Marcel Iancu - Monografie

Afisui
Expoziliei Cenlenor
Morcel
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I 995
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Centenory
Mlnister! C!li!r;l
Uniuneq Arhiieclilor din Rorrernio Mrz-ûl Notional de Add q Romdnlei
It1,ze" Notc o dPArOrlRrncrt,

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Poster for the
Morce.lonco
Cenlenory Exhlbltlon
EXPOZT/E
EX'IIBITTON
Cenlenst Itlllrrcel lancv,

lo Mrzeu Nofioncl de
Artd ol Rorf dniei, Bucure;ii, 1996
t 895-1995
MarceI tanco Gentenary,

he Ncl ono Mrseun :' Art of Romonio, Bucnoresi
t 895-1995
CAIALOE Cenfenar
GAfALOEUE
MarceI lancu,
ta95 - 1995
Marcel tqnao Gentenary,
ta95 - 1995
1996
Or5lanizers:
Th-^ Union of Architects Romcrnlo
Editor.
()rganizolori:
Unluneo Arhitecli or din
Romdn o
Edlturc Simetrlo Un uneo Arhitecti or dln
ol
Romcnicr
Publisher Simelr cr Publishing House The Union of Architects ol Romonio
Muzeul Nolronc de Artd

Romdnlel Ministerului Culturil
Sub pctronolu din

Romernl,r
The Nolionol Museum of Art of Romcnic Under the poironoge of ihe Minisiry of Cu lure of
Romcrnio
Coordonat'ort.
Coordination:
Ancc Boccnel Nlcoloe Lcrscu Anc Mcrlo Zohcrricde

lexte
Anco Bocdrnef Nlcoloe Lcscu

Ancr
Moric Zchoriode
and seiectton
Texts
I
i
Comisarii expoziliei:
Curators.
Anco lloccnel
Dono Herboy
R
Ancc Boconef
Dono Herbcry
si sel ecil o i u st'rali Ancc Boccnel

Dcrno Herboy
o r:
of illuslralions:
Anco Boctrnel
Dono Herbcy
Nico cre Lcscu i de

The
a
Nico oe Lcscu
Rodiccr Mcrtei
ea lizat'o rii se cti e
rchit'eclu re sect'ion
Rodico Motei
orhiteclurd; Anco Bocirnef,
was done by:
Geo Serbon
Morlcrno Vidcr
Geo $erbon
Morioncr Vido
Nicoloe Loscu, Ano Morlc Zchoriode

Reolizalorii secltei de pict'urd 5i grofica: Dcno Herboy, Rodico Moiel,
Anco Boconel, Nico cre Loscu, Ano Morc Zohoriode

painling and grophic seclion nos done by. Dono Herboy, Rodico Molei, Moricrno Vido
The
Ano Mcrrio Zohcrriode

Traducerect,
Ano Mcr o Zohorlode

Translat'ion,
leclura si corectura lexlelor; Mcrgdo Teodorescu Desian. ocrn [,1]c[]rco:

Emi
languoge supervtsion ond proofreading. Mogdcr Teodorescu
Mcricnc Vido
Colaboratori;
Graphic Design
aon I llat|rco"
Em lon Murescn
Ph
Confribulors;
ion Muregcrn
Geo Serbon,
Anco Tomc;evschi Sondu, Rodico Morlon
Design pentru seclto de orhitecturd si ofi5;
Geo $erbcn, Anco Tomosevschi Sondu,
Folografii piclurd
si groficd; George Dumrlriu
Rod.o /V\oilon
Design for lhe architeclure seclion ond post'er:
otog ro phs of po i nt'i n g s and graphic works:
George Dumilriu
V
Minervo Vd eonu Vlod Co ilcr

f
Minervo VdLeonr od Co llo
loon Cuciurcdt Mochete.

