: ::- i de cec intOlnilo
.in ro- t'e ' ^1 o' ar po^ I

r.oeorhilectului. Thus, the volumelric compo: lion s e lteme y simp e,

. : r-reiricd esle exlTem de simp o. lhol ls, on orlcu ollon of Mo distlnct boxes, the smc l-
,,: :-lii disilncle, ceo micd - oie er one the sludlo wiih cr gol ery
penetroting the
: -: :;pontd filnd pcrliol inccs orger vo ume of the two idenlicc f ois. .l cnu Pcrl., St eei V, plce Cr
-r'e aole cuprinde cele dorcr The most nle'esling spoce of o rs lhe doub e-he ght il9 P ctor Ncgr c Sireell,

raae denl ce. sludio who:e spol c mo d ng s exlreme y scu pturc B rch c resr.
e.--scni iL constituie ote eru pe n itse f. The preser.e of lhe mcrssive gc Lery. lhe e e Briciirg permir: ly ,Q37
,-'.li mcdelcrre spoilolc este foo'le qo-^ ri qoi Aor a'ao oo.L c
'c The dwel ing cons sls of semi
-p"n, c,c."it to ihe studio, ond the go lery rtse f ren- Soserferl, grclno I ocr, cnd
: Prezento suponlei mos ve, set aao. roper f cot 'liih o srudlo.
: oerele u oceste o, o dispozilivu u arer oDOr or ooo.-oh o il ^ t

-:-e de occes o nivelu ole reru ui sl o dlo qo ery ir the :culpt ess bedroom, in whose wol
-:revc dinire e emenle e cote con- Mortel .lonco designed on opening thot would he p
specl. Suponlo ole eru ul este de the ortist be Ln permonenl conloci with her creollon
::.1 ploriiei, in cr cdrui perele ondu ot spoce
'',^n613;1^ t- traa- clq-
r proieclcl o deschidere penlru co oo'O
rermonenl conlocl cu spottu sou de melo window, which ln lhe initlol projecl erpcnded
to th-^ side foccde ond wcs crtlculoied nore o'gcni
: strodo o clelierului esle un urios co ly with lhe rest of rhe lccode'hcr li i d l" i'e
je fereoslrd, ccre. in proieclu iniliol, frnol buid ng
roo o^roo i ^o' .o^o o'go
cdel decot in conslrucllc recrlizotcr.

23
 35. FtrrrefoFes
fl,fnifti,fi
35. Housing
._d
-<t
frinitalii

_ - f iti )i'=-o lvlorar

-er:rie;rd Vonesr
Rclcreorr Srreel), Buchore:l
3u .d ng permii 193/
i 3 oneJoml y houses; ground
f oor ond upper f oor

- . l'.- 0 cerul outorizolio de
: -,r, , ieren pe core in 1922 con-
:= ' -,. 'onli urmdiorl o efectuot
: . - :t'siruclio caselor flind.inceputo
- , - :. oenl scop lucroliv, cuprinzond
= - :: siiuile cu ocuinte cup oie, din
-
-.
= -'=azc ul Morcel sl lu iu oncu. Ei cu
:._3- oi ag; c.or.
- -:''lie de o o inierec sirdrzii conl n
9i
'-r- 3.-pe f eccre nivel. Desl reloliv
- : -:.ind o cnumltd rigoore orhitec-
- : - - r"o ecle tip 9i nu dovedesc nici o
, : 5 de roiionc izare a spaliu ui.
- = = :,.ri cdoploie regu lor trodiliono e
- , :--ghez (de exemplu, p)anu codifi-
-= ::,orlrtie, sccro princrpcr cr 9i scoro
-'-
' :'=: ::--sloT ocuinte esle numoi exle
--- ,:-: :in ioosireo unui imboj modernrsl
- ;' -- Bucuresl , ccrre, desr nu denolc pre
: r: :: ceosebite, conferd onsomb ului uni-
: opplied in Buchoresl, which does not crctucrl y prove
In 1933 llermon loncu opp ied for cn outhorizolion
io furiher ol grounds where he hod sloshed the
lcrncu A ley in 1922. During the fol owing yeors
some uti ity work wos done lhere ond lhe house
bui dlng wos slorted by his heirs ln 1937, ofter the
owner's deolh
Cbvlously, ihol wos o profitob e lnvesimenl, involv-
ing 22 pr:rce s with twin houses, of whlch I 3 were
bu lt by Morcel cnd lu lu loncu. They were olso lhe
enlrepreneurs of the whole proiect.
These bul dings crre recessed os lo the street edge
ond contoin one f ot on eoch f oor A though re o
iive y economico ond wilnessing o cerloin orchltec-
turcrL scorcily, lhey ore not siondord proiects, os one
might hove expected Moreover, they do not show
o functionol pursuii for economicc spoce orgonizc'
iion These f cls fo low the troditionol distribution of
de the rooms oround crn unlii ceniro ho 1, specific for
the midd e-c crss slondord (for instonce , l6e lypical
plon wlih portiiion hol , the use of Mro stoircoses. ihe
moin cnd the bockside sloircose, elc.)
Their modernlty is noi intrinsic becouse it on y
oppeo ed to c modernrst vocobu ory currenly
speciol oeslhetic pursuii, yei ii gives siylistic uniiy io
lhe ensemb e.

taat / o
:oolc, de sus
'i!.t, lrom top

: : -::tc slreel locode

- :: : :lde lccoCe
: r-r,:rr ftioor pcn
: :::lrolir/pr--senl
:

:,:e'focrpcn

175
 - :l ---1c zond ullro-centrold
:: i:l '.: r:'3oort co e 9 Loeo/d $
::liiii: - -
-- ;r-: ce fiecore nivel.
llrliltiltlii -.:-- --3;7 1€ lc sirodd sl o
;(lfllli'lar
41 l'" - - :: - "(Y',
.ilt
.ilf : - -. ,-l,- -'= l3 oioieclului, diferenlo
.l'lllr llll ,+ r, rr r-:u r-enunfd lo simelrio
tulii -
:--: 33^iTU o solulie moi
'41f"'/lllllililr-'1.[ r : . -- : : --:: l-l ls reiric registrul
llb::
"iiil;,rlilii : - r:-'= :r' re Morcel loncu in
'lllt-rinrm ''
1., ...

$,., I:'r -,:-'::--lverycenlrol oreoof l

"! ., 1 r -=-:-:^- house thot groups 6 stu
' r:r'" ', -- : --=
I
-t
lrilr :- r , ':-e' spoce) on eoch floor.
*''rr*
rr ,_:- - - -' - - ,.=: 2 siores ond on ori go lery
lil ::ll:ll. :-,- -
,0rrii r: : - -i -- : :-: a:r ore [nown, the differ *:---: "
dlr'r * :F1,, :-- --. -.": es in the foccde freolmenl.
_
.:j' I : .: : ::-:. symnetry of ll e I rs vori-
I
r" :' : : -: . -xpressive -ol.Jlior, wl'icl-
,llilruL f
-r* :I ---, -::S-er osymmetricolly. :..
'lr+:.:!.'-:.

-: r.- . - :-- "I lorcodesgred ir'

'ilr -r': ...-..:: : " ''

i....

iit''..., i

!- 1,'l

36. Imobilul
Itfourn Ghica
36. Nau,m Ghico
Bailding
Strodo Nlco oe Golescu nr. 5,
Bucu regii.
Proiect outorlzofie: lulie l93B 9i
septembrie 1938.
mobl de oporlomenie, parler gi
Z eiole, ultimu nivel reircs.

5 Nlco oe Go escu Slreet, I

Buchoresi. i

Building permit: luly 1938;

September I 938.
B ock of floh; ground floor ond
Z upper floors, wilh o recessed
lop loor.

iin itdlll/H o u sin g

':-::: -::ede
plon porter
: l- 3 f,n ground floor p on

: r- le siluolie, cLddire pe
: t-::3
: : : rn, buildlng on lots

127
w*s w
 GP.AFICA LU' Excepironcr o energre creoioore monifesioid de
MAP.CEL IANCU Morcel oncu pe porcursu 'indelungotel sole coriere
MEfAMOP.FOZELE orlistice c singulcr zoi o persono loie oporle, in spiri-
"
L'MBNULUT lu ilusirl or ino nlos ol Renosier sr core, in pofido
PLASIIQ DE AVAN. debutu ui zgomotos, vio ent, conleslolor, in mediu
G,AE.DA cosmopo il ol onorhicei migc-rrii Dcrdo, c imenioio de
iensLuneo molefico o rozboiului, se vo expnmc con
structiv in sensul propriu o cuvdntulur, in Romdnio si
MaricLna Vida in srce, obordond diverse genuri o e orlei, inir-o
constontd confruntore cu deslinu ingrol o pioniero-
lului. Scrcrnc de c seporc orlele grofrce din opero
MAR.CEL TANGO'S
ER.AP'IIC AR' A'tfD so olOl de voriotd 9i de o e poriicu orizo cel pufin in
contexlu groficii romdnest de ovongcrdo este difi-
f,IE MEIAMOR.. cid, dor pooie re evo unele ospecte inedlie o e
PIIOSES OF fHE
demersu ui sdu creclor, cu convingereo cd oceosld
AVANf.@ARDE seporore occidenio d nu obtureozd percepereo
LANGUAGE IN oflcii,cc porte nlegrclo orgonic in onscmb uL viu cr
FINE ARIS ^g
nlregulu.
n ce e ce urmeozd vom foce cdtevo precizori
osuprcr perioodei in core Mcrce Jcncu o lucrot in
iord, respectiv'inolnte de primul rozboi mondio (1 9l 2
19l 6) sl osupro perioodel inlerbelice (1922 l94ll
crscr cum se configurecrzd moi oles din onolizc
ooerei sole grolice qoslrgio o Ccbineiu de Desene
\ trrov -r o iv\.JZer \ol onol de A lo.
,Violo r"o ortlslico (ceo o ic nu ore nici importonto
nici infeles) incepe co e ev ol ui lser, dupd mu le
peregrinor of cioose pe ingo diferifi pompieri oi iim
'l933r
.intr'un
pu ui', declcrc crlistu interviu din
Persono ilote complexo g novoioore, losif ser expri
mo in perioodo ontebelicd fromcntdri e 9r lensiunie
unui ori st siiuot o conf uenlc unor cultur of ote inlr-o
conlinud interoctiune Studji e sole o Munchen {cu
'. A,,b^ \,lo ol, Cy
A. or ,ohorre. -lo,'e l
I o- Morrl i-o. i-prs o d sc pl ^c'e o eror l r og'
nctiv gi moi o es un vddii respecl folo de lehnico':,
lrosolurl decisive pe core le vom iniilnl si o tdndru
oncu. Pe de o lo porie, posionot de experimenlele
,F orlisiice de o Poris, odmirolor o ui C6zonne si por-
\, tizcn oL Noblsti or:, Lser vo og utino in opero sc, clc
iuri de ecourlle secesionismului, expresronismu ui gi
E sinlelismulur, cu vlzrunec sc bldimenslono -decorolivo
t the synthetisme, with its bidimensiono decc-: -
r si culorile intense, ogiernule plol, ce recuperou voqo
stompe or ioponeze descoperite de impresionisii
Coricoiurist olerl in troditio ui Bruno Pcul sou Th
T Theodor Heine de la Stnplicissimus, el cccenluc
coniinutu sorcoslic o egende pr n compozifii con-
cise in core figurile monumenio e erou trcsote cu inlj
cu ducl grosi ego , cc de vltroliu, delimltond forme cu
ourd decorollvd, o cdror vo umeirie ero rezo votd
prln mode eu cu eslompo, scu ollerncnfe de supro
fete iexturote infr-o morfologie Jugendsii . Desenu
socodoi, ferm, viguros, o," o""uo,,te proprie, de lo
conturu continuu o cel frogmentct, de o efecie
pregnonte, lo diso ulio formelor in iumincr, dublote de
umbre modelole de lcot, omintlnd de tehnico sofisli'
cold c ui Fouiito ser depogise vizluneo legoto'inco
de trodilic inougurcld de Dcumier, si continucld de
Gill in Fronlo, c coricolurilor cu copele suprodimen'
I
The omozing creotlve energy proved by Morc: - -
clong his except onoly ong crtist c coreer .: . .
izes h s speciol personolity, very similor lo the '--,'-
ing Renoissonce precursors. Despite hls lhunde-- -
enl, ond chol enging debut in lhe cosmopo ii.- '- -
of the Dada onorchism, thot developed oc: -.
bockground of the evil conf lcts of the wor '
.lonco succeeded in expressing himself in c cc-,--
monner, in the proper sense of the word. He :::
ched vorious kinds of ort, in c constont cho e':-
9lo-o or^i pior o^r 9 i Po-
-^o .rre\^oro
:
sroe os we . ll rs difficu t to strictly sever his -c'::- -
work within ihe dlversity of his work, os lt is i: , .
o - ir - e. orle" ol he Porro io ovor gcr'-
orl. However, such demorcolions might Tev€l
unexplored fcces of his creollve effort. We crs:- --
this hophozord demorcotion wl I nol decre:.-
underslonding of his grcphic crt, orgoniccly '-= - : -
within lhe llve y whole of his work.
Our remorks concernrng the period in wl- :- .
worked in Romonio, thot is, before Wor :
(1912 l9l6), crnd during the nterwor peric: -
1 94 l ) ore bosed on ihe onolysis of hls g-::-
works existing in the Drowings ond Prints Rc: -
Ncrtiono Museum of Art of Romonlo.
"My oriistic ife (the other one hcrs neilher r-: , ,
nor mecrning) hos stcrrted os o pupil of ser . :--
series of obliglng pilgrimoges ol the orrogor- :
thot time ,lhe ortisl confessed rn crn inlerview - I,
Even before the flrst wor, losif lser wos o rec.. l
plex ond innovcriing personolity, who woLr : r :
the chol enges ond iensions of cn oriist p o.:l
---=
iunciron of some continuous y inleroctrng cu
. studres in Munlch {with Antonin Azbe, Nico c-, ,
Johonnes Herterich, ond Kcrr Mcrr) hcd forc:-
disopline lhe imcrgincrtive effort crnd, espe:'
show respeci iowords lhe decisive lechnlco i=:' -
which we ccn olso see ln lhe young Jcnco's ., -
Moreover, being slimuloled by ihe ort expe'=- -
Pcris, ond cs on odmirer of C6zcnne ond s,-:: .
the Ncrbistst, ser coplured, in hls work, the :-- .
lhe secession ond expressionrsm, logether wr-' '- -
sion ond ts inlense colours, lord f otly; thus 'r= -
ogoin the vogue of the .loponese prints disc:, - - .
ihe lmpressionisis.
An c erl corlcoturisl in the trcdition of Bruno r:
Th. Theodor lleine s from the Simplicrsstmus.
sized ihe sorcosiic conteni of ihe onecdote i:. : -
composilions, where the monumento f q,
-rort od by th rl eq. o i e' r -l'e . oi'^d :
dow monner; thus he morked out forms wlth c=-
holoes, whose volumelric represenlciion wc-i -' .
ized by woy of stump or o lernol ng surfoces ':. :
the Jugendsti monner The ierky, yei firm on3 - .
drowing hod lts own evolulion, from the con- -- -
lne to lhe broken on-^, f rom the imposing eft:-',
forms dissoluting in the ight, doubled b'.'-
mou ded shodows, which reccrl Fouiito s so.- :-
 : pe lrupuri micr, pe core insd o moi cultrvou
-rf lemporoni co .liquidi sou Petrescu-Gdindr.
: erc mcestrul iui oncu, pe core un exeget
-ooron, O. W. Cizek, i osemuio cu morii de
:- o iimpu ui, cu Poscin, Grossmon, Molisse,
-leine, Grosz ;i Dix, cdmirindu i ,, inio coltu-
. rupld" o desenulul'.
.: -- e idrdnesii din l9OZ vor rodicolizo consli
:-istlce si, oldiurl de ser, outor ol unor compo-
,: esilor'dromolice, Nicoloe Moniu, Ary Mur-
:-cisc Sirolo, lon Teodorescu-Sion, 9.c.m.d.,
=: mogini memorcbile, ce vor conolizo cori
: :xold prevo enl pe morovuri, pe fdgcsul unel
:--e implicdrl socio e6 CoricoturiJe po ilice
:-e de loncu intr-un rdslimp re otiv scurt, dupd
,:-eo 'in Romdnio 11922 1923 ), continuo
: dlrectie, temolico sc socrc d odopidndu-se
,rui expresionism lrogic, nuonlot de ellbe-
=.ergiilor lotenle, pelreculd c Coboreiu
:e priveste desene e reo izcle de loncu in
:: ucenlciei c ser (in oielieru cdruio ou slu
::i virtori coloboroiori oi scri, Mox H. Moxy
)onieL), ele mdrlurisesc senslbi ilolec e evu
:e moesiru, fcrlo de modu in core ccesio
-,:: 'noiesluos in pogino subiectu.
subiectu . Couiorecr
-' ,dini impozonle ole personoie or ce cuce-
- :---o spotiul o b o co li de hdrtie, o unor otilu
. , :' rzdtoore, rezumotive, cu rocursiuri indrdz-
: '-: :, unc din preocupori e constonte ole lul
.. spiritul creotiei ui lser, odoto cu insusirec
=-- : precrse c crelonu ui si o esiompei, o
.- :Joreo o l-os-rcrtie p'op e prr q poe
:i .: ce ccceniueozd descompunerec subiec-
.-c.ofele fcleiote, iucole riimrc penlru sugero-
-: -: si o uminii. Esie o vorionio incipientd o
. -: :t lemperof corocieristic monierei in core
'. zc, in sp ritu ui C6zonne, dor si o ui
-- . lJeckel,-in ccuoreld si oviu, construcfio
, r : or, re iefond coniurul ferm dor frogmentot,
-' : :iuote de crviut. De osemeni, preferinfo lui
- =-'-, suprofeieLe texiuroie (dungi, coroio je,
: :oe da a16p^po pe [o.,i" s.olo] d^
l"'dst i re vo e5 -- ,i lo or c . r el eft -
-, = re inoleum, din deceniu trei.
,- ,-ei generoose oferie pe core oncu o foce
1
-- '.\tzeu ui de Arto, Cobineiu de Desene si
::-ire csldzi o serie de desene Te evonle
::: 'o pe ioodo lr p. c Modet ('o 6 )
- : =',:-olu esie rezo vol monumentcl prln suges
- : = le modeleu, Portrelul scrtitorului lon Vtnea
-- core, o dluri de hosurolio grupoto pe
. , -:hiulore opore o consirucf e obslrocld
: : - lnli oherndnd in jurul unui ox, cu ro de
. = a compozfiei, Borbal osezat (? lon
" - - 65) compus energic pe dicgonolc,
- ,: . 64) privit in iimpu execufiei din spote,
-t,-' je concentrore, si unde hosurolro oxoto
'ehr iqel^hod5 r::
with the lrodrlion of cc'::
Leod:sel or -i', booc
-':: .. - '-: : :: : -
: -:. ...
,orlrred b1 C r - ;- : i . :- -
odP^l-e' -Go-o'ro r'. -.... :
moster, whom o period cTi .- : 1.. ,. l::. ,,'
por^d o'ogoo dog'-e' .t : ^-
Poscin, Grossmcn, Mctlsse, Tl' h. -: -= 3-: -- :-
Dix, ond odmired the ongu c: crd b::<e- '= .t '
drowing''.
Ihe l9a7 peosonl uprising rodicollzed ihe criis'rc cor
science ond, oporl from lser s overwhe ming y drcmot
c compositions, Nico oe Mcrnlu, Ary Murnu. Froncrsc
Slroto, on Teodorescu Sion, o.s.o. creoted some rf em
orob e imoges which chonne ed lhe coricoture, former
ly inspired from socLoi monners, loword lhose subjects
with morked y soc cl connoloiions'. The po ilico cori
coiures pub ished by lonco durinc o relotively short
period olier his return lo Romonlo 192223) took up
this direction, his sociol lhemes odiusling to ihe trcrgic
expressionisl version, nuonced by the iberoiion of the
oient energies, lriggered off by Coboret Vo lolre expe
rie nce.
The drowings thcrt.lcrnco e.,eculed durino his oppren
ticeship ol ser's (two of Jonco s future co oborotors,
Mo, H Mo"y ond -^^r Do'iel we'o opp e cd i
the some studio) testify for the pupil s sensllive response
os lo lhe woy his mosler woud mognf cently set the
'lblecr or pop" . ['o osr I or o .lorely o i oo o
the chcrocters who toLe over ihe while spoce of the
poper, some surprising olliludes summed up in bo d
foreshorlenings, loler become Jonco s preoccupolions,
rem nding ser's creoiive spirii however lhey come
olo.e n t o-co's orqJ t re o o p a.,)e -ec iq-e ol
ihe penci cnd slump to which his own woy of hotch-
lng, by expressrve grouping, is crdded. The lotter
prpl o zo h^ de or- po il o ot -he sL b1^. r.
Iocoreo,l[o^
'^7-l riol Iployeo.r\aro g os f ser.
gesrrg hodow o d igh-eftecr. lLi. ' o ^o ly ,or - Scriilorul . L. Coroglc e, l9l 2
anl of lomed cubism, cr choroclerislic of ser's monner os I ser, The Wrller
of ono ysing ln C6zonne s sprr i, ond olso in KLrchner's L. Coroqiole, I 9l 2
ond lleckel s, the chorocter's conslruction, wilh woter
co ours, Chincr lnk, ond wcrsh, under in nq the firm, yet
broken out ine, by di uted lints of wosh-. Moreover,
ser's preference for lexlured surloces (stripes, squores,
v oto i g ofro o rp on ip^d poper] or, geno
sti orlqin s o so mon fest rn Jcrnco's work os welL, for
insionce rn the plcsler reliefs cchieved in Zurichs, ond
ln the obstroct composiiions on linoleum from the third
decode.
Thonks to lhe generous offer lhotJonco mode to the Art
Museum \n l967,The Drowings ond Prints Room cwns
o series of relevoni drowings for ihis eory period: Ibe
Model \cc:t.61 ), where the chorocter rs monumenlol y
ochleved by suggestive shcpe eflects; The Portrcit of
the Poet lon Vinect {cot 66) where, olong w th the
hotching disp oyed in lriongle forms, on crbslrcrcl con-
siruction is siruclured on cllerncting lines oround crn
oxis meont lo bo once lhe composilion, Seoted Mc:n
175
 pe forme geornelrice, cc.eniJeozd mpresio de
loietore.
n l9l2 oncu coloboro cu desene o revislo Stmba-
lul pu6 icoiie ce cnticipo v ioorec sc orieniore non
conformistd. ustroiii e ui occenluou preliozitoteo
senlimentulul, sinestezii e 9i corespo ndenlele ver
suriJor ce provocou o slore nevrolicd si un ezoterlsm
ombiguu Recuzilo simbo islicd (nuduri feminine de
tipul fomme falale, enlrelacs uri vegeiole) esle tron-
scrlsd'in imogini fermet, o cdror desen cu simp lficdri
pulernice, cu duci gros in coniur, 9i frcgil in detcliul
esenfio lzol, ominieic moi degrobd de desenele Lui
Emi Cr i[
Nu esle ps tde inie es sd omintim foptul co in l9l3
ser publico o de memorobile portrele ce
serie
insofeou un lext de Peire Locusleoru, 50 de figu,,
contemporone, ce Tnorccru o tteceTe de lo gorio lo
portreiul groflc lilercr t, gen ce vo fi cu deosebii suc
ces continuot de loncu in colobororec fructuocsd cu
Pi lot si Perpess cius sou cu Felix Aderco. Surprin-
dereo lrosoturl or coroclerislr ce personoiului, lucidi-
loleo observcrfiei psiho ogice osociote obi itolil in
redorec osemdndril fizice vor fr intolnite consiont si in
porlrel slico ]ui oncu.
Nu gtim de Lo cine si-o insusit loncu lehnicile grovuri
pe lemn si linoleum, pe cate incepe sc le prcrclice lo
Zurlch, impundndu le prin coliioie, oldturi de co oi si
.insc
reljefu in glps. Se poi stoblli une e poslbile
e si diosporo din tlmpul rdrzboiu ui, cu
conexluni inlre
precodere de o Berlin, Munchen 9i ZLirich. Astfel,
e i,-oL .e pL 'r oo o o €r- o zob e -to r
grcvurd uno conservoioore, llustrotd de oriigti pre
cum Solomon SonieJevici, sou Srgmund Mour '- sl
o olto novoioore, bozcld pe experimeni, cum ero
cczul ul Arthur Sego. Cu oceslc din urmc loncu vc
colcboro o expozilic internofionolo a Contrmpo-
ranului din 1924. E experimento cu succes oldl
tehnico grovurii pe lemn cdt g ceo moi recenld, c
inoeumulur. Din lgll doieozcr Flori de lotus"t\n
rr
I core Segc cdulo siilizori formc e, sugerole nu numci
\
de subiectu cu porfum exolic dcrr 9i de iehnico ospro
F o ernnu ui, rofinot indulclto de o douo p crc-r de
h ientd Jn I 9l 2, devine oproope obstrcrcl in Der
h Blifzo sau in serio de opt grcvuri d n 1913, An
Strand, cu subieci osemdndior cu ce ol unor desene
rec izoie de Poscin c Cstende't in l9l4 Sego
emigreozd in E velic, dupo ce expusese in foro, dor
si o Berlin sou Miinchen''. Lo Tessin-Ascono, el vc fi
de osemenl o prezenfd octrvd, vc coloboro $i cu
loncu o decororec Ccrboretului Vo lcrire vc pub iccr
grovuri Lo revislo Dodc (3), ior dupo razSot 11922'
1933) vo conduce Novembergruppe lo Ber in si o
gcoo o libero de piciuro, unde vor studlo M l-1. Moxy
9i LoLo Schmierer Roih Adeptu poSi-impresion smulu
tdrzlu in vorionid pointi istd si prismot co, e este creo
lorul sinuhctneismului plostic in core, frociionond
imogrneo co inlr-un coleidoscop, o recompune opoi
fi mic dintr-o suiio de secvenfe ing obond si romo.
Sego - oulor ol unor imporlone lexie leoretice /
(lon Vineo ? cot.65), energeiiccLy composeC:-
dicrgonol; Violonist (cot 64) shown during his :.
monce, from ihe bcck side, deeply conceniroted -
:
cose the hotchlng, concentrcled n geomeirico
rd^r 'r^ l^e loceti g r p ^ io .
n l9)2, Jonco conlribules drow ngs io Simbc -
mogozine whlch onticlpoted his future nonconfcr- ,
enlolion. llls I ustrciions emphosised the offecic'
senlimenl, the synoesthesro, ond correspondence: '
period poelry, wh ch brought oboul o neurolic ^
crnd ombiguous esolericism cltogether. The s,', -:
) . erA y I cn ir'te . de o
L^ l'r oo er'-e t'o t -
^ o oce) ro 'ibed ir , oody inoq^
.n er
oro*irq *i' d " -cr rp r o o n;r\ -' ; -L I
rn" n,, ;ne ono o lrooile ole or I A 6'en o re .
somehow reminds us"of Emil Or ik s work.
It is worth noiing thot in l9l3 lser pub ished o :: -
memorobe poriroils, occomponying o iext b. :-
Locuslecnu, 50 Contenporary Characlers
morked the possoge from coricoture to ileror\ . -
gropl ooen.w i'' ,tosr '"- lllt
Jo'.o o.rirg ^ t -oop^ro io ,vi lr ' :'
p^ ' ,.r, o'o [^l Ade o h cop'uri g |.
e.,. noi eol .o r.e ru oil e rto psyctolog
volion, ossocioied with his skillful renderrng of ''= :
ccr fecriures, ccn be consiontly seen n .lonco's l -
We do nol know from whom lonco ocquired il-=
cul crnd ljnocui iechnrques, which he begon lo p': -- .
Zur ch, neverlhe ess, due io iheir quo i! he succ:=--
imposing them, o ong with his co1 oges on: :
rellefs. Some possib e conneclions could be es'::
beMeen.lonco ond the Jewish Disoporo, espe: l
from Berlin, Munich, ond Zurlch during ihe Gr=:
Thus there were oi leosl lwo noiiceob e direc - -
on y in the fie d of engroving), o conservotory '-=
troted by such ortists os Solomon Sonie er -
Sigmund Mour'', cnd on lnnovoiive one, b:,-
-: -'
experimenl, os ll wos lhe cose of Arthur Sego . .
:
oboroled with the lcriter for the inlernotiono ex'
lhe Conlimporcnul mcgozine in 1924 He sr,--
.
tested out lhe woodcut ond the Linocul ln -'- .
Flowers', dcrting from 191 1, Sego soughi t''
"ly oio gge'ed a-a'/ oy l-^oo,,
to ojo, b.- ol.o oy lL e ro ql . lr 9 ^
subily smoolhed by o secondc,i -: .
lreotment,,191
p ote n 2, he become crlmost obslroct in .'---
-:
or in lhe series of lhe 8 engrovings from -
Strond hoving o slmilor subleci with some ot --=
ings execuled by Poscin in Oslende't ln l9 - .
emigroted lo Swlizerlond, ofter he hcd ex- . -
Romonio, ond olso in Ber ln ond Munich ' -'
Ascono he wos on octive presence ond :: :-
with lonco ct lhe decorotion of Ccborel Vc : -
pub shed engrov ngs in ihe Dodo mogoz ne i
ofter ihe wor {1920-1933) he led lhe Nover.:-
r Berl'^ o^o o [^e , lool ol po r rg ^-'
Moxy ond Lo o Schmierer'Roth studied. A fo :. =
loepo ^pe.,io -'r''r rspoilill ,ro dp
,rcrs I e .roo-o ot l^ p'o . ,rrr'C
otl l^
 I :.:v.lri pe emn, simili-obslrocio,, exe
, = -;d fermd, cu ho;urolii ego e, paro
o ^ ^ d^, o'o-i\^ o ^-6't To
' rle'viu dtn lg71 ", picforu M H.
r lespre trecerecr so prin oteJieru lui
: - - ::spre expozilro rLr^ ^^ l^ n-- cl -,-
de lo Der S/urm si
: :u !erworth Woiden, cmlniecr si
- -- Siern ccrre il frecventcr pe Segol.
. . : =-r flsese elevu lu Gysis, co si lier
,- S-,.lck. Scenogrof cu exceptioncle
-rilve, ce tronsformo sceno inir-o
ga e 5 !a16 ol i pd^
. - , : diuri de Mox Reinhcrrdl o Deul
. - : Ber rn, unde o fosl membru ol
-:- :,cd 1918, membru, co si Sego si
=nbergruppe. Nu esfe exc us co
Vo. , p,ao! po e d^
- ,, sd fi cunoscul creoticr
-,- leclro d o
- ,l..r- e' pe core oceslo e publico lcr
,:,rr,"nls. luslige Blotter, etc., dcr moi
- -: : de I uslrclil ominiind ornomenlul
--'c pe core in mod cerl grctvuro
- --:"rcird o cre csupro ul lcncu ne
, : :-:s.lcunem cd el or fi putui crsimi
,: :
operei unui orlisl origincrl cc Loscdr
",1
-: .rnchen, dor din pdcoie morl pre
,. ,' e so e pub,licole in revislo Der
- ) l2) si indeosebi grisoil/es uri e
' --:: 'dzborului, re evd, pe 'ingo olrocf o
- oclive ortisl in Munich, deod premcturely. His ccrrico-
- :--: s Von Gogh, o exocerbore de tip
:.ertimenlu]ul si o unel ctitudini de
r: comporobi d cu ceo o lui Georg
- , Jx Deoltfe,e expuneoin l916lo
:, - : r MLinchen cu Erich Heckeltt.
-.'::zd o bumu cu inogrovuri pub cot lo
- :: moghore de ovcngorda MA dtn
-lcns Moliis Teulsch, originor din
'i' -::13 onvergurd europeond co g cncu.
,, 3rdcpesto, Munchen si Por s, e se ori
-': a expres e p ostlccr ce se obsircc
- :' Je o un expres onism pdtruns.inccr de
= ::ii spre o formL- cre nonfigurolvo pro-
: r .e concenlreozd pr n obslrogere rii
-: ,: cie lormelor". lo Poris, Moitls Teutsch
.e B. Fondone, redoclor o revislel
- : ': s outor ol unui iroiol in core teoret zo
::niroloi ol forme or conslruciive (Kunsti
: - -r. ,.iro/ und Aktivitat im Kunstwerk, ( I
:.rrotor
'
pretuil lo Conttnporanul.
- 9l 6, M oncu se of o o Zurlch,
- ,-"sur e Scolii Po itehnice (orhrtecturc)".
. oo ol lo
^r'g orl 06 rozoo o
: a.'o eo.o.qo,do orF.oo,o.
,'u gruporii Moderne Bund core in
- , reo, prinlre o ie e, expozilio Picosso,
r=:: o Go errc Tcnner''t. Von Rees expu-
- rrsirocte inrudite oclrecum cu re refuri e
. -:= -rci lerrziu cr e iui loncu. Experimente e
i'- se concenlrou de csemeni, in iurul
by breok ng ihe imcae - :
reconslructs it cinemciicc .
the frome.
n 1917 Sego , rvho c sc:,
.l
orelicol iexlsr , wos \,icrl
: ri,r.r -q, o o ) p.:
comb ike decorcl ve su'fcrc. -
1917"', ihe poinler M .- r\,,i:r, '=
himse f wos Gysis cnd Fronk von Stuck s p.9 .. .u-
hcd been once. A sloge desgner,,,nrlh ex:eo-::i
imogrnotrve resources thot chonged lhe scere nlo o si-
generis p oslic conslruclion, Slern worked logeiher
',v
ih
Mcx Reinhordt ct Deutsches Theoter in Beil r lor l6
yeors; he wos o member of the Secession ond, citer
l9l8 o member of Novembergruppe, iust ike Segc
ond Moxy. We hove reosons lo belleve thot with
Mctce oncr, Grovrrc pe
Mcxy's he p - preoccupied with stoge design cs wel
remn I 9l /
- .lonco mighl hove known Slern's theotrico creolion Moice lonco, \A/oodcul, l9l /
crnd the coricoturesz' lhe otler pub ished in Jugend,
5rp ', --qeBoe o,d^p. oi. a-(. i
o si ..ce o I oior.^ o'ro ^Oe o o.orop/
cnd ornomeni:r. Consider ng ihe rnl uence thot the
Germcn expressionisl engrov ng hod on .]cnco s work,
we ossume thct he could hove osslmiloted some fecr
lures pertoining to the origlnol work of lcscdr Vrore, on
lures, pub,lished in the Der Kontet mcaozine (1911-
1 91 2) ond especro ly his grotesqu e grisoille, executed
during lhe wcr, reveol, oporl from their offinity wirh
C6zcnne ond Von Gogh, on excggeroied sensiiiviiy of
expressionisi lype, cs we I os crn ottitude of
ccute ucrd-
ily, compcrcble to Georg Grosz s cnd Otto Dix s. Ernsl Slern, lslrolie dir mopo
Moreover, he exh bited wlih Er ch Fleckel ot Go iz Sumurun, ll9l9 19201
Gollery ln Munich in I 9l 6:: Ernsl Slern, I l:lrolion frcm the
n l9l7 the pub ishing house of the Hungorion ovont porlloiio Sumrrun, ll9l9 l?201
gcrrde mogcrzine A,4A printed lhe inocLLls olbum by
lJons Mottis Teulsch, o Brcrsov born orll:l of Eutopeon
p or're .e |^ Mo, ol Jo- o Arte 'i o e ,
Munich cnd Pcris, he lurned lo o p oslic expression lhcrl
groduo ly beccme crbslrcrcl. Stcrting from cn expres-
sronisl mcnner, sii pervoded by .lugendstll remem-
brcnces he moveC lowords o nonfigurolive, muslcc
phrosing whLch concenlroies, by crbslroctton, the sinu-
ous rhythms of forms". ln Poris Mcllls Teutsch worked
93 I ) with Ben jomine Fondcrne, nol on y crs on ed ior of
lnlegrol, bul o so cs lhe oulhor of o lrecrtise, where he
unde developed o lheory obout the contro ed energy of the
conslruclive forms (Kunsr, deologie Stobilitat und
Activilat in Kunstwerk, 1 93 I ); he wos o so o co lobo
rolor of Contimporctnul.
n Ociober l9l6 M..lcnco wcs in Zurich, where he
regislered ot the Eco e Po ytechnique (Architecture)t'
n ihe cosmopo rlon mil eu of wcr em gronls, he wcrs
introduced lo lhe cvonl qorde mcnifestotions from
Swllzer ond, sp nning oround lhe Modern B,tnd grous:,
which n l9l5 hcd opened, omong oiher octivities, the
t77
coboreie or ilerore s cr-:i.e:'. D n oerioodo ime
diol urmdloore sosrrii a 7lr crt lnorto este lnco oe
provenientd romdneoscal) crecem cd doteozdr lucro
rea Pictor desenind (cot 68), in core, pdstrcrnd foc-
turo folelotd si imposlcrec monumento d o persono-
iului pe coo o de hirtie, in spiritu ui ser, cpore un
deicliu semniflcotiv de mobi ler, o scu plurd ofrlccnc
(?), o femeie, un fe de ccrriotldo spriiinind b oiul unei
Tf ese", pe core-i punem in re olie cu recepliviloieo
fofo de crlc necgrd cu lLvoid de cubism si, in gene
re, fofo de neo-primilivism Este pulin probobi co
ccesl desen so fi fost ucrol cr Bucuresti unde preo-
cupdri e colecfroncrriLor folo de orieLe pr mitive erou
obio lo incepui, desi numol cdlivo oni moj l'irziu,
Corneliu Michoiescu semno in lnlegral un sugestiv
criicol osupro orlei negrezr.
A oturi de vechl si noi prieleni (Vineo, Jocques Cos
lin, lcrle Voronco, Moxy, Mliio Pdtroscu 9.o.m d.),
loncu incepeo din 1922 cruciodcs Conttnporanului,
crr penlru nuonloreo prodigioosei so e oclivlidll esle
pooie cozu sd omlnlim oici edificolooreo so priete
nie cu Fritz Boumonn (l 886 I 942)tt 9i pcriicipcreo
o expozifiile grupdrii Dcs Neue Leben \o primo
expozitie expuneo 5i Segol). Este evidento inf uenfo
ldeilor leoreiice oLe lul Boumonn {elimincrrec diferen
lei dintre crlele lrberc e g ceLe cp cole, proclicorecr
-inlre
compozitionolu ui pur sl iber, re oilo noud
formo si culocre, cpropierec orlislu ui de pub c ;
renuntoreo o "lrufio" cu livcrld de lo Renogtere inco-
ocet". De osemeni, semniflcolivo penlru evo ufro so
viiloore esie prefiguroreo unei tendinte egote de
nouo obleciivllole, olcriuri de cubo futurism , expre
sionism si cbsirociie purd: 1n .odru monlleslc ior de
io Dos Neue leben unde o pcrticipct 1c expozi
lii e de a litc6, 1919, Berno, Bcrse, l92A'''' --,
loncu o fosl recepiiv o ideeo denonslroliilor de orlct
noud pe core e promoveozcr-crpoi in Romon o s o
'incurcioreo orielor op icoie -. n porole cu gruporeo
omintito, se constiluie 9i grupu Rodlkc e KLjnsller o
monifeslu cdruio oncu se vo referi, omintind postu o-
tu ononimoiu ui opere de crrto, c ortlstului cufundot
in eficlento muncii colective, pe core crlistii rcdiccr
(Arp, Egge ing, Richter, s.o r d )" i ofiimou intr o
perioodo cond idei e socio lste lrlumfou peniru scurl
"ro, G-ror oDtrp bcide oWe.^o'.
Dupo speclocu ooso e iberore cr energiilor zcrgo
zuile de rozboi in mrscoreo Dodo, revenil in
Romonicr, loncu csp rd spre reconf guroreo de ibercrl
zdrobitei unlidlj o imoginii, spre so iditoteo formei,
spre crmonie sj muz colitole:7.
Producljo so grollco mpresiononid esle rospdndiio
in diverse pub icolii, volume si periodice. Lucrdri e
inedite sunl re clv pufine folo de ceLe iip-rrite. E e
re evd o evo utie sli islicd similord cu ceo o piclurii,
de o un expres on sm ocul, o un constructiv sm /em
perol a forme or obslrocie si, de oicl, lo un figuroliv
cu sugeslii sii islice o e unel noi obieciivitoii ocrecum
Ln schimb, inregisirdm un drum re oliv ent de o
lorzii.
ccrLcoturd si portrelul grofic-ileror spre compozilio
Go ery"'. Von Rees presenled obslroct -
somewhot simi or io Jonco s oter obslrocl re ::,
gcrrde experimenls concentroled oround,l=
cnd ortistic coborels, loo"'. From lhe peroc i-
hls orrivol in Zurich (the quo iiy of lhe pc:=
Romonion) dcrles, presumcb y, h s work - '
Drowing (cot 6B), where, ohhough he keep: ,
monner of fcceting slruciure ond the monur: '-
lioning of lhe chorocler on lhe sheel of pope -
cont delol (o piece of furnilure) appeors '
Negro scu pture of o womon, o kind of cc-. r'
porl ng the top of o lcrblet-. We wou d re c-=
recepiiviiy towords Negro ond Oceon c -
cul,,ism mcnlfesled o ong wilh ils loste fcr ' -
vsm, in generol. I is most un ikely thot this c': ,
execuled in Buchorest, where the ort col ec':-,
Ln the ort of lhe Negroes wos itle ol the :-=
however, ony o few yeors loier, Corne r l.'
signed o significcnt crlic e on lhis subiecl in -
Together with his old ond new friends (Vi'-:
Cosirn, lor e Voronco, Mcrxy, Mililo Pt--:,
.lonco begon lhe Conilmporanul crusade ' . -
order lo inlroduce some furlher dislincilons , -
h.o-i,,\gr 1-^ \draT oedl
friendship with Frltz Boumonn (l 886 l91t
port c polion into the exhibitions of Dos Ne-- -
iheir first exhlbltion Segol exhibrted os we
ence of Bcumcnn s iheoreticcl decs (sucl :,
nollon of the differences beMeen form c.: ,
crrtlsl s c oser reLotlonship to his pub ic, ihe :'- ,'
ciollon hls o d houghtiness of Rencrissor:- .
obvious. Besides, cr sign ficont foct for hl: :,'- .
tion wos the forelel ing of o tendency Cof i ':
newobjectivity ond cubofuiurismr , expre ::
pure obslroctnesstt. Wllhrn lhe conlexl c: ,-
leben monifestot ons, .lonco porticipcrted -'- -
o orlor / i lo o B^r Boel
wos receptive to the idec of new art ce--
which he promoied oier in Romonio, onc --
olion of lhe decorclive orlsto. Ln porol e .. ' -
ody mentioned movemeni, the Rodilcle r .
I wos sel up. .]onco referred lo their mon fe.
the thesls of the ononymiiy of the woT[ ot -
of the ortlst cs c deep y engoged persor '-- :
tiveness of the col ecllve work The Rodlc: -
EggeLing, Richter, o.s.o.)tt osserted this ihe : -
when socio lsl ideos were hoving lheir s- - -
cess in Germony, during the Weimor Re:-:
After the Dodo movemenl speclccu orv ,-:=
gies held bock by the wor, Jonco returne:: ' :
He wlshed lo reconslruct lhe deliberclei'i :-- - .
lhe imoge, by rendering its form, its hor- -
coi\'
o o' irP^ i^ r^b^ otqoPl
red in vorlous pub icotrons, vo umes c'r ' :
They revec o stylistic evo ulion cs hls ,-:
lhot ls, from v o enl expressionism lowc':. ' -
sirucirvism of the obstroct forms, fo lor^re: :
ve formu o, hinting ot ihe new oblec' .
 ' : deo, 'lO:. . Dct e lJ
' o rod'r o oi,ot a.o'e I Ol2
. oog^ a (9'rp66.. p ot(o1d
6. r'i ga ler o' t,. olal Lr c or6. - . e,i
- o o -re oir ,r .il t d,/ -o / Crl
: e\ do ls^' o r']o,o ., o o dezorli
j:
- ,i monechinelor ui Schlemmer si o decu
. , -e-elor din hortie llnterogotoriu lo polilie,
-,- :e xilogrof, stilu of gulos si concrs ol
'- . o oo'.o r- o.r o,a,:F d' .o ,e,o,aoo
. : d- o ^1 ^'- .a,/a a ^ p,ir., o ,i
: O O'OOtO .i oTAq\O i r'OrOO,
-' d po.i'ic or r . ct ,, o,ezent
j c ^ pe roT' -i rora I 1le,'o,o, Jmo,
--coronul scu Puncf infre 1923 1926
r ro'treiele lui ion Borbu, ion Vineo. Clorcr
l'4inulescu (cat )44, j4Z l68, l69)
: : :d eJurd lronsonlir, simp/lficOnd lo
I.o
' : 'r oo' ^,eo e. r oo
,,
: -: . ce I cpropie de opero ui Kirchner scru
- -: :in. Roreori oncu cr reluol unele dinlre
: - r-r!,cle in E velio (mopo cu I gravures sur
- crcu et un poeme pc:r fr. tzora 1917
32, 133) de concepfie expreslonistar:.
..-;1 sdu se remorcd in grofico, mci oles
. - e obsirocie, coroclerizlie de iensrunecr
' ^o f o,a oaota.- e o,Q
-o r .r
: odio-tr o- i'to o oo,o de 5
" a.o-: ^ fo oo.,o . l- J pr
". ^
: ' .rgl . to-o t1,tora .C1
- = _^:"cenlreczd sou se desfdsocro in rrtmuri
: _-:scdloore o cdror ocliune c fosi rnler
; =-ernd disputo intre bine si rdu, mosculin_
- .:rg, fiind slru-clurole pe reciprocilcriec
: :onlromiscdrii:!. Compozitii e iui Mollis
:- rceeogi perioodd, in core conslructicl
-a
P' - ,, tr \o I ,^_r
eo^.tor
"o.d r.[ / | gF] eto' d^ r,,2 ,,^o
:'A-O Oe I rcl , erOiOOOio Op,OOpe
;tropo-6 o rp do o.,o,;o o.
',. d- o-l e.ro trop-,rs, , M-.o
- ::-e deosebire de ocesteo, rmocinlle lui
--:'ccte de decorctiv, de osocicrtii inedite
- = 'exlurole intr un eforl de sublimore o
. oo:'e Cooo. o oe.r:o e o. og
J o ao 6]a. ,pgicre ao O1I e a L
-
= inlenlti conslruclive sludiote, folcr de
- ^-,-i e pub icole de Brouner, spre exem-
j: cncu si Mcxy, in numdrul unic cl onlr
- - Cl; ,r lo, gt e,/t al1 r, J ,O
r oro e do( oro u" 6o 6'p "oq. , i61
- -poclul gravurii o fosi, credem,"decisiv
--t leserold ce pdslreozd o ongulozifole
:- :cisnuinlcr lolerii emnu ui cu bricecrgul.
. ]o.O oe a1 cta , 136, ri'g s,9o.eO"zO
'' '- aia o_ Do-e,..: tcan
lO c,/ r or,hooo rc -: -.
,
r The vlsion of the woodcutfer, lhe crngulor ond cor:i:eC
stye of the forms, cul os il in hord .o]", o, o," o ro r,"
sent in his drowings, where ihe occefis set b7 right
Q,o ^d o"d -ra q-" no ag o ^ h.o, Are ,
polrticol interlude .Jcnco publrihed oriqino woodcuis
i
moxi_ cnd linocuis in eoch issue of Continpoionul and punct,
l,y'orce cncu Vin etc, 1922
Morce.lolco Vlqnette. 1922
r beMeen 1923 1926 n this respect *. *oulJ i[L to
mention lhe portro ls of ion Boibu, ion Vineo, C orcr
Hosl I cnd on Minule:cu \col )44, 147, l68 l69)
d,onr I o rop.L,'rlo ihoo q.,) ,rp,io .le
d-roI o '- i9. - I s ooror, ;on or-ro icrg,
,. oqo F or I teo r.on o too t ' .l oqo,- ,e
ines, recollrng Kirchner s ond Mcr pechrreriys work
Now crnd ihen,.jonco would pick up ogoin some of his
p oles of expressionisl cor.rcepi;orr1
_ ,n
Swltzerlond (lhe cytle ol B grctvures ,r, "ngrouud
bJi, par M.
_
J.o19o.1t L1n poeme par tr tzaro, lglT - cot I 31,
32 1J) (o :r' .rr, .,d-opoeoreoo oo..or,
-
;-'l p6pt6rr OnpOI;O hOO ^Z^rJO\Otef
.,O^ b.',ve^, ,ho bor, geotr e'., ot 6 Fa Fr
I p o -Cl
oround o centre of rodtorLn remrnding il-." ,".[".L"
syslem of ihe ock., Points, orrows, crn
j triongles, circu
O'o,eog hop"o-O -a ore.o.t ^- gr^j O, O o6q a
U .tr,..i.^l ,r ^o.i o h,rhr ' 6r s"
^ 6, ,;.
o,^ ^9 o 01 erF I o o r,o o io b^-a atr qooo o o
evil, lhe mo e ond femole princip e, or yin #d yor,,g'
lhey cre slructu-red on the reciprocity of mofion oni
counler molion:"r. n Mcrftis Teufsch s composiiion of lhe
scrme period, the definite construclion orqon zed lhe
6rogiplo c poi i.^ ,o' ,-o hY.nooo,. 11
I
hed 1," o \o d, .i.. o"d r gd, e,o ro..^ .
c ^o-
tiona[ :tyle viewpoini however, he wou d delimit o]most
pyromrdol scoffodings, comporoble in their spirit to Ari
D6co loscincrlion for Egypitcrn ond Mesopoiomicrn
i
crrchilecture/!. Un ike these worls, ior.rco s imoces
.l ot 6 6q.9 6,.^ o.{re. ord ro* - ot bror,or o,
leriured oreos meoni lo sub imole lhe drown surlcrce
lCon,position, News Vendor, cot. 99; IOO) The ftrm
cul clong with the doring cutups tesiify for t'he ccrrefu
conslruclive intenlion, os compored lo lhe linoculs pub
ished by Brouner, for inslcnce, in the onlv issue oi tl,e
r:ntimogozine 75 HP l)onco ond Mo*y oi:o published
there), whlch ore but the resuli of on inte plov of white
o"d oto., ^d o ci )^',o,v ro . W^ ,h,-. .,o
nood hod o d" i,tr rpo r o. h s o.o,n rq 1 e
the lotter retoin o cerfoin ongulority speci[ic to ihe hobir
 Din 1926 doteozo Coui c:ncozilii in ccre oncu
.intr
coutd sb formu eze o vor onia Cecorot v-conslruc
tiv-rexper menle e nonfigu:oi ve si cromotico cu
ecouri psihologice si emoliono e, randuild in cu otl
,,concove' cu putere relorlcar (cilron, verde Verone-
se, o boslru de Pruslo, cormin) sr ,,convexe', mrnore
co forto (crom, rosu cincbru, verde, negru-olb)a'.
Ag omeroreo ritmlcd o suprofelelor onimoie de
culorr conlrcsionte {osemonotoore co efecl cu une e
dintre creclii e veslimentore ole Soniei Delounoy) in
Pion (cal. 76), su o profunziune de hosuri, puncte
sou omprente, ce foce greu izibi o figuro unu
or echin moleflc precum tn Compozilie \cat.77) esle
o conslontar. Esle poole un exemp u cri doritei infrotiri
Victor Brouner, Focu de o
o crrte or op icoie cu cele rbere, dupo derle ui
Bcnco de CreCit, 1925
Boumcnn, oncu fiind de o tfe sl un repulcri scenogrof
Victor Brouner. Fire ct Credit
sl creotor de coslume".
Bonl, I 925
Prodlgios creolor de mo9/i loncu or fi puiui foce,
dupo spuse e unui contemporon, concurentd ote
reru ui fotogroltc luliefa" . Cond Aderco lo solicitci
penlru ccrteo so cu jnlerviuri preluond o modc
onsold cu pufin timp.in urmd o Poris'a -, loncu o
poslrot in desen eg-rlurc inlrinsecd cu grcvuro, inio
toiooso, incdrccrtd de cerneo d, lronscriind eficieni
lrdrsdluri e modelu ui surprinse o folo ocu ui. Consec
venl concepliei potrivit cdreio inlo ore vo oore prevo-
lento in compunereo operei p ostice, e ofirmo. "Linic
occenlueozdr ozi grcfico unui ioblou, formeozo
orobescu ,
determino compozilic, silueozd formc.
Deseorl cngcjeczo cu ooreo inir-o cvenlurd nepre
vozulo si dincmizeozd, reduce seniimento tsmu
cu ori si moi oles ccceniueczd corccleru specific
obslrccl ol compozitii"". Preop inu emofionol ol
mdiniivo evouc de o desenu crngulos (cminiim
Auloportretul limpuriu pub icot in 1923 1n
Continporc:nuf'', tn credo vizioncr) lo unul iber, ner-
vos, ln core din cdievo sumore rnodulori de duct, inio
precizectzd generos formo (Porlre ful sculplorului
Cscctr Han, Porlretul lui lacques Coslin, cal. 92,
lhs I lO). ln onii 1930 l94O desene e sc e mdriurisesc o
muzico itcrle foliso o in ei, cu ritmuri sincopole sou
ft ente, nuontote de rcfinole pulsofii de co d-rece. Pos
h
ie u cu preiiozitoti e ui vdrocse i olroge, porhele e
IF
prieleni or llon Vinea, Dida Solonon, coi 102, 103)
fiind odevdrcte revdrsdri de culori code, bogole,
so cre, si unde pozo fronto o, directcr, nu rdeo \zeazo,
ci esle mci degrobo un prelext penlru debordonte
elc dri cromolice Porlret de femeie (cot. 1 1 2l ref ec,
lo modu in ccrre oncu, coiife ond prin estompo
forme e amp e generoose, se opropie co spill de
ucrori e lui Mossimo Compig i, ceeo ce presupune o
cunooslere semnificotivo o nou ul c osicism". Exisio o
noto de umor omcrT in une e desene ole ocesle
perioode lMoS Crociun cot. I OZ) ce vo cu mino cr
desene e onilor l94a 1945 in core ortistul olunge cr
o concrzie depllnO c expresiei: din cOievo inii cu
penilo si cdlevo occenle cc de de posiel sugereozo
umeo noud, pilorecrscd 9i co orcld o Crientului
Apropiot lArab cu mctgar, Arabi, coi I 18, 121)
Henr Donie, Ccfeneo o
Bocc,1932
Henrl Doniel, Cole ln Bo c c
1932
of cutiing the wood pLoie with o knife ln foct '-- .:
drowings ofien suggesl the effecis of the woc:,. :
they do indeed ln Iucian Blaga's Portrait lccl
T vo.o^ oo.i or do rg',or o2o lor '
,o 'o ^rL o-a 1 o decoro .e or - .-i /e - c j
nonfigurotive exper ments cnd lhot type of cl-', - .
ooded with psycho ogico cnd emoiionol ec.-- -
p oyed rn o ronge of "concove" lcolours, irc : - .
noie) endowed with rhethoric force ( emon, \, :' .
green, Prussion b ue, cormine) ond "convex" :-
hoving o minor force (chrome ye ow, green, \: -
ivory b ock)'' A slecrdy dlrection of his mcnr:-
rhythmic ogglomeroi on of lhe oreos onimotec :
lrosting co ours (hcving o simi or effect wilh - - . .
Sonic Delonny's clothing models) os ln Piono ': -
ond ln the profusion of hotchings, pornls cr: .
prints, which mokes ii difficu t, for inslonce, lo :: -
figure of the evll hcrlequin, os it is in Compcs ' .
/Z). Perhops lhis is cn exomple of lhe ong \,r:'- .
brotherhood of lhe decorolive cnd the seve :
crls, occord ng to Boumcrnn s idecs. I is wcr - -
here thct.lonco wos olso cr wel -known scene'. r- .
A o o o.'-1 c 1i'
As o prodigious designer of mos,(s, .lonco cc - :
rivoled the lulieta '', the photo siudio, occor: - -
01 ^r po o r.r
/ ^ opir'or. Wt'^r Aoe
him to co oborote to hls books of intervews : - -
Porision foshlon thot lhe former took up quick', , .
moinloined lhe close re clionship with the wcc L -
shorp line ooded with nk, efficient y renderinc '- = ,
lures of ihe mode , coptured ci thoi given r.:--
keeprng with the ldeo of the prevoi Lng volue ci" -
in composrng the p oslic work, he stoled - l
pointing the ine emphoslzes lhe grcphic, mck:.
orobesque, esloblshes the composilion, ptr,-
form. I often engoges the colour in on une,: - - =
odvenlure, energizes, reduces ils seniimenlc,- '
moreover, ii stresses the specificoly obslraci .'. . . ,
of the composilion''5 The overflowing emcl:-
brush deve oped from lhe ongulor drcwing i...= :
lion the eorly Se/f-Porlroil pub ished in Conri:-:,
in 1923"', c visronory credo) to o f ree, neru: ,, ,
where the ine generous y defines ihe form :. . -
brlef modulotlons (IAe Portrait of the sculpic' - .,
Hon,,l930s
The Portroil o{ locques Caslin , cal 92
ihe ond I 940s his drowings show cr. -: .
mus cc ity of the line, with syncopoted or s ovr '- -"
nuonced by sophisticoted vlbroiions of v,.,:--- .
co ours. The crcyon, with rts dusiy, offec-::
seduces .lonco; his friends' poriroits (/on /in:: ,
Solonon, cot. 102; 103) ore fiooded with wc'^'
colours, whi e the direct, froniol pose does ro' l: :
the subiect, but it is rcrther o prelexl for o.-- -
exp osion. For insionce, Woman Polrctil I,c:' -
ref ectsthe monner in which .lonco, by mode ' :
omp e, generous forms shoded by wcy c: .r - :
opprocches lhe sp rlt of Mossimo Compig i : . .
which indicoies his octucl knowedce of '.=
Cossicism!/. There is o nole of bltte,irrou, - ,
-r JCrdrilor de tinerele, cdnd ulilizo hdriie
, -nbru sec (produso in Romdnio sou in
--:- : djn perioodo inlerbelico sunl
recl-
o de r: po..e o . Lor'o oe .o
z .
'o.a r o'ooeoor\osJd de
. -.t, celelolle opere sunl reduse co
- l .iTe e e ovOnd oeru unor ]ucrdri
- -,: e oregdliloore suni pufine (Nud
. - B)) ^eo e . ge eozo roi
, -:':l Cireclo cr pcnzei .in picturo,
'ol o oer ' pa/
91 ^-"l rile
- ce il oo.op e do oo,e" de
- l-:-r se configureozd in contexlu
::'::i romctnesti si, in ocest sens, se
- - ---::rciii sesizonle. Aslfe se oocte
- '': compozillile de focluro con-
,e 1.. 'or (" .e e p o i, ore
,r ' *pa O.. P, , C '.O.r d.
Mc v se 'er'o'.o p',r 'o
r'r6l^o,oli, rr oloJ'
,rrofete or in obordoreo unor
ae loncu, core ore o viziune
:cnld, corespunzdlocrre siudi-
-,':r
5i el c unor remorccbile
-r-;-::rsr, fudor Arghezi, Mox
:-.Jre cenirifug, ritmrc, imogr-
r - pe reverberolii e multlp
l ", is more
:: csemeni prieten si colobo
: -':'ulpro eciului ccsei sotilor
- ob, Dor,-l soop"op,
:= :,b sm, optond penlru onc
. .: orolio de icotcr c eslompei.
,, ,,:color o lsloriei si tehnici]or
---- Cesen cu o rold umoristicd,
: l.curesliului, peiso je pline de
-= : Solcic, fiind renumit peniru
, negrului. Delicoteieo liniei,
. :e sensibi itotecr emoiiei, il
': ':-: de loncu
- -:3eiote rdndurl cu scu plorito
- - : iolentold o nooslrd co obo
:ourde e, dcr frecvenldnd
-r r^rc-riuio impreund cu loncu
-: :rrno core loncu reprezento
r p ostico. ln oceostd
:l ieolizo sl unele reLiefuri pen
= - :'c de oncut'. Grofrco ei,
,+ , dr - porl e e.ploo o
.j oo fo-"o -o oe5 1
- : -: lcotdr in Puncf, cu formu dri
,:: c cerlevo inil cu ioieturo
=::--' riimlce. Asociind in desen
- --: roili iehnice (tempercr, lu9,
i r--'e de cuLoore neogro elc.),
'-^'l revenind, ocoperind piclu
..,'.6 po..66lo .. ata
drowings of this period iSc-: - - : - :' , -
ro.ed r red.o,n -l
'l eo,s' ,^66r-1 ,o-[--..
some pen llnes ond worTr . .=",- =: , -- - , , -
suqqesls lhe new picturesc-: l-: ,, - -
lhe Neor East lArabicn r.:, --r-.- --- -
--
il8, t2t)
Exceptinc hrs eory works, u,-e- -: -:--r - t- r - -.
: :
d'o*ngpop^'
^'ho o': :
ond Frcrnce), the inlerwor wcr[s ',v:-: ]"1., - , _-,: - j
pooe'wooo'tooooe-to J.c:
-: l
,eC Lrr^ de qr
el ApO- .o- : -. : _
dimensions, the other works ore roiher s-: r-: .==-
[nore or ess occosrono] There cre eu., c-3CC"c'rr-r
sketches (Woryqn nude, cal. BO 82) wh c: :J9!eri c
drrect osscu I of ihe concrvos in porntino cnC sl-cui.-c con-
stonl concern for the crouched ir,visted posii on: or lhose
rn-h le or-l) oA ope4 t- -'rp o-oa - .o 'r o
cnd surloces^ they ool ^
c
like scu ptor s drowings
lndeed
Morcellonco's ortdeveloped n ihe generol conlext of
ihe Romonion ovonfgcrde, c,nd some meon nq[u com
porisons couid be drown in ihis respecl. Thus, we ccrn
estcblish o relotionship beMeen .lonco's cbsirocl com
posilions in conslruclivisl monnei, ond lhose published
b Vt-lMo, IinCo^-poo' ond,. o o
Mo , t,oin'n9 o. o poir te ; ob.'o,. 'n lhe ^r pr o j
of the decorotive e ernenl, the breolinq ol surloces ond
i forms, cs wel os ln ihe woy l" tJ.i r;;; ;.
turesque subiects, unlike lonco, whose visron
condensed ond powerful, showinq hls cr.hlteciurcl
lrcrining. Moxy, who o so drew some remorlob, e por-
ircrils (Conslonttn Brancusr, Tudor Arqhezi, Mc:, Jacob,
elc.") composed the imoge rhythml-olly, on o cenirfu-
go bosis, conceniroiing the detci crround the mu tip y
gttrrF b-o-or,ot- oln^.o-lo o. Mox Hermon Mory, Conslruclie
llenrl Donie'n wcs .lonco's friend ond col crborolor for lnlegro d, 1925
whom he designed o house crl 9 Ceres Slreei Donlel Mox Hermcn Mory. ntegio
ccme to cubism rother intuitively, choosinq ihe unciu Conslruciion 192.5
ousness of ihe cont6 ond the de icoie ve vei shoding of
lhe stump. The oriist wos very conversont with the hLto-
ry ond techniques of grophics, ond prociised c kind of
drowing pervoded by humorous noles in the scenes
from the Buchoresi s ums, whie hls londsccrpe. lrom
si Bo cic convey on Orienlo nosto qro. l-Je wos clso
known for his skiJLful grodotion of white ond bLcck. The
de icote line, endowed wiih force ond sensilivlty of emo-
,;O
O,Cr ry 1n ^O, O O O- eo5t 'naoo Olr.
lonco exhibited severol times iogether with ihe sculp
tress Mrito Pdiroscu, our most lo enled col oboro-
lor tt. Bourdel e's pupil, but equoly o constont visiior of
Broncusi's studio, she ond.lonco mode o poir of
cubisis , ln which lcnco represented the colour, whi e
Mi1ilo the p osiic forms. n ihls "oriislic fel owship
t', she
olso ochieved some re iefs for -lonco's buidings". Her
grophic work, concenlrcted on nudes ond poriroiis,
explored the sculpturol effect, the scoffo ding of forms,
especiolly in the linocufs published in Punct. They show
forrns reduced lo essenfio/s, lo some lines wit'h ftticL
 loncu.insusi ero cltros de -errico vi-.c iu ui, de conru-
'' 'eq g'^ r'P'c
Un o t orlisi, de csemenl co cborcior a Contimpo,
lanul, a fosl Cornelru Michai escu , core pornind de
o odmiroiio fofo de C6zonne si orto pr miiivo,
irecond prin licrlic, vo lucrc 'in spirii cubist si conslruc-
tivist pono in on i lreizeci, ccnd se vcr orienlo vdrdii
spre suproreo ism. Unele dinlre lucrcrri e sole de
oof co tloi p^r11 J pi,- o 4 ^ I
rnoortA cu fier de cctlcoit se opropie oorecum de
vrziunec socodold, de fotetori e cubiste c e ui oncu
o-i' orr'L'.od t.tri'aptrro 1
rg .l e wo ld o.5o io ^ ^obo oro ,o,
col combincrtion (lemperc, chincr-ink, chorcc:
.icl bo,L .oou.d pcrpe .. 1. h^ o.
or d o r-t re . .r'ed o o.o,e ed o oor
surfoces n o per od when Jcnco hlmse]f'wc: :
by the iechnique of stolned gloss window cs ,..:
the hcrrd blocI out ine in pcrintLngi:.
No. o Corne iu Michoilescut'wcrs onoiher orilsl or: _ -
rcrlor of Conttnporanul, he beqcn by oc-
7a a a d le p r e o oo tro-: - .

si de so lditcrteo formo d o orld-Aco r rri *o'[oo ir^ bloo o L-\,-fo':

Mcrce oncu c fosi oprecot de conlempoioni nu
t r o de oro^oo'oo .i oe -oo ioao oor a, ior oo
1930s, when he obviously lurned lo surrec :-
of his grophlc works ore poifting sludies - .
\ culiurc core ou vozut 1n e pe cor feu crlei noi. De o live with lron-t'), somewhol close to jo-:-
Still
I oriico
.in
ui Jccques Costin core semnolcr 'inloorcereo
ul cubist fcceting vision ond to the formo sc : -
lord, i": 1923 cu occrzic
pr mei expoziiii de c o rl-d-aco
Mcrson d'Art, o unui oriisl de o e emenloro virulenlo, Morcel -lonco wcs high y este-^med by his - - - -
de o cerel,,rc itcie nietzschenionc pcno o orllco e e rories, nol only by lhe ovontgorde ortists, r -
ivl to lott 5. u ,o!o I du
omog crle dtn Focla .1932)" semnificoiive pentru the mojority of high-brows, who scw ln l- -- -
193 I
deschlderecr sl nevo o de sincronism c cu lurri senger of lhe new orl. From Jocques Co:-- ,
Miilio Pctroscr. Two Nudes,
romonesli cu ceo europeond, ,,lconoc osl' , ,,A Gozo i which onnounced the relurn lo Romonlc i. :
93 I
o p.icturii' loncu ero receplol co picfor-profet ce o lhe occosion of the first exhibilion (ot Mcls:
o.f. . o p'^-nol to , \.D.t ordO oa\p a o ro^ cn orlisi of fundomenlcr viru ence, of N e - -
lcrrdu ' ole cdrui opere vor li dispulote n viilorime de cerebrcrliry'", tl the orlic es prois ng his lc e-' -
muzee si ocodemii. Prin vitolilofe si forlc seniimeniu ui, wos co ed conoc crsl", 'Al-Gozcfl of po r . :
prin implicoreo cutezdloore ln procesu de innoire o llshed in Facla 11932):3, significonr for the ,:_=
oriei romdnesl , pr n cur oziioteo si pcsionolo inovcrtie ord -te ra6o o lr or rc r^ Po
tehnlco, opero orofrco o ur Morcel loncu nu dezminle w I W- or' -.'op. Jor .o no l o.
ocesl odevdr. oor^r ord o prop . o ogele. \. D.
-el i'q'e d, o.i^' u o\a voI r ,

NCIE in future by museums crnd ocodemies hcs:-

l. A Robot, ,,Cu Mcrrce loncu despre e si despre foci Hls viiolity ond force of senirmenl, h s c:
ol'i, t Pa- po ., ZoBO s, g l9:o p. oori L-po.c. of,oTono o- ^:
2.A-r'^ o.e..e'r oale' o etro.obo n h ilcr.eo aoc oooo. o.oapU I

ccrre ser o ucrol grovurd cu ocul incepOnd din o iouot or oi (o ^c op.ro,

1921 , a indemnul se pore ol lui Poscln cu core ero Mcrcel Jcnco s grcphic work cs we
pr elen rec izcrnd ou Tdmos de neego crt;
p onse ce
v Pictorul Pctsctn lo cofenea, 190B repr in Reperfo NOIES
riul, 1981, nr.4063 precum si repr de cr nr 4833 Al Pobo C Mo e o- rdop--
4844, v. si ,,lser I B8l 1958. Expoztie reiro- o {Wi ,Mo e,-o,o c,boIro
:peciivd', coi. de Porcschivc Glouber Poior 9i Rcdu Ranpo, no 4680, August 1933, p 1

Berceo, Bucuresli, I 983 2. We remind lhe remcrrkcbe technlcru-. i-

3 ln I 909 ser deschideo lc Bucuresti, lo Pclotu Ate or. eO o v oOi' 3aq T; 9 n'. a2
r€ | aOA,iO rlorO- CoO- .i DerOir 6a.pOZ. ^
'olo,n rq i r
^rd
Do . 5 oo\ e.
tie primiid cu rezervd de public v si Peire Opreo, unpora e ed p otes. See Poinler Pascin c' "
Op^ o o,- ',e r M .zo. o^ A'-o o D.S.R. r
,136
, QOB
eo od eo r ?^p^ ,o ,
-oB =

Revisla muzeelor, nr2, 1967 p 130 - unde esie cl d olso 'ep od rc-o 'o-"r o aB3 J ABa
rep od r> p oi^!lI ooet F oorog I i o^, a l^ BB o5BPe-oQtrr-[.] o
l.. PA.l?o,,^at. t.o..OO ^6.pO>1.,e Oo^O 09 o bv ooro.l'uo Go be Poo .:
I 82I / 944, Craiova, I a8O Moriono V dc ,,Oo Berceo, Bucuresti, I 983.
:e voli osuprc unor mode e sti istice ole coricoturi]or 3. n 1909 ser, together with Foroin, G: ,-
/ul Conslontrn .liquidi .in Revislo muzeelor, nr.), Dercin opened on exhibrtion oi lhe A-=.
I 990 B.Loe ^ l-,io,eoo,odp.oic -
). Do e -ogl pp l0 4) o .o Do-e Op eo lo.it ..o A .

6 Grr:tficc, nilitontc) tomcsneascd ( A bum ), Bucuresti, R.S.R ', in Revisto Muzeelor, no. 2, 1967 c :
l 963, cop B4B
I 1 92 1 "; Pove 1984 pp 22 nloela,\co\^.p.o6 o.oio:-
23 d ceo
7 Eena Moieescu, ,, osil lser - c.ilevo modolitofi de 4 S Poul Rezeonu, The Historv of Fine Ar.:
 tstorio Arfei, 5er o Arlo o't5o'1 tr.y5' looa :

cp 149 - 59; Povel, 1 'o la5 it ?er >.o \l

1 oo o 'aBA p taA5
-.-moln ou XX-eme siecJe, 6. Ro.no, .or M' 'o G c: :.