Proleci Bucuresti, S. A.
oon Cuclurcd
otagtatil
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Models
Prolect Bucuresl , S. A.
PCT
PCT
arhilecturd: Arhlvo fomi lej Jonco, Tel Aviv Anccr Boconel
Photographs for the archit'eclure seclion; .lcnco fomiy Archive, Tel Aviv
Anco Bocdnel
Gheorghe Dumitru
Mullumiri;
Persoone particuIore;
Ackn owled g
en ts.
lndividuals
Gheorghe Dumitru Ano Morio Zchcrricde
Dodi .lcnco, Tel Aviv
Monico Vieru, Bucuresl

Steven Jonco, Monlreo Adincr Reich, Tel Avlv V odimir Pcrnd, Bucuresli Adincr Ncnu, Bucuregti Coleclioncri porticulori de crld ce doresc sd rdmdnd ononimi
Dodi .lcnco, Tel Aviv Mon ccr Vieru, Buchorest Sleven .]onco, Monlrecl
George Dumitriu
Desene dupd proteclele
Ano Mcrio Zohoriode George Dumitriu

Drawings from the orhilect'ure praiects: Bogdcn onescu Horino Crlsieo Romlno Debrezeni Denrscr Scmson, Andreeo Cel More Mihce o Mirceo
Adino Relch, Tel Aviv

Vlcdimir Pcndr, Buchcrest
de arhileclurd: Bogdcn lonescu

Horincr Crlstec Romincr Debrezeni Den so Scmson,
Adino Nonu, Buchorest

Privole orl colleclors who wish lo remcln
o
no nyrn o us.
lnstitutions.
Andreeo Cel More Mihoe o Mlrcecr
Bibliotecc Acodemlei,
Bu cu
resli
Muzeu Lilercturil Romcne

Bu
Librory of lhe Romonion Acodemy, Buchoresi Mrseum of Romcnion

Lllercrlu re, Buchoresl
Anc Pelton
P roce sa re co m p u le ri zald : Computer Publishing Center Adrlon Arsene
Ano Pellon
Compuler design: Compuier Publlshing Center Adrron Arsene Don Andrei Acknowledg nents: SOROS Center for Coniemporcry Arts
Printed by: Drukkerll SSP, Amslerdom
Printed
cu regli
Saonsori:
Federollo ComunltdrfiLor
Evreiegti
din Romanio
u ui in
Amboscrdo lsroe
Romdnic
PCT
Soonsors: Tlie Federction of rhe lewlsh Communilies of Romcnio Embcssy of sroeJ ln

Romcrnlo
PCT
Dcn Andr-î
Cenlrulur SOROS pentru
Arld Contemporono
Tipograhe Drul leril t!P Amste dom
Proiecl Bucuresii, SA
Proiect Bucuresli, SA
Coto og lipcrrit in 2OO0
de exempLore
Copyrighl: Uniuneo Arh tecti or din Romdnlo
Tlporit
in
2000 copies
Copyright Un unec A hltecl or din Romonlo

Prtnred
in 1996
in 1996
Cenlenar Marcel
Marcel Jqnco Cenlenaty
1895-1995
lancrg
COilTEltts
SUMAR
I495-1995
Ale<ono'u Be,di'nan
9 II 5
Cuvernt inoinie
Foreword
Roxana Theodorescu Cuvdnl inointe Foreword
Geo Serban
Morce oncu
Locul sl stoiuro
Morce Jonco - Ronk cnd Scope

Anca Bocdnet Mcrcel loncu Arhitect Mcrcel Jonco -The Architect Anca Bocdnel, Ana Moria Zahoriade
Proiecie de orhiteciuro Architeclure proiects
2A 52 l3Q
Dana Herboy 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
Expozitii in Romonio, l922-1939
Exhibitions rn Romonio
136 l40 174
1922 1939
Dana Herboy Coic og Picturo Colo og re Dc t'r 9
Marion,: Vidr:
Grofico ui Morce loncu si metomorloze e limboju