,,,emenl roumoin d ovonl oo3 ae -t a ropr- , :

^e i'Hisloir-- de l'Arl Sete Pcve 1984 p 2327

3/ noto 1O 9i repr l - 4 7 I -^no Molee . lo. i
.cie de obicei cu inilio e presenl humon figure n inlerwci -)':'.' ,.
'si
:: nli, cum este cozu iu Cercelori de lsforio Arlei, ile se' :.
'
,t -
o orlr o'e .lI tome 28, l 98 l , p.l 49 1 59; Pove 9:- : :
B Andrei Plntille, L'Art Roumc n cu X)'-:^-: . =: =
;: iI912),tnv 2254,v ei Consideirclions sur e Mouvemeni Rourc' L4 :-1
:r-. p. I 5l gorde', in Revue Roumc:tn d'Hisloire ce Ai: Se-e
878 la l/J c studlot lo Beoux Arts, Tome XXIV, 1982, footnote lO. oro I I 4.
, : ce sole cu monumente, 9. As o e, these drowrngs ore s gned wlth coLi
ru
Ccrf e l! \r',ichal es.L
. op opore, o to. t'-o q ophlc inii ols inside ihe imoge, cs it is the cose of
931)
ono,

ihe il usiroljons show ng three women, nude, bust for

Corne iu Mlchdilescr, .]onoh
Theodor So ocolu's texi.
v.1ll
9l 8 I 920) grcvurd pe I O /on L. Caragiale's Portrctir, \1 9l 2) The Notionol
Museum of A* of Romonlo (NMAR), tnv.2254 See
.l=. u,rllJugendsii , publiccto o so Elenc Moteescu, work. quof., reproduclion, p.
.. . o. Pe.^ri d oo^ oz t5l
l- o si co porlreiisi. nlre I I omon Sonie evici {1 878 l91Z) studred in
So
Munich. ln )912 he drew londscopes wllh romcrnli
colLy hcloed monuments, similor ln monnet ond fro-
.n'te o 'h" S^ r^. 01 or ^..
'
2 ,iq r' d Mo. ( Boz ooo
to'r eo B^ r r

{1914l916) ond in Zurich (l9lB l92O) woodcui,

inocul, ond lithogrcph c ccricotures wilh onti wor chor-
.- :: de noople bucuresleond. octer, owed to .luoendsti vision, ond publ;shed in the
- : OO .'7AA 'lO rO O poges of the Nebe/spo//er mogozrne Between l92l
-: semnand, cu Pseudonlmu
,1923,
l924 le ochieved iihogrophed porlroits of severcl cul-
::: 7 ian scrio despre r.ol O^.r6p6 ie. 7yL, I 1^p; ,.d.pcroo1rIe oO.
'
, :,ld ce ominleo de ,,primc (ror M 1 -,. B" on r tordcr'^ dor Arqt ez
: r :xoreslonlsto'. Lo Morcel o.s.o.). H s socic rsl be iefs drew him close lo Cuvontul
: :: r.lneo problemo ,,emofie liber, where he published his drcrwings; in 1934 he
:-- -r el optlce, oblectele din publ shed on olbum, Sodoma, w lh expressionist
r,':: noier o copotind o forlo e.hoes, insp red from the Buchcrest nlght llfe. He wos
- -. r c,inlre ollele, Domnrsoara one ol the shorpesl chroniclers of new ort exhibltions,
= I :c Solomon, pe core loncu signing with hls pen nome, Lucifer. n Ronpc:, Jan.7,
ttogico' IQZS, he wrote oboul M .lcnco's exhlbitlon; ofier he
_ -t_jtu ecolLed ihe primocy ol senilmenl in ihe express onrst
:-i ort", he mcinlcined tl-iolwiih Morce lonco the 'lniernc
. ,- :i erreisen ", in Europcttsche o-ro'or apro. od b, , o or the obi^
.- ,:-:pnik ous Berliner Kunstverla n'n^poni'qor^ prt ol,,^d ^hl-ro-otet o oo.
r ::-L n. 1 989, p 96. o new force, which is reveo ed, omong mcny olher
po nl ngs, by Miss lulio, the porlroil of ihe o.tress Didcr
: - :' . ' i, Bucuresti, 1 990, pp 1 89 \oo'ro rLor ,olo op o o '. n o l-ogi. I 7po"o ;

I -. ::scu, ,,Restllulri. Arthur Segol 13 NMAR, inv 24847

t. 12, 984, pp B O
-' - -':
1 1 14 NMAR, tnv 22523
:-:- in Re 15. Moriinc .luro, 'KLjnslLerreisen' , in Europatsche
j-. .--,i.Kunstlerbtogrctphien
Revolultonc:tre Kunsl ln l\/oderne. Buch und Grophik ous Berltner KansL
I : . ?33, (cot ), Ber in, I 979 9 verlaqen, l BqA 1933 {cot ) BerLin 1989, p 96
16. Amel o Pove, Arthur Segol, os cr Young Mon , in
-- -7MNAR,inv26455 The Traiectories of Sight Buchcrest l99O p I 89 102,
r=--:spective M H. Moxy', in ond Cotc in Dovidescu, ,,Restilullons, Arthur Segc unpu
Pp \2 5t b ished in Romonio", in Arlo, no l2l9B4 p B l0
- .-t nv l3l3 I /
Hoffmeister Christlne, Kanstlerbtoqrophren in Revo'
: ='- 'rsi S/ern, Ber in 192a, Enciclo lution und Reolismus. Revolutionare Kunst tn Deulsch'
 2l .'No fgong Goetz, f.i-<'-(-;r' )er ln 1920, Enciclo
pedio dello speffc:colo, Romc l975,vo lX, p 351
22 ?ave )984 p 27
23. Gheorghe Vido, ,,Mcitls Teuisch si diologul euro-
peon o forme or', ln Ata, rtr 5/) 984; v. gi Ju io
Szobo, Moltrs Teulsch Jonos, Budopesto, 1983,
Unqorische Graphik in Ausl<tnd Deulschlond v
/ 9l I 1933, (Cot ) Berlin, I 990
24. Seiwert, 1993 p 44a
25. Roymund Moyer, Dada in Ziirich Die Akteure,
die Schauplorze, Zat\cl, 1990, pp I 3 l9
miscoreo Dodo 9i Tondenzen der Zwanziger Jcthre,
15, Berlin )977 3/pp 1278
26 Roymund Moyer, op.cit. pp.33 48.
27. Seiwert, 1993, p. 325 9i p. /35, iLustrofii e nr. 60
6t
28. Corne iu Michoi escu, ,,Arlo neogr-r ,in lntegral.
' 24 Seiwerl, )993 p 44O
Revistd de siniezd modernd, nr 4, 1925, pp lO I l.
29 Seiwert, 1993, pp 97lal
3O Morce oncu, ,,Arhiiecturo'in Mi;careo literora,
nr 15, 1924 p. l. ,,Azt ca si o to dcto orlislu, inluind
lrufii vcne,.imbroco horno munciloru ui si coboord in
uzlnd... , ,, nsemnoii de orid', in Conlinporanul, nr.
17. Floffmeisler Chrlsline, KUnstlerbiographier ' t :
lution und Reolismus. Revolutionctre Kunst in ) -
land l9l7 bis / 933 (Cot ) Berlin, 1979, p i-
lB See Contposifton, l9l/, ot NMAR, lnv. 2:-:,
l9 Mrhoi Drigcu,'Retrospeciives, M. ll \i:.
Artc:, no.4 5, Aprll Moy, I 971 , p 52 54
20. See Three Wonen, ol NMAR, inv l3l :
2). Wofgong Goetz, Ernsl S/ern, Berlir
Enciclopedia dello spettocolo, Romo, 1975 . , ' *
X, p.351
Pentru )984 p.27
22. Pavel,
23. Gheorghe V do, 'Mcttis Teuisch c- i
Europecn Diologue of Forms", in Ario, no .-' :-:
S-^e olsoJu o Szobo, MaltisTeutschJonos, -
'Q,- - l,
)983, Ungorische Graphik im Auslond. De.'-.' :
lqlS I933, (Cot.)Berin, l99O
25 Roymund Moyer, Dada in Zirich, Dte -.': :
die Schauplotze, Zrich, 1990, p l3-19 : i
Dodo movemenl, see o so Tondenzen der Zr'. :'- ,.
la' ,e I \ Be ir > p. l-2 /8.
26 Roymund Moyer, work reference, p 3: -:
27. Setwert, 1993, p 325 ond p. 235, LL:" :,

45, 1924 ,,Artislcrlizon crtificiu ore irel sensuri deo-
sebile cu oporenid de osemdnore ( ) ; ,,C, cdl cre
otoru stie sd fie mcri degojot, i9i poslreczo perfecti-
uneo, se feresle de obi ltali, cu oldl expresio crlisiico
este moi violentc, moi iscusrtd. Tehnicc nu ore nrmic
comun cu vrrluoziioleo 9i ortificiu . {etc.); ,,Arhitecluro
sociolc' ,in Contimporanul nr. 93 9495 I 930 ( )
,,Muncllorri lnlelecluclL si monuoli troiesc socrlficiul
indjvldului penlru lolo ilcle.. , v. sl Moricno Enoche
lYida) Morcel lancu in Rondnict, tezc de icenio,
coordonclor stiiniific prof. dr. Pou Constonlin, monu
scrls docli ogrcrflct, Blblioteco nstitutu ui de Arle
P osiice, Bucuregii, 1916.
3l . Foloslt de Mc in I 9l 3, lermenu de cubo
evici
futur sm reprezento o sintezdr crecloore inire cubism
no. 60-6 L
28 Corne iu Michoi escu, 'The Art of il-e :-
Negroes', \n lnfegrc:/, Revista de stnlezct -- .- .
no 4,1925, p. 10 1 1.
29 Seiweri, 1993, p 97l0l
30. Mcrrcel .lcrnco, Architeciure", in Miscarec - - :,
no 15, 1924 p.1 :'Todcy, iust like in the::, 5
ortisi, hoving understood lhe vcrin houghlines: :
the worker's overo ond goes down inlo il'e :: -'
"Arl Noles , \n Contimporanul, no. 45, l92L
croftsmon - orlifice, three different meonings .: :: -.
ingly simi or { ) The freer on crrlist behoves = i
he preserves his freshness ond ovords tricks, -'- *
violent cnd resourcefu hls crlistic express cr .
Technique hos noihing in common wiih vlrtL:, i.

(frogmentdri, forme geomeirice, o noud conceplie orlifice."; 'Sociol Archiieciure , in Conlintpc":-.

ih
osuprc spoiiului picturo ) si futurism (sublecie legote 0391 05 lo3o'( I ^i^a,-o cr-o -
de dinomismu vief r moderne in trmp si spotiu, in foclurer experience ihe socrifice of ihe inc', : -
h mediul urbcn si industriol, un elos rconoc ost); lhe mu titude...'; see o so Moriono Enocl-e -
ilil
Christlno Lodder,,,Russion Avonlgorde Art. from Marcel Jonro in Romania, o dlp omo thes . l
F Neo-Prlmilivism io Conslructivism', in lct Vonguardict Professor Ph D. Pou Consicntin, lyped mon-,, :r

Rusa l9a5 I925 en las Colecciones de los Museos the Librory of the Fine Arts Fcculty, Buchcresi - -
il Rusos, (Coi.) Ccncrios, )994 p 3Ol 9i noto 22; 3l As lt wos employed by Mo evici in l9l 3
Seiwert, 1993, p. 258 9\ notc: 467 of cuboJulurism represenled o synihesis r:' ::'
Jf !e wcr l o93 p 98 cubism {frogmenlolion, geomelricol forms, c -=
33 lbidem ceplion on ihe pointed spoce) ond fulursr :, -
34 ln I 924, impreund cu Andrei Vespremie si connecied to the dynomism of modern life lr - - : r
M.H Moxy, oncu deschide un olelier de orte deco- spoce, in iown ond indusiricr mi ieu, lconoc c: =
rcrllve, devenit opoi Acodemio orlelor decorolive see Chrisirno Lodder, "Russion AvcrnfGorde - -
(strodo Cimpineonu lZ). n 1926 l92B ocest crte ier Neo-Primitivism Conslruclivism", in lo Vc-:
io , :
esle condus de Mony (Atelreru lntegrolului), ior intre Ruso 1905'1925 en Las Collectiones de /c-.
-.
.
930 O35 rr oneozo .ub.o-d-. e1a6 6.-^11 6.i Rusos, (Cot.), Concrics, 1994 p 30l, onc i- :
.o S ro o otr Arle Do, o o-ve. 22; Seiwert, 1993, p 258, ond footnote /:-
35 Seiweri, 1993 pp I 13 1 15; v. si Morcel oncu, 1ee3' p eB
Arl e. rro ir Con';npo onut t. aB Q?a 33 ?;:r:;'
36. Seiwert, 1993, p 114 34. ln I 924, )anco together with Andrei Ve.: -
 , ,- utile' , in Mendion, caiel
ocum cernd subiectul
=::--rd,
.= .l puleo vorbi mci curdnd,
-. - 1.s1, o irojoe
:ro do,pouoo d ^s
-- , c:incipc si conslruclie,
- l-lre, despre ormonli si dis-
= : ccordurl du ci'. Atros de
-: : r l:omilie prietenio slo
::'e un orgumenl in pLus
-':-es spec oL penlru relolio
.,
-:,ci si orticolele. ,,T.S.F.
,-r:r s morl et 'opotre de cr
-- ll,/31 ion l925 P' 3
r:ur le m6tier' , in Punct, nr.
:otct Poris l91B).
:= -:' Mctrcel lctnco, Te Aviv,
r::l en Roumonie' , in Revue
t. i-r Serie Beoux-Aris, Tome
l :'- , in Conlimporonul
:"j
-. , noud o Conltmporc:tnului
ooo.lor. .o e . rpr'r-
'l
. \ )(o ^o {Aro,e \^.
-.-'t o:r ,,-,doCot rc
- : lrmdreo produciio me o-
, - -rno d in ropori cu senzoli
l--: si piesc: Moctrt'ea veseld,
: :vreinov, in reqro ui Sondu
-' Arlechln; {in crlte ro uri:
::, esct, Pierrol George
- '.adulescu; Moarlea - Dem.
:-:gromului de solo,,Vorbe
-:- Eiod, reprodus in Con
:) moi 1925 9i A M,
:'io noud o revistei
' ,.:oreo literc:rd, nr. 30, 6 iun.
{la. oo lo .6. .-
,i 56 mort. 1025, dedicole
:: ru ui; Seiwert, 1993,
- rg. riMo ^' lo
'--:2
r - : r ^' 1924 la Mrscc:rec: litercsrd
,-rtlcrporler -mos.aa
,. - : ore uoi st lo Conttnporanul
.' :a 1o... c fo osil conlocle e pe
- o osticji europene. Froncheleo
=:
- - .:: si Lu ul lncisiv o lui oncu.
- - -.-rB ogo, spre exemp u, inlerve
' onl o ncre de vede'e com,'
' .'^ror i.op"'" o^o-o erJ.
-' ,, )espre picturo', in Conlim
::2 p. 5.
-- 25, 6lc:n. 1923 p L Auto-
'-: eder prir fo to e'o"poio'i'
ond M. H. Moxy openeci . r:,:-r' .: r'- : -
which wos lo become lhe De::':'.: -- rr- -
(ot 1Z Compineonu Street)' :-: -: - : -: ..,
wos run by Moxy (The Siuc : -i -'=: : .- =
beMeen 1930 1933 lt wos rL-r- c. -- :r--- r- : -:
he Deco ot re A, S-rd o
35 Seiweri, 1993, p. II3I i ::: r:: .r--=
Conttmpcr:', -,. ':
-1.'
Jcrnco, 'Archileciure , rn
36. Seiwert, 1993, p 1 14
3/. Morcel .lonco, Usefu Notion. ' 'r;-.1s'16i61
volume 8, I 935, p 9 : 'About polni ng since ihe
subject hos become o secondcry one, we shou d
to k with lhe music dlctionory, speo[ing of the tunlng
of the moior cnd minor co our, rich chromctics, hord
cnd elegioc vcr ues, os we os of the moin motif cnd
construction, rhythm omd ctono expressions, hor-
monles cnd dissoncces, stridenl ond sweel chords.'
His fondness of music, fovoured by his fom ly mi ieu,
his c ose friendship with Cloro Hoski , ore reosons to
subslonliole.lcnco s crciuo inleresl in the re otionship
bet*ee^rr. o dpo.r -^g
3B lie resumed o so some of his orticles: I S F
nr- Diclogue eftre e bourgeois morl it 'opolre de lc vle
nouvele", in Punct no I I,Jonuory 3l, 1925 (doted:
lonuory l9l B); "Pour le melier , tn Puncf, no I 3,
Februory l4 1925 p l (dcied Pcrls 191'8)
39. See Morce L. Mende son, Morcel .lc:nco, Ie
Aviv, 1962
40 Mihoi spir, L'Art Deco en Roumonie, in Revue
Roumcrn d'Histoire d'Art' Serie Becux Arts, Tome
XXV 198/ p. 69 83
4l Morcel -lonco, 'Colour' , \n Conlimporanul, no.
73 )927
42 I6e new orl demonslrolion ol Contrmporanul,
May 28, 1925, al the Populor Theotre, including
N D. Coceo's eclure (The C d ond the New Ad), o
music recrtol performed by Corinc Sfeteo (o kind of
music lhot no longer lnsisled on the me ody, but on ihe
pure tonol vo ue reloied to ihe sensciions produced
by dlssononces), cs wel os o ploy, A Joyful Death, a
\. \ horlequinode by Nrcoloe Evreinov, directed by
Sondu E iod, o stoge-direcior ond ocior {ihe Florele
pp quin). The other cclors were Li i Rcrdu escu crs
Coombino, George Domion os Pierrol, oon Rodulescu
os the Doclor, cnd Dem Consfonl p cryino the Deoth
pcrt. See olso the text of the progromme, ,,Words
behind the curtoin", written by Sondu E iod, pubLlshed
in Confinporonul, May 26 29 1925, and A M The
New Arl Demonsirolion of the Contimporonu [nogcr-
zlne , in Mi5cctreo Literara, no. 30, lune 6, )925 p.
2. For the coslume prolects see o so Conlimporonul,
no. 55-56, Morch 1925 (two issues dedicoled lo c n
emcr ond iheotre), Serwerl, 1993, p. 3ll 344
43 Sergiu Don, ' llomoge to Morce Jonco', n
Faclo, February B )932 p 2
44. n 1924 Fe ix Aderco initioted al Mrscoreo lilerora
the fcrsh on of interviews ossocioled with the portroil ol
lhe lnterviewee. .lonco iook ii over in Conltnporctnul,
ond for lhe column At.. he used his personol relotions
co cr Holocoustului; v. s Eriopo, Europa. Dc:s wor ld , ore -p :o lne d: u ::ot odvorc-
Jahrhunderl der Avonigctae in Mittel - und . F^ po n [OOo ' oroc'i .o o I le ooo .

C .-o opa (( o ) Bo, 'rt :lo. ? t ' 243 work of orl, eic., os ll wos lhe ccrse of Lucic' ,

47. ll o sr expus cu Mcs: mo Compig i v Eugen d jscussion, for insionce).

Crociun, Grupul Arto Nouo, ,,llnll, forme, cu ori" 45. Morce .lcnco, 'Cn Poiniing', ln Con' ^ .
ll- poz,'o Mo . -o 'o-rp,g ' M'.-o Pelo - no.102,1932,p5
Mcrcel loncu) in Adevorul, 2l dec 1932; pentru 46. Confimporanul, no. 25, June 6 1923
i: -
tendinle e egote de nou closicism in orio think thot the se f portroit oniicipoles, by lhe -
'-
romernecscdt v. si Locncr V ostu, ,,Lo Peinlure roumci crecttive exosperalion of express onist orloi'
ne des onnees 20 et es debcris culour de o trodl- o. p6r e1 . o l e -o occl. .'. \a^ r apc
l!on , in Revue Roumoine d'Histoire de l'Art, Serte Aa . .oP,t 6e 4t6nQo ae i' M'^l-,
Beoux-Arfs, Tome XlX, )982 \ ), Tome XXll, l9B4 (Coi, Bonn, 1944 p 215243).
(ll), Buccrrest ,l925, 47 l1e exlblied together with Mossimc -
48. v. MNAR Conslc'n/ln Brancu$t, inv. ^^ I rq^r C o. ur .ro h^ \^,v A,, C
9370, Tudor Arghezt 1925 inv 937 l, Max 'o ^ Co o :' (Mos ( onp qli - \'
lctcob, tnv 9372, v. si lnlegrol, nr. l, 2, 1925, cu - Morce .lonco Exhlbition) in Adevc'-
Expozilio refrospectivd M.H Moxy (Coto og), 6er 21 , 1932', for lhe lendencies of ne', -
Bucuresti, 1965 in lhe Romonlon ori. see olso oonc :
49 j l9B I - Bucuresti 1965),
Henri Donie (Botoson Peinture Roumo ne de Annees '2a e: =
p o' qcio o ootc ro oPo.oB^'l't cuiour de Lcr Trodltion", in Revue Roumc '
Poris Er[une dln I92 I (cu M ll. Moxy lo soo de I'Art, 56rle Becux-Arls, Tome XlX, I 98 -
Mozort), la Conilmporanul dar si lo So oone e 1984 (l I ), Buccrest.
XXIL,
Cficrc e de Desen $i Grcvurd A fost redoctor orlistrc 48. See NMAR Conslanlin Brdncusi
o presl qiocrsei revjste Artct si Tehnicct Grafica 937a, Tudor Arghezi, 1925, tnv 937 I

l%7 l*9) unde o qireolizot cron cd p crsticc si o inv.9372, ond lntegrol, no l ond 2 192.-
a p e7^ rv 04 e^a -go rri l- sr ^ .,e/.-iD ol o- M. t Mo,1 {Co-) B ' : -
.0.A Pobo op.'Aot -oeM;loDo-o ro 49
-063lHenri DcnieL (b Bolosoni, 1891, :
suni ominlili: A. Brolcrsecnu, C. Michollescu, H. *o. o po.r ^r o1d d ouqL - ro - :.

Doniel, M.ll. Moxy, Merico Rdmnjceonu, Lucic pup ^r " oi^o r' B" l i ond Po,'
Bcrlocescu (Demeiriode), Corne ro Boblc (Donre ), ^.ribrod {r M. !. Mo, La o. M.:
Brerncusr. Peniru Mi lto Pdlrogcu, v. 9i Simonc Nistor, Ca. -pa o.r o, d cr.o o O" . ,

Milila Patro;cu, Bucuresti, l 9/3
51. C Poncitescu, ,,Azi ne vorbesle cup u de cubls
li Morcel loncu Mllilo Potroscu' ,in Fcscla, l7 marl.
'l934,
Petru Comornescu, ,,Mrlilo Potroscu 9i Morcel
crncu, o lovdrirsle orlisiico' ,in Arta;i Cnul nr.9 I l,
moi 1934, p 153 Pentru desenele picturole, mor-
cote de conlur pronunlot, v. ;i desenele of oie in
coleci o MNAR
52 Mililo Pdlroscu o scuLptol, spre exemplu, bos
Drowlnqs crnd Engrov ngs". He wcs ihe c--
ond director of the prestioious revlew A'-:
Gro{ico (Grcph c Art cnd Techn quei. -
where he wos ihe crl columnisl cnd o so c -:
wings ond book blndlngs
50. A. Robot, quot Aport from Mi ilo Pa"
orllsts were menlioned, such os: Al. B,a,
Michoilescu, ll. Doniel, M. ll. Moxy, lr' :.
ceonu, Iuclc Bolocescu (Demelriode), C:--= :

ore lefLrl monlot o inlroreo imobrlulul dln sir. Hristo
Botev 34.
53. H Blozicn, ,,P osiico lo Dcrl es A 4-o expozifie
o grupuLui Conlimporonu ' ,in Adevdrul lilerc:tr si orlis-
/ic, l6febr. 1936
54. Andrei Plnti ie, ,,Elemente penlru o redescoper re
cr lul Corneliu Michdllescu I , in S/udii si Cerceldri
de lstorict,Arler, Ser o Arlo p oslico, Ion 26, 1979,
(DoreIBc'.u.to Ml'oPot o'.r c-
Nistor, Mili/o Pdlrctscu, Bucurestl, I 9/3
5I C Ponoiiescu, "Todcry the pcrir cr -:
MorceL lonco Mililo Peircscu specrk tc :
Morch I 7 1934 Petru Comcrnescu, ,r'r - '
ond Morcel .]onco, on ortrslic portnersf :
Onul lArt crnd Mon), no 9 I l, Mcy ::-
For lhe pictoriol drowings chorocterizec : . -

p 89 116 ine, see o so lhe drcwrngs n ihe co ::'

55. v MNAR, inv. 9906, 9914 si Repertoriul (l 984) NMAR
nr.6624,6632. 52. Mililo Polrogcu scu pted, for inslcr': -

56 Jccques Cosiin, ,,Arlo ui Morce lcncu, in mounied ot lhe enlronce of the bulldinc :' -
Contimporonul, nr.26, l3 ion 1923 p 4 Botev Slreet.
57. Facla, B febr. 1932 p l2: ,,Ciiiiorij 9j orto lui 53 H B ozron, Fine-Arts ol the Dc .,
Morce oncu lslorie l"; Facla, 15 febr. 1932 p 3. Exhibrtion of the Contimporonu Grou;r
,,Scrijtorii si orlo ui Morce oncu; Morce oncu. onl lileror si ortistic, Fe\ruary I 6, 1936
motoru 54 Andrei PrniiLie, E ements for lhe R: -,
Corneliu Michoiescu", ln Studii si Cerce ':
I

58. Poul Slerion, ,,Morce of cu sou Al Gozo r ol pic

lurlr ,'in Vremeo, l4 febr. 1932. Autoru se refera Arlei serlo Ario Plcsljco, Tom 26, 1979 : -'
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r r. ,-a oe linoleum, 1931, linocul, 193I,
Contimporonul, no lOlrr
-: -' npotonul, nr. 1 O l /
::: I ?3 l, p. 5, Dec. 1 93 1, p. 5
'. ,ueu Lllerolurli Romdne, The Museum o[ Romon]on
: - rr-^-sil Lllerolure, Buchoresl
$#&$trw#ffids
 cAtzvn Prin imoginofie creoloore si implicore eniuzrosld,
CONS'DERAIll Morce] loncu o morccl eloco pe core o iroversolo
PP.'V'ND EVOLUI'A prin creclio sc ce poote I importito in lre periocde:
sfrLtsfrcA ceo o nihi ismului extrem o cnllor Dodo de la Zurich,
A P'CTUP." ceo cr
'in Romonic
onimdrii grupctrii de ovonqcrdd Conlimporonul
LU' si ceo o cngoibrii in rencsierec vletii ortis
MAR.CEL TANCU lice din lsroel, incununcio de deschidereo Muzeului
,N PER.'OADA .lonco Dodc, in 1983, lo Ein Hod.
Atmosfero Dcdo, lecfio gestului dezinvo i, core ldso
I 922-t 940 ociu ul orlrslic dep ino iibertote, i-ou inrdurit peniru
inireogc viold, i-ou creol o siore de spirit de core nu
Dana Herbay: vo dori sd se indepdrieze niciodold oceec de c
coulo. mereu, ls g 6xperimenlc, de o fugi de cllgeu.
SOME O culluro so ldo si o energre neobisnuildr ou slol lc
bczo unei oclivitoii dinomtCe si pluridisciplinore. Cul-
R.EINAR.KS
luro ic oferil mdsuro orgumentului 9i pulerec reflectdrii,
ON f'IE SrYLISIIG -1 e gio o do
EVOLUf'ON 'o'so de o- veo^o p oie t^le p,.-
zOnd viofo. A inteies cd din orice otoc virulenl nucrnfc
OF 'pSe o ,,OOrrr OrO-ae aO, ,e5Op, CA\O 1
MAP.CEL TANCO'S ioc, ostfel cd s-o mcrnlfestot cJ un e emenf de echi ibru
PA'NflNE inir-o grupore orlisiico ccre foloseo cuvdntul coroziv
BETWEEN oslenlolio verbcrld
,si
t 922-t 940 ln c ecrtio spiriluo o nu exisld decol experienlo core
dev e T b.' rO rtl,>O,-C p,tirrO^JT ..,O
loncu in 193 I . S-or puleo spune co oceosto per-
pelud experimenlcre, ocecsia nelinisle c cduldrii este
emb emc octivitdiii sole orlisllce.
in 1922 oncu se inloorce c Bucuresti. se cr dturc
curond lui lon Vineo, o conducereo revislei Con-
fimporanul , ior in decembrie isi deschide o expoziiie
p".o olo.D^'lo nr edp--o',6r6riearp eo,,-
ci lusese o reollzote inoinlec intoorcerii lc Bucuregii,
nO ., e rorl ti-L-i'e O- , o,e evo-O po, OrO e .,
locuri din slrcrinolcte. Se pore cd expoziiio s-o bucu-
de succes, doco ludm in considerore mcriuriile din
rcrt
epocc. D. l. Suchionu scrio in 1923: ' Di Morce
oncu, pictor.ubisl, reprezinld moniero (.) pentru
, ore o'bicu po e o o oto o ocl'c o.e prAte-. cr '
rlo-1Ol oeseir O,osi d^M.t-.Mo,) ra aTtt .
I 93 I , cond ofirmo cd expozilio o ovul succes de
pub ict.
in creotio din perioodo )922 l94a cdnd crctiviiotec
sc se desfdsoord 'in RomOnio, se pot dlstinge douo
olooe -eo oF po,o ,p e t9)/ o^ 6 l6,qo oi .po.i-
b iore srir r-co c , r-c Cr" , c por -. Crsi-n toi r'^ a-0.
muiui, fie futurismu ui, fie expresionrsmu ui sou con-
siruclivismului {ocestc din urmo fiind, de ollfe, cureniul
suslinui de revislele Conlimporanul si Punct cdrora
loncu e-o dot substonto ortislicd si orientore estetico)
si o elopo in core expresiviloleo deline rol principo,
p i- occe--.o'ao on por orreio' \'z-o e .F .7,/aro:v
dir pule,oc de r poc o 'r 'ei .i d 1 al e qi6 , ro- to
. Punct magcszines, lo which Jonco conferred otiisli:
lu orie reoizo'e oo'ro.p'e so',-r dlocor i.lr'o
lreileo sunl lucrari cerebro e, severe, din core esle
o ungoto orce inlerpreiore ncrlurolisld. Voinicr de con
strucfie, oso cum remorco Lucion Blcrgo/, referindu-se
lo lucrdrile lui Morcel loncu expuse lJexpozilio inter-
Morce .Jonco morked the oge he llved in due to his
1o6114 -ggir O, o. Ord ep I r.6, , lp, CCr ior.
. l^. aolo1. I. a
.l c^ Oc iod. , 01 Otr 10'r cO
tirst one is chcroclerzed by the exlreme nihilism of
ihe Dodo yeors n Zur ch; the second one nciudes
his oclive poiiicipoiron cs onimolor ol lhe Conlin-
poronulovonl gorde group in Romonio, ond finol y,
his conlribution lo lhe revivc of sroe's orlisiic rfe,
crowned by the opening of the Jonco Dodo Muse-
um ot Fin llod tn 1!83.
The Dcdo clmosphere, the esson of the [ree qes
' re lo Qovc 'orol 'esle, to lte or .i "oc
morled him ol through his ife ond creoled thot
irome ol mind thot he never obondoned; indeed he
never ceosed lo secrch, lo experimenl ond flee the
'te.
A solid culture, on unusuo enerqy under oy his
dynomic ond mullidisciplinory octVity. l-Jis culiure
o'owec 1'"r o ,,a oJlo o glrer rs g1 | gl o,-7E
judgements, wht e his vito ity gove him the chonce to
)e^ | s oto e, rs 'u-- I to ^ot t es. Vo' u cool te
lr do 'rood Ior ory v .l^r r ot-o.'[ wo, oeroio o
nucrnce ond thot once you deny somelhine vou
need io provide somelhing e se rnslecrd Th"us'he
ocled os o bolcnce foctor in on orlisiic ctrouo wh ch
'5eo oerploy.o a lF,vo,cr\or ouo6'o, olouodo
W It l- ^olr o .p'i 1sl r.s6t6p e"ly ^.6s ,.
e rc ;g6'191 e) ^ ore o, ess o con - on oood'
Jo' co w o'^ ,r , 03 I . We .o ld n oi. o;r ,ior thi.
perpeluc slote ol erperimeni, ihis inexhousiible pur
.,i >tfeeTbi^r o n. o-l sl r o uty
n l992.lonco ccme bock lo Buchcrest. l-Je soor
ioined lon Vinecr in the editoriol sioff of the Contim.
poranul mogozine_ ond in December opened cr
one-mon show. Cf course, mony of the works he
exhiblted hod been ochieved before his return tc
Buchoresl, os their tiiles, thot recolled choroclers
ond ploces poinied io. f we loke into occount the
per od evidence, lhe show wos successfu . D.
,1923:
Suchicrnu wrole in Mr Morce Jonco, c
cubist, represenls the monner [or whrch tiie pub ic
5ee' Io ho* .ore p e-trter 6a' Jl'' ' Lo ro,or :
o so conlirmed oter by M H Moxy in 193 l, whe-
h^ ,lo'e -no -.rtr ezn,o ' o. s i-co ,.f, . o ( c
^o5
ering lhe greol number of visitors:'.
ln his works creoted between 1922 1940, when he
works in Romonio, lwo periods con be identifiec
The first one losts until oround the yeor 1927, anc
. onp 5es wo L s .nr, r"cc, 11 -or g r,o-n cub .-
9,r
lo conslructivism (lhe otte.
tuturlsm eroressionism,
bo'ng o lol,y.rq'oir-d oy l^c Conrimpo,roru o,
,
subslonce ond oestheiic orienloiion); the one.
be onging lo lhe second one ore morn]v expressive
emphosising the visuol components thoi resuli frc-
Ite oo,ve I r irrpoc' olle .o or d ,re a.1e gy :
CO OUTS.

::- iTporro'r revi-e in ei (ore
--;-oest v fo'^re sinp iI cote si
=--- cczuri, dupo 1 935, cdnd rlf-
The works achieved by the end of the thtrd decode
ore cerebrol ond sober; ony kind of noiurollsi inier
pretolion being bonished. Wriiing obout Mcrcel
lonco s worl's erhibited crt the Contimporonul tnler
nolionoL exhibition |rom 1924, Lucion Blcgo' noted
the wil to conslruclion, where the specific dotc of
noture ore reinlerpreled of on obstroct eve of fhe
essence ond synthesis involved", os we los the con-
cise expression with its powerfu impoct, driving him
iowords o su.ggestive, formo elementqriness. The
concise plostic expression mecns cre we ded with
the invenliveness of the interploy of shopes, the
geometrized shcpes oitolning the purificotion in the
orimorv c-olours.
L uer ii ,re wo l.s wlere re s'o-ls l'orr phy.ico
doic, cs it hoppens wfh the portroits, the o'ccute
wi to constructing with hord, well indivuduo ized
plons is obvious,
The freedom of expression, lhe primocy of lnvenlion
in lhe creqtive cct ore morl,ed by the stormy yeors
spenl in Zurich, when lonco possed through rodicol
ortislic experiences, os thot of the cbstroct re ief, the
co lcge, the compositions in which simp ified
shcpet were dis'o'ed os ir co,rg-r i'r o o wl- rrpoo.
Ar'e' sore yeo s l-e pic L ed -hese exp oro iors
ogoin 1n o period orticle by H. Blozion5, published
\n 1926, we con reod thot in the exhibition opened
lhot yeor Jonco c so showed collcAes. Although
the ortic e hos o hoLf-mocking tone, the informction
is re evonl os to the recurTence of some o der pre-
occupotions: 'A metol frome or o thin boord, o
piece of newspoper glued lnside on inI outine,
p eces or lnro l ol d l'e'erl co oLrs ove-loppirg
some exqlisi e . (. ) lhi' is re tl-e' ort r or
sprowling shopes,"t nor njlxed pcint thot won I let
y'ou g ress tre objer-. ror 'rpL-ls u ty of ,ropes'.
Sunnirq .p these ,ero-ks ord sor" lr'lIe no es
from other 1wo crrtic es on the exhibition, we con
get o g impse of ihe oesthelicol diverslty of the
works exhibiled then; some weTe "sti I expression
ist", whlle others "pure constructions"u or 'obslroci
po ^r ^g (C W Cisel. ) Dling rhere yeo's l-e
rellr^ed to'l^e poir led re' eI oo, os l'e co ologle
of the 1927 exhiltrton shows The frogi ify of the
techniques or lhe qrt collectors fecr oi loslng lhe
col oges ond the poinled reliefs of the 1 92Os they
possess, mokes it impossibi e to hcve them present-
ed right now.
By the end of the third decode, Morcel Jonco s cre-
oiiu" flnds its own solid pcth, very much
-o exp essio- sr. tron -l'e p ostc Lorg oge
c osed"nergy
po rt oI view ve i s co^ten- s se- Itee of'he po rt-l
iood ol d"rpoit or-o rorew-ol or;ppeo wi I good-
heor'eo 'ory. l-i, g'v -g rp he forrrol r goLr s
immediotey felt ln the enrichment of the themotic
oreo: londscopes, of which some retoin the sugges-
r'or oI 'he ploce wt le o'l e'5 ore i-roginc y ('l
moke my own Sevi lo in my bedroom', the ortist
scid in 1930); lnleriors, still llves, compositions with
mu dinomic o liniilor trcnsformdr imogineo intr-o ode-
vorotdr horic hcrsuroto de lrcrsee energeiice, criistu
lronspundnd ceec ce sustinuse si teoretic: 'or1o nouo
urmdresle iniensltoteo prin or ce mllloc ''.
Merno exersoio o orhiteclu ui se simie ioi iimpul crtoiin
disiribuireo echi ibroto o elementelor pe suprcfofc
toblou ui cdt si in modul de sti izore cr deto ii or de pe
L "dc ( or
-t de c ooi ^oo e I eroiic
'. J
Exersoreo dln domeniul figurotivu ui il seduce oiot de
mu t incol din ce in ce rnoi des creeozd tcrb ourl in
core sugereozd insisient ceo de-o treio dimensiune.
Se disting, din punct de vedere o schemei compozi-
lonoe, compoziiLe cu grupuri de personcie core
sunt plosole in p on opropiot, deiosdndu-se pe fun-
doluri cu crhilecturi redole precum in' indicolli e
scenogrofice.
-tgo de e e e FS-e ooses,o or e L-o oproope i-i
o ucrore nu seomdnd cu ceololto. n une e. defor-
.incoi
morlle suni olot de
puiernice persono je e
imbroco un cspeci oproope corrcoluro , ior in o le e,
figuro umono dego o sereniiote sou grovilole, dcr 9i o
interogolie deznodo jduito Foio personoie or este
lrolotd odesec in bund lrodllie expresionisid cc o
mcrscd, dor existo qi tcblouri in core individuo izcrreo
fizionomico este cdulalo. Modul de stllizore
cminteste uneori de Picosso, olteori de Korl Schmidt
Roitluff, dupo cum se pol depisto usoore simililudini cu
creofio lui M. H. Moxy sou Corne iu Michollescu, dor
loote ocesteo co vcgi oluzii, co vind invo untord gi
Fotogrolie de o vernisoju une
expozii a ri M. lcncu sl
M. Polrc;cu
Photogroph from the opening
of one of M Jcnco ond
M Pdlroscu exhibitions
groups of choroclers, country life scenes ond even
virfuosifies of the type ptclure within piclure. fhe
inventiveness of his imogery did not poss unnoiiced
,l930,
by h s coniemporcries ln referring io the col
leclive exhlbition orgonized during lhot yeor, D
Mihol worte o wel -tnformed orticle, reveo ing th .
ospect: "No crllsi disploys such omple meons ihc
encble him lo evoke cnd moterio ize hls ideo u
The imoge is dominoled by the llne which trcrces
.ly o^o oo Jo- y 5 r p il eo o1o e) p ess /e
" go'or
d^fo red rl ope" ol"r Q3 > tre e ore \o^ e
lnslonces when ihe dyncrmic rhythm of llnes trons-
forms lhe imoge lnlo o true mop, hotched by ene'
gelic roules. Moreover, the ortist lrcnsposes his lhe
ories ln his pointings. 'the new crt seeks for inlensii,.
by cny possib e meonst.'
The orchiiect s exper enced hcnd is felt oll the time
in the bclonced distribulion of elements on the su-
foce of ihe pointing, os well os in lhe woy he siy ,
izes the bcrc[ground deioi s (ines of buildlngs re.
d^red d,oqro-nr otic o y)
His exercise in the field of the fiouroilve seduces h .
ihot much thoi he creoies rorE ond more p ciure:
where he conspicuous y suggesls the third dime-
sion. From the point of view of lhe compositionc
sketch, lhere cre composilions wilh groups of cho',
oclers p oced in lhe fore p cn, ogornsi orchileclurc
bockgrounds rendered os in lhe scenery indicc-
lio n s.
Hls wish lo escope lhe recrpe becomes on obses-
sion, cnd so you connol find one wor[ to resemb e
onolher. Flowever, in some works ihe distorlions o.e
so striking lhot ihe chcrrocler becomes olmost cc'
coturo, whi e in oihers the humon fcce expresse:
sereniiy ond grovity, cnd olso hopeless inierroec-
ilon. The foce of the chorccter is ofien lreoted cs:;
-'ro5oLe 1l c good e.pte \ior i)- -roo loi o.'
lhere cre 'olso pictures where lhe physiognomicc
-d v dLo izolor s sorgh lo Tre wo, or :lyl ,,ci .
someiimes reminds Picosso s or Kor Schmidt Rc
I I wo L s iq. .ir io i-ies wil- M -l Mo,) -
Corneliu Michoilescu s worI cou d be o so lounc
but lhey crre iusi vogue o usions, involuntory orl
inherent errors ol on eye senslb e to everyth r:
re oro 9 'l'e ol-rospl-e e or l'^ oge.
By the end of lhe l93Os, Morce Jonco s picture.
.tow ot - 'l '-o.ob e rouo I o p clJ e)qJtr o- :
wni I ro ir 'e ao\' .lolo^ ou' looo"o r,^ '
burlesque occenls. The inspirotion is loken from ii-:
ethnico e emenl but ihe ploslic octuo izclion
wor ds crwcy from lhe lrcdiiiono inler:pretcrtron :
such sublecls lt is worth noiing thoi in this peric:
Morcel -lonco iluslroted on Borbu s ond Moie ,
Co ogio e , bool h".e wr'trr ware i',ly | ^ '".
rrp/e7p', of -re deep oye. " or I e Bo Lor roo ti.
Such specific colours cou d be deciphered in Mc-
cel orco po'r ^9s 'eo e5F'r 'rg -riqle orte.rp.
r he Dororior pc r- rg. I r lrer-ro e i h . o-
.onto-r ,l . ho ce o' . rb e. -, ro'r r^ wo-lo
 E ilu Jct ) u tc Le Drotnets/ none ol the Komonicn cc --:-:
=l_ l
Iil eq sTteczo
ilmi* _ -:--:^-^ii
-, :^ror Jonco's monneT.
-u,r . -r:'. 1930, tob ourile lui Mcrce oncu Tl^e .olorr oecomes even TTore ir-e-s= :.-:. :--:.
lilf,it';r:: - ::.lcre inconfUndcbi]o, un piloresc COre nu 'r'g,t[e vig-r-ous eflecl of rre poir-' ^g. - . :::. .. :
x:r'? :: :.:':.;-d. i.co co , I o roto de bu esc. r,pi- or d cbs t oc" ono T iqr ocrco
r:r1r : :---::-: de lo elemeniul elnic, dor reolizorecr f rgere rolesco o .iql-ty ro-ices in
c. J.. -_ : l .r-
r,ffi :t =.:- .adit deportcio de modul-de interprelore ished in 1932 The o.svcholooie.l mcir-. c:
psychologicol mcjc:s ^i,--
'-e
r$;- _ -: .: ,^cr osemeneo sublecle. 5i nu este lntom_ s(ole ore'l e wr'ie oo>rrowed [on the
rowed from .< r,;e
rli- c\
tl-e c. ]ye. <:
JrLr:ir: -: -- :cecstd perioodd Morcel loncu reo]izo lime, ond the incondescent red, filled wiih t;s's_o
Lrlir r' :r . : -'nelor unor ouiori co lon Borbu scrU gestive power. Alihouqh they do noi cjomincie
rir* r'i _ ---^- oie, ccesri roscolitori oi stroruri or pro_ quontitciively, their d stribution over the pcinieC
' 'r' :tili l : -::'iei bolconice. C ostfel de culoore por- si.;r.-
toce turns them inlo conspicuous co ours thot soften
r.:. :r-: ,-:-:-ieo descrfro gi in tcblourl e lui Morce lhe l6lgl- le5s o--ne o o.L l rf e s--orq or i ,res lro;
iilr,i, : u - _=-:tri'e unicd in picluro romdneoscd. De
g ve dynon ic ond v,'o. -nytrr Io the cor- pos ior;
rin*,-:-:r ' :lid ordine de idei, nonconformismul scu blr e s rever obse"t. ln 'on o.-ic,e puo. shed in
I :-- r =:: sJbiecle din lumec bordelurilor nu esle ']934, Petru Comornescu, commenline on
lonco s
- i ,.':- := - ci un olt plctor romon. knowledge to hondle the coiours, "suggestively
- . _ =t ::. ine si eo moi intenso, intdrind efectul nomed him "on orchiieci of the Ighl ,, JoiJo s uoy-
il! :,- I -1. cului. Eo este "spirituolo si obslrocld,' si oge in the Mtddle Eost in lq3B is
immedrorely
. = - : ::- ce dersd, cot ir et:o' ooservo cL i r5lo reflected in his pointincs, both in the chromotic
r':.. : _-::r lonescu'' lnfr-un orlicol din 1932 exu-
beronce, neveT met before, ond in their themes.
: . = = :l I ogiLe ole gore sur o b.l ,r,r,'.o , These works, evoking his impressions Irom this voy-
^
* .:- :: :: :in vorul zidorulu si rosui lncondescent, oge were exhibited in .l939, lhe yeor of loncois
. : ::r= ,, outere de evocore; desi contiloliv ele nu o,- err'b'l on o gor izeo r Roro-
ir: - -' -:oul or de dislribuire pe suprofcfo - l'e >ome .rrense exp ess ve1es5 . o..lo,oc.el 7e) n s
rn'fi : - - :
j:ce
sd fie cee moi sesizobtle ctenuond wor.( ole, h s serl ing oow.r .r s-oel n s > y ,sl c
:r , t:t -::ru ui din conturufl e holordle core dou evo ulor sunni-g -ro. if re rosoec,ively' considereo,
'rjrr"- : - l- : s vilo
compozifiei 9i o olbostru ui core nu ' cce5s ve o'sril.o io'rs o-d r ot spli oro.es. Unlc,r
rrrli,q,'i ::-l3pe niciodold. Referindu-se lo cceosid turo-ely 're wor(s c.eoleo of,erlgZO cor'd rol
- : :- -: osire o culoli, Pelru Comornescu, inlro be ourd or d so rone rlerT
ir;ir
of wos exr'bi.ed r lhis
r .i :r :,: cotd in 1934,i consideroin mod suoes exhibttion.
',, - :'- -::- cl luminii"rr. Co otorio pu .oru o fi." From lhe greoi number of pooes wr lten oboul
.r

" - =--- -c'opiol in 1938 se vo resimfi imediot in cel Jonco we hove selecieJo few Mqr-
froqments ihot
i, . : :l otdt printr-o exubercnfd cromolico we'ro.lgl^t i - gl t Co:r 50^re ,qr ove:l^is s.u,is,ic
',rr: i--t -'- ponc olunci in picturo so col si lemoiic, er,oluiion F s wo-1, wo, p.cisJd .or
:': = =.::dnd impresii din ocecsio calotorie fiind
o.lv r rr,e
-ogoz tes of ll-o ouor l-qoroe qro rp, oJl orso i,t
'r,rr r-: - ?39, onul uliimei expozifii pe core loncu
-
newspopers ond mogozines of dlfierenl oriento-
-: . ;:' zeazd i^ Pono.o. tions. Thls is indeed onother focet ol the complex
- : -==:. expresivitote intensd vo corocterjzo e olorsl-ip ol 'ne o r;sl wi-f lre,rle lectro'r. e ,or
.-r.-: r :r :-pd stobilireo in lsroe], evolutro sc stilis thoi, time; thus his iies wenl beyond the restroined
'.l-C.
': : + . - :ezuri docd privim relrospeciiv, distilori suc- c r. ie ol cvon qo'de o'-is., ri: ron e ee,-i-q or
- -Q4a inire foze. Din pocote, lucrori reoli- urr,c-oIoo e ,e.oTor ce. !oweve . c]Je 16 |."ioli
i:-: -. -: r.
n r oL pJ'u depisto e pertru o -i 'col t osl-", lre,ed oy n" ,"r.'r, ];; v"-."f
i n::--:-: ^' eXpOzifie. Jonco decided to emiqrote "^ lo lsroel. His ":,
vilol nolure
- - r ieo oog,r ilo, core s oL 5c" c -r epoCo l'e]oeo ri'n s-o'l o.e* o.d -ore lp to ne.eeo^-
i-: I : . :-:el lo'cJ re-on lezJ.lo door'o cc+evu slruclion of the ortistic ife in lsroe
l-: -: - s ou porut co o juto ]o c]orificoreo unor hopes were eve_nlucrl y fulfil ed TheHis efforls cnd
ortists' co ony
r-;+:-: ::cte de evolulio stilisticd. Articolele elc, he founded in Ein Hod mode his life-time
I - r,- r, "oporul nu numoi in revistele grup*lil" oboui lhe crlistcroftsmon come true. He wosdreorn oble
r : ::-:: :i si in zicre 5i revisle de orientdri diverse. to open his own exhibltions; monogrophies were
i-,= - :-::sro o fcletc o re ofii]or comple^e o]e oriis- wrliten on hrs work, ond os rrpr"r""ho'roce
, - - -:l - intelectuol o vremrl, re oiii ce deposesc ro l-i. oc .v. y ol p or^e',rg oro os o coro y"s irooid
-
: - - -.1 ;r-' re5,ro1s ol or,irli''o. oe ovonqc.oo. lield, fhe Jonco-Dodo Muieum wos opened crt Ein- n.s

copoto.e o euo.rolo i.rco"furdob,lo.

-, r- : -:J- .ct)za iensiunilor politice creote de fortele
Hod in 1983
4ri i*:-l Vorcel oncu io hotororeo de o emigro in Belween 1922 l94O Jonco port cipoted verv often
. - n - . :-erg.o . ore -o coroc-e- zo-, o pora io ,a into the exhibitions, either logether with the mem-
' -. ----'. -eclddireo vieiii crtistrce in sroel. lor elor-
ber' ol rl-e g'oup (ros'ry wi I Mi lo pd-ros.- 'ne
| : : r.:'ontele nu i-ou romcs ne'implinile. Colonic ess) o' c o1e wl i6n, et coL-,se tesrilies lor u
"curpt
orllsilco ole corel 6aze e cr pus c Ein Hod io'imp init
visul de o vicrtd: ce ol orlrslu ui oriizcrn. s deschide
expozitii, I se dedlco monogrof i, ior co supremd c n
slire cdusd octivitoiil soLe de pionierot si on molor, se
deschide Muzeu Jcnco Dcdc, o Fln llod, ln 1983.
in perioodo crni or I 922 l94A crncu c ovul foorie
multe porticipori expozilionole, fie oloturl de membr
grupcrii, fle subsioniiole expoziii personole (ce e mci
mu le impreund cu scu plorifo Mi ilo Pdlroscu), ceeo
ce, deslgur, olestdr o bogoto productie ortisticcr (cco.
3OO lucrcri de p ciuro) Dinire ucrorlle reo izole 'in
oce oni nu mu le moi pol fi ostdzi recupercrle, ior lden
iificorecr tiluri or originore ridlccr probeme deocrece
fontezic ortislu ui s c rdrsfrdnt gi csupro tituloiuril
lob ou ui. Compozifii crporflnond perioodei de severi
lcle geomelriccr purtou 'in ccioooge lturi precum
I'lctturd noud, Forme potrivnice elc., ior pe m-rsuro
obo dcrrii unui reperlor u lemotic moi Clestor cu
)arg.
ilat, de l-no faeme .,let Ltale ltJ le tnod nr oro\ /e
elc., ceeo ce foce risconid otr'buireo, crzi, o unul tillu
sou cr oluic. Tot greu de stcbilit este si doloreo
ucrdrj or, gtiuto filnd opetenfo cu core Morcel loncu
.incer-
se ldsc furcl de experimenl, ceec ce fdcec cc
cdrrl mcrl vechi scr fie re uote pesie oni. ldeecr de o s
clctdi un stil ii ero sirdind, co oricdrui crlisi cvongordisf,
oncorot infr-un prezenl pe core 'i dioto fobulos,
refuzdnd lreculu si ignorond viiioru . Ceeo ce erc
.in
importonl 'in octu crlistic conslc ipostozlereo unei
noi modcr itcrtl de figurcre c gondului gl nicrdecum exe-
cuioreo unui lob ou finit, in sens lrodilioncr . De oceer-r,
dorinlo de o resiitul ozi dupo criterli siricie o ociivltcle
dlnomicd hronito de o ostfel de otiiudlne 'intompin-
greuioii, ior orice sursd lrebuie uotd in considerore.
De exempu, sof o ui lon Vineo, Eleno Vineo, din o
cdrel co eclie s o ochizilionct lucrcrec Aruncar-^ct
zarului, ne c lrcnsmis islorio zcrmisllr i oceslei cornpo-
zifri ce o fosi pictotd 'in zi e e de zbucium ce ou urmol
morlii pr mu ui copi o piclorului 11924) si ccrnd on
.in
Vlneo o stot tot timpul preo mo ui oncu. Dupo ce c
lerminot tob ou , oncu i-o spus. 'Aslo esle vicrlo . Sou
un o I ccz, o fologrofie reo izold in expozifio din
1927 st unde se distlnge c or ucrorecr core circu o
ocum cu lillt Cafe concert De refinut, pornlnd de lo
oceostd foiogrofle, este si modul imprevizibi de pcno
iore o lucrdrirlor, p eccrnd chlor de o nivelu pcrdose ii
;i imbrocond perelele, intr un loc comp icoi dor riguros
respeclcrt de orizonto e si verticc e.
NOTE
L Morce oncu, 'Nole despre orio", Contimporanul
nr.96/97/98, 1931.
2 D. L Suchicnu, 'Doud expoziyii', Clopotul d\n 7
e 9 /.1
ron|or
3 M H Moxy, Coniribulii o cunooglereo migcdrii
moderne de cr noi' , Unu, nr.33, I 93 I
4 ogo, Abslroctle gi construcfie' , Cuvctntul , l4
L. B
lan ,1925
rich ortistic producl on (cboul 3OO pointings
mcrny of lhe works executed during lhose yec-: - -
be reirieved todoy, ond the jdentif cotion of --=
tiol tit es rcrises prob ems beccuse lhe orllsl s ::- -.
reflecied olso in ihe tit es of his pointings The ,
poslions beonging io the period of geon:'-
severity hod, in coio ogues, til es such os . -
nalure, Opposile sAopes, eic., ond os the th:.-
repertory deve oped, ihe iiiles become Crysr:
moon flowers, Sterilized paems, Fruits poisor=,
purpase, etc. Thus it is rother risky to ossign o'=
or cnolher to o cerlcin pcinting. I ls o so drfi -
occurote y dole the poiniings, knowing .Jc- -
hcbit of toking up ogcin eor ier ollempls ofle, ^
yeors The ldeo /o build6is own slye wos Lmr -
to him, os il wos for ony ovonl-qorde l
o .or^d . I ep^^1| n'r.^ eoiofeo-c
y, refusing the post ond ignor ng ihe fuiure . .
reo y moliered in the ortisiic ocl wcs lo find : --
wcy through which thought wos being figurec
nol the execulion of o fir jte point nq, in lhe irc:
o sense This s why ony otiempi to deflr=
observingsirlcicriterlo,suchcdyncmiccciv
on this otiltude icrces difficu ties, so ony sour.:
io be considered For lnsionce, lon Vinec.
Eleno Vlneo, from whose co eclion the pc -'
Throwing of the Die wcrs ocquired, lo d us hc ,
c:.
work wos born. i wos pointed in .lcnco's
deep onx ely fo owing the deoth of h s ,
(1924), when on Vlneo wcs very close ,
o mosl oJ the tjme. After finishina the poinlinc .,
soid: Thls Furlhermore, o photogropl ', ,
is ife'.
in ihe I 927 exht6ttton c eor y shows the pl -
\no,!n L ncrer rne l r e Cole can,eu. Srorl nc -
photogroph, we shou d o so nolice the uriex:=- .
woy of pone llng lhe works, beginning f'c*
f oor leve ond covering the wo in o elob:' -
but rigurous gome of horizonlol ond verlico =
NOIES
I Morcel oncu, 'Nole despre crrlc (N: =,
art), Conlimporanul, no.96/97 ig7 l93l
2. D. l. Suchlonu, 'Doud expozitii' (Two =.
tions), C/opolu|, 7 ion, 1923
3 M H Moxy, 'Conlribulii lo cunocsierec '- .
moderne de cr noi" (Contributlons lo o:-:
understondrng of our modern movemenl), L ,
33, t93t
4. L. B ogcr, 'Absiroclle si conslructie' (Abs -, -
ond conslruclion), Cuvctntul l4 ian 1925
5. H. Blozion, 'Cronico orljslicd" {Ari co um-
varul literc:r si c:rlisfrc, 28 narlie, 1926
6. 'Expozif ic Mililo Petrogcu Morce oncu
Peiroscu Morce oncu Fxhibiiion), unsicr:,
c e, Facla,3l morile, 1926.
7. C. W Cisek, 'Contrcrsle si impolriviri (C,
ond opposition), GAndirea, no V /3, opr ie
 EXPOZlfll t922 t922
ix nomAin decenbrie,26. Expoztlte petsono cr, Mcrison d'orl, -December,26. One mcn show, Molson d'orl,
uc hc resl.
1922-1939* Bu cu resti. B

Drcw ngs. A Colleague, Violonisf, Bebe, Dunaud; 9 ' -

Desene: L)n coleg, Violonisf, Bebe, Dunaud;9 nuduri;
3 porlrete. 3 porlroits.
EXHIB'rIONS Poiniing, 24 works, omong which: The Ball (Tcrbcrin i -
Picturo, 24 lucror, prinfre care. Bol, (Bclul Tcbcrrin);
lll ROnlAlllA D a n su I p -^ f rd n g hi e, lupto (nocturnd ), I u lia, T ro nsfo r md ri Rope Dancing, Erght (nocturne); lulio, Abslrccl Char':-,
t922.1939* abstracle, Nolurd l; l'laturd rtoud, Dido, Arhanghel Noiure l; New No/ure; Dido, lnlerior Archangel,
lnterior, Slrinberg la Hernso, Strinberg la Parts, Dansuri Strinberg in Henso, Strinberg in Pctris, African Dance:
africane, Portrel nou, lon Vinea; Dronant lQ I 7, Peisoi, New Pirtrair, lon Vinea, Dianond 1917, londscope
Crima, Acrobolii, la mdndslire, Ora;ul Ens Crine, Acrobats, At th-' Convenf, City of Ems
Bibllogrofie: Clopotul 5 nov ,24 dec;7 ian )923 Bibliogrcfie: Clopotul 5 nov , 24 dec ; 7 icn I 923
{D. L. Suchionu); Auroro 2 icrn I 923 (E RegL s); Rantpa , (D . Suchicnu); Auroro,2 ion. 1923 (E. Reglls); Ron:--
7 tan lQ23 {Lucifer); Adevorul , I / ion 1923 (V l Popo); 7 iart. 1923 (Lucifer); Adevdrul , l ion 1923 / (V. P'-: -
Co' rpo'a 'r 2o lo- L Continporan ul no. 26, 1 923.

1924 1924
noiernbri-^, 3O : Expozifle co ecllvd, ContimporonuL', November, 30 : Collecilve Exhibition,'Coniimporc'-
Sindlcctu Artelor Frumocse, BucureslL. Fine Art Trcrde Union, Buchoresi.
Plcturd, I6 lucrdrri, prlntre core. Cabarel Vohaire, Portretul Pointing, I 6 works, omong whlch: Cobaret Vohoire, t'-
lui l. C., Porlret'ul Michelinei;de osemenec seric de ncluri Portrait of l. C.: Micheline's Portraif, and o so c seTles :-
moorle, No/urd noud, f eccre cu cole o delermlncre: sllll ives, New Nolure, with cr cerlcin geomelry eoch: :- -
cubuL, cjlindru , Venelio, obiectul, trofeul, slero, formc, cy inder, Venice, lhe obiect, the trophy, the sphere, the
form, consiruction or decomposed nolure, ond lO crc-
'-
conslruclle sou nolurd descompusd, precum 9i 1O schlle
de orhiteciuro, o mccheld, 'oblecie de necesitole", o lurcl skelches, c model, "necesscty obiects", cr loble c- -
mcsd cu sccune gi voze ( ucrcle impreund cu Moringo) cholrs, ond voses (cchieved togelher with Moringo)
Bibiliogrofie: Mrtccrea Lilerard,6 dec. (Tudor Vionu); Bibi iogrophy. Miscarea Literord, 6 dec (Tudor Vlcnu]
Cuvdntul, l4 lon. 1925 (Luclon BLogc: Abstrcrcfie s Cuvetntul, I4 lcrn. 1925 (luclon B cgo: "Abstrocllon or:
conslruclle ), Punct' nr.4 {Scor[:l Collimcchl)' Conslruclion ), Puncl nr.4 (Scor ot Ccr imcrchi);
Cont'imporonul nr. 52. Continporonul nr. 52.
- The Officiol So on, Buchoresl
Solonu Oflcicl, Bucuresli.
Piclurc,2 tcrart. Porlretul d-nei F. C. (cot. ZB) si No/uro Pcinting, 2 works: The Potrait of Mrs F C (cct /B) c':
noud (Conslruclie), (cct /9) New No/ure (Conslrrction), \cat. 79J
Bibiliogrofie: Clipa, ) it.tn. (H. lgirosecnu). Bibiliogrophy: C/po, I lun (H lgiro5ecnu)

I 925 t925
So onuL Oficlo , Bucuresti - Th-. Offic o Solon, Buchorest.
Picturd: Piclurd /. Pcrinling. Painling l.

BibLiogrofie' Focla, 27 apr "^oi ,A'oo l /po >"o Bib iogrcrphy: Facla,27 cpr ond 3 moi (Alcdin)'
(H lgiroecnu) Clipo,3 moi (H. lgirosonu)

t926 1926
- martie, 14 3l : Expoziiie Mcrceloncu - Mililo Partroscu March, l4-3 I : Morcel loncu Miifo Pdtrcrgcu Exhibition

SoLcr Regino Mcrio , de o Cdmlnul ArteLor.
Plcturo, 3B lucrdrl, printre ,are. Bolul in trei culori, ldilo;
O naiadd, Masa rosie, Construclie cu prelert de dartsuri
orienfale, Coleclie de fructe meridionale; Clestar cu flori
de lund, Prilei de aronge; Frucle inodins olrdvile; Formd in
oval; Corambol; Forme polrivnice elc.
De csemeneo, expune 16 ucrdri de groficcr (ocuore e,
guoge, grovur) 6 vitrcrlii si 5 compozifli.
Bib iogrofie: Faclo, 3l mat , Adevdrul,24 nan
(St. L Nenifescu 'Curenle 9i expozrlii ), Adevdrul lilerar si
atislic,28 mort. (F1. Blozicn) si 2 ion I 927 ll.3 ozian
Plostlcc crnu ui 1926'1, Conlimporonul nr. 65
(Jcrcques Cosiin niliere in mislere e unei expozifii );
Gandirea nr V /3 (O. W Cisek ' Conlrosle si
impotrlviri ).
lhe room Regino Moricr", ci Cdmlnu ArteLor (House ol i ,
Pointing, 3B works, omong whlch: The Three coloured 3'
ldyll; A Naiad, The Red Table, Consttuction with Preter.
Orienlal Donces, Collection of Meridional Fruit; Crysia
wilh Moon Flowers Orange Event', Fruil Poisoned on
putpase; avaLshaped; Bunp; Adverse Forms elc
He exhlblts olso l6 grophic works (woler-co ours, gucc-:
woodcuts) 6 stolned g osses ond 5 compos lions
Bib iogrophy: Facla, 3l mcrt; Adevdrul, 24 rnan
(Sr I Nenitescu - Trends ond Exhibilions''1, Adevdrul liie -
si atistic,28 mort (H. Blozicn) si 2 ion. 1927
(H B ozion- The At of ihe yeor )926"1, Cont'inporot'
nr. 65 (Jocques Costln - "lnitiolion into the mysteries of c-
exhibltion ), Gandirea nr V/3 {O W Cisek Contro:
cnd opposition ).

decenbrie. ExpoziJie co ecllvd. Librdrlo Hosefer' - December: Co ecllve exhlblilon. The Hosefer Booksh-'
Bib iogrcfie: Adevdrul lilerctr si artislic, l2 dec. BlbLiogrcrphy: Adevdrul lil-'rar si art'islic, l2 dec-.

{H B czlcn); Adevarul,3 dec. (St NeniJescu) (H Blozicn); Adevdrul,3 dec. (St I Nenitescu).

t927 t927
februarie, I3 - martie I 5. Expozitie de grup: McrrceL - Febructry, l3 ' Morch 1 5: Group exhlblllon. " Morce
loncu - Millo Pdtroscu - Al. Brdtcsonu". Gc erlo de ortdr c loncu ' Mllilo Pdircrscu Al. Brdtdscnu'. The Art Gcllery -:
lbrdriel Hosefer. lhe Hcsefer Bookshop. .

P., -'ro .o o p ,1e 6r^ !e - eo e Bo'c .: Pointing, 36 works, omong which: Black Apples, Balcic
lu4ouldy Sfreet, Composilron tn one chord, Nopoleon i' '
St'rado mucegoilit, Compozilie int'run acord, Nopo/eon
intin, Modelul, Roodele pdndntului, Rilnuri desfrinafe, privocy, The Model Fruils of the Eath, Ioose Rhythns
Naluro bogatd; Numoi doua nuci, Fugd" in minor, Poeme Opulenl Nalure, OnlyTwo Peanufs, Fuque" in minor,
slerilizat'e, Di{erile nuduri, Const'ruclie in disonanle, Sterilized Poems, Various Nudes; Cons/ruclion in
Cafeneauct cocofelor, Poelul dissononce; T h e s u ts'' o(,i,'!
I
.
" "r2?:',. ii ^
 lcer o'ul lilerar si ortistic,2T febr. l! I :: :- :-
4 mort. (St. Nenifescu)
- :'- 'e desene. mcch-.le Vo, / a- .^-
::= el aod^ o Fo---
' rrzlile co eclivi. Sep/ember, 30 - October, ll C, :,' .-
:e o Presse Lollne r'po o,d^rDo o oJ :

Pcinting: Conposition, (cot. I 39j

.,r8) Drow ngs: lwo porlro ls \cci.247 r:nc 2-8

lfl,''x!* t929
:xpoz l e o -April, ): Group exhibitlon: The 2nd Exh b ticr oi ire
New Ar1 Group'. Accdem cr de crtd decoroi vd
{Acodemy ol Decorotive Art).
-cre,ri, Nuduri pe Pointing, 33 works, omong which: Horem; Nude ciseo,
\,/eneliand Cos cu Nude.s on land, Lily Popovici; Venetian, Fruit Baskef,
'r Eotres; Leqendd, Goddess, Nero, Nymph and Faun, Tito Babes, legend;
)
:: ii t, nu ci, I m pd rdt-. a scs Pan, Two sighls {ron France; Triesle, Four Peonuts, Tl-,e
Fmpress of Mexico, Ball, Moilne elc.
:-.vilti lileror si ortisltc, Blb iogrophy: Unu nr I3 (St Ro ), Adevorul lit--rar si
:-ct st 20 cpr. (Petru oriistic,T cpr. (H. Blczion) Ultimo ord, l3 opr. si 20 opr.
{Petru Comcrnescu)

t930
irlo.ce cncu, M fcr March, IZ30: Group exhibltlon. Mcrce loncu, M ftcr
: Codreonu . Corteo Merlco Rdmn ceonu cnd lrino Codrecnu'. Al
Parlrcrscu,
Corlec Romdneoscd,' ecnc" Room
:. P-.re verzi, Cosle/e in Pointing, 30 works: The Lighlhouse; Green Peors, Casles
: . 'cnd, Batavra, Coasla in Spoin; Swinming Pool, Beach al the Swintnting Pr:ol,
J::sro elrusco; Sevi//o; Balavta, Cole d'Azur, Miroge, Ruins, The F/rusccn Coosl
: ,--- triase, Amalfi. Sevilla, Bucharesf, Turkish Harbour, londscope with Giant
Peanuls; Arnalfi; Venice elc.
: ?2 iEm Rieg er); Ioro, Blb logrophy. Contimporonul, nr Ql 92 (Emi Riegler);
-' siic,30mort.(H. fara,23 mort.{Sel ).Adevorul literarsiorlis/ic; 30mort.(H.
, : 2C mort (Luclon Boz) B ozion); Foclo, l9 mcrl {C Cd ) l 2O mcrt (Lucion Boz)
: rrori {Emi Rleg er- crnd 26 mort (D Mthar ), Cuvdntul,3l mo't {Emtl Rtegler
Dinu)
, i::r,tinaoranuldin 1935 Note. lnlhecolcoguesol theConllmporonu/erhibiIons
, ,I rcnllesiore c intregii ol 1935 ond 1936, o second monlfestol on of lhe group s
".22 llel:r.), cnuntd pentru cnnounced, but Unu, no. 22 (Febr.), onf ouf ces the I rd
::- . Credem cd este one for Morch (l). We rh nk ihct there is c confus on of
-: ' .i o cronicd nu dolc, s nce no chronicle menlions this exhlbltion; there
::cleoschmborede mightbecsweIonovernighlchcnqe n
their proiect.
r',rcrl de cvcngcrdd (cu Moy Retiospecllve exhibition of the crvont gcrde group,
--'esi ). Sc ocne e ziorului (on Morineiti s vlsri n Buchorest). Exhlbltlon
rooms ol Foc/o.
r'-ie .rncu, 'Fulur smu Bib logrcphy: Focla, l9 moi, (Mcrrcel lcrncu, Frlur smuL
nosiru /Our Futurism ).
Exhtbtts ot the Offtcic So on.
-=our),Adevdrul lilerorsi Bibiogrophy. Focla,28 opr.(DcnFaur),Adevorul literc:r st
arfiscltc, 4 moi (H. B ozicn).

t93t
Moy Offlclo So on, Buchorest.
Poinling: The Porlroil of Mrs. C.
-- - Un orlsl penlru Bib iogrophy: Unu, m.35 {B. F orion, An Artist for
: Rcrnpa 14 moi (lone Tomorrow ); Facla ) 1 moi (S. Elcrd); Rompo, l4 mct
( onel .llcnu)
Exposlt on d'Arl Roumoin Oclober Collective exhibition. 'Exposilion d Art Roumoln
'"i'/ en-e Conlerence de Moderne cr Occoslon de cr XXV eme Conlerence de
Union nlei pcrlcmentoire.
Po nting. Porlroil.
:::tr Daubler. Drow ngs: The Ponrai ot' ttte Pctel TLteodor Daublet.
: rrslic. lB oct. (H. B ozion- Blb logrcphy: Adevdrul literar si orftstic, I B oct. (H. Blczion
-:r A Cenlury of Romcnicrn Art")

t932
.rrz iie co eclivcr. 'Arto lanuory, 25 February, B. Co ectlve exhibitlon. New Art
::minecscd, The Firsl Exhibltlon. At Corteo RomOnecscd, ' ecncr
Room.
:-:riei Feslin; Mosa verde, Pointing, I O works: Studia tighr, Feasf, Green Table, [he
)itorntc; Plaslicd, Momenl Glass, The Painilng, Fruif, Londscape, Dynctrnic, Plosftc;
Plcstic evenl.
,irisllc, 3 I on. (Fl. B czion); Bib iogrophy: Adevitrul literar si crlrsirc 3l ion. (H.
Gandrleo, nr.\ /2si3 Bcrzion); Rompo,3l icn. (one Jon.r) Gc,rc';rec Lr'll/2

137
(Aure D. Brosteonu Cubism si crheoiogie' ), Focla,
febr. (orticol nesemncl); Colendarul, 5le6r.
(A. Busuiocecnt); Curent'ul,6 febr. (N N Tonitzo)
februorie,T 28. Ex.pozilie. "Mcrce oncu Mi ltcr
Pdlrogcu . Solcr 'Mozcrt , Bucuresli.
Picturo, 53 de ucrdri, printre ccre. Plolo solard, Vene|ano,
Tribul lsorga, Fruils confils, Sanhoi, Moment' plast'ic I, 2, 3,
Dinamic, Cipru; Galonta, Io poarta omtnlirilor, lnldmpldri
bizore; absesie, Culori pascale, Geornetrte in piola
publica, Medi, Pluilre lrogtcd, Proconsularo, Lunind de
oleIier, Paharul, Port-Arthur elc.
Bib iogrcfie. Vremea, l4 febr. (Pou Stericn Morce
oncu scru Al Gozo i crl picturii"); Facla, 15 febr. (Mircec
Riegler Dlnu); Adevitrul literar si orlislic,2l fe6r.
(H. B czion) Foclo,22 febr. (Tonio Ovi So o de crrme );
Ranpa,24 febr. ( onel .llonu); Colendotul,2 ian. 1933
(A . Busuioceonu 'Arto romdnecscd h 1932').
moi. So onu Olicicl, Bucure;tl.
Piclurar: Posco/d lcol.92l st Fruclierd (cct. 93).
Bib iogrcrfie: Adevdrul literar si olistic, l5 mci (H. B crzion);
Llnu, nr.45, Arlc nr. opr. mor (G. .)
' Expoziflo nudu ui {mcrnlfeslore co ectivo). Solo
Mozort', Bucuregti.
Bib iogrofie: Adevdrul lierar si artistic,29 moi (H. B ozion).
Expozificr coleclivdr "Curenlu ortislic" (Asoc otio orlisil or
plcstici romcrnl) Scr onul de toomnd, Bucuregli.
Picturd: Noturd noortd lcol.77) st Piclura (cot. /B).
Bib iogrcfie: Foclo,T oct (Sondu E iod), Unu, nr 4B
lruDflccl Acvor u I.
t933
februone,5. Expozifio grupului p cslLc 'Crler on'.
Scrlo Dolles, Bucuregli.
Picturd. Comcna, Marind; Doomno C., Modelul, Piersici,
Fructe meridionale, larna, Naturd moarld Dundrea la
Giurgiu, Fetele borde[ Lady Chotterley, Compozilie
1932, aua de Pa;ti, Compozi|e, Melodie albaslrd
Bib logrofie: Facla,24 ion. (S. Eliod); Adevdrul lilerar $i
artistic, 12fe6r , Colendorul, IB febr {Don Bottc).
1934
februarie, 1 I 28. Expozilie Mcrce cncu - Mllilo
Pdlroscu. Solc ' Ieonc , Bucuresl.
.in
Lrcrcri {menfionole presc vremii): Mosd cu armonii,
Compozi|e cu domino, Masa scamatorului, Transfigurdri
(un porlrei); Energia sculplorei M. P., Port inghelat Sceno
de bordel, mc:itne.
Bib iogrcfie. Facla, l6 marl., l7 mort. (C. Poncriiescu), l9
mcrrt. (N Ccrcndino),2B mort (.1 Seieonu); Ranpo, 14
mcrl. (lone )k:nu), Adevorul literor si orlls/ig I 8 norl.
(H Blozlon); Lilere, nr l1/7 lPeric e Morlinescu); Arlo si
omul, nr.l/9 I I (P Comornescu).
oprilie. Expozilro Grupu plcstic 1934'. So o eono".
Bib iogrcrfie: Adevdrul literar si artisltc ,22 apr.ll. B ozion)
t935
februarie,25. "A I c Fxpozifie Contimporanul
lv\ozorl
Piclurd: Parcul pifaresc, Slalui plasttce; Acorduri de plaid,
Strond cenusiu, Ruine elene; Arhileclurd closicd, Peisaj cu
{es, lumini de desfrau; Mineri iarna, Fele la salon, Bive:li ,
animale lrisle, Cuib de pirali, Portref, 5t doud No/uri
moarle.
Biblogrcrfie. Rampa,24 febr (A T Cu dl Morcel loncu
despre ...Contimporonu . P osiiccr noud. ...Expozific
Contimporonul'), Foclo, B morl. (N. Corondino);
Adevorul hterar si ortisilc, I / mcrrt., (!. B ozicn); Bis,
nr l/l (P Lostic).
t936
-o o.tr lo'eo oe 1.'AI'o .pozi^
Contimporanul to o oo""';,r^.
A^;-.io
1 ond 3 {Aure D. Broslecnu - Cubism ond Archeo ogy )
Facla, I le6r (unsigned orlicle); Colendorul 5 febr
(AL. Busuioceonu), Curentul,6 febr. (N. N. Tonitzc).
February Z'28: Exhibitlon: Morcel lcrncu - Mi ilcr
Pdtrcscu". Mozorl Room, Buchorest.
Picturo, 53 works, crmong which: Sunny Beach, Vertelic:
The lsorga Tnbe; Frozen Fruif, Shonghai, Plastic Event' i
3, Dynanic, Cyprus, Gallantly, On the Threshold o{
Renembrance, Btzorre Event's; Obsession; Eosler Colo,-
Geomelry in a Public Square, Med| Tragic Floaling,
Proconsular, Studio lighf, The Glass, Porl-Arlhur elc.
Bib iogrcphy: Vremea, 14 febr. (Pou1 Sterlcn Morce
.lcrnco or Al Gozo i of Pcrinting'), Foclo, ) 5 febr. (Mlrcec
Rieg er Dinu); Adevorul lit'erar ;i artisilc, 2l febr.
(H Blczlon) Focla,22 febr (Tonic Qvi -'The Room wl;'
Arms ); Rompo, 24febr (lone .lionu); Colendarul,2 tar,
1 933 (AL Busuloceonu "The Romonion Art in 1932')
Mqy Off ciol Sc on, Buchoresl.
Polnting: Fosler (cot 92) ;i Fruit'Dish (cot 93).
Bib iogrophy: Adevdrul lit'erar si artistic, l5 mai
(ll. B ozicn); Llnu, nr.45; Arto nr. crpr.-moi (G. l.)
"The Exhlbition of the Nude in Poiniing" {co eclve e're-
Mozort" Room, Blchoresl.
Blblogrcphy: Adevdrul literor si altslic, 29 mci (H. B ozic
- Co ective exhlbition The Art Trend' {AsocicrJio crtisti c'
p osticl romonr) 'Aulumn Scrlon, Buchoresl.
Pcinting. Still life lcct 77) and Pointing (ccrt 78)
Bib iogroshy: Focla, T oct. (Sondu E lcd); Unu, nr 4B
("Acvcriu column).
t933
February,5. The exhibjtlon of the o* group Crilerion .
T,eDo^ Qoor Buto^t
Pcrinting: Comana, Marine; Mrs. C.; The Model, Peache .
Meridionol Fruif, Wtnter, Still-life, The Danube at GiurgiL
Brothel Girls, Lady Chatterley, Conpolt'ton 1932, Easie
Eggs; Composition, Blue Melody
Blbllogrophy: Foclo,24 icrn (S. Eliod); Adevdrul litercr s
arlistic, l2 febr., Cclendarul , lB febr {Don Botto)
t934
Februory, I I 2B: The exhlbition of Morce cncu Mi i':
Pdlroscu. leono Room, Buchorest.
Works (mentioned in periodicols). Table wil't Horrnonie:
Composit'ion wilh Domino, The loggler's Toble,
Transfigurotion (c portrcrit); The Energy o{ lhe sculplress
P., Frozen Horbour, Brothel Scene, morines.
Bibliogrophy' Facla, l6 man., l7 mcrrt. {C. Pcrncritescrl -
mcrt. (N. C,rrondino), 2B mcrrt. (.1. Seieonu); Rarnpa, ) L
mcrt. ( one )iant), Adevorul lileror siorlls/ic, l B mort.
(H B ozicn); Litere, nr | /7 \Pericle Mcrlinescu); Arlo s
omul, nr l/9 I I (P Comcrrnescu).
- "P ostic Group 1934'. leonc' Rc
April.Ihe exhlbilion. -
Bibllogrophy. Adevorul lilerar si atttslrc , 22 opr. li
. B az :'
t935
" . Sa c: - February,25: The Thlrd Exhlbition of Contintporonul .
Mozorl Room.
Pcinling: Ptcluresque Park; Plaslic Slalue, Hormonies or: '-
Beach, Grey Swintnting Pool; Greek Ruins, Classical
Architecture, Lanscape with a Turkish Cop, lights of
Debauchery, Miners in Winter, Girls at the Salon; Bu{fc ,,
Sod Aninols, Pirates' Hole; Porfraif, and wo Still lives.
Bibliogrcrphy: Rampa,24 febr. {A T
Wlth Mr Mcrrce
oncu obout ...Cont mporcnul. New Fine Art. ...The
Conlimporonu Exhibltion ), Facla, B mort. (N. Ccrcndl' -
/
Adevarul lileror si ortistic, I mort., (F1. B ozicn); Bis,
nr /l (P Lcstic)
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January, )9
February, 1,1. "The Fotrlh Corttmporan;
Exhibitlon . Dc es Room.
ar.,i. Pnrnrinn A./^.trntin R',.h.,.,r Ch.r l-,'11i".,, Pn-n l.:'

i l--- '.'"io Pdtroscu. Solo
:---: -r'3: Constoninopol. Plolo
'- -:, :cheion, Furluno,
flilr+r Jr:,,: -::: = Sciarab; Beirut, Plaid
tnnan'- :'.' : :':'j' i Horem; Bordel,
{ftrhrca -- -tr-. - - :.. c q'. D m i n co lo, lo i a n dl
-
u i I I
rud omr;r: -:,::-- . :i Pogrom,Spania,
-lm,nlew :-r- '
:,:ct Doliu, Civilizo1e;
Bibliogrophy: Adevdrul literar 5i otistic, i6:e::-.
iH. Blr:zion); Gandireo; nr.XV/2 {Al. Busu;cce:-- .
t939
-Moy: Exhlbltion of Morcel loncu Mllilo Piircsc.,
"Ghico" Room, Buchoresl.
Porniing, 3B woiks, cmong which: Constontinopie. Becc,n
in Bosphorus; Village al Sculori, lslonds; Egheion; Furiuno.
Archipelogo, Pireu; Asia, Haiffa; Arobion Village; Beirur,
ariental Beach; Nocturne; The Meditenonean, Harem-,
Brolhel, Algerian; A{rico, Europectn Dance, Duminicoic:;
Itolion; Solrde; African Beach; Vifol Space, Pogron,Spain;
Madonna; Castles; Visions, Escape; Mourning, Civilisation,
Widowhood; Peace; Slopover, Peosant Wonen; Petters.
Bibllogrophy: Universul,27 nallProl G Oprescu); Fcrclo,
25 moi (lon Vinec).
* The list r:.{ exhtbilions wos compiled b,7 Dono Herbay.
r39
:CiTl: !l -ll ON V NEA COMPOZIT E {cot 2) PORTRET DE BARBAT
aa l'l ulei pe corlon, 40,8 r 32 cm [Autoportrel]. Arhitectul (?l (cot 4)
-:...1 zi -t53x4l .7cn 11922 1924), u ei pe pinzd lp ld pe corlon;
' : l
9'ttl Mrzeu de slorle I Arlo o 54 x.32,5 cn, l)922 . )9241,
i.1-:e. i'eroilr I Romore, lv\uf c p !lu lJucu es[r MNAR
i r:!'e:i
COMPOS T ON (coi 2) A MAN'S PORTRA T
CNVNEASPORTRAT(cot l) ol on cordbocrd, lSe I Portroitl The Archlrect (?) (cot 4l
ci cn convcs; 56.3 x 211./ cm, ulO.B r 32 cm ol of ccnvcs g ued on cordboord,
lr9r2 t9r4l, lte22 19241, 54 x 32 5 cn l)922 )9241,
The Moseum ol Romonlcn Lllero The Art ond Hislory Mrserm The Notionc Muselm of Arl ol
lure Buchoresl of Brchorest Rononio (NMAR)
THROW NG OF TI.]E DICF
(cot 5)
oil on convos, 65 x 59 5 cm
ll92al; NMAR

)41
CURTEA Cll RUFE lcol 29c)
! ei pe corlon; 49 x 68,5 cm;
semrol si dolot dr los c! .relor:
Morcel oncr/ I 930;
Colecl,- pcrlicu ord,

COURTYARD W TH
WASH NG (col 29o)
oi on cordboord; uL9 r 68 5 cm
Signed ond doled n penci,
lower rlqhi: Morce lcncr/1930
Privoie Co -^clion

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55,5 x 52,5 cm 11925 l93Ol,
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55 5 x 525 cm [1925. l93O];
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AR.HITECIURA IIU Uno dlntre direcliile cee ro rportcnte, degi puf
ESEUR.TLE LUI cunoscule, ole octivitotli ui Morcet loncu, esle cceeo
MAR.CEL consocrcrld pub icisticli. Ponc in prezenl sunt cunos-
.in
'ANGU cule circo 37 lexte o e so e ccre dezvoltc probl+
me teoretice ole orhitecturli moderne o oni or l920
l{icolae Lascu
1930. Ce e mci mulie ou fost pub icote in Contim
poranul. A scris insd si c olle cotevo reviste o e epocii.
MARCEL TANGO's Miscorea lilerord c: ui Liviu Rebreonu, Arlct si Crasul
ESSAYS ON (printre fondotorii cdrreio s-o 9i oflot), Facla, Adevdrul
AR.C'IIIECIUR.E lilerar si orlislic sou Crasul, o revistcr condusd, lo
mi! ocul cnior '30, de Cicerone Theodorescu.
Conttmporanu/ esle inso revisio in core o publicol
ce e mol numeroose si mcl semnrficctlve crlico e refe
rilocre lo orhiiecturo. Doudsprezece dinlre ocesleo
sunt pub iccte in 1925. Revislo o dedicoi douo
numere dub e unor teme porticulore o -^ domeniului.
unul Arhitecfurri moderne (nr 53 54, februorie 1925),
icr celalo I lnleriorului nou \nr 5Z-58, cpri ie 1925)
Tentclio eseistu ui de o-qi c orifico proprio gcndire
este dub crtd de dorinto de difuzore o idei or orhilec-
luri moderne europene. Aoturi de propriile scrieri se
gdsesc lexle oporfinond unor nume sonore ole noii
orhilecturii (Le Corbusier, Ado f Behne, Th
Doesburg, ALberto Sortorls etc.). Articolele sunl ilus
irote fie cu exempe oe unor reoizdri europene
importonle, fle cu propriile proiecte sl construcili.
Edlficotor este numdru consocrol Arhiteclurii moder-
ne o lui Le Corbusier. Pe oceecrgi pogind in core este
pub icct criico u lui M oncu ,,Arhitecturcr noud', sunt
tiporile scurle extrose, seectote, probobi ,lol de e,
din Vers une orchiteclure Proiecte o e ui Cud lBirouri
-i fob ' o) O'apt lCn;e ogo Tr:p rp1 o- Bor-rgeo s
lBlocuri lo Berchem), slou c dturi de proiecte si schite
vo umelrice ole lui loncu lPo;ta si felegrctf, Vild si cine
mc: lo munfe, Sludiu de volume; Zgarie nori, Vild in
oros). Pe uhimo pogino esle inc us si orlico u ,,Func
iiune si formdr", o lui Adolf Behne, unu dintre princ
po ii rdeo ogi oi misccrii moderne gerrnone. Deschi-
dereo lotolo o Confimporanului st a ui Mcrce loncu,
in primul rond, spre gcndireo si experimente e orhi
tecturlr moderne europene, esle sub inioto de insls
iento prin core se semno eozdr, numdr de numdr, prin-
cipolele revisle occidentc e de ovcngorddr: ABC De
Slill, Esprit Nouyeou, eic., ior cotevo cpcrifri ediioriole
sunt prezentole cilitorulur romdn prin propr r e note de
lecturo (,,Cor1i de orhilecluro noud ).
Texiee sole, in specio cee pubicoie in Contim
poronul (oproope douo irelmi), ou, in bund mdsuro,
rodicolilolec ionu ui si o formu ori or din monifesle e
ovongordisle. Screreo este opidcrd, lexlee scurle,
percutonle, ofirmo cdevdruri definiilve, convingeri
tronsonte, de nezdruncinol, opLnii foro echivoc.
Acesleo ollerneozd, deseori, cu lonu profeiic, cu ex-
Ot -nO,cO OOe O \,/ior O O CO ^ |taot ^ Op Op-
de irismul coroclerislic fuiurismu ui: ,,vioto se consuma
repede in goono senzoiii or vio enle si nervoose'
scu, in o tc porie, lmobilele turn ,,vibreozd de curso
crscensoore or rcrpide sl de viclo lnlensd '. Ccrnd iese
.inscr
din mediul ovcnqordist ol Corlimporctnului si se
n Litile is known oboul Morce .lonco's oct,.
nalist, ct crucio ospecl indeed of his ccre:
texts hove been known so for, ncmey, ii,,=
wilh lheoretico issues of modern orch'=: -
l92Os ond l93Os Most of them weie :
Contimporanul yet there were severo r- I --- - -
hcd his essoys printed, such os: Misc:'-
whose dlreclor wos Liviu Rebrecnu, o si:-::
wller, Arla si Crctsul (he wos omonc :
.o,lo Aoer o ,/ l;letc: , s; 6,r:5Ti6' 6.r '
whose editorinchief, Cicerone Theodc-=,
ovcnfgorde poei.
However, he pub lshed the moiorily ol r - -'
on crchLieciure in I6e Contimporc:nui - --.,
lnstonce, he published 12 essoys in 192:
issues of Conlimporanul covered some :.-
ems in this lie d. Modern Archilecttr:
Februory l925) ond l"lew lnterior (n. ----
1925) respectrvey. The essoysl oliemp-::
set his own rdeos in order, bul he oso ..,
disseminclion of those pertoining lo mo:-'
orchitecture. Addltiono y, he pub ishe: ,-
v beonging to some resounding nomes r - :
ol fieLd, such crs Le Corbusier, Adolf :=
Sorloris, Th. v Doesburg, elc Piclllr:, -
imporlonl Europeon cchievements onC ' .
ond bui dings were printed to illuslrole -,=
re evonl exomp e in lhis respeci s the s: =
Archifecfure. Jonco's essoy "New A.:- '=
published o ong wth short excerpts fro.- --
Vers une r:trchilecture, presumob y se c, :
I r'e Mo,eo,e C.o s p'o1e , {C
r.
-
/o rorl o ,ve o. Cooi. {C- c,
Bourgeois' lBlocks of Flals in Berchen ,,' -
wi-l lorcos poo ono rolr Tei ..
O{.^ o'td le,egropt \'llo ord ( -^
tains, Sludy on Volumes: a Skyscrope' : ,
',vl.C.'lebo t pogetloe .o) L.
Aoo r Bo^r a -, e ^1o) -"lpo lor I oe
e - Go .ron Morerer I, wos o o i ,-
Contimporanu/ ond lcrnco hod o dei- -
o*o ds "rod^., o hi'e .t,e e.pe., .
Ecch issue ol lhe mogozine consi: -
Western Avonl-Gorde pubiccrtions, s-:- -
Still Esprit Nouveau, elc., in order to [e:: ' -
reoder lnformed on the lclesl news '- '-
iniroduced by .lonco himse f os his o,,'. - '- .
do ("Books on New Architeciure")
l-so* a \ trspero, [oAvv' a
nul (olmost lv/o thirds) shcre, lo o grec :. -
gorde rcdicolism of the monifesios, b:--
'r
oor d oa.-5cot .Strlo..''-
i,'[ ord eq voco opi o.r o-- '-
orl^r ore-^ole * l p opre.. 5oo^.
lic cnd visionory imcaery, very much .=
cism Thus he would wrile ihct " ife b,' ,
:
run of vio eni, nervous sensotion", wh -- -
ment bui dings "throb with e evcto,. '
down, wiih lntense rfe in them" W.:=-
"-r ,nui cerc moi org de citriori, concen
- -' se dilueozd, lexiul devine moi iung, mol
' r-lr-lnnefle e sunt cduloie cu moi mu ld
=-=,-ento tonului sccde lrepiol, spre miilocul
:-nd orgumentele invocote in fovooreo
'=: urii si urbonismului devin moi complexe
, :-e dor convingeri e scle rdmdn lo fel de
-- oo e c e gondiril soe osuprcl orhilecturii
't'e in ce e dlntoi orticole (,,Slil nou:
: Arhitecturcr noud' , ,,Construcllvism si or
:zoivoreo funclionold odecvold c iuiuror
:e o l itr. t' ro (. or torr -Te q6r6cpti
co'loT O qo^fer -o ir e o r {. S.rqr
r :ctiunir de o clodl '), occentul pus pe
,,:pul socicrl o orhiteclurii ') si, nu in u ti
, : -:b emele unei noi esleiici orhitecturole
, - sensu utr iicrrist o clodirli' ). Se poi re-
,-,surinid, principolele drrectri progromoti-
,-j'ii moderne europene. Tooie oceste
:np ificote, oprofundcte,uneorr suferind
*.crlonle de oplico, oproope obsesiv in
-' : so e u teriocre. Exlsid, toiodotc, o
,:-nifrcotivd o inleresu ui, in timp, de o
=- -=:iurii
spre ce e o e urbonismului, u ttme e
- = t"nd dediccte oproope in exc usivilcte
-tr5e or.
-
,- de por :,ipc eo so d ta -o lo pr^'o
-p tLlt de "' o.. Mo' o. o-. occe^
:- ,lle ori ore occrzio, dependenfc orhrtec-
- -= de diferiie experimenie ole miscdrilor
-= :,cngcrdd ,,Arhitectul modern esle con
,,: srnu ul cfirmo undevo (,,Despre ortele
r-'itecturo noud'), dor conexiuni strOnse
-- :cdoismul (de lo core revendicd ideecr
r-e or plostrce obstrocle cu orhiteciuro),
.--,(core esle ,,expresio ceo moi violento
ie constructie o vremii noostre") si, prin
----enlele supremotisle; lc fe de direcle,
. - -cie co otore, sunt influenie e gruporii
t ='eo demiurglcd o ortislu ui ,,Siilul nou
ao romontrsm o inceputurilor unel noi
- ::csebrre de prelungirile romontismu ui
' X-eo, pe core il dispreiiuesie profund)
-t-:.c,
= pe Morce oncu, o voinlo de arld
: ed o orli'ti'e e,'ope'le o pA, oo
= roi lArztu, o tronsferd si crhiteclurii (,,o
- :'- -eclurd superioord', in ,,lndr timi, c tnieri
- Din oceosld necesord corelore inlre
-,' -: s orhiiecturo decurge, in vrziuneo lur
^ p^'otiv-l iefoce' r'lo o . leclu re.
,I -- :odirii moderne esie srngurul eement
: :rhitecturii ccruic ii ocordc o olenlie cu
. : :. Aso cum s-cr vdzul, Morcel lcncu il con-
' ,, scop ol oclu ui de edificore
, : inlerioru ui modern, generole de un
:= : privi functionoLitolec (dimensionoreo
ssed o pub' rc thot did noi c3 '-: ,
.,cle tero^ €,',o o o- ,-a
whot while the lexts ihemse,,:- ,. , -
and didactic os the ouinc- ...:.
qor,d ro p0\6 ' J
The moin ihemes underyrng h -:
s crcniie.---tr '- .r
*ee ir-rodt po 1 eo',, 6. \ c c
Archiiecture"; "New
"
Archiieciure"; "Consi.Lrc-rv sn crI
Architeciure". They spinned crround such proc ems os.
the oppropriole functionol so utlon of ol orchltecluro
progrommes (occording to o "truthful idec", os he puts
it); the importonce of ihe interior spoce ("the on y oool
of the bui ding octron"); the emphosis on urbon plonn ng
("the socio gool of orchrleciure) ond of course ihe oes
thetic ospects (undersiood "in the utilitcrion sense of the
building ) We con ecsily troce here the mcjor trends of
ihe [uropecn Modern Movemeni. Loler on o lhese
ihemes come up obsessivey, lhough deot wiih in o
more comprehensive monner, while hls vrews some-
iimes seem io hove significonty chcnged. Likewise o
moior shlft o{ inleresl seem to hcrve icken ploce, r.e,
from orchiteclure lo urbonism, os h s osl essoys pub
lished in Romonio decrh clmosl e,clusively with iown
deve opment issues.
Being utlerly involved in the ecrly 2Oth ceniury chonqes
rnthe reolm of crt, he never ceosed to emphosise hbw
modern crchitecture depended on vorious e>perimenls
of the Avcntqorde orl movemenis. "The modern orchl
lect fo iowed cubism" he put it ln hrs essoy "Cn Fine Arts
ond New Architecture", yet, he equo ly identified strong
lies with the Dodo Movement (to which he cscribed the
ideo of co crboroiion beNnreen obstroci ort ond orchl-
leciure), os we os with conslruciivlsm ("the most vio ent
expression in lodoy's building') ond consequeni y wllh
ihe supremotrsl experimenis lost but noi leosl, he im
plied the Lnf uence of De Still, though noi overty
Ncluroly, the ideo of godlike power of the ortisi ("New
Stye lres in ourseves") thought of os downing romonli-
cism in o new wor d (unlike the unheclthy persislence of
ihe l9th c. romonticrsm, which he utiery despised) led
lonco to the so-co ed willtoori ideo (Kunswollen) pre-
voi ing in lhe Europeon orl mi ieus. He oier ironsferred
ilio orchitecture ("o wi to lofly orchiiecture" in "lleights,
olignmenls, cnd urbonism") So, we shou d not wonder
why Morce Jonco slrong y odvocoted the imperotive
lo remol<e ihe broken uni! behveen fine orls ond orchi
THE INTERlCR of the modern bui ding wos the only
specific orchiteciuro elemeni he considered ot ength.
As ii hcs been clreody noliced, Morcel Jonco thought
it cs the unique gocr of ihe oct of bui ding. The bosic
feolures of the modern lnterior, qeneroted by o new
mode of undersionding funciionoiity (dimmenslonino of
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 spoliilor inierioore, rnclls',' c ro'in or, omplosorecr
feresireLor, mobi orec mocern,i e minorec decoro
tiei, iluminoreo etc.), suni idenilce pentru e, cu scopu
ri e urmdrile de ,,esletlcc noud . Pulereo de creotie o
orhitectului, susl ne Morce loncu, ,,se rezunrs (s.n.) a
opiitudineo de o vedeo spctic , de cr concepe spoti
u limiici s de o troge dinlrjnsu toole consecinlele 1n
vo umu exlerior' (,, nleriorul" ). Se poi descifro orci
ref exe o e gcndirii orgonice, filtrote prin perspeclivc
neop oslic smu ui o ondez o grupu ui De Sti1l. Arhi
leclul modern, ofirmd oncu, creeczd spoiiul de violo
inleroordr, lor coso modernd, 'in intregul er, esle ex
presro ocesiei nol orqonizor o vleili. Este lnteresont
de observcri modu in cor-e coso (ocuinlo), co obiecl
orhiieciuro supus innoirii rodico e, este ridicoto o
nivel de slmbo o no r epoci, in opozifie totoio, de
dolo oceosto, cu otitudinec onll slmbo rcd o neoplos
ticismului. n consecinld, folodo isi pierde sensu
trcdilioncl; ec esle subordonoid funcliunil 9l modeloril
pcstice o oceslelo, dor copdtc, in schlmb, o tmpor
tontcr semnificoiivd pentru orog.
Cec de c douo volocre esenlioLd ccre, in vizluneo ui
Mcrce loncu, lrebuie 'revizultd", este URBANIS-
MUL. Arlico e e so e referiioore o urbonism nu cu fost
publiccrte tn Continporonu/ ovongordei orlislice, ci in
o ie douo period ce. Ato si Cra;ul(1925) sr, respec
Iw, Crctsul (1934) D n oceeosi oni 30 dotecrzo si
conferinlo,,Uiopio Bucureslilor', linulo in 1935, pub
rcctd in brosuro Cdtre a orhilectura c:t Bucuresttlor
impreund cu lexle e conferlnte or ,1925
ui F-Jorio Creongd ;i
Cclcrv Doicescu. Articolele dln ecrgd cotevcr
dln idelle urbonismului modern de ce e ole orhilec-
turii, enunfcte simu lcn in Conttmporanul dar, in primul
rond, cccenlueozd dimensiuneo soclolo c orhiiecturil
moderne, core se regdsesie prrn urbcnismu socieldlir
democrotice cr incepulului de seco. Morce oncu
crfirmo, pe de o porte, dreplul o o solulie esleticc
pentru or ce tip de c odire (nu numoi penlru cele
reprezeniotive), foce din orhitecturo modernd o orh
tecturd ,,de consum'; eo esie considercld, de c
incepul, cc un imbol occesibi oricui (,,oricine ore
voie sd focd crhiiecluro nouc'). Pe de olto porte, orhi
111
teciurcr esle socicr c prin importonlo urbcrnd o
Locuinlelor ieftine; prin urmore, orhitectu coniemporon
T e chemoi so ,,deo soluiii morole din punci de vedere
sociol si esleiic'.
1il
Lc un intervo de un deceniu (oiunci cand Contim
por<tnul jst 'incetcse cporifio de colivc cni), ideile ge
nerc e, enunlole onlerior, copotd omp ocre, dez-
vo londu se in doud drrecili. Primo dintre ocesiecr
iind,^ spre exo loreo ro u ui urbcrnismului in viotc con
lemporond, in core crre direclo cu orhllecfuro, cdci
il ,,slilul modern cere urbonism modern". Urbonismu
esle, de fopl, pentru Morce loncu, in primul rond,
I'
,,crrhileciurc dirilotc' . lmportcnfo so esie covdrsitoore,
o( r'l e ^qtr po prolelr. cr o r ^ | Cr p ,Oalao
'intregu ui orzonl spirituo o epocii sunt odevdrole e
dote ole orlei urbcnisiice' (,,Urbcnism nu romcniism ),
interior spoces, inc uding height, p oce-=
e iminoiion of decorolion, i uminclion. : -
wlth the goo s pursued by the "nevr :- -
orchitect's power of creoiion, os Mcrce
" only involves (our ito ics) his skil fulness
'- : -
tio ly, io creole /Ae liilted spoce ond use :'
effects in the exteror volume" {"The lnie- ,
see here lhe effecls of orgonic ihinking : '- -
lhe Dutch neopostlcrsm of De Still -lo-:
o so thot the modern orchitect wos cb + -
oppropriote spoce for rnterior lfe. ..' -
dw"llrng o o .nloe tros o' e pe'
orgonrzolion. lt is worth noiing how the , -
sidered os cn orchitecturol object, sub e--=
renewol, become o symbo of the ne',nr ::=
by, thorough y opposed to ihe onti-symb: : -
toining to neoploslicism. Consequent y '' =
its troditlona meon ng ond was subord'-:-=-
tion ond oeslhelic mode ng, rn exchcnc:
c crucio signrficonce within lhe city
ln Mcrce Jonco's opinion, URBAN Si.
ond essentrol vo ue ihci needed "ree, l
essoys on urbcnrsm were not publishe:, -
gcrde mogozine Conlimporonul inslecc ' =
in Arta si Oroeul \1 925) cnd Oro;ul ll9:
on "Buchcresl An Utopicr", f rsl de ivei-e: - l
=-
pub ished loier ln lowords c:n Archifectr, :
iogeiher with Horio Crecngd's ond Oc-:
eclures Hls I925 essoys crrlicu oted the :-
ern urbonism ond orchilecture, thot we': =
Contimporanu/ simulioneousy. Firsiy, ': =
lhe socio dimension in modern orchlie:----
be troced in the urbon p onning ihink':
2Oih century democrrrilc soc ely. On lh: , -
osserted ihot the "right" to on creslhelic ' s:
lpe of building (not ony ihe pub, c o::,
modern orchilecture into o "consumer r-
wos considered from the siorl crs on r:--
guoge ("onyone is cllowed io toke u1: --
ture") On the other hond, he under ine:
lure is socio due lo the urbcn imporicr:=
housing. Thus the orchltect wos sun'r: -
"moro so ulions expressed through soci: -:
viewpoints".
Ten yeors oier (when Conlimporanul c--:,-
out for few yeors), the moin ideos. he .:
ecrrier, exponded cnd deveoped ln -..
Firsf y, he proised lhe roe poyed by , , -
modern ife, directy connecied io orc.'= '
"modern style demonds modern urbcnis- '
.lonco urbcnism wos essentrolly "direcle: :
l le deemedit hcd cn overwhe mi.:
be-or,e ne o.lrol oorc of r'bon o ' .-
the prophetic underslonding of lodcy's :: ' .
ond the comprehension of its spir', ,
"Urbonlsm, by no meons Romonticism" :- - -
in the some visionory monner: " is mole' :
meons ore revolulionory, while its pcrn.=-:
 ' ' r oe i^ o -e os s viz o^or: ,Mo-e'o
'
- esie urios, milioccele uj sunt revo-
-: c crnu sdu lrebuie so fie utoplc" (,,Utopio
. -- J Cecrlolto direclie obondoneozd gene
- -'-- o se oncoro in concrelu bucuregteon.
- -rbcnismului modern sunl osrmi ote de
: -:-,r, in mod focrrle precis, cu propuner e lui
: , :' oeniru Une ville conlemporc:ine. Profund
--:
':lei, el .incecrrcd trcnspunereo, in cozul
: - o ideiLor ui Le Corbusier {idei cunos-
: ,:'--:. 'in cercuri e profesionisti or romon in
),
.ore nou Plon Direcior de Slslemcrlizcre
: r -i curs de e oborcrre. Detolii e urbonislice,
- :.rr.rcioTe sou egisloiive o e mode u ui,
: -- -oi convingdior, sunt puse oloturl de ofir-
:reri ln rdspundereo,,nemdsurold' o gen
: re core deprnde dezvoLloreo modernd
- , I timpuL so focem opero de urbonism,
, , ,minocrsd'.
--- :neni o lui Morce cncu, in iuru c-rru c
: ':ote lntentiile so e leorizoloore, este,
=-'ri spre definireo FCRME ARH TEC
- : lerne. Eo esie corolorul eforturi or de
': : c mediului construil. Cc ortd obslrocto,
:-e. drept miilooce de exprimcre, ,,vo u-
,: ::, numdru, suprofofo, greutcleo, linio
-:, orhiteciurc' ), c ccre trebuie crddugot
' ,'. Arhlteclurc este, pe llnio cunoscuiei
=-
: , Le Corbusier, ,,orlo corespondente or
- . -:porturi or echi ibroie de vo ume, o pro
. : ''r.nuri or consiruiie numci conform egi or
. I t ser, b, io-i >i o'e qe91 all e
. . : ncudr ') 1n ocelogi limp, este oflrmolcr
=::rdenfostrictd o formei de utiliicie: orhi
:: rle rezulto decci din
,,sinlezc formei sim-
-- : core, in mod inevitobil, exprimo funcfi-
t -- , ...r modern insusi este dependent de uii i
::: :e e ulil nu poole fi urci", cfirmd Morce
= -:rC o sintogmd ccre, de lc sfOrgitul sec-
. - :sie prezentd meTeu o orhiteclii moderni.
- ,r re sublinioi schimbcreo de otltudine folc
' - -:-donote esenlicle oJe orhiteciurii moder
-3e drumu de lo punciul de vedere o
-
' =-'-J ccrre un motericJ oorecoTe nu poote
., -:'o credrii ,,stilu ul' , pono o c cfirmc, in
' r re p ongelo' , co motericlul esle unu din
:;evdrruri ole orhilecturii, c dlur de vo um.
.:r il urmeozd, dor cevo moi lenl,
-'
- : mogrnism. Refuzul mosinii, co sursd de
: -----..r orhliectul modern, este ofirmoi rdspi
- cl olelul, nrci piotro, nic sgcroie nor i,
. - cl mosinc nu ne vor'invdfc stilul nou". ln
'. :erd insd cdr nou ideo orlistic ,,se
* ::- in formo trenuLul, outomobiLelor, c
sou o unei mcsini'. Din oceosto
li desprins-r, cel moi bine, poole,
on" ("Buchoresi An Uioplo
- --- - -
we moy noice lhoi he::.:
lion, .- -
o 5-o eTAr -\ lo ro
perioining lo fincnciol, cnd, ond e: : .- ,: -:r, -:
ments of hls modeL were convinc ng y crese'ier c :--j
wlth his sloiements obout the "extreme respors r,, ;p c
his generclion for ihe modern deve opneni of
Buchcresl: " i's high time we creoied o prophetic cnd
brighi urbonism"
o
Morce Jonco's theorefico thinking steodiy spinned
crround lhe definition of the ARCH TECTURAT FCRM lt
wos lhe crowning ldeo of the efforts lowcrd toicr
renewol of the bu lt environmeni. He thought thot orchi
teclure, os obslroct orl expressed itse f through "vo ume,
colour, number, surfoce, weighi, lrne, eic" ("The New
Stye: Achitecture"), lo whrch the interor spoce should
be cdded up Fo lowing Le Corbusier's wel -known def-
inition, orchiieciure wos described os. "the crt of spotio
correspondence, of the bo onced relotions beMreen
vo umes, of proport ons cnd rhythm buil cccord ng to
ihe orgon c lows of sensitiveness ond geomefry"
("New Architecture"). At lhe some tlme he would crssert
thoi form strictly depended on uil ity, which meonl lhol
orchileclure cou d on y issue forih from o "synlhesis of
simp e crnd noluro form", indubitcb y expressing ihe
function. The modern beouilfu itself, in its turn, depend-
ed on uiility' "whct ls useful connot be ugly", he soid,
echoing o commom stctemeni of lote l9th ceniury
o rchitects
iis worth emphcrsising howlonco chonged his cttitude
loword h,vo esseniiol coordinoles of modern orchiiec
ture, r.e, ihe mcleriol ond the mochine. As for the former,
Morcel .lonco wenl ihrough the whole woy, from the
oriist's vlew point, ihct would thlnk thot the moteriol
cou d nol bios the "s1'ye" to o rolher osion shing siote
ment (see "Drcwing boord Archiieciure"), odvoccting
ihot the moiericl wcs one of the wo lruths rn orchileclure
o ong wiih lhe volume As for the loiter, the orchiieci's
thought weni ihrough c simi or chonge, though ot c
sLower pcce. His denying the mochine ony ro e os o
source of inspirotion for lhe modern orchiteci wos cole
gorico y sicrted in his first essoy "The New Style -
Architecture": "Neliher ihe outomobi e, the sione cnd
sieel, nor lhe sky-scroper crnd crysiol or the mcchine wi
tecch us the new slye" However,ln 1929, he thought
ihot the new crtistic ideol could be expressed freey ''in
ihe overc shope of ihe troin, cot, ocecn iner, cs we I
c.s in cnv mochine". His evolulion shows how his ideos
on the Jrchitecluro form mcrtured by groduo inlergrcr
iion of oll components regcrrding the Europeon iheoreli-
col thinking .
215
molurizoreo gond ri so e cs,rprc lormei orhiieclurc e
prin inlegroreo, lrepiolc, o tuluror componenteior
.Ota OO- I OOrilo ' lao O e. -Op^Or O.
in concepfio lui Morcel
Formo orhrlecturold esle,
loncu, o simbiozo inire rotiono itcieo dotdr de
rigooreo conslructiei qeomeirice {core confero oblec
tiviloie orhileciurii), siricto definire o ei in roport cu
functiuneo (prin oceoslo ccpcrtcndu-9i volenle e
socio e si deci, unrversolilolec), dcr 9i o voinlei cre
oiocre o crrhiteciu ui. Penlru el, orhiiecturo moderno
troieste, agodor, ,,dinir un imbo d, dlnlr o bucurie con
struciivir, ndzuintd sociolcr colecfivc, in p in ocord scru
ndscuid din insusi spiritul, cerinle e proclice si o sensi-
biLltote specifico vremil (,,Arhiiecturo de plongetc' ).
Morce loncu nu so numdrci prinlre cei ccre ou odus
noiobi a o leorlo orhiteciurii moderne
o conlributie
europene. Ansomblul orlico elor so e despre crhifec-
lurd demonstreczd insd, foro putinto de tcacdo,
cunocslereo perfectd c idei or si o iendinle or mcni
feslote de mori e personolitdli sou de migccrrile de
grup Legcturile sirernse cu migcdrile de ovongordo,
oleniio crcordotir circu ofiei ideilor, o fdcut co e so fie
tot tlmpul informcl de evoluiio speciocu oosd o oces-
lorc. Morce oncu c osrmiloi cu repezicrune orien
idri e ce e mci diverse, penlru c le redo mediilor ortis-
lice romdnesli - dcr nu numoi - intr-o formd personolo,
core linde spre exprimcrreo idei or generole, fdro inso
o luo 'in considerore diferenlele imporlcnle, deseori,
ole orientorilor sctu persono itoli or. Decurge de otci
un onume ecleclism ol idei or din oriico ele sole.
Privil inso in coniextu romdnesc o perioodeL, ro u lui
Morce ioncu in difuzoreo ldeilor crhiiecturii moderne
esle de primd mdrrime: nici un orhitecl romern n o fosl
mcri oproope de sensul noiLor direciii o e orhltecturii si
nimeni nu e a propogot cu cldio cioriicrte sL posrune
vreme de un deceniu. E o siiul sd creeze o slore oe
spirit fovorcbild orhltecturii moderne, moi oles in iuru
Confimporanulur, care o fost, qrolie u Morce loncu,
incepond cu 1924, revisio romernecscd ceo moi
octivo in p omovcrreo idcologiei noii orhilecturi. Eo o
lo I do o'l^l rg. O rev o -_ opo it:tr o..lo-lo
onii '20, otunci cernd reflexe ole mori or schimbdri de
otiiudine fofc de orhiteclurc opdreou sporodic in efe-
mere revisle de orhiiecluro \Revistc: de arhilecturd si
construclii, I 9I 9, dor moi o es in Cdninul 1928 29)
sou ln pub lcctii cu o t profi cu turo, deschise uneori
spre ocesl domeniu lluceoforul sou Vir:1o
Rononeoscd ).
Depcsind cu muli perioodc de moximd octrvrlote o
primer ovongorde rometnesl , Morce lcncu si-o con
tlnuol, neobo sil, camponict publicisticc pOno o
'r 'lo, , d" o-i.I i A [r oo o a -r ,ao izo eo p op i-
o'poec'c) ol.r condchelr rorodorr oeo
dejo o reo iiote ccceptoto 9r osimi ctd de societcle
E o fost mereu in ovcngordo.
ln Morce .lonco's opinion lhe requrre^-= '
form were thought os o symbiosis of the -': -
stricl geometric construction (ihol confer. : .
cleor definition os to funclron {thus c::
,oer.e. o d I o5eo re' -1, rr;, o c -.
odded lp lhe o , -ec s ow (rool .e I -
re, he thought lhot modern orchitecture . = -
impu se, its construciive ioyfu ness, o :: - -
ospirotion ihorough y iuned lo or born -
procticcl needs, ond the speciflc sers' . -
iime" ("Drcwing Boord Archiieciure").
Morcel Jonco did not belong to thot c:-=--
tects thot disiinguished themselves ihro-:- -
r'o' tors o^e i^eo y ot nooe.T cr'
his esscys cre on irrefulob e evidence :: -
versoni with the curreni iendencies of vc- -
eA o w-' t^e oeo ,-ppor-od o, --l
o o,f .rro.--li:.gl l,o-r^r-o^ - .
movements coup ed wlth hls wokefu o-= .
' o-ior of id^o
-nooe nir g on i'
person. Here is the source of o certo r :: =
opprocrches. Morcel .lonco woud ::,- .
diro .e o, orioiiOrs O or oto,, I 9 I -' '
ncte them in the Romonion ortislic mi e,. -
in o quile personcl version. He se =- -,
occepled ideos, wiihout tokrng nto c--
ences belr,veen orieniclions ond pe-:- ,
significont occosionolly
ll ."'o.a^to616.0rr IloPo'or - .
period, Morcel .]onco's roe in ihe :,,=
modern crchileciure ideos is on outsic-: -
wo) ^o olr^ Po^ or o^ orch ect o
to the direclion of ihe new orchileclurc -:-
ihen. Moreover, none wos ever ob e -, -
os c eor y ond possionole y cs he dic --
docode. e [-er.r [-o,v o lreo ! -
d'esprit for modern orchrieclure, esp., -
Conlimporanu/ mogozine, which rnr:. ,-, -
.lonco, the mosl ociive Romonlon chc--=
inolion of new orchileciure ideolocy i- '
I ceosed io corne oul. lndeed rt wcs '--
to come oul regulcrly ln the '20s, !.. = :
crucio chonges in lhe orchilecturo cc:-
tered in shori-ived crchiteciuro molr- --
-O O
"; ,OrS,u l;;
61lriro,1111O i.
Cdminul, l92B2S), or in olher cu iJ-r :
were sometimes open to this suble: - -
Romaneascdl
Mo, ol Jo'.o or lito6 -1 ^ o, r
^
"
the firsl Romonion Avonlgorde grcr. : - - .
inhis canpoign until mid '30s, in pc-c =
ing ocliviiy. By thot time modern c'--'-
verso y occepled cnd osslmi clec
m lreu.
He wos clwcys cr step oheod.
ffl nou: Athiteafvrs-ro
: . : Dodo p'olp.'o5e (ol Te'r, o'o ei eopo
'- o'ir rJt 'rothitectro
-- r-:. o pornil de o ortlsli.
h - ---:l- primele monrfeste in I9I5 in core procc
r: l.crreo orteior ploslice cbsirocle cu orhiiec-
''=-
o {zo.o.eo ior e o pri. iro -epllirie ) re uvenoied crchilecture {iso
: ror er . de o'd i o e/poz'ior {veroi
'
: ::i nosiere indireci insingurorii oifirtulri il ri
" hod indlrecty led to ortist's clooiness l-: lr-:- tr-
,- r: : a.re);
- -: rcmei lcr lcblourile obslrccle (e e nu mcri
---,ri noiuroliste; singurd orhiieclurc este cod-
.
'': -'ufier suproomenesli cr ortistului culiivotd de
-. :-e incooce (ortislul nou esie omul core
=: soclelote).
' c' ires o eroL .tro- le o J[c oa e,e-np -
: -oobo,or. o'eo- po -ctr ob tro. o r- o h
', :-: ',.4oi lcrziu, grupul ortisti or rodicc I (Arp,
- Richler sl loncu) cereom chlor ononimcrlul
.. = l: OfiO.
'-.: : :ecundot, cdci scurt timp dupo oceeo om
rr
- : minuni: expozitio orhiteclllor independenti
:: r-.JTq, prin sfortdrile uriose c e orhiteciului
; i ' urmd gcoc c orlelor obsirocte op iccrte in
. . . ., d r We ror (Bo,-ro
- 7 remorcdm o inf uenio '.)omericond (vezi F.L.
: -' lricogo) lo linerii orhitecli olondezi. Acest ori-
, .- simp ificotor e'inlr-odevdr in spiriiul nou Dor
, : - oic inseomnd preo pulin. ln ocu 'verliccl
rermon de oltodoto, n-cm inironct decdt un
. ::loent. n ortd orice preferrnlc preconcepulo
" - ^-a de mcrlericrl, esie o impurLioie. Eo sobegte
. r r-e e mijiooce obslrocie de expresiune.
' :r :e erijeozd in principii de ortd noud, simpe
'. ::-olLuni lehnlce, o noivd pcrsiune penlru
- , I o pueri o odmirotie penlru ingineru ei.
- - ^- oceosld otitudine moi mu t di eiontlsm decdi
-t:'e si creofie. A spune cd o cosd noud nu
' , :., e sd oibd ocoperis, nici igheoburi, este moi
: ^ rr decdl o cfirmo cd cei moderni nu moi
. , =. - decdi in cristo sou in belon ormol. Si in
- - - .: poote iurno romcniism, ior fonlo pooie luo
- Renosterii. Nici oulomobilul, nicr otelul, nici
= =
- : -.ci zgcrrie-norii, nici cristo ul, nici mosinile nu
- -' ^rvdlo stilul nou. Moleriolele ocesieo con
-:::zd coteodold un ospecl. Arhitectul insd ire-
= .: e uli izeze ca o formulo, sd e mdnuioscd, sd
-ra Arlo, prln mii ooce e ei, demoteri alizeazd
. Ate.le -n oo(e sr I p.ra oo ro.'i-r
' loor^. 1L"Tor . rp oloto 9-tr, o-e .ir e et..
. -: - este in noi si nici decum in moiericle, oricdt
- -:rfi ee.
^ _ Jo'tttnporonut. t .18. oclor o ^ l074
ilrdtilecluta noud
lhe new slyle: ArchiMvrc firAncEt tAt{cu:
lle Dooo Movor-'t loo c' ': .-. : - EEXrE DESPRE
iir g,^6' rF, 6o rtr'co s. ^ : ::
ARIITIECruP.A-
The ortists were the first to recc'
Wolo,r.^^dl^o'irsr ro.e..,-'- - -..:- .
cloimed.
l. The interrecrtionship belyzee. :c:--t,-t-: t-t -: TTAR.CEL IANCO:
.. :r ----
ciior :- fExfs oN
2. Agcinst commeTce with ort onc er.- a :-: ,:-t -. AP.CTITf ECTUP.E'
pover!),
3. Agcrinst fromes for obslroct poiniinas (ihey oie nci
noiurolistic seciions ony onger; crchiteciL,r-e cl one ccn
supp y ihe frome),
4 Agoinst crrlisl's superhumon houghiiness, which hcs
se been fueled since ihe Renorssonce fthe new cr|st is lhe
mcn who returns to socie!).
tose lorte. o iol \ we c -l er , ppor-eo oy e.pa,
mentol evenls exemplifying lhe inlerre otionship of obs
trocl crts ond crchiteciure. Loter on, lhe qrouo of the
-oo . ols
iA'p Lgg^rilg R, -e' or o.r. evor , loi
o i)
med the crnonymily of the work of ort.
Thisideo b oomed ct once, cs we wilnessed ihree mir-
ocles: lhe Berlin exhlbition of revolutionory crnd inde-
pendenl orchilects, fo owed by the first cubrst city
{Mogdebr 9
'l
duo 'o orch,,e,r o,,' poinl', eltorr.}
ond '^o 1 l-o Wein or :, -oo ol obsrocl cr-, oppi eo
ln orchileciure (Bouhous).
Since l9lZ we hcrve olso identified on Americon influ-
ence (see FLWright, Chicogo) on ihe young Duich
crchiiecls. Such simplifyinq horlzontol composit on
occounls for lhe new spirii. Shou d we holt here then it
wou dn'l be enough nsteod of the former Germon
'veriicolism' we hove enthroned o subsiilule. ln orl crny
preconceived preference for shcpe ond moleric is
impure. lt weokens ihe true obstroct meons of expres
sion.
Here ond ihere, simple iechniccl remorks ond o ncLve
possion for ihe mochine ond o childtsh worship of its
a'g leer c o r lo oe l'Jp pr 1, p es ol 'l e rew o t. W^
perceive rother cr dileitcrntish mode thon insiqhtful cre-
otrvily. To mointcrin lhot o new house needs no roof or
guiiers is even moTe noive thon to slole ihot the
Moderns will only bui d in crysto ond reinforced con-
crete. Romonticism con be poured into concrete ond
ccsi iron molded into Renoissonce shcpes. Neither the
oulomobile, ihe slone ond steel no ihe sl y scroper cnd
crystol or the mochine wl ieoch us ihe new siyLe.
Sometimes lhese moteriols induce one cspect lhouoh.
Yel the orchiiect should know how to use ihem lLe lor-
muloe, to hcnd e cnd win through them. Due to iis
mecns, ort demolerio izes lhe molerio . These meons
ore bui pure obsircrclions, vo ume, colour, number, sur-
foce, weight, ine, eic.
The new siye ies in ourseues cnd by no meons in the
role' o s we r .e 10 '-lot e' ^ow -ew lrey r g^ bo
p.
Conlinporonul , no. 48, Cctober )924, p 1 .
?17
 Ruperec unltolii olotcupii.za-ac:e ce ortd cr arhilec fhe new Archifecture
luril, osc cum oceostd crla . .e rn:ati.eozc in vremeo The breok inside the o
-inclusrve orl unriv : ,
j
Renosierii, esle prcino ce or diniol erezii in orfele os the otler monifesled ilse f durino the. i=- -
plcsliee. incercoreo usurolecd si deplosoto o "iluzlo
ro,i ' ccr'tr o \o I op q , .,o ^, -o O.f te , ngl
fhe couse of the first heresies wfthiriftne c- : :
c.rOr d- OO,aOOa-lpt O.t^O-a
I^B r^1".rr M,1eo q-o Borool e .). nl i 9 ool orc^ re lB , ^o o,..
5c z uneo s o occeniuol cu vremeo, ior romonllsmu Blondel, eic ) vigorous y objected
secolului trecut o consolidot coicrsirofcrlul individucr Thls split become deeper in time ond ftr':
lism in orld lury Romonlicism slrenqlhened lhe coics'-::
C consiiinlo orlislrco noud si pulernicd s o ridicot in o ism in ori.
]ume cu noslerec orle or revo ulionore (cubisr.,,, A -r., ord pow^ l o . or . -l
obslroclionism, construclivism), tocmoi cond orhiteclu
ro ero sd disporo 'inlr un suvenir dulce din irecui si
wrth the birth of the "revoluiionory' c-. , -
Io o^ n .oT\r,ciu nIwl^er o.
o ale po. , a oa pr io ^ de i^5 se, lo, o oc., obo.i or^lr o,rc,y -oo.weoi .

6 3c7,a o- 1 Oe, O-6-IFO

po, --
oo^d ol l1a o go. Too, 1q ^
Cu o cloriiole, o violentd si o compelenlo neinlo nild 'd 'ho, ova
" O ! ,p ol .ot{^o
de veccuri, ortele p osilce cu dot dupo rczboi p imul Aher World Wor fine orts lounched c --- -
oloc core trebuio sc libereze si sa umlneze si ccleo lor- oro 'orpe a.t o(\o rtr -"tao, - --
orhlteclurei. Preqdtireo se fdcuse cu fo osinld, coleo
ero deschiso. Din looie co iuir e vechei Europe se
'L ^ool o orhile.,.e. I,cpopoc
poinlless ond the rood slood open F-_- -
ridicd strigotul ortistului dupo vicrto Arle e p cstice .o aPl\ o f ,6po 6.1o o, o reo- l. :
er-o. ed rr- einie
refdcuserd procesu reinleqrorii e emenlelor esenf ole te. , e or . -oo
ln creoliuneo ortislicd si dictou luiuror orle or clorilcr lhe esseniio elemenis within crlis|c l-:-: -
teo or. were dictoiinq their cLorily lo oll cris
Mcnifesiul ortistilor rodicclt din l9l B glosuio. The I 9l B monifesio of the rodicol oi' :-i ::
Trebuie o conceptie unif<trd, adan*, docd vrem lf we are for strong ctnd lasling decis,: - . -
Lrlcrce clcl !'c lme dc. ,2,t, : pJtp t Ctr de tgo d .,o'c: ct deep, unitory fhinkina.
arl'e:iai:e ' 92L Noi arlislii reprezenfdm o esenliald porte a qenerali We, lhe artisfs, stand for csn essenlia :,:
flt:':: :.rr Arcf 'ectonlc tdlii si vrem sa preludn rdspunderea evoluliei ideole. c:l ond wish /o ossume /Ae resoonsii-.. -
4' t1 O- .O egco O c-.rO O \tpn: rOA, t^ p-t^ 07 fion. We hereby lel everyone'know ,-:- - -
opraope fornulotd. Spirilualilotea unei ctrle abslracte ol our time is almosl drcswn uo. The sa -
inseomnd deschiderea orizonlului slnlonc,tnlului de lrctcl orl mectns lo lel mctn's'feelinrJ'ic-,-=-
libertate al omului. Credinto nooslrd este ctla frdte- wide hoizons. We believe in brith---- - - -
ctscd, misiune noud ct omului in socielale. Arla is a new missron {or mon wilhin socie-. -
'a' o^oe loo on. ^pie. e,.eoLicso..e ,t" ) a ioco. or ooc;" o -er"l ^ o
.
".ooo^
' "dore.t a' osLlt ^o. . V o^ .o - a pL tp.pa .on_ o : io oo\^P'a[ .d:\ o a lo a'
slienld ct productrei {orlelor indrvidrrctle penlru recslizc: d:'r, a:<r:o1t be netq"o ^ta --
recs misiunti acesfaro in cea comuno. rotala. luptctm one We light the individuolisn thr:t rc, -.
conlrct indlvidualismului fdrr: si:tem. Cel ncti inal'l con
cepl ol nastru esle coutorea unui
The search for on ALLINCLUSIVE c: -'
plctn zO' ' S a, . at- €,t rOo ^p 1n." 6 :
ATCTCUPRINZATCR d" orizonturi spirituale ct woy lo express t'he huge billows ...=
Aceosla esle daloilo naastrd. Von da erpresie vo/u
lo 'o - dob' ^. \ or oo di e r e t:, 7p1 6 r,elo- o.5- directions lor odd tendencies (Egge i-: l
M^o' whil^ a a yc x.i,r ro roT--.
porole {Eggeling, loncu, Richter). le g o' p oi r-o D.lr n Mooer -
n oce o$i timp, dor foro nici un conioct, 'De Stiil , qru modern orchileclure in Europe, wos I - _-
ooroc, rodor" li'o, o'o Oe-i o ^ . a, O .,ot ,n l^ '9 , 6s9^^6 o) or -r 're, I o o
Europo ou reolizcrt orhitelurc noud, lonscr un monif_^st lhoo vo't Doerb,,g ol wL'.,1 AA:,
semnol de pictori, orhitecfi si scu ptorr, in frunle cu -
h^o,or Do^.b, ,o oi. o,F e.,og^.r. I Today t'here is o new oworcness ..- -
o'o''hevot o tncooo pt ..

I Exisla c:zi o constilnld noud si uno veche in lume. new one lo the unlversal.
Ceo t^. Le 'o ,Tat eoo,o sp ^ .tot.d. o . eo no.o 2. New ot
SpTe untvetsol.
hos brought to light the ^ :--
owo enls". on eq, 'l b,., ^ oe 14 ep
2. Arlct noua o odus la lunino ceea ce contine cons the ar:rlicLtlor
liinto ceo noud: echilibrareo propottiei intre induiduol
3. ihe new oworeness is reodv lo [1,:
si universal. ide life The founders of the new ihirtr;-:
3. Con$tiinlo noud esle pregolilo a se rectlizct si in ot ctnd cullurctl reform, wish to desiro,, :-=
exfeiloc:ra. Fondatorii noii concepliuni core cred
vicslct
"toet lhe oae-''to, fl'o .; oe, .^^
in reforma ortei si o cuhurii, vor sa jistuga pupo, the wc:y fine orts did with the csbolitior c: .
 r. - - -.viduolo, dogmele cctre slctu in drumul
-' ,' cso precum in orlele ploslice sa distrus
- -- -- ,-eo noluralismului, ceea ce stoteo in dru-
'r -- :' nottuni de arto.
,-:' . cerintele comune erou: I ) Dislrucereo
-
l-;"rb \e .ar o-tr iere oe .o oio,o,
- := oiob eme e vieiii; 2) Exprimorec unei con
'= i.tl-,or orielor oer- L o oozo 5p ri-Jo o
- : I le o conslrui, 3) Dislruoerec duo/iiolii inire
:-': orro devine violo; 4) Distruqereo duo i-
' '=:rtrsi sl om, creotorul nou revenind lcr
r' - tocelor sole orllstice, cere loc in vioio,
' . :- ^-chipui ce ecou o creoi in sufletu crchi
. -:,-:ii de neincredereo in creolii e lor oces-
. .' - :'i. Zi ele revoluliilor post-belice ou fost cel
, -: :borotor de incercdri pentru ideile noi.
'. :-:hiteciii, pictorii oceior ocuri ou produs
: : , -trTe ocele serii de erpozit i sl reolizori din
- - o PS Ce rorio pe core ro re cor.i
: - I 'or de cro^vo i ce rr (p ooo-e Jo
-:= -rprofoto pdmonlu Deodolo, heqemo-
- - I r revenit in moinileui.orhilecturi
_ inoculote.
- :,': :cczie omintim nume e lui Gropius si Toul
, - ' : ::re o fdcui primele reo izorr experimen
' - :r :, doi eo, core c reclizot lonqo Berlin, in
-::eburg, primele reolizdri prc-tice in onul
, - .cr rdmdne vesnic, cu tocto insuficienlo
" --:-ziiiet - primu monument ol vointei
crriistice
. -
- lsire.
: eo1o T,rpof'-ooegilc{g6g'g 1-gi
:r-a o elemente cle problemelor crislice
r - - - - Cecot orchitectul, coci el rdrmdsese in
- " . : - :oliie, fdrd gcoo d, fdrd mestesugori, foro
, - -- noment s-o simlil ocest lucru si lumec
: :t=l co rnginerul, co mci odoplcri vietii, prc
r ,, - - - sclutiilor fdro inconiur in concepfio sirict
'- r: procticd ceruld ozi, ii vo luo ocul.
--l 'nore, cu oiol moi mull cu cdi lonoru]
: ' :: - Cin scoolo purio " ovol iere', polorii cu
:-:r'ice, icr in foto viefii, cu toote diplome-
,-I -cce nlci mdrcor cdt zidorul sou.
. ': ^oud, in viu contocl cu oriele ploslice
T] r : 3JS si dOnso cu oceostc problemo sim
:
' --e cr, o priceperri moierio eior de prelu-
. ) o oislr 'ge'iide, e lerri,e de ,ur'.
viu de vederi ce s o iscot, s o inleles
: -- -riie nu se foc, nu se combino si cd
-"-- optimlsm viu si o inlelepciune pent-
,,'r- e oroT
::'r-
'
oldi oe
de corocler
corocleristrce
slrce st
si soecitic_^
soecific-^
ti , .: - -:oslre, doco ii suslln rosiul, se vc
: . ''--o funciie orqonu: sli u. Pe de o
.
I' : -ecesitoie c cerintelor proclice (ccre
r .'-.le de oJe epocii inflorirli borocului
, .= -.," ; g;ri;;;;;r;;;; p;;;;;;;,
Lr. - . ': ::'ie pcsiuneo pentru sinlezd ortistico
r - : -:-,':e si simple, reprezentdnd funcliu
m' ' .- l- soc u cerceldriior orchileclurii noi
slood agc:inst lhe latesi ioec
The common demonds we-e. , r::--
rs'eod wo I nops or^ oe- r. j: : -.
*o I {d.clir e wi' o p or c- _
n Ot , O.t.Ap-iO^ rO. Oll O.t\ . , .t_ .
sol spirituol bcsis to build on 3 .-:
..
:=---: .
-:
boh,ve^" liie o"o c,r , o'r becor ?.
exisiirq dL o n bo *eor a 01 c
-
: j.. :-
co. -A,.1'lq -o lL e os,e,,e ol . . :
denond.opro,e o -rs-lf ' I- ^.
become lhe crofismon of o new civi izc:ion
We con imoqine how these demcnds echoed in the
orchilecis' s-oul, iroubed os they were by o thorough
]o l o ,o-'oor ce r rroir wo l. le po5wor Avol- o
'o ydoy.wereo nuqe lobo oor/ o o ..o.1 e.a. ew
oeos oL. ll o wo I of s, r.po o,,iii"a,, o"o
"om ",
pcinlers produced ihose e>hlbitions cnd ochievemenis
in Russic, ond especioly in Germony, which we now
perceive os o vo conic lurnoce of lruihs lkely io chonge
the foce of the eorth. All of o sudden, ortisiic hegemony
wos o.en over cQo' oy lnis r oce o-ao o-. ."." ,,..
Wo tcrl ^ thi' oppo -lniry to re.o' Grop. , or d or s
cor ''b ' o' .'l-ero'n" do Ine rir l^)pa 'la^ \ o.ro lae
o ro lLe ri , oro^'co ocLiever o, . r lg2A l
Mogdeburg, neor Ber in They ore bound fo lost fore-
ver,.despite ihe inherent shortcominqs of trcnsiiion, os
ihe lirsi monumeni showinc the crtistic delerminotion of
our oge.
No one cou d hove ever benefited betier from the tho
rough. e ucidoiion of the crlistic prob ems of our time
thon the orchitecl hlmself, since h" *o, the one cost
o one in the world with no trodilion ond school, with no
crcflsmen ond no creed. For c shortwhile evervone fe I
this siiuotion os such, ond the new world shored in tlre
opiriolLo lre e1q^ea boinq bele'odir- reo.o, o
o'ob en s o^c, . oooole o t rc, r-re ,, o gt-for*o,d
nomic ond procliccl so ulions specific Io our time,"co-
wi
ever uoly oL o t 's o oco.'l-e do^gtr. wo. evel q eote,
) 'lca lf,P yotlg q'odLo e or( niter yr6. *o6: i. q g
'louollie'o or o o w.oeor'T"reo lo or o desp,1o"n1,
diplono. ^e wo. ess prepo ao o ro, e e -no" -l o
bricl cver he worLed with
New orchiteclure, inlensely interreloled with modern
fine orts roised, in ils lurn, the problem of shope reduc-
ond knowledge of ihe moterro s to be processed,
tion.
ond whol is more, the obo ilion ol eclectic ideo of sly-
les.
A v v.d r-o'crcnge ol v'ewpo ^ s -nooe quo y6ro ,rol-
ly .o':prel
"nd 'o 5y,es we'a ro' ro bo -ode orc
-orb;n"6; or,y o l;uely op ir'sr. o-d or 'r. ql-,, rrer
ligerce d ecrod lo spo, 'ic ror le.to io-- or o Jr ',
rTr e
could generote s!le, Lust ihe wcy ihe orgcn generotes
ihe iunction The boses for new resecrchln orihitecture
ore, on lhe one hond, the science, o necessilv of proc-
lrol oercr o, (corrp'elely o tl^rer I or .no\e ir l1e
b ooming oge of ihe Bcroque, for rnsionce) thct now
cre solved by the mochine, cnd on ihe other hond, the
possion for ortisiic synthesis of noiurol ond ploin noiurol
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ClC OSICIZ.
Acum so inleles cdr -- oooie fi o*c de
o.hiec-,-: cr
deseno folodc scr nud.lr ccr c- problemo ei orlrs-
ticcr rezido in crlc corespondenie or spctio e, cr
o proporlrror sl cr
roporturi or echilibrote de vo ume,
rilmuri or conslruiie numc coniorm egior orgonice
o6s^'r.io,o oeqeo^ai^
Dooor^aoeo- ^oi l.eeoeolcocr o.
Uzlne e, Crogele,Grcdino, Locuintele Eftine, Sgorie-
Norii isi cer o conceplie odevcrrotcr. A 1e supune sli u
ri ot mocrle este o monslruoziloie Si o dovodo de
impotentc. Tocte vo orile esenllc e c e orhtieciurii lre-
buie revizuile: inleriorul, singuru scop o ocliunil de cr
cladt, urbc:nisnu/, scopu socio ol crh iecturii st esfeli
co, oceosto 'in sensu funcliono uii llorist o c cdirli.
Un tondr crhitect germon, Hilbersheimer, prectzeaza
in lermenli urmallori prob emo orhiteclurii de cslozi.
"Cc orice discip incr slo sr orhliecluro in folo nece
sitolii de o oduce urnlnd in luru mi1 ooce or ce-i for
meozd fundcmentu si insdsi nclurc ei.
Aci i-o servit plcturo drept ca auza, ominlindu i e e-
mentele de bczc c e oricdrrei orle. e emente geo
metrice si cubice core formeczd u timcr obieclrvore
oos b al
borpurile slmp e cubrce cubul, sfero, cjlindru , prismo,
piromidc, e ernente pur compositionole sunt elemen
shcrpe representing rts funclion.
Frno Lyrt hos been understood ihot orchlte: -'-
not be the crl of drowinq focodes cnd nuc:. ,
prob em lres with the ori of spoticl correspo-r:
bo onced relolions lhrough vo umes, of prop-' -
rhythm buil only by the orgonic rues of se-..
geometry.
Todcy's prob ems cre different from os yesi3'l
Plcnts, Gorden Cities, Low price llc,.-
.lu ooe . .trao 01 Or - a I ot 6ptO
ihe deod slles on them is monsirous ond c-, =
tence. All lhe essenliol vo ues of orchrieci.r-: ,-
reconsiderec: lhe tntertor, the ony purpose -'
ptocess, urbanism, the sociol purpose ,-tl -,',- .
ond oesihelics, understood in ihe funcliorc -. '
sense of the bui ding
A young Germon orchilect, llilbersheirr:- :
todoy s crchiiecture prob em under i-:,.
'Archileclure, os ony other discipline, foces -- .
! to elucldote ihe mecns ihol moke ils bos: :-
noture.
At th s point pointing hos guided il by recc - :'-
e emenls perloinrng to ony orl. the cubic c-t r-
aF1 erq.Ct '^Oo'or-iTOeObo --.;
The simple cubic bodies, such os the croe :
ihe cyinder, the prism, ond the pyromid, r-'- .

tele de bozcr o e oricdrei crchileclurl. lO O ^aTeT) OclroOO OT^ O /

Foptul co noturo crhileclurii insos esle volum in spcl u, leclu re.
conslrOnge Jcr o cJorllole [ormc]o. Arhllecluro rsl cre The very ncrlureol orchrleciure, whlc'r ,
originec in geometrie'. spoce, imposes o formol ccrily. Architec---: -
S o inteles in line ozi cd crhitecturo esle pr n exce in qeometry."
lentd orlo socio d si co individuo ismu in orhileciura Jt hos been fino y undersiood thct or.-': . .
o re ol o' no e per' o. sociol orl por excellence ond thus lndjvlc-: .-
Arhilecirro inf oril numoi in oce e vremi cond ideecr
cr leclure rs the greolesl donger of o .

de conceplie o ce er moi simp e orfevroril, co 9i cr Archileciure cou d on y thrive during thos: -- -

celui moi simp u monument se oqlindesle oce csi spi- lhe mosl unsophist ccled go dsmith s worr r- l

rii bozot pe vo or funclionole crescuie si de ocord
occepicrte in t mp st 1oc.
Dupo un seco de 'incercdri slerile si in ciudcr islorici
smu ul ec eclic, se orold osidzl in Cccldeniul Europe
o miscore de orhllecturo, core inlToneozd un nou siml
o molero e]or, moi sincer, moi vru, .inccre dupo cred-
intcr noosird se vo dezvoila 'in timp, odevorclu siil
crescut din spirilu si economlc vielLi nooslre.
Conlimporctnul nr 53 54 februorie 1925 pp 3 4
unsophisiiccled monumenl ref ecleC ll-e . -- .
bosed on developed ond commony c.,:: -
tiono vc ues in p oce crnd ltme.
After o century of slerile pursuiis ond Ces: - -
tic hlsioricism, o movemenl in orchitectu.e , - -
\,\7c ial r I gpo I o- o1-l 'o a o r e^ l
ond genuine sense of the molericr s; we a: :- -
w.r qowi -oo,a \q6o.o6po6
ond economv of oLrr rle
Conlimporanul, no 53-54, Febrr.lc- - ,

Conslruclivism si
'',lhilectutd
Conslruclivismul este orio obslrcrctd', core, cresculo Constrvolivism lrlnd Archileclntre
d nlr un slml optim st c vietii, purifico orlc de orice urme the cbsirocl' orl lhci .'=-
Construciivlsm is
de romcnlism, fiind expresio ceo moi vlo enld o doru ul 01 OOI -"r \ aw 01 to p go5 Or ,
de construclie cl vremii noostre (Epoc e mor or sliluri 'or ol [-,6 r\^ os ,o^t I

se corocterizeozd prinfr-un crsemef eo dor de o clAdl).
Lo incepui consiruclivismul ovusese o otltudine di e
lonld penlru mos nlsmu zile or nocrslre. Acesl ]ucru c
fosi lnvins prin ridico u siiuoiiei, cocl e] nu reprezenlo
decol un nou romontism
Cu occrz o expozif ei internollono e o lechnicei ieotro
sirucllon fleld (The epochs of greoi sty e: - -
rized by cn irrepressib e impu se lo b, :
lnitio ly, constructlvlsm showed o i e-:-'
iowords todoy's mochinism I cou d be , -
by sensing the ridiculous hypostcs s o: . .
' oor I. o 1^ o^1onl 5n
,
^
 ' r,: ce Coslee s o scris urmdioorele:
. :' r. rlre r:orfois des d6formolions sen
= - -i qu",lrn. Lorsqu ils veulent c lout
,= ^--ob e PJus d'icones ! Plus de fetl
: , -- -es liberes I crieni i s. Et i s decol-
:-. : r- s ne scveni pos lire ou mellent
,: r rce pour vorr l'effet Si vroimenl lo
-i:-.,r", Messieurs, s'il esl vroi qu'el e
: :-: empoignez lc, soyez m6cono,
: .=z rngenieur, conslructeur ou mot
- --*:r, commondez d lc mochine ou
- ,' :- por e le el olors, si vous 'oimez
i :'es pcs un imbeci e peufelre, fer
. ---' '-6conique. Mcis s'll usionner ou
: r,: e mol et 6 6meni suffisent, c'est
- r..c de eou'.
o, o;9r -^oo.a r "ce
:-:--rc-e (Rodl[o e KunslJer Zurich), s Construclivsm, whose roots con be troc[ed down lo
,: : es in Rusic sl PoLonic (Molevitch,
o-p"l le ^ pe'n er orF o
;': opl .oo 6{o'gq olo noi 1Io
- , ::eslor oriisti de o coloboro in violo
odooorer ero p^ o-o
':epio'ce' ^oAoLe'l|:o
- --l-sfd ', core se pierde intr-un com
, '- : peniru o pune numci problemcr
,: -l' csldzi n o existoi o concepfie moi
: l: o reclizcr intre criele plcsiice 5i
- ---o, cr compune in obsircrcl, creind
- s;orofefe, vo ume pr n cifre geome
. cr 1e tronspune 'intr o reo ilole
= :poi
. : -cierlolul viu dupo egi e sensibi itolii
.-: -: oduce orle e p osttce in co eo unei
.: -:: conloprri cu orhrieciuro rendsculd.
-:-r': o fost reliefu obstroci, cote cetecr
^^lato.t 151-[ ys t.e
. o a tr | [D o .r t rO :'o^oord d^.o P
o cloriflco rcrporluri de volume 9i
I---'--
: emd de puro crrhiteciurd). Apoi cu
: : ,:r moi curotd, cu evlcvio ceo moi
-
-rirt sd compue din lemn, piotro, fier,
:,-:, cdevdrole evoziuni din domeniu
:: = -: ploslice, cLodind numoi dupo egile
,' : emolivilotllor moderne.
- -: rd-inv nge romcnlismu mcginei, recu-
, - --:otibilltoiec inlre eo si geomelrie, fiind
- :',- - de o rto ( Fieren s)
- : :oemee sensrbllitclli, constructivismu
- --:odele si milloocele moderne, reol-
.3q"oeoPr -1 oo9o1 70-qP,rr'
,o. Ge -rot l-o D !-lal o p q'
: -:rsiructivigrilor, din Dusseldorf,'incd in
'- nume e grupor lor de crrto noudr din
-
-
, - :rn), Scondinovro (FggeL ng), RomOnio
. 3etmon o formulo urmdloore e.
: : 'eolitatea unei probleme obtecilve de arta
-.': problemele individuole. Acectstd pro
= : c:ltcevcs decat o cdufa cs face un tctblou
Cn lhe occcrsion oi lhe r-e--t : ='
,- -
e -a 'i o eq p-^
wrole lhe followlng Ei e r: ::-- :' r- - - - r-
d6formotions sentimenic es l: -r-- -r --:' - :
v^_-r roiorpr .d^ -
P,soele le \o
de oq.e'l '46'3r1on
^ _rq 3,^l e .o' , q ob- p
mochine vous inleresse. Mess e,.: : -: .'l -l- - -
d(Ievo'le )r Ie a^POO',/ : -
pour de bon, soyez rngeneur :. ,',,'=, ,, -:'
chond ou recordmon, commcndez a a '-la- -: J,
o ssezvous muttler por e e ei o ots sl vous airrez
encore, si vous n eles pos un imbeci e peL:relre, ler-ez
vous de ort meconique. Mors s iluslonner cu po n- de
croire que e mol et elemenl sufflsenl, c est voulojr s e
nlvrer ovec de I'ecu."
ihe becinnings of obslrocl ort (Rodi[o e Kunsller -
Zurich),-hos moin y deve oped ln Ru:sicr cnd Polcrnd
f Mo'ev.r
| ".,'t' , To l,n PJa l ,^/ne e-r'a a po';-'ror'6r
lreld of opplred ori olfered o lorger choice These
o ilsts desLre to collobo ole in motters of ife (the oriist
hos never ived in such o precorious tme os ours) hos
been orliculcrled convincingly in iheir "supremocisl " for-
mulo ihot slnks in the middle of cr formol nowhere, ln
order lo put only the problem of the moteriol.
The similority of conception befueen orchrtecture ond
fine crts hos never been obvlous. To creole on o rhyth
mico bosis, lo compose within the cbsirocl frome by
qeneroiinq re otion, behveen ines, surfoces, cnd volu-
mer through qeometric numbers ond colour cnd then to
lronspo:e lhem oll into cr new klnd of reo ity by fobrico
irq -,ive, ^o'p,O o oO. oIo l^ Ow.OIo'oot;
sensilivly he e it ls how oris contribuie to o cose ond
[ru tfu welding with the reluvenoied orchiteciure. ll
beqon with lhe obstroct re ie{ thct c ormed c ploce wit
htnlhe woll. [oter, Lisiizky ottempted to moI e lhe obiecl
(Proun) cs o purely oesiheii. stcndord meonl to c orify
lhe relotions beilnzeen volumes crnd moterlcr s. (A pure
orchleciurol probem lndeed) With their uppermosl
sensitvily ond inlense devoilon, they begon lo compo
se pure conslruclons in wood, slone, ond lron - o lrue
escope from the lensuous reolm of oris bu ldrng up
occordlng to orgon c lows, the only funct on of modern
emolion.
The new sensitivily overcomes the romontlcism of lhe
mochine, oc[nowledging iis incompotibil ty with geo
7berq eo /o9 ooofor"(ieet)
re'r
Aporro-'o:o1 11;rypober o-"..q oF-
meoleo n -' 'Le 191^ 1 a^q1 619 'Te'L 61l i or
omnipresenl focior due to cn internotlono spiriluol orgc
nizotion. Cn the firsi Congress of ihe Conslrucllvisis
1922) tn Dusse dorf, lhe Germcrn oriisi Hons Richler,
on beho f of ort groups from Swilzerlcnd (Boumonn),
Sccndinovio (Egge lng), Romonio (M. .lonco) ond \lorce rcrAil,':-:
C^rr o, , o.p o od -r" o o,tr'g idoo:: 1924
Wc ^ore Fo. "eo t eoc t o n, otoaob1e. re ot' p a Morce ,crcc .rrno A pi oi':
blem frc:nscending the tndiriduol problens. This pro 1924
?71
sau o plcrslico bund, vrerr, -ecrijieo Vrem de comun
acard si realmente sd consiru-rrn. so cicdrm si sd punem
bozele scoale,noi Ne ptnent singuri problemele, casa,
S PtctlO'A . oo'A.O .a
'po'.r
Preciz(tm cd arlo o sfarsit de c fi un vis ce se pune de-c,t
curmezisul realitalii, un niiloc de o descoperi rnislerele
cosmice, c,trtct esle o expresie realo ;i generald a ener
giei creoloctre care orgcsntzectza progresul omeniri.
Contimporanul nr 53 54 februcrie 1925, pp lO I 1
InlefiorrtI
Cmu clddeste cu un singur scop: de c creo lnlerloru.
Scolie 9l occdemiile ou ucis, prin formule, insdsi
intenilo, scopu c oditului, cdci moioriloteo orhilecillor,
ormoli cu dip ome, n ou ceo moi modesto nofiune
despre inlerior
Pseudo-orhilecili de crzi stiu so picleze nuduri, so
scu pleze ornomenle, sd oquoreleze fclcrde.
Arhilectura esle insd numci si numoi orio de c vedeo
in spoliu. Existo spo/iul lrnitot de pionuri pereti. N
TERLCRUt, icr co o urrrcre o inlerloruJui, vo umu:
EXTER CRUt
Puterec de creof e o orhileciului se rezumd in opii
ludineo de o vedeo spclic , de o concepe spafluil li
rnitaf si a troge dinlrinsu loole consecinle e in vo umu
exterior.
lnteriorul modern proportioneozc, dupo scop, ind li
meo si mdrimeo inc-rperi or.
Economio sl utilllorismu] ou creol necesiloteo mici]or
'inollimj, core prin conirost
creeozo un eleci spotiol
roi bogol oo | ;- a or,'-i o rli- ota \pe' t.,o.
Esietjco nouo, simpld co sl cer nlele igienice, precon.
zeazd in dluroreo topeie or, perde e or, covoore or,
lcb ouri or, si cere perel zugrcvifi dupo scop si impre
iu rd ri.
nleriorul, loc de odihno, cere clorilote. Ochiul vreo
dintr-o privire so cuprindo tot spcrliu . ., l^. oa^oo a l-ee,iro.po,po..
lncdperec modernd cere mobi d mrco, cot de iocso
9i pufino Pereti sl plofoone unilcr lrolote.
Fereslre e de lumino si vent otie pot fi csezole dngcr
p cfon
Corpuri e de umino ortificio o vor fi osezole in locul
unde sunt mci uli e, foro o se line secrmo de oxio tto-
te.
Mobi o nocsird seorbodo si p incr de infloriiuri tre-
buie, prin odougiri si invenlii ulile si un moximum de
simp ficore, sd reo izeze moximum de confort.
ln orlo noud, ulilitcleo, scopu, vo dicio ultimo formo,
core vo fi frumooso cu prisos ntd.
Conttmporrsnul, nr. 57 58, oprilie )925 p2
Arhileclutd de plangetd
ln seco ul rigid 9i sob,r'ol betJnu ul ormol, roco ortifi
ciolO de inzecltd ldrie, domnesle incd conceplio
meschind o podoobe or si ornomenteior. Ce din
blem means o lot more lhan naking o g:-,
and a work of ol , we denctnd lhe recti '' -
agree ond wont to build, to build ond lie n-- :,
of lhe new school. We al<;ne pose our o\..,- :
which c:re: home, spoce, surface, colour, c., ,
We d like to mctke clear that ort is no lotc='
set ogainsl reality, o means to find out.ovi , -
arl is a reol ,:nd generol expression of ct c'::
gy lhot alone orgc:nizes the progress of ht- -:'
Contimporanul, no 53 54, Februcry l9i:
fhe inleriot
Whenever he bui ds, mon hos jusl one gc: -
lhe inlerior spoce.
The frozen formu oe of schoois ond cccc=- -
the very lnleniion ond goc of the building : -'
most of the orchiiecis, showing off their dic , ^
hove the sliqhtesl ideo of whct lhe inlerior -=:
Todoy s pseudo crrchliecls con pcinl nude. , -
menls, ond drow fccodes ln lhe oquore e -=
Archileclure is exclusive y ihe crrl lo see ir .: , .
' |.s ;71e6/ rpo! e ir) p o.F sr,' o- e - -
I
ord r ^u^. tho volL e. H[ tlTrR C
The crchitect s power of creoiion on y n,.: .-
e: .-.
tyloperceivespoliolly, locrecte lhe lini
.- :
use cll its polenlio effects in the exlerior r
Modern inierlor occommodotes, occo-. : '
iecl's gool, lhe height ond size of rooms.
Economy cnd utililorionlsm led to smolle' -= -
A I Na /O OllO r 'rigg^1og grl g. -. -
effect thct rendered o specific rniimocy ---
i:
New cesihelics, os elementory os ony r .I -
recommends lhot wo poper, curloins ----' :
pointings be removed; il demonds inslecc :, - -
occording to the given conlexl ond pur..:-
The interior, os o p oce for resl, needs : :--
The modern room needs only low, smo : :
wc s ond cei ings uniformly trecrted.
The openings for ight cnd ventllcrtion .r- : -
close lo the ceillng.
The ighting cpp ionces con be p oced c .':-- -
oxiolrty conslrcint, wherever lhey ore neel:l
Cur ife ess ond overdecorcrled furnliu.e .
moxrmum of comforl by usefu odditions -.--
oversim plificclion.
Withln new ort, the crlterio of purpose crf : --
diciote the ulimoie form, lherefore, on..-- -
b,^oLrlifrl one
Conltmporanul , no 5Z-58 r,:-
Drawing board Architectvte
n the stiff ond sober oge of reinforced c-- - -
the ortlficio rock s len times slronger, the ,-=
decorolion ond ornoment is still dominc.-
 ::--al de zid e inveil inlro inlreogo founo si
:: psos. Singuro vrnovotd e p onseto. O
' -'uncot o in focl
, -: crlo prin exce enld o spcfiu ui, o devenil
-:-olorie de desenotori minioluristi, oquorelis
.:eclivisti. Cc orice crrid, sclu mcl muli decol
:: lrdieste dlntrun imbold, drniro bucurie
' , i, ndzuinld sociold co ectivd, in plin ocord
,,,-a dln insusi spirilu , cerinfe e prociice s o
: : specificd vremli.
-: rford vlalo vuieste de germinolii noi, orhi-
t':-'l pcno o ido olrie cu plonseto, s-ou bori
:-e iere 9r sco i be eortisfe, copiind cu febri-
:: c bume si dictioncre, stiluri perimole.
-r orlo volume or in spoliu, nu se rezumd ]o
'=: simeiricd o inii or pe hdrtie sou umple-
: -,: or. Chezcsio orhrleclurii esie bucuric
- o reolizdrii si nu ornomenlciiei de
: :: o crld noud, incd fdrc nume, incd in ncs-
-' ,r-e pornlnd de lo 'inlerior' , nu pune coscr
- -: :-rrd decorotivd, ci co uno de expresie o
=,c,nzdtoore nevoilor de stondord si utllito-
r raevdr in orhileciurd e vo umul; cel de ol
-.:-erio ul Clne foce orhileciurcr pe hcrtie,
-'-:'rci pe unul, nlci pe celOlclt. Ardetr
. ::ceti modele, este lozinco crhileciurii de
':cronul, nr 60, seplem6rie )925 p 67
,fm#hifecnra de m6ine
:-: ,:men nld de o gterge crh iecturo dintre
::': inldlurol prin imboldu novotor ol plost-
=.-erizoni de ieri foce oc unui rofiono ism
r: o cucelloore drogoste pentru noua
.:-d: industrio zoreo.
:-c de ozi trece de drept mosinii si pro-
,--: izdrii consirucliei nu esle uno din ce e
'ednsemnote probleme economice din
-:' :ptd in iot ocu cu 'monopero" scumpd
r ,^one si reolizol experiente de more
-'-u reducerec cosiu ui unei ocuinl-^ orin
r: -mp si monoperd ln montcju or. Zect
: = roi upto sd 'in ocuioscd orgilo orsd.
: :ci de ipsos, din perefi de ozbesi sou
:- : -enl sunt peste iof cunoscule 9i experi
I word pcsier pcne houses wlth osbestos wol s or
-:--, 'e dln tob o de fier de curond experi,
- l ;o ou dol ]oc unei industrii cu tolu noi
j
-= noi iefiine, ce e moi ropld monlote s
:: ccuti.
:ri creol construcfiei cr fost deschis de
j .oloo
o o t l o-s'nr I orF 'e e
c::r - --: : : -
spoi on the wcrll ls enve -
tloro. -r^ o
; cl
o'o :
oer oJTce i l ,oryi c.. :. - =' =
Ar'l'^-op^e^'e : :' ::. -.-
o jugglerstrrckof rl
those'"'"-::-r--:r-----:- -:
^ q r" O-.re OQ' Ce
or yoL^ o' o'de.e--
, ,
. : :'
r.
'rpJs^ o lu'.e :.. . :
a'p o-o' f o'o g., 'ac '. . l
proclicol needs,ondlhespec--:i-: .-.,- , -..- -:.
While outside ihere is i,ie : e: . - -,r: -- -:..'''
sprouting germs, lhe crchiieci: co c-'- -, ) ./.JJel ;o
iheir drowing bocrrds borrlcode ihem.e ve" n ii-eir s-u
dios ond BeouxArts schools, fronllco y copying obso-
ele siyles from olbums cnd diciloncries
Architeclure, cn orl of volumes in spoce, does nol con
fine io the symmeirico order of lines drown on poper
cnd to skrllfuily cover up fccodes for thetr own so[,e lt
is nol the drowing boord decorotlon bui the ioy of the
r o er'o] o, d lho otco-oiirt -"ro^- t.o no' ruo ror I qo'
uine orchileclLrre
A new orl is emerging iodoy, yet nomeless, yel in lrcvoil
' o orge .o- ide'roo o o-ior c-.' o ro ro- eo .ni
leciure, bul slorls from the "inlerior" os on expression of
ife conslstenl with the needs of stondcrd ond uti itu .
The first trulh in crchitecture is vo ume; lhe second 6ne is
ihe moleriol. He who does orchlleciure on pcper hos Morce oncu, Conslruclie,
hcrdly ony chonce lo know either the flrst or ihe second 1924
ole. BL'n;o,,t d o^.ng boo ds ond aL ,o trp -ode's- Morce lcnco, Corslruclion,
I , s o-o ow ' po-.wo'o i' o" ecrJ e. tq24
Contimporanul , no 6a, Seplember )925 p 67
I o m ottow' s Atchile clu te
The donger ihoi cou d hove wiped off orchitecture from
omong the iving orts wos removed due to ihe innovcr-
iing impu se of modern orl.
Yesierdoy's historrcrsm, turned rnto obso ole oesthelcs,
mckes room for virile roliono ism urqed by on oll embrc
cing ove for the new reoson of ving. ndustrio izction.
Todoy's produciion rightfu y be ongs to the mochtne
ond the conslruclion indusiriollzolion issue is noi in the
ieosi o simp e ond mlnor economicol problem in the
word Everywhere the rnochine flghts the vlcious ond
expensive' hondicroft"
Londmorks hove been p oced in, ond extremely impor-
tonl experimenls hove been ochieved lo decreose ihe
house cost by reducing lime cnd cbour in the ossem-
b ing process. Tens ond iens of new building mcierio s
ore fightlng to e im note the burned brick; oll over ihe
cement ponels cre known ond tesled out.
The recenly tesled iron sheet houses in Eng crnd ope
ned woy for on enlirely new induslry ond now they ore
the cheopesi, ihe eoslesl to ossemb e ond ihe heollhiest
lo ive in.
This new horrzon in bui d ng hcs been opened by the
simp ifyinc uti itorion oesthetlcs thot odvocoies
223
 seo-i ce o.ob eme de orh-
Vorbesc oici de bund 'Stondordizotlon'.
teclurdr slrdine, r:- c ioi posu 'betonu]
cdci noi ini6 Cerioin y, 1 om referring lo foretgn orchileclure c
ormol' co o suoremo proco de progres. Aiureo .1 ele,e we )t -Ole ogo'l ,l r^ir ot . Fo o'
beionu ormct o losi oprocpe comp el parosit fiind ove. o r il weto .t-^ ro.en ^ p.oor o. ,

preo scump si prec putin ropid. Anywhere else reinlorced concrete wos comp:
behlnd becouse ll wos loo expensive cnd :'
Confimporanul, nr 61, octombrie 1925 p 6 hondl-^

Morce oncu. Ccnslruclie,
)q25
Morce lonco, Corstrlcliof
' :-'
Continporanul , no 6l , Cciober
Expozilia Wetkbu,n*.
Die Wohnvng
lntr-un iimp re ciiv scuri, crhileciuro modernd c focut Werkbund Exhibitions
posl gigoniici. S ou dez dntuii forfele conslructive c e Die Wohnvng
| ^,.gela O- !e r, r O PJ'eO .r ^ i. iqr .TO trO 1a' Within quite o short while, modern orchiteci.r-: -. -
r . ol 1a 'e 5 C)^ror 'oose. oheod lremendousy. The construclive forces ,t : -
Primele incercdri doieozo din tlmpul rozboiului. Doto- ol or lhol , o rid .o olqe' o.A - e )wa-'
riio cubismulul in orhliecturdr, ovem ozi o estelicdr nouo, rolil o- o 'ele,. . hoo *er^ F- oo .e.
o ume de reollzdrl: Be gic, Clcndo, Germonio Their first oitempts monrfested during the Wc-:
Acei ce ou
.inle
es sd reinceopd un mestesug pierdul, D e lo .-b .-.r 'r o'.- A,t a toooy' w6 o.
sd I refcrcd din necesilcli e vremei 'in ccre troim, so sl oo Lol .. ord o wo o o o rievenen
, bo oo.oze po--e e ^.lo /ot -e e, a re r I ._ooId o oGe'-ro.y'.
r

1925
,
f1 qr li6. o i ,n eo, o, p
Jq ,^oo-et -.1 s ll,..t o.t. llebo. o rhore*.y'e.o se ovrho - .

ln looie co turile lumei ovem ozi cdte o grupore core p o9o'r l'e o goler '-o o^o n ooP ai ':
loo. rota Joo.t o i5rr o" 'oeoooo illo lhe necessilies of our time ond lhen subo.: - : -
I. r '' or o i. to ror .lrr r-i ,i-16. oo-r[^l ord e..ec i. oppo-1p5 o oo t.T'
A sironge, o uniflco oceste eforturi, esle problemo de ^ tL^ .e^1oe | ^,d. o, lho wo o ,o e -,;. ...
molne. /olo ce st o propus Germanro cu expozitra group fighting for the new purism cnd func , -
inlernalionold de conslrt,ctie anuntotat lo Sfutt.qctrl slrucivisi ideo ogy in orchiieclure.
penlru onul 1927. Arhitectu o de mcrrne, or sput o It is tomorrow s duty io gother ond unile i-::= -
mereu, merge spre induslr io izcre. Mosino vcr produ Here is whol Germony intended wLtert it se' -: -
A. O.e -1oi ol.b'e ^ o .o or oo a 1o e -^ --lo 'toto.o,a "',L('ia,t e,,nib iot o . o,, ^ :'
smpe si moi frumoose deceri cele ce scru reoizol Sfut'fgort. kept on soying thot lomorrow s r-- -
pono ozi, prrn eforturi individuole moderniste. Nimenl moves iowords induslrlolizoiion. The mochi-= , -
nu vo puteo sldvili cucerireo vietli de cdlre mosinc produce heothier, more comfortobe, che::='
modernd. ,":ooh L o-ed oro oy lo ror^ oeo. ;f :

Expozitio Werkbund vo fi u timul cuvdnt ol industric i Io.^ ssred o^ -"rooA ri.- dir orol e -
.in
zorii domeniu conslructiei. Eo vo deschide orizorr, wil ever slop modern mcrchine from lts r.t---
lu si d rectivo crhileciurei de moine. quer life.
Eo vo do mdsuro in core meconico pocrte pcrirunde Ihe Werkbund exhibiiion is ikelv to be c b-:--.
.r\oo d.d'ol oOo^ rr. of lnduslric izotion in the recrlm of buildinc
Exirem de oporlund, oceosidr expozitie vc unr efor horizon ond iomorrow's direclion in orJFi'=:-, -
lurt rdz ete creind e emenle e tipizdrii, creind sr open.
o.ec'o e p'o.l^ loro'e ^ obr . loroo o. ll wll meosure the exlent of mechonizolior ,:
fer, emn sou osbesi. Merii ol Germcniei cercetdto- mon s privcle ife.
ore si neobosite, desboroid de iunkerism Chezosio This timely exhibition wi - --
bring together s. r
succesu ui mondlo ce il vo suporicr Werkbund-u cu t\r 6 o6 -\ o- 9
9 e e-^' Io, ol lvoi od .-:
expozilio Locuinlei " esle nume e inspirotorulur s )e) ^ or u'o. | 't^d ir ro e: '^odu o be ;
conducdloru ui ei: M ES VAN DER RCHE este desi- iron, wood, or osbesios. We shouid prc:- -:
gur osldzi ce moi insemnol reprezentonl ol ultimei *oL^oono ioo. Ce.ror y -.ippo.
generoiir modernisle. Co oborclor o orupori G, :p l-L ewo'o5r. a5\ol ro l.4e,o c
o.z ol oo oo p e oe, o We.L b .d l.ig^,ro, o eLoi-o^ o\reoo\leJoraol 5 l ,
siiul so-si csiqure co oborcreo luluror fruntosilor o 19 pe.o o y MILS VA\ DrR DCI r -
crhiteclurei moderne. minenl represenlotive of the oiesl moderr s :-- -
Expozilio din Stutiqort nu vc moi fi decl o serie oe As col/oborctor of the G oroup ond sec:-: : .
slonduri comercioie unde olcine vo ouiecr exoun-^ of the Germcn WerkbunJ he'monoqec -- -
cr se vor vedeo lo o lolc eforiurie moderniste lo porircipotlon of the ecding personcliiie. _i
core lucreozd de ocum,.l P Cud - Stomm (Clondo), orchileclure.
Corbusler (E vefio), Fronk (Ausiric), Behrens, Docker, wi no onger con-c -
The Stuttgort exhibition
Gropius, Hllbershelmer, Mies von der Rohe, Poe zig, commercioi stolls for onyone to disp oy ..
 ,- trToun, Schneck, ts. loul, /V\. Loul elc elc. WOniS; On lne COIllrOrY, '; - -
nisr etro ls or ,"o'L L a :

Scnfimporctnul, nr.72, ionucre )927 97 (lo"o o) Cobt ^ ) : i

Be ers Do l- Crop -:
Rohe, Poelzrg, Roding, Sc-:-- --
i[n{nifecfuro Tcul, etc., etc.
- = -: oil si lndiferenll irdim noi in oro5e
impro-
: -l oocrie scdpc octuoliloiecr covetrgiioore c Co, tirpoo '.. .- : - :

odevo, rouo.
, r- oi ce cresc o puiem cu preciziune urmd
-':-:e lor mcrlerioLe.
, :nr s o urnil moi muli decct in lO decenii
- ::iir osezoreo cunocrgterii orhllecionice in
: - - - ::st necesore erezille ecleclice, neogoti-
- , :tmpozil, looie fontezlile oportun
-- ,.::ession, neoclostc, co sd pricepem nouo
-
: : r, .sezot dincolo de "estellco puro' de
--,: ctiistico-culturo o, dlncoLo de
. r' oloLZe e irc eplt"r''o'
Asohilealute
lso oted ond coreless os we ve n our mproviseo
cilies, we connol fol lo notlce the overwhelmrng pre-
senlness of the truly new orchlleclure.
sie, We con c eorly see ihe triumph of the developing
ideos ln their molericl outcomes.
During the lost len yeors the whole bosls of crchitec-
turcl knowledge in Europe wos sel to move more
lronz Jio rcoldlv lhon in"ihe previous ien decodes. AIL sorts of
neo'qolhic, composile baroque heresies, o I

"rl"rii,
L , d o' [-ir"^1, to^to" e. :JC' os jLqerd' I :ece:
: r:' :e novotoore ou depc ozjtol crrhrtecturo:
- - : letn ol v efii core insplro in genero orlo tot 1ea'cla.5;-o 5jlc, hoo o ^opoel lor L' 'o be'
. ::' :xpres uneo sociold si orhileclurii ier oroso the new lesson.
- ': -odernd ore obdrsicr form-^i sc e in solls ThJou des fo the new sforl were lhose who set them-
: , :" t c o cerinlelor de conforl, economie si se ue"s beyond "pure c:esthefic's", c borren cu luro ond
,:. Nczuintele esletice o e omuLui nou se c 1,.-. ro r o o b-yo d oo.oele tlol Io^
. - -:zuLiole e desdvdrslte crle Tecnicel $l se The lnnovclrng orts hove dlsinfested orchiiecture; ihe
- ::- ^n formo lrenului, outomobile oT, o trons modern foce of lrfe generolLy nsp ring the new orl suc-
jleciu
_ I q.Jrei no t. ceeded in rendering o socioL e:press on lo orch
-= ;cce numoi dln coordonoreo eforturilor te.
- r : riio vc limpezi obiectu orhltecion jc cdire Modern orch ieclure grew oui of the new economlc,
or{o' o, o ^yq er tr eqJ.'e^ ear). New rol oes
- =:'vd si universc c. Colecr esle deschiso
- :: moderne il puiem u morl ln succeslu rr eii,o proior, or b"ide-.Ied ^rhee.oLi leo' r'
- r:e neintrerupld de monifesio I de orh tec
comes of Technique, FREETY EXPRESSFD in the overoll
- '-' cnl. shope of ihe lroin, cctr, oceon liner, os well os n ony
: crlelor decorc,ttive de Lo Poris o pus pro mochine.
'. --' -:: o incepuiurilor Desigur' cltfel decot pe l^a'ttrw ''ve o^ be or r, o/ ,oo'd
o, o-np'.sl.'d re6t
o' e' o''s. At- ,v l -e lf a
-:-entoliei se puieo experlmenlo gondul v tl ror I q '^e oiv o' 7g
' r ^o' gordi r i^ror-r. 6e 16'61; 6'o crchlieciurol obiect towcrds on un versol ond ob!ecti-
- r-,--or onul trJcut evenimenlul expozifiei de "e
lo'r 'r e woy 1'e- 1a lo 63o'
We con fo low the progress of the modern ldeo ln th-^

. . ='- mci bun-i crrhltecli iineri din Europo'
- - ':-ricd de iolocne. orienlore lechnlco si esl
:'- : dotc reiese clordr si ototcuprinzdtoore
- :---iriorului istei: o Lul Le Corbusier
' : -eo a- \'az.). D'pozl'a de o o^ 'e 'i
. = :=:rhlieclurd nouc din Vo sovic unde o pre-
. -:rducereo dei pur ste rusesti cu oce gust
- : '. 6 oto 'r ot,(o oso ,o Qorol I bo'
. : - :nuL ocesio irebue so noidm cu sotislocfie
r r: orhilecturo nouo din Brno. Un mdnunchl
-: ,:- vo orhitecli lineri cehoslovoci ou reusit scr
o most unbroken succ6ssion of orchllecturoJ events
over ihe lost few yeors.
I The exhlbrtion of decorotive crl n Poris could only
ri e lnis o ob or ir'o v. S rely he i'e y '6 , i^9 o[
ror'o.o ,--.t, -\or .' 'd o 'ho-gh T, Pa.co oV leo, lv
could hove been betler tesied thon by wcy of ornct
mentolion.
2 lost veor we cnnounced oboui ihe orchiiecluro
^btor '^ol d'
cze r o,ro oreo by trp $'11lg6t o
oo/eo Ir e wo rs or 'ne be. Tolrg s ' \1c 15 ir
F,,,oo". A oower[ul work thoi sei irue londmorks: the
ret nn, -o' ond oo'1, or; gl q ^
;91
.

. -.,: oceosld mlnune ce este expozifio vecini
: 'noi frumoose cildm cose e lul Bohoslov
=
'::onek .lcroslov Grunt, Prof J Kroho, H.
'. 'oslov Putno.
infoptui
- -:te credinlo 9r socrificii e necesore
For rhe frrst time, though, ihe work of ihct clever guide,
[e Corbusier,.ot" oiri cleorly ond comprehensivey
3. Then we witnessed lhe new orchrteclure proieci
ond model exhibiiion in Worsow, where ihol Russion
ourisl ldeo wiih lts f ovour of proleior on foctory' troce-
obl",n ciiy house or urbon po oce unmlstolobLy
"o.h

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[ij oceslor monifeslori ne.L-.sc,r:e poncr in zi ele orevoi ed.
nooslre in orhitecturc vo lnre ege cd e vorbo de o 4 Finolly, we ore delighted to remork --=
odevorclo rencgiere ortisticc eL-ropecnd. teciure exhibliion in Brno this yeor. A hc'-
wi ed young CzechosJovck orchilecls . -,
Conlimporc:nul, nr.78, icnuorie, )929 p.39 .e, i"9 p ,- .ro'v^ o, \ ' q. o, F :

lion
We'd li[e lo mention some hondsom€ - - ,:
Le Gorbvsies g 'q -o ov l- r' ^- St"poreL ,o o
Bor o ,

Le Corbusrer esle creotorul, fouritorul core o

sliul I Kioho, ll Foltyn ond Miroslcv Putnc
trocre consec ntele loole ccrri derivdj din rolluneo orle He who be ieves in ihe omount of sc:- ,-
I O 5tpoor 5L,h no1 ec-o ol, II
noJl. Din hoosul exoerimenie ot conslructive e o dis
ti ot gerndireo rece o formulci s reo lzot fundcmentul, L ^ O -O a,,' eioi^,/ , -Oe O

poote chror esenlo el Europeon ortisiic revivo is ot sloke.

Pe cond revo uiionori qetmonl in f runle cu Gropir-ls se
chinuicru so deslcrinuioscd ]umil o orhileciurdr nouo Co ,,rpo'on,t lo. 78 Jo .

ccre incerco infoliscrrec functiune in plon si fele, o

crhitecturd exprimcrnd in loiu coniinulu, o9c'incdt ne
dc cose s{erice sou incoper cu un plon serpurtor [e Le Cotbusiet
Corbusier pubLico in Esprit Nouvecu, ndicond dru -eCOb,.e *rra-'ro5'6't- TO e ct.
mul rollono ismu ul construci v p e onlzcnd odopto drew on ihe effects deriving from the re:: - -
recr tololo lo technicc s econom o limpuLui prin slon- ort Cut of the chootic buildlng expe'^-:-
ooroizore p ,dl '-iot zo e ,i ooie 'iro oo fo re ob e to extroct lhoi type of cold think'-: -
ln timp ce I P Cud sub tutelo omerlconizonlo o ur ted ond crchieved lts bosis, moybe ils -':::- :
Wrlght proeclo cose cori erou odevdrole scu piuri While the Germon revo utioncr es hec::: -
tuere wolN To , o'd o re.60 ^e
'
incorcote si neconslrucllve, Le Corbusier executo ^
ccso Jui Czenfont in rue Reil e o Porrs cu ocel sed teclure lo th"e world, ihot kind of :-- -
pesle ole ieru pictorului co unicd podoobo Frcr oltempied lo represent lhe function ir : :-
oTimoto5oo^ o."t o'eA1p-no(. b oo I AI ljons, on orchiteciure lhcl expresseo :
lo,o o1o oo, o ^oool.i'^Co'b.,". hensively, therefore resulling in spher c: -
"' lui Le Corbusler constd'inoinle de looie in o
Vc oorec d.q oor leCob' o'pr [t .l o6.
fi dot violcr sforfdri or neldmurile, in o fi formu ol cu o \or-r oo;ho* ng 1l o L e, l,o o
oq ccr lucjdo esenlo estetlcei moderne in roporl cu o rolrn propo rq I a o-o sl; 'l'r^'
lo].i,-,o. A-o'izor d r^.o|tr r'bo,;.'e 't d ,-o^ i oro ^.or o rly o1 or o9e by . oro -

economio noostrd, o creiol exemp u felu ul modern
de iroi, orgonizond pe boze nol i pu cosei de moine:
Co. e t-"o^ r"'r' .o po e ^l^ 6^ 6o ^ o o
mul etoi, jor lc o 2 eo cee de locuil esind spre lero
se cor ocupct si inve toorec cosei, recuperond osife
rpo ' lq od ror p." d la 1s 6 oa 1g
le Cor5usler este oce o coTe ne c convins pr n inio
simplltolil impersoncrle, rndustrio e, de cele ce vo
deveni orhitecturo vittoore. Pe urmele cercetdri or sole
ucide o pdgil intrecAo Europo de lo modernismul
decorotrv'neo-pLosticiln s pono lo borocul :poniol
din zi in zi spre linio vlobi o utilitara si lr umooso o ui
Corbusler.
Le Corbusier esie un profet.
Confimporanuf nr.8O, mortre 1929
iriollzollon, cnd form obiectlficotion
Whi e J P.Cud, in on Amerjcon ike ^-.
Wright's tute oge, wos drowing ho--:-
stotues, locking ony conslruclive cr:':
busier executed Czenfont s house in i-=
who.se onLv ornoment wos its shed ob- . =
slL;dio. lt wos the firsl house to .--:
express Le Corbusier's robusl r:nc , -
direclion
Le Corbusier s vo ue ies essentic r,'
o'-q ror-h o l-e t " gospobl" :,
n, .i to'u ne e '^ c' or-, odo
the dwelling. By tuning the urbon crc '
to our economy he hos sel lhe exc-:
.rode n ruoy o{ r'r ' g o-d o'oo, . ec
p 3 ^q 01 tew P ltp'c l^L6r :'
'oo.s o, h" g'or^o '.o61 tl-' [^a
'oo oro o'trjo rpp^ lool lP . :

Athilealur.lr socill,rd onto terroces, iopping lhe house; th,: -=

DoieJe reformei orhitecturii sunl insdsi ospecle e viet i
Ior IAQ^^'spoo t^oi .oo'ed :
'o Jgl 't ^ irpet-o ol. t d . o
soclo e. Timpu exiremei corslrongeri sl o lroctionc l-
zdrii se ogl ndegte'in noile principii Muncitoril intelec-
Lo pL -odeo ,. ro ' o er r./ o[
tuoli sl monuoli troiesc socr lrcrul indrviduLu pentru 6rq 1 ile ' ro 5 ,ir el, 'o oo. ol"o
totolltcrte. from lhe modernisi decorolive ne.':
Spor
',. ooroq r^ '"olil , ro"o -
Moginc rldicoto de forlo de diviniicte prin legeo efor-
tulul minim foce din cosc vrilorului "mcsino de ocu!l' .
o.eo. h o^o .^ e .^d 'o .o to b
 rrnl nlei indrviduole si o "efortului m nim rion cnd beouilfu line
-::rd azt nouo eslelicd. Le Corbusier is o prophei
, :'rilecluro lusese orlc folcde or, o polole-
, : roi mult festivo deccl utilo. Renoslereo Cont,rnporct". - -
- :- din orhiiecluro o cdevdrolo orto groficd,
r .rm nu mcri fusese niciodcic si sJpremo
r - re o orno, de o impodobi, ucisese sfruclu- Social Architeclvre
:ceslei morr orte. De 2 secole s-o incercot ,, or .h're ' e 'o doc ..

=:: -Ororeo ocestei orhitecluri de f orice e s soclol life itself. The time of exi.e-e ''-:'-t -' .-. .
dcO durol
OL Ol pono
OOr O in ele noo\T,e
Z €re
tn zi noosire cdnd
ond sron reflecis itself in the new pi . _ C ::. : --: :_._l
vletii o modificot slructuro insosr o simtrrii ot d ro LCrl *oio
'rd;, .ol
o lor r^^ o e. I r-.
crtisilc crl generoliei lrnere o reodus efor 'le -ro'tla ''o'tF'
qoo or -l o ^
:-:nic spre obcrrsie: Suprofete, VoJum -1gL o-L ot, i.-o
-l ,o . o . .
S pof ru "lo:eol
lodoy ."^ oa -Ttrr d^.^ op r, oa .aa . q o ^ .,
:dntecu qeomeiriei nu o slcpon l moi r 6 elr6 t' Or O O.riO O] ,TO ete .

-;nif c simt reo omu ui Cnce crchriecture wos the ori of fcrccdes. ol oc oc_e.
^u so inlrebuinlol mol senslbil minunecr which were more feslive ihcn uselu . The Rencisscrnce
,' pure. even lurned crrchilecture inio o iruly grcrphic cnd deco
splendooreo nuditotii unui plon n o fosl rolive ort which it hod never been befoie thus Lrllinq its
=ri intrebuinlold. very nolure of this o* ihrough on ordeni zeol lo od-orn
vom puleo ofirmo cd orhilecluro conlrm ond decorote. Cver lhe ost 2 cenlures lhere were
moi pocle fr decot onli-decorolivo. severo oilempts lo repecrt this sort of f owery crchilec
ei rezidc: in iocul de roporluri si voiume si lure; lhe crisis losled unlil now when the mechonism of
mdrime si bogolie decorotivd ife oliered lhe sfruclure of c,ur senses.
-ezidc in geomelrie, ce tinde spre o con
The ortisiic oplimism of the younger generotion hos tied
- coie, .inie
ior epcrunec ei in modeslio sr the orch tectonic efforl bock lo is roois. Surfoce,
r'iocso o mclerio ului. \o ,r ^ More oro Spo ^
The me ody of geomelry hos never ever coughi mon's
'o^lir
Contintporonul nr 93 95, I 930, p 1O o, ooaeoyo dgorior y
Never hos lhe enchonlmenl of pure mcterio s been
used so sensitvey.
l|ur-trLrrisnt|r
I .,'
I noslru There hos never been such on oworeness os lo lhe use
esinu ortei crr fi cuprins umeo looto of the dozzling nokedness of o p crn.
-elii n or fi ucrs irisfeleo.
,-- To sum up. we moinlc n thcrl coniemporory crchiieclure
reqretelor, lomento6iilor. melqncoliei can on y be cnii decorotive. ll owes its beouly only io
* -::^odeidei, opiimismul ei
prezentul vie6ii ihe interp oy of vo umes crnd re oirons ond by no meons
- er ar 'a ,i OilO tr'. | . O. -O Ot gO .a.O odecoo .oro9'1.,o^o o
:o't o,'io rpo'ooi o.i qa"^ooo -owa rt," oIo qo6.orlI'toi "'te. tFt o'o inpl.
-::^ FoSi \^o,l omj mooe,n while to p oo'ol il. nisdo li-. ir ' I ooa I o.d l-
t-'- - .nul c ogezoi in Jocul de frunie curogiu s ,, d, erp o .ior o ,, T cr'er,ol.
.lodLIo ii ,ce-e.
.' :rul - oa\roo o o oir oiol o-e-' | | 7e? Conlintporanul , no 93-95, 1930, p. IO
: :ocut din crrld ccf iune un nerv nou, un sfi-
. ari.
'."- ' :inul ezvdlue vo ocrrec creoliei, o ineditu ui, c Our own Julvrism
e 'loLo t'l o o.
'p a5 After Ruskin, the ethorgy of ort would hove overwhe
. - :-ul ri-o oo oc r orlo o,ep oo izo .e med the enlrre word if it hodn t been for Morinelll icr
:': ;dnd rdspundereo fericrrei umone. end lh s oqony
-p o :o': o regrets, loments, despondency, ond.
- :rul nostru qre ospecte proprii. Nor n om despoir' oopo'-o
't.-- e ,l ^ optimism ond presenthess of
. - :rifeste fiindcd nu se cliesc Itvtng 'h' .reo-;1q'r Jr' o rr th j.^ 1a^' ^. .-t ot
-- r',/ut uple de strodc fiindcc tooldr lumec e lhe revolulionory squcd'on storted the noble ond gene
rous boit e thot freed modern mcn's fee ings ond verb.
:ius poezic in strodo flindco trdim un ritm Futurism hos sel cr greot store on lhe couioge ond the
undenicb e right of the young oge.
, ,lsird n o depcgif vreodolo ironio si subver Futurism hcs chosed crrl owoy from librorles ond mu
seums. Fulursm hcs urqed ori rnto octlon, o true incenti
-:r permis luxu exubercntei, ol lempe ve for life

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 romenlelor lrbere, cl sincei,i- oe-i-L o nu ne perde Futurism shows the volue of creolion ond ,-= ,
ulo.
tin
olr noveliy, sensction ond expression ."nto -=a
Noi n-cm dot frOu liber revo iei iilnccc suntem cresculi
'o .. new orl.
oo,o^p . o. Futurism promoles orl os o guide for life wf .-_
n profesct deschis iubrreo verbu ui, iubirec
)lor o_ J^r^\ fitr'o por b'V,o ] -o, nooo n =
lO ^l^ 9m
| d. d e ., tor' O id^q,O
1esri ^1, leo.
'
Noi n om cunoscul br.uiio ,.t",'"i' .u., ,Jn]",,, Our Futurism hqs its o*n" feqtur; _
'incon jurofi 6r !;ra-6 o,\ \o ol -no^ es,o. .:r,e ,-
de oceeosi odmirolie ,mutd,.
mereu r ecd
Noi nu ne odorom idolii f rndco suni odoroir i du loti We lor-"-loct o.,
16
6]c1r6 i ,6rr..
.'r6'c-rjgJ- oe. or o -
o modernisl over here
Noi nu focem nici o profesiune de credintd fiindco
fugim ridicol ' Lo noi e"rusinos ,a.i".i ."uu.
de
Wo]-ove' bo-,gl -ootrr yoow,,, t^ (
o. r t y'h" ol e i. ,lo ne-.
otitudine intectuold Totus futurismrl o fori-r.oo u
Cur opposilion hos never oone beyond lrc-
'oCt(rrO -l .e.o on r Cl' .r p re-e OA ,irbo' , oloo,^ v6l) On.
.

ovonlgdrzile. Lo isvorul ideilor sole cm crescul. o,n

Welou- ra re- i1o, oged o , ot1 p ,r tr,.: :
olelli elonul noslru
ol ,hO e r1a .,oi, -d '^-npe oro ,. ,O
Futurismul creotor, opiimisl, iconoclosl esle fulurismul Ien Ou",-,, IO -€Or \n 6.f'q, r,O a
noslrrl O,J OO ,
W^ ho,^,ao(r^o o, . ,a;, lo. s,se np ..
led ol o skeptrco school
Foclo, nr 35B din 19 moi 1930, p4 We I o,er i o'€ 1.) po.e, o '1 61 o ls .
b^.o. ^ t . o :L o.'t^ to . or a) vo I ie_
W^ lo.^, , -or-ed .r^ io1 oto,, \ to , :
Scfieoare lcdtre G.M.Gantacuzinol orP \-re^cl .o v .rort dao or'no. .t
.:

oomllol on
Stimoie Dle Ccnlccuzino,
We 1^,^1 wor r p o ,J roooe., oaco , o
hio' ihem too
Do. o o, I o:o . .o .. r';6g.o6 d o'^ o ,or co,o o,
We 16ro o p.o a, ,oT ot ro',t b-Co s
o .n .o-evo r ,o pr r s., ^ e, o. t po.o, . t.
,
.

l1l"c l1O ,i r n O,e q'OOO O c\O'_Or O,r ridicule We oo"to.r.o' i"';"'

e
te, Cl O OJr^ al^r,€'Lo O po i,or Lowo,e, ,
no . Lovoleril schiopi cru sosil drn loote colturile lool. rt suTbo .o e-trre zeo d.e., -
lo
proznrcu p otitului Sou cosiumoi'ponuri,
si folode oth^ o o^ 9o d- We t oue ed o
5orobondo 'goclo' e in rul peniru odorolio vitelului .i o qler^d o,, e 11, .o\,^
de our. :-,
Curs is o creciive, optimisiic, iconoclosric
lolusi n o precedol nici o evolutie, nici o revolld n
o
squoutl lemel re vechi.
Ciro o o,opo;oor ri1ao. lr par'. rreorzorao .roJO
Foclo , no.35B, Moy , -

^) o o ? C -- '^ a) o,'co roo,, o ,.5o .\ooto

o.,o ^o o r .ep, . o ;o pcl.rA | -rodo.. ? A lelter lto G.M.Cantacvzinol
(1. r'"t oJ d^re, ,d r 'o doro r gs r^ioe'eror
. ,b.,te oe er.
odevdrcte idecluri de frumusete, un f" J" L.r,i
Decr Mr. Ccntocuzino,
comune chior ? Cine o convins oulorildlile so
renunte o renlo ce le-o ofereo si * ol."rrt"
.h'o' .o e o ro,o ./a,7aoaF .olrodilio Hod I onswered your eller c few mon,". ::
T \6 l
r-
)o oo e o,e ^Cr ^.ptalt,a. Ttro5.aproo n6\oo
onswer wou d hove been o unpcrdonca
-.
Meonwhi e, our crchileclure evoved ci, r r _
d- odcro'o - lo er, ^/c -or-o, , , o,^ ^cor ot e ? or o-o'ror d . op,edl.,g"r,o1-,
Crn" s ylql11 minleo crtolor moeslri core qirseou elo lf oblp bcrr qr-ei f o. ooe . o, d p o
, .

nu cTeot/er numoi si nLrmoi in prolul rucinii ol ',siiiului

noiionol 2
lo ' Lo' r. lne ro' eo' orooolc _-

o(loreo i io^o(t 9 |ogocla. o

Scr fie o puleresubconstienld core o neiezil diso 5 il] 'l er" a6 , 6 o1611 ;e, ir crt oll _
nontele st core o lndreplol oieniro sj oproboreo
uncr
r'rO O-'o ^'tot Fr |l 619 6o O.p,rOl O, O -p, ,OLO 'eteol^ord otrdo,on.
WLo o ecr rao -h^ , 6\4 oa\-r e-, o.
formu old in.
'A murit cubismul? h'n?low ore'r o.rho,looie or ; -
'
'-d le n OOA,' ar r . iosm?
Cesoinlompct? to,v, on e 'ngr '-,6o, e ,a', -
Nimie Des gur co nimrc din locrle osleo. Comertul ,o ,-
cu t-r-e doo s o boo tv o.^.r gl - -.-i
de le r ode ro O r o\. ,, ,o . O; p. . I,or oO.
Wro po ooed I o o, rho.ir e o gi.
i' l' lr"d.d
''o,Oo .rrrr ',6io j, po ^, ,e oc -"-rodo ,.o
'rOd,r;or oro oC,
^p rno_tr i o , e ..
o d o' e. wL6 ,6€,'u612
:

le din cinemologrofe sou ouiomole. - li e ,r^"oe, lod

er. oive por,^. :
 . st' dif 'Vogue" sou ' Femrnc nlerorul de odlust io comforl ond economtc -::
--
- 'Fiumo se cdsdloresle' potroneozd, orien- sed it?
. -. -spird orlo noud de lcr noi. Wl o. rcr,red i e ,p o-., .. - :..
:r- succes ol "cublsmului" oplicot in orhiteciuro, o' y errnus^ ova" l-ert^\ o. :
le rJplom de I2 cni 1o i'Conlimporonui or ,siheeo,'ll'o't..o,s'o,.o, : : - :
I re lorm < to^ ord cl or, e od lro , .ro- - .. I -
- r: usor so bogcte izdm un gOnd, o pornire | -owo d' 'l o' org oeoo
eo : --.
"er
- = excepfii voi vorbi oltodotO. wos put in.
.l .] I Art L,FZ r-,T vOOO eO i6ol9. pgp rq i
''os , L-b r po:sed owor?
- ..'. ^u moi posedd nic o viru/enlo, devin sierpe. Whot hoppened?
- .: ,- a 6 gr!g; ,6: ,.Oe vO,o.ite .,. i,ttO Nothing Cf course, noihing of this kind. Wi.r _:--ccirc
:-= erori]e sunl groso one si oci, moi mull co for modern ideos wcs born bv frcud.
-= :xisld numoi bun sou rdu. Arto odevdrofo By lrcud indeed lust the woy siik stockings cre being
--' By lrcrud since lhey
ore slolen lrom loshiono
, = :zi explocleozo moierio ul modern, suni lmporied
DIE ^ AqaT' e5 '-On ( rero. O Oj.O't O OT5.
: :Jtrundo lniregu lonl de evolulie Sd cuno The "Vogue' or 'Femino' 'cubist" style. The cordboord
; oor dt co lc, o os . o poro ,6 6"1i.ge y,6 inle or from 'Fiumo ls gellrng morried' governs, direcls,
' _ tl_s orienloreo noud in loole orle]e. Ol O rso e5 en, or' '1 61 - r6yrlly
r^ .O OilO LcO OdtrvO.O O r, i pO:iOi O s lhere cny reoson for us lo boosl with this kind of
. - : scip ind. Artc nu rdmone un fenomen lndi cubism succes#ully cpp ied in orchileclure, we who
- '
-3i de personcl e oriistul Eforturile n-ou vcr hove been lightlng lor I 2 yeors ot 'Coniimporonul'?
. -::i nu sunt subordonole si insumote. It s so eosy to minimize someone s lhouqht ond pure
-,- ne siludm, dor'incredereo meo se indre- impeius. We sholl write obout e^cepiioni some other
:-: qenerotlo de moine core no fdcui ccrcr lime.
- -= :i de ozi. We hove no longer lrusted ihose ideos lhot were mode
.-':e popu o ,
]J Qgcgyse they hove been stripped off iheir viru-
-_. ANCU lence crnd eft borren
Within the word of new ort, where lhe vo ues hoven i
' -::'c:nul, nr 99, septembrie l93 l p 6/12/ been clossified yet, ihere ore olso qross misiokes more
ihcn crnywhere else ond ihinqs ore seen on y rn b ock
or white. True crl or nothino ci oll
ilu*ilecluta Those who toke odvontole of the modern moteriol
, - ::ernd este numci ospeclu unei nol orqonizo- shou d olso underslond its evoluflon. Thev should Lnow
- :': rlerioord in sirdnsd iegoturo cu urbonismu . lhe enlire thought thci led to the new direction in every
: coordoncreo volori or exierioore si inle ori, lrom pointinc io crrchrtecture.
. '' ros or'o 'rr'eo i p ooloro o orl iec,u i Let s remember thct true orl needs o discip ined fro
mework. Ari is never on iso oted, individucrl pheno-
- -,ler-nd nu mol ore deci fciode. Aceosto din menon, no moiter how excepliono ihe crlist mioht be
: subordonold funciiunii lso oted efforts beor no volue ot oll un ess ihey ole ,rb
, tolor^r'e ozi r.i ocr, ole (e o -roi reolse. o d.orod o-o s--n-eo i p.
ob-.l oo^o lo 'lslic ro'-o de, Lrgo'ro 1 don t reoliy I'now where we stond, but I do trust the
nexl generotion thot hosn't performed ony sorl of rope
- c soiuiionol gruporile de locuinie din me do ncing.
resdndloose prinir-o supro concentrore o
e-o situol in miilocu unor porcuri inf orife, Yours,
ce cceeosi suprofold un numdr mox m de MARCEL iANCU
., cor 'o' ioec hiqie-i,.
:-o o'"ro'lo o sc lie urt de v'oo oli, io;lo-e. Contimporanul,no.99, September 193 1, p 6
,i e o dovodd cd trmpu
/12/.
sl c fourii singur sco
-eciii soi.
'.rdernd se coroclerizeozd prin reducereo Archileclure
::-eo creerii unui cdi moi mcre si moi uminos The modern house is iust one focet of the new inierior
'inde spre imobil lile o.go ,,o'ior- ienlS ^rer-w,reo w L troor is^r.
-- inseomnd lo modo, lo modo putond fi si The essence of the whole new crchilectu,o problem
-:^ odo.n: paIe oe po orie. ies in ihe bcionce ond coordinoiion of erlerior ond lnte
' , det,hdo 3rp ro -oi bre -rol^ o rior volues.
-:rroieozd desenu de p onselo. schemciic. Mode r loL-.e no"'r lgol o -o.ooe or y o^qer. -l s 16
o, 1J p s-€\5la 1 6 ,- 1,igr bogolie
'
. o o u r'o r-'.odeuo'-to o oblio so
.
", ho: been s.,lbo diro-eo ro lrncl.on
o Todoy s orchilecture mokes use of quite lrmjied meons:

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loscd vrolo reduso forne e cc'ocpe cscete de ozi
Oricine ore voe sc focc orr ieciurd roud.
Conttmporr:nul nr lOO, )931 p 2 super condense dwellings; however, he : -
Utbanism nu tomlrnlism
Timpul nosiru e chemol co niciunul so inteleogo, dor
moi oles, sd reolizeze, refocereo din ieme ie c for
me or noi de violcr Vechi e tipore nu moi incop in for
foteo o si crdereo intensd o vielil ociuc e. Sumedenio
de cerinfe g nevor urgenle, riimu funcfiunior voriote
sociole, in fine, sdnoloteo pub rcd 9i economio cu
cerut imperios nosiereo unui oborclor cnume de slu-
dli orcrsenesli, penlru o moi bund, moi sonitord, mo
confortobllo o cdturre in cresiereo si intinderec oroge-
or. Urbonismul. Acecsld noud orld, coordoneczo,
studiozo si ormonrzeozo elementele de construcfie in
mosse, core pono eri cresieou o voio intdmp drilor,
orgonic 9i dezordonol si core nu se moi pol inloluro
si odero struclurii moderne.
Nici odoio congtiinlo omeneoscd nu s o incumelot so
priveoscd problemcr vcstc de spofiu 9i timp o ncrsterii,
cresterii si morlii oroge or, sub ototeo ospecte utilitcre
sou estetice, economlce sou socic e, de confort sou
de iehnico, igienice sou de circu oiie eic. eic.
Cunooglem inceputuri surprinzdloore de un urbonism
in seco ului o XV L-ieo froncez si unele frociiuni de cer
celdri mci vechi, dor loiul se rezumc lo incercdri de cr
mprlrro plonu ui un formolrsm oproope decoroliv 5
insuficleni juslif cot de crnsomblul vietii de core esle
ozi egci urbonlsmu. Ero primul impu s de o cunoos
te formele nesldpdnite ole creslerii orgonizole, supro
puse, o e sinuozrtdlilor romonf ocse de ev mediu.
Nu se c ddegie un oros inir-un on, nu se ridicd un oros
pentru o singuro generofie. Viclc se consumd repede
in gocno senzolri or vio enle si nervoose.
Fofo de ne'incelole cerinfe si prob eme socicle ce se
ridicc zi de zi, urbonismul obio incepe scr-si indepli-
neoscd chemoreo.
Cricoi de revo]ullonore se por ozi incd orentoriLe
obeo prevdzuie cdtre core se indreoptd desiinul
sociol, orhiteciu este chemol sd deo pietrei 'infe esul
ce se despr nde dln vioto noud, cdci urbonismu esle
moi degrobd fouriloru viiloru ui decoi o prezeniu ui.
Urbonismu s-o ndscul in limpu noslru 9i incepe in pri
mul rond cu oroge e grodini ole Ang iei
Adevcrclele minuni de peiscglu ortificic dcr romon
iic, ou ovul doru sd imbogoteosco orose e cu pcrcu
ri 9i grcdini schlmbond ospeclul sumbru ol cenlrelor
indusirio e si descongeslloncrnd impreiurimile triste c e
metropole or 'inegrile de fumu munc i prin sinuozltdli-
le si oeru grodini or.
Apoi Germcnic o creot, intr-un sptril sdroc 9i cu ia ent
redus, orose e muncitoresil, core ou trecut prin nen
Morce oncu, lino eum, 1924 umdrote crize orl sllce pono c scheme soiesti lipsite
Morce Jcnco, Lino eum, l92zl de orice voloore.
Americcr o ridrcct co pr n mrnune dintr-un on pe c lu ,
ordsele inireg , cortiere munciloresii p ine de formecul
ihe unsophisiicoted, olmosl ruslic moter: ,
thot kind of form thct resu ls from utilii.y
Corbusier s so ution lo the unheo lhy me.-':
.
inside blooming porks, ond so, on lhe sc-= ,
crecrted c mcximum number of house: ='
ideol corio-obe ord lygi"r .po,
The new siyle wos born ond there wcs - - -
sonolil.y lo boplize ii
lls viciory shows how time itself hos worie: - -
iis own school ond orchitects.
Modern furniture is lol ored on o smol er::r:
o orger ond brighter spoce. i is moslv -:,
To be modern hos noihing io do with ios. --
quite o dJoshioned ccn slcnd os foshionr: -
ce, the feoihers to o hot
Wclls without openings show the moteric : .
wi never encouroge the schemctlc d-:.. .
design.
Modern comforl poys no iribute lo wec -'
Those who wonl o new dwelling shou c :,---
on o smoller sco e, coser to the olmost c.:=--
todoy s ife
Whoever wonts lo proclice new crchile:'--=
oll rlght
Conlimporanul , no. l ,l l
Urbanism., by no meolns
|o''/l.,nftctsm
Our crge is cc ed upon to undersloncl :- r - :
loslort from lhe scrotch cnd buid ne,.', t --
The o d pofierns connol fil inlo the iurn' ,-
combusiion of present ife ony longer -=
demonds cnd pressing needs, ihe rhi''-^- .
socio funclions, crnd flnc y, pub ic hec '^ -
my, imperoiivey co ed for o oborolc.. --
belter, heo thier, more comforiob e shcc: --
opmenl ond oy-oul. Urbcnism. This --.' -
notes, sludies, ond hormonious y oggre r r : :
of mcss consiruction thot used to deve :: -
rolher chooiico y, ond which con ne ih:- : = .
nor fitted inlo modern slruciure.
Humon conscience hos never dored to t:,-
le up lhe vosi spoce ond time probe- -' '
growth, cnd decih, under so monifold ::-=
to uiiliiy, oeslhelics, economy, io soc I :i :
comfori cnd technicol stondord, hyoie-= -'
elc.
We do know some remorkcble cttemp': - - -
French urbonism cnd even some o ce- : -
reseorch. However, they on y rmpresse: : -
plon on olmosl decorolive formolism, bc':
by ihe overol ospecls of todoy's ife i.:' ,-
oclerize urbon plonning. This wos lhe : -- - --
conirol the unpredictoble, overopp:: i--
ond meondering forms of lhe Medrevc :--
Yor o-lre re olido, -y' r o/eo

:zei si o circuloilei pe oriere de mori pro-
-.12a in noile centre induslriole orcrse intregi
: Ce hcbitoiiune cu lolu nedncerccie incd,
: .d oducd servicii idei or noi sociole
' r:, ie de comunism. Experienie e urbon slice
;-: deosebitd pentru coezjuneo indoitc de
, ,- imediole o violo Si economlo revdzuld.
. - Fronio, cu finuluri e devostote, cu soie si
- -,adiie .in pripo, forcr so se lie oproope
, :: exper enlo siiinlifico 9r crlisticd o urboni
, :, fdcui olerteo de otdteo ori criticole.
: ,rbonismu doloregle ui Perret (l), Corbusier
::"il lronceze ldeeo orose or iurnuri, core
- --.un mod deosebit de ingenios toote pro
. - '::hrlcei, higienei, circu of!ei, confortului si
- crosu modern. Turnuri infipie o disionte
=, ,-l m, ogezole in pcrcuri inflorite se ridicc in
, ='o e, cuprlnzdnd toote forme e confortului,
. : ---'r birouri, olie peniru instilutruni si o te e
-, rie. Legcle prrn cuiosirode si trenuri vo cn
:' -:r'lrole si ceroporturi in mijlocu or, ne per-
- ,-e odevdrotd o vriloru ui opropioi. C pop-
- -:i densd decdtin cee mor lrisie focore de
- : :-rcroselor de czl, vo putec con ocui moi
- - porcur cu soore si oer cu sport si higie
- :gi desprind czi din studl
si invdfomrnle se
- , ' in lot ocul. Exisld numoi grode de dez
: : le concentrore cr oculnfelor. Congrese e
' -- roderni, core se ocupd inointe de loote
. : - .r sunl de ocord o genero izo exper ente-
. -.- oin dlferite Iori cdcr 'inlelegerec profetico
' - ie desfosooro ozi s cuprindereo intregu ui
,: - ro ol epocil suni odevdrote e dote ole
: - sitce.
::-^siui spirii umon sl civilizoior se inceorcd
,-oonism regionol, colorot si romontios Un
::o si neurbon. Bucuresti grodino L to olher French broins the ideo of towercilies which
'.'echi e forme cu senlimenl si devoltune cu
- :- . esc osemeneo ominiiri o e lreculu ui, dor
. =-z irl romontice nu suni ole oce ui lrecut ci
,. -: vrofo si spiriul timpuri or core ou doi nos-
- ,' .lrbe se exprimou rece si orgonrc in opero
,' ,.,echl fouritor ol oce or monumenle nu ero
)-o1-o co re spa( oor T r' ooo
- zcdcr bocetele romoniote peste trcrdifle,
, --- nfe. Urbonismul e orlo noud core isi fdu
: I -9i u ,' odirec,esc.ed,-uco.;
- ::. Orice rezidut romcnlios este o boolo
':
renoste zt de zt, ritmul ccluol gcto imbrd
'-e proprii cprocpe stondordrzole de oce'
- : rnr peste iol locu . otuyhygenc
- ^L.r se poole sldvi i pulereo decert peniru co
:-:scd oiureo cu dub e resurse, cstfel nu
,:. vioto noud in lipore mci, regionoe
-::rru, copriolo ldri , este hoidrot chemcl
u s vs rc uil! L. L rc uu r J !!
lent ond nervous excilemefl.
io cc". - - ':
Urbonism is iust siorting
Agoro h^ orgoi g d-^ o c :
ihol come up every doy
\O-Ct o 166 eu6..6r g., :-.'
destiny mlght seem, thougn sore r-: :::
lhe orchlieci ls summoned lo cJi 're ::'::
irro-l e\o^trao o org^- o.:'
the moker of fulure rolher ihcn of pre.e'-
Urbonism wos born n our lime ond i- i,s'
Englond s gorden clt es.
The citles were prov ded with pcr[s ond gorders 'rue
wonders of orllficlo, yet romcrntic ondscope whlch
chcnged the gloomy foce of the lndustrio cenlres; ihey
o so c eored up the drecrry neighbourhoods of b ocke-
ned cities by introducing ihe winding shopes cnd the
fresh cir of the gorden
Then it wos Germcny lhcl creoted, wlth itte spirit cnd
esser lo ent, workers clties thct underwent numeTous
orlrsi c crises sometrmes leoding lo vi oge schemes
devoid of ony sort of vo ue
From one yeor s end io the nexi Americo mirocu ousy
built up who e towns, workers districts provided with
the geometric chcrm of rectongu or fobrlc imbued wiih
the sense of speed ond troffic olong end ess thorough-
fcres.
Russio creotes new industriol centres ond whole cilies
drown up on lhe hobiioiion princip es lhol hoven I been
lested oui so for, wishing io suppori the new socic
ideos inspirited by commun sm They ore urbcrn experi
ments holding o specio vo ue since lhey represent o
doub e cohesion of lfe shelters reody ot hond ond revr
sed economy.
Fino y, in Fronce, viL cges cnd cities were rebuilt hosti y
on devostoted londs, disregordrng ihe orlslc ond scien-
tific urbon experience, for which they were crilicized
quite oflen
lnstecrd, urbon plonning owes to Perret, Corbusier, ond
ingeniousy soves o prob ems of lhe modern criy con-
cerning technology, hygiene, lrofflc, comforl, ond oes
thetic requ rements. Cne hundred floor buildings ihrust
ci every 500 m., surounded by b oomlng porks wiil
house either offices, inslitutjons, or dwe ings providing
oLL sorls of conveniences They will be oll linked by
, moior woys, by express troins stopping in cenlrol slo
lions ond oirporls plcced in lherr cenlre; thus we con
eosi y figure out how ihe imoge of the neor fulure ls
going to ook llke A hlgher densi! of peop e lhon thoi
one crowding in lodcry's gloomiesl centres of contc
gion will hoppl y cohobit on o more economiccl bosis
in shiny cnd oiry.pcrls procticing sporis ond enloying
te.
Cne con infer the sorne ows cnd essons from lodoy's
urbon experience oLl over the world. There ore only
si vorious degrees of deveiopment ond housing concen
trclion. Modern crchitecls congresses primcrri y deo
sd wlth urbon p onning, ond ogree to unjversclize humcn
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Ir e35l
Mcrce .]onco, Horio Crecngd,
I I e35l
imbrcce uf scop si o io--: e !.ooeond. E un orcs
iOnor in dezvo loreo scr, crero' ce scurt iimp cr o
v crtd reprezeniotivc si mocernat ir Romcrnio More.
Si ce vor poseistii sa pdslreze vriloru ui din vecheo
celole o lul Bucur? ln oforo de cdlevo blserici si puli
ne polole, orosu Bucuresti nu ore o pioic, o sloluie, o
casd in folo coreio seniimentul de pietcte sd-si opre-
crscd respirotio. Genercriio noostrd este chemold so
fo6 '161-o pJc i50e. aO-OO a o,to-ro
^op. l.O
nilei urbe core creste sub ochil nosh I exemp u gene-
rotii]or ce vin. Crosu noslTU, core o trecui cni
pubertof r.inlr-o epocd fdro sti si ford corocler orhl
teciuro, ne ongoieozd lo rezovdri uriose. Doco noi
'L\o'r li ,o-l lo'rp .eo,o\o-cl \or i'ro
dispretuili decol meritom. Noi simlim co deslinu
B ^ or 's-o -npl i. A' r e r^o.l ese
.ole . o. ^. , r ^, osp ,'06 eo tr ' ^-no.. ro cr.
Crogul, 1934, nr 2 din 25 februorie, p l;4
Ulopia Bucvrestilor
Vod nevoio urqenio de o se refoce Bucurestii 9i om
incercot sd schitez nouo orlenlore urbonistico (l) ccre
pore incd ozi o uiopie.
Dec tfe urbonlsmu este orlo core trebuie sd scruleze
viitorul. Cel ce c ddesc orose foro deslu o previziune
se gdsesc mereu deposiir de reolilcrte. Pono so reoli-
z-^ze a necesilote urgenid, s cu ivii in progresie geo
't a- Co o lele .i o.po o qoo"o d^ orr pp o\ o pO
covc codc timpului, esre Jel put,n comicJ. UiL"rlrirf
. e-^ O] Ii , OO lO a 1OtO,/, ^-e . O,c \O O-p I On p
ne nevoi virtoore. Mcteriolul urbonrsmulu este urrcrs,
mii ooce e sole sunt revo ulionore si p onu sdu trebuie
so fie uiopic.
Docd timpuri e f oostre liberole cer imperios o reor
gonizore socic d economicd si politicc diriloto, opoi
orhitecluro obicr o cere, ior urbcnismul se poole ior
mulo co o orhlteclurd dirl;otcr.
Cu toole cd necunoscutd co stlinlo, urbonismu ero in
loole cu iuri e, o loole popoore e, legoi de orto de o
' oOi.,De 16 ogiOler ta I t e,z Oo o" o,-.,O, . poro
in evul mediu,-de lo renoslere si pond in seco u ire,
cul, orlo de o croi orose ero o op icore pe ieren geo-
melricd.
Acolo unde gdndul omului o ndscoclt, unde mono iui
o iopI r"eii 6 o leg e qeo^ra- e l, o doop-o
loroio o p , o vo LT sirp r )o o(
t lo obod.. o PeL I I o o Osal^ De^o ot^^o '
'i
cle Regelui Soore
cu creci ordineo prn geometrre.
Numoi epocie borbore - epocile intunecosu ui ev
mediu co si nenorocllul lntru orhlteciurd seco ol I 9-
eo nu ou procedol prin geomelrie. Crosee osife
.inlcrmp
crescuie in voic drii sunl o scddere c consli
inlei sr orlei omenesti. Nicoieri moi necesordr, ordinec
geomeircd esle oceec core ingrddesie iberlcleo
individului in interesul obstesc, in interesul libertolii de
dezvo iore crl co ectiviiotii. Liberclismul democroliei
o' rorsi'-l veo. l' e -r. o o,l p'^,.< dezvoio.
experince from vcrious couniries, since lf e :,
o, 'rDo. o.t,a-6r e,o. -1,, o .e o.opr e. l
o--oooy'. co, .tr o li,,:q o, o re,o-p
spiriluo horizon.
Despite lhis humon civilizing spirii there cr: _ -
C Ao a o , olo rt ,, o o -o-"to^-ic ^q oTo : ..
r or I corl V. A o\o o o ,-oa ,o,
B' hore. o . o-plo e qo oer
We moy ook bock on the old forms ond i:= -
I
ly ottcched to such memories, yet these ,.- ,-
ings do noi belong to ihe posl, lhey ore c--, -
o leogoor o,{oyo- ,'rgtro poo
we a o oo-, o lv or o .o dl; e/p-e ^o -
he"o vo: ^o , o'l,r or ilhe oos ur no ..
'eooooro-iov l eocl5yo oo
i
^d oobblir o pa( o or. l, .oi- ,o, . ^. -.
over trodition ond tombstones. Urbonism i: --
rLo' .rdole\ ,i'ely o^o o igir o low 9o . l
l^ or dOr \ olO o-'to,.i. ^ Or epo.....
diseose oround. Art revrves every doy, fc :
o ^sear rhy f - o, e).^o p 1 q ow'r io -
olro oroor azPab/ srilo,^e.e \;a
.lust cs you ccnnoi hinder on overwhe mrnc
:: -
low ils course becouse il wi oush h.vic-^ ci r -
before, you connol freeze nJ* ife in smo :' =,
o'no^ i po l^ ^ .
Cur cily, the copitc of our country, is summc-=--
up on Europ-^crn form cnd gool. t is o qu ie . _
which recenlly hos been cclled upon to re:'=,-l
pbc oirG,eoo Roror'o.
Whol wou d the lrcditiono isls keeo from Br.: - '
.
ode] for the future genercrtion? Aporl fron- ,-- -
ches cnd o few po oces, Buchcresl hcs nc .: -
stoiue, no house cb e lo orise pious fee ings :
serby. Our generolion rs summoned to fo:.. .
creolive ond oeslhelrc force ond commli -.=:
unsullied ci! thot is risinct up under our own e.::
exomple for ihe generoiions lo come. Cur c -.
now well beyond its cdolescence - o si.r:=,
devoid of ony so id crchileclurol chorocter c-:- :
mous problems to be solved. f we ore nol c. -_
=
ouT own foith ond ort in it, we wi be Cesc.=_
lhcn we deserve We feel lhoi Buchore.' , -
hcsn'i been occomp ished yet. lt s time ii w,e'-
everyrvhere, ond our responsibi ily is enormo,.
Crosul, no.2, Felruc:rly 25th, 193- :
Bucharesl dnd ils vtopia
I fee it'simperotive thot BuchoJest shouli c= -
slructed; hove trjed to sketch o new urbcn c-:-
thoJ con be perceived cs uiopion
ln focl, urbcnism is on orl thoi should scrutin z: -..
f .,"Ter,no'so 6. 1roorFig^rr:
rof- o"r 'rd Aor e. U^ tnlrpo: o' c
coming up, hundreds of them ore hovennq oi. - ,
of lcggord roce in lhe covo code of time isiome-
culous. Urbonlsm demcnds drcsiic, doring so L_r: :-:

- evul mediu, s d"1t;".;"?ttr";HH:r::
r o
",
- :':, tocmoi in secolu lTecut core exceleozd
' , dezorieniore comp eto orhiieclonico si urbo-
: rroblemo intinderil orcselor c fost complicoto
- :o emo circu oirei.
r:'. spre exemp u, in t mp ce de o l 89O p0no
I I creslereo vehicu e or ero 'in medle de 6000
: - - re o I 9l 9 ou'incepul sd creoscd in medie cu
' - : lr 100 000 onuo . oT popu olio ui din onii
: - :ino cotre l9OO creste cu l.5OO.OOO ocui
:--- urmdiorii 3O de oni cu oprocrpe un milion d,^
-= Si nu numoi Porisu, dcr loote ccpiio ele eur-
::-- ou ordtol oceosid crestere formtdobilA.
, i: c inzecil producfio omu ui, fcrbricr e ou olrcs
: r iTo etcrrd, orose e cu mullip icoi luplcr penlru
'r-:c debuseurllor, comerful penlru p osorecl
,: or, omu o lnzecii i mpu tol prin mcsind,
. . .'ezc si mlj oocele de locomotiune core reduc
.": )et.ol 6aprotip:looogo lr,ooortie
=:-egotilo, decodento, un urbcnism in fcgo
---: dezvoltorii orosu ui o fost ingreunotc de
. - =-c circulotorie sr in NewYork in orele cond
=
-rrr vcrsd zecile de mii de oomeni pe slrdzile
- - . inguste, circu ofio se poro izeazd. Ce fo o
- ::nsul unic sou semnc ul de incrucisore, cernd
-'=: sunl c fiecore 150 de pogi. Se cunocsie
: :nericonu ui core povesteste ccr circuld pe
:--su crutomoblleor ce siopecrzd,.in corr cuco
- - . ou c orcpul cvdnd timp so tricoteze o fie-
- ,' i de strcdd
-- . impolrivc circu oliei crescdnde, oprelistlle
. r-ente or impolrivo creslerii orosu ui in ino fime
--''.r, exproprierl nelnsemnote peniru drgirec
- -- nimic nu poortd mdsuro vietli cocotiiocre o
. ., - coniimporon.
:-: zbuciumul ero mci odonc, cond ?nlunericu]
: =-e moi nepdlruns, zgomotu oroge or moi insu-
r: igieno si conforlu imposibi e, estelicc com
'- ,: si urbcnismul prizonier, lumino gdndilorilor
--- cr deschis cdi nebdnuite si minunole orcselor
',
:: rl om urmorilin oroseie mcrri oe occidenlu ui s-
';rploi intro mdsurd si lo noi si desigur co in
- r se vor imp inl cu vorf
si indesot.
--:-e cd Bucuresti moi mult foro voio Bucurestilor,
-' : n nepricepere, 9 c
schimbot firec si cine il
- = )Zi dupo o lipso de 20 oni, oproope ccr nu-l
-:, nooste. Hotoroi, orosu nostru c opiot peniru
-: de vicfc noud, negiicnd chior preo mull
. - ,:ievo vestigii de crrtd ole lrecutului core l-or fi
:'c i, cum ercr vechecr biserlco Sf. Gheorghe
- -.ll CoLlei
-- :zi intr o fozc de refocere comp eld. Cenlru
-', c cresle in ind fime, cosele vech j, ipsite de
.', - toc loc in cenlru "b ochousuri or", ior putine e
. :rcdin dispor in fiecore ceos.
lO OntC pOle TUTUTe mo'e': : ,l-
neeOs. lS 'i
e e/or rlio^c') wri o olo - ,
f our libercr
,
oge lmperollve y derc-:- : ., -.
-
gonize lhe socicl, econom c ie :-,-': '- - :
beginning to think obout if; urbonis- ..- := :-t -=: :..
directed o rchiteclu re.
Arho' gl ruostllo^^o o - :-
tightly connected with the ori of bu c -: - r --'- ::
for o I peoples. Storting with the Egyoi;or-. '-: l- -:.:
ihe Romcrns, through the Mlddle Ages, ihe Re-: .-:-:e
unlil the osi cenlury, the crrt of tcr oring ciies wcs c cec
metrico opp icolion on the ground
You wi I find ihe rules of geomelry wherever mon s mind
invenied things ond its honds chise ed them, thot ls, the
siroighi ine, pure su4oce, ond simple vo ume. This is
why Khorsobod, Peking, os we os the Renoissonce
lowns ond ihose of Louis XV creoled order by meons
of geometry.
Only the bcrbcric cges ihe dcrrk Midd e Ages ond
the unhoppy l9th c. orchitecture - ovo ded geometry.
Such cities lhot sprowled cl rcndom represent o reqres-
- sion of humon conscience cnd crri. Beinq o compelling
foclor, geomelric order checl s the lndiiduo freedom Morce oncu, Oclov Doicescl,
ond fovours the communiiy interesl, its free deve op- Ir 9351
ment. The cte l9th century libero democrocy wosn'l Morce lcnco, Oclov Dolcescu,
propiiious crl cr for urbcn deve opment. Most of the I r e35l
Wesiern cities, creoted in the Midd e Ages, throve cl
on omozing speed during ihe losi century, c thorough-
iy disorlented lrme in mclters of orchiteclure crnd urbc
nism. The troffic problem wos odded up to thot of ci!
exiension.
ln Pcrrs, for inslonce, there
wos on cnnucl overoge
growth rote of 6,000 vehicles behrveen 1 B9O oid
l9lO, ond since l919 the cnnucl role crmounied BO
100,000 Belr,veen I 8OO ond I 9OO its popu oljon
grew up wilh l,5O0,OO0 inhobitonts, whlle in the fo o
wlng 30 yeors it odded o most one mi ion sou s Thls ls
true for c the Europecn copiiols, not only for Pcris; they
cll showed lhrs speclcculor groMh. Why?
The mochine mode humon produclion grow ien tmes
more; the foctories otirocted lhe pro etorlt, the cliies
intensified their roce for new oullels, whi e trcders
sought for morkets, due to ihe mochlne, mon increcsed
his time off len limes by creoting speed ond meons of
lrcnsport thot shronk spoce.
This speedy deve opmenl found o decodent, unprepo
red crchrteclure ond c greenish urbonism.
The probiem of ci! development wos mode difficu i by
the ircfflc prob em; in New York, when lhe skyscropers
pour oui thousonds ond thousonds of people into the
b ock ond norrow streeis, the troffic is iommed. Then
whot s ihe use of one'woy ond cross rocd troffic signs,
once you hove to slop every 150 steps. li is c we
known joke oboul the Amercon who is soid to wo k on
top of siuck cors, where odies hove enough lime lo knit
o poir of socks cl every street corner.
There is no meosuTe tcr[en ogcrnst lhe increosing iroffic
f ow, no reguolions to forbld higher bul dings ln the
iown centre, no lond expropriotion lo widen ihe streets,
IJJ
 Cu rilmui in core crm pds':: c .ozboi .incooce ne
vom pomen pesie cilivc ori iq,r-rp oros fdrd monu
rfenlele si vesiig ie de orio c e occidentului, dor cu
'oolF po'ooree -i. ip,o o- .^ o o^ ,e doo-o ,
lhere is nolhing ot oll to show lhe extenl of lhe moc-..
iry 'rr, t.o \ 'e ir deeo.
^ Lo very ror tr, or Ine doepe toT'ieJ, wLor o,
:

-lolio ^potblo o. o6^'|a,e o,^...^
irf,r ocu5.oZ .lr ^ roo-e T,.doo . npo..bl_
r
'ort v I ere wo. ^o woy o, ,rner i^e ir, - o se 3-
,po.,eo.e T.e,rboo,oDA w-ep o.o^ttorooeond l,,oe"ic'
rea-leo Tpos\ o e lo reo, . wl or .t-^ ooil-p i.
.

tcie economicd de o urmori cu ucrdr le ediJilore cce- (o-no or od or o ,root )^ ^toda p :)onar -l o
oslo inlindere. r odor r tniT . e'r nignliql- tpd ro-"tA r te , pa ao or o \,.
Trecem ozi, urbonisiic vorbind, printr-o grecr criza. n d. t' p o5pa, I lot ,^" ies o ,nel . .e
detollu, orhitecturo insdsi o oplol peniru siilul nou. uo viL.n9 -Lor los ol,^oo) o^el a,pe er e! [.
C o r-O 5.-li o(O or , golfor- O O a5ir . sri'geore- We t^ r b o c -o. Los roppero! ;e s -^ 16 ^ e. -
tr ic nedecorolrv, sobru cu violo meconizold in core o- ow't (o r- tv. ord it ^o it ur' o r r \€-V 5oo .

cu totii ne miscdm crslozi ? oroe sao e

Cine vcr moi consirnti lo oltfe de viotd ccrnd o cunos Aliosf ogoinst its own will ond less due to its c.
cui uii itoteo forme or simplificcte si cr conforiu ui core wordness Buchoresl hcs chcnged its spirit; who:.-
nu e un ux, cu[n s-cr pdreo, dor core se orcrid o hcpoor5 o v ..- oLo WorYy^os,o- noo,, -.
nevoie imperiocrsd in fe ul nostru 'urgent' de c troi? ' ,,e Cb;io. ly ou , -y ororred o ^^* e lor-
A iubi ireculu nu inseomnd o porolizcr victo. A cer-^ o -.o .o o o o , l;i^ I e Cio
ov^ lool
"o "/A rge, :
orhitecluro romernecscd, nu insecmnd o o fobrico, Geo go ChL,,ch ord Colieo -o*^ -l o o. o -
cum s o incercol in diferite ronduri. Numoi odoptond embellished ir.
Ior-ole ri 1or,o o 5 p.ere" t,clg, .po,
i-ce o e o We tnde go o soqa o lu" o-ove'y'. tLo o, oir :.
lui, se vc noste prinlro lungo experienld ceeo ce se if,o. oT.rt" .iol ^^l.e q oW l gt cr o,ol q1e r-
\o p r'ao t,rir^ sir ro-ronor, o1d rconro lcrble L o.rros rol e oo.r- io, e
Deocomdold constoidm cal oce eosi condilii lehnice, 'blockhouses', whl e the very few courlyords ond :_
economice, oceleosi sirucluri socio e, oceleosi mofe- dens vcrnish everv minule
'Oe O ooO,i -"r j'OO a Oe ,O,OTrOr .r e O ateo, f we move on oi th" sorne poce set cfter lhe wor, --=
sporluri si poceri, oceleosi ecturi si imbrdcdminfi, we ll find ourselves burdened with c
the shorlcor, - _
ccelecs slrri si oce ecrsi speciccoie, foc dln metropo of ihe Western clties bui without lheir monumenis onc _
O nOO O rf O Os ^-'OpaOT. ua,-i6a SO ,v^ O o lii.e o IOr ^ he .o.l o
, C rqr
Oro.ele \t t O/ n In oi . a1,-e d^ de lo, al orc O.o ' oo e. heorv of
e^cr,e\s r-ot'i. o. r oen--.. o. ..
ducliei regionole, dor moi runt io.r, l" l"-*f-lrll! o lhe probler ol erd]^,c o',r g wir^ ir rir ',e ,,oo ..
volorior spirituole inire popoore, ceec ce fcce co ele" de-sccs, ossocioted with the lcc"k of economic meo.:
so oibo oproope simullcn toi oce e prob eme si lipsu- 'eru b,n l^o .r,, v ,v. c't ove, 5L, 1o vob.rtr ri-o.)
ri. Tne. oor-po.'lg Jr lo qoeso s€ve c[..i:.Ar, r ;l-
Cuodeosebire cnoi. it elf 'nose re iow .rV".. Wro 16r- 1 lell -l-c a -
Bucurestri ou norocu] de o fi un oros tonor, lo incepu- -L '.1 19 ol lri, g^6al" ,,, o' ro1-oo, otot vd \ootr
lu .formorii sole urbcne, ferit de suprodezvolioreo * -l 'h^ 'nor t orized e ,ve o e ort \^o 1e odo\
defectuoosd orhilecionico, nehiqienlcb si suproooou- Wl owor opva colsel, oodiirerc"wol 61 1;rg
oid o seco ului lrecul din centrele mori occidentoie. he ho. o.,oo e rt ) o' ';rplit od o,rs o-ro-. . :
Este oore obsolut necesoT sc irorm lnireoqo filiero de lif- rot re.e,sc'ilv lr 6 r5 oS ora rgl .l ,.
gre s. 3o o ioon'. 'roe o i/ely' how ^. :

o,e -o fo. r .o ,E rvoro-n rq or ' , gar I' woy of ,,rrq ?

noi cevo? o louc'no posrooe5r l-"teor -o po.olyzo he.-o,-.
Grijc si drogosieo ce o purldm orosu ui noslTu ne .l 7o. o e ror o Poro.io- crr, l -o , o ll door^'r ^
foce so dorim evitoreo oceslei evolulii crstdzi inutile. thotyou should fobricoie it out of the blue, os it hos i:=-
Numoi si numoi o timiditcrte urbonisiico vo permile co o ter ood ,evo'o' re. Wl-o ,re riqr I looe :.
orosu nostru so devie unu] model, un o os minune. poror io, ,1 le .lr .o.re o,.o .e e'f^i ol o.oTC:
Troim ozi ziiele de odevorofdr formotiune: Cecsul .o5r 6 6! . lir q ir^lir,o,u lo ^t:,o pe ,r. o.o . ,

drrectivei. ncd nu esle forz u. Asocicrtio prieienilor ond choices

Bucuresiilor si noi, orhitectii de crzi ne osumclm o tos-
put doro I o'o'^toi gtAo ( r.ol n ,o- dezoo ,- po
r dA -i(ra^loti,tare t r r, rL. ceos.
Ceeo ce se pocie face azi in Bucuresti, nu se vo moi
pulec reclizc vreodoldr.
Stilu modern cere urbcrnismul modern.
E oro hotdrertoore core irebuie so decidc osclu
For the momenf, we con see thcl ihe some iecl.-
-_
economic condttions, lhe some socio] siruclures .- -
some moleriols, lhe some lronsporl meons, lhe .:- -
sporls cnd p eosures, the some books ond clothe: ,, -
some news cnd shows moke our cooitol c
.ooeon .