p
ui
cstic de ovcrngordd Mcrrce Jonco's grophic crt ond the meiomorphoses of the ovcnlgcrde oguoge ln fine orls
Aa
Mctriana Vtda Coio og. C,o' < o Cctc ogue. Grophlc works Nicolae Lascu
212 217 241 242 25O 256 25a
Arhileciuro in eseuri
ui
Morce
oncu
Morce Jonco's essoys on crchllecture
Morce
Morce Jonco:
Rodico Matei
oncu: Texte despre orchiteclurd Texts on crchiteciure
Mcrce cncu Morce
9i
gonduri despre orio
Morce Jonco ond some thoughts cbout orl

cncu: Texte despre crtd
Morce Jorco: lo.ls or

Crono ogie C o.o ooy
Bib iogrofie selectivd Se ective bibliogrophy
o'
Provenienio i usirctiilor Source of i lustrolions
Uniuneo Arhitecli or din Rom0nio orgonipoz 'ic f ^1 orqr -or o C'eorgo ., oL q . o d o.ll^l .r p og o.r da. a.. ^lo a o-aôr^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 ô 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, a"r ro rro .o p a/er o1 e.pozil o Cele or rln
onu 1992,
ln )992 lhe Unlcr.:1-,- :-. lê^'^brl o io ; : l:.

n
ng O progrOmme
cnd ortisiic phenorre.c' bore y studied

n the Crecrngcr - coic
l- -:):l---::-ccre
,.,re
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
exc'esseC our
-o9s
w - - e \o'io.ol M ,.ou-r or Art ol Romonicr
apol.ro
|^r
o l '' ow - oQo oqoire #o
Ar.texpo, the Union of Architects set up ihe exhibition: ,,Buchoresl in the l92Os l94Os, beMreen Avont
Vo"-t
or
so-i
o do
rr or p rrooog ^lcbo o
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^saoruê 5 r l-e olo ol mooern or crno
crch ileclure.
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;
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
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 normoliry o d do-beoy cr per'od r ec' )
*êlle ode o" o,/ope'oedo11^ oe.
olr
:rie or ploslrce, muzrcr, efc.

3. Decenii e trei si polru o e ocestui seco se bucurd 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
::idzi de
-:,,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-
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 ogatê
wih zo'a oro o'ê o'l ls. 's
--=-':
r- :- de dupo pr mul rczboi mondio vo orl e cu lurole

: = -cdernitdrtil
itctii generole, pentru o introduce in Romdnio exislente in Europc occidento d.
-::- io Contimporonului, pe core l-o condus oldturi - \ êo 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
--
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
.=--: Mcrce loncu in crimosfercr culturclo o : -:- e lnierbe ice, dromolic scuricircuitotd de regi
=-: o
tore.
,: ---o
-o6-Ja.i.,qu'a..
de folo isi propune sd reconstiluie ce o
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
.
\lexattdrtt Beldiman
Alexandru Beldinun
e-"l b tc o )o o Llo-"1 oq5r l ^\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 reprezenicnti 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 Crô,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
jp-â
, ...- -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
We ore hoppy
.
Io]esc,.
M'o Po-cr..r 16, !i1s6
ovongordei, ci sl in contextul intregii orle inlerbe ice

romernesii.
.re^soloeo16.rlr iy.o dê.r'r J^1o.,. od,
Iteroti, reunil in iuru unor indrdznele monifesle leorelico eslellce dddeou.noslere unei orte despovorole 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_ 'oti OporriTO ,O r,eoro.,lor O,f n .rco.^"O oe C ' .t 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
or
Reiro,pe livO ffo uO.to eT ^ or I MOr,
^ Cr-. J otoogt.o.eo I oe aS.. roor r .to tr'ttrr\e

S'
Th s retrospeclive show
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., ooie . 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
,7atc).t
^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 ,
si conslonie cerceldri inlreprinse de rslorici de orld sl crrhilecli penlru descifroreo 9l c orificoreo personototii orlisiului C porle .insemnotd o coloioqu ui, reo
Romcnion ond inlernolionol ovcni-aorde in ort. 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
'o, q. f .or revi.ioi
sure thot o ccreful siudy of this exhibitron wi I o low or l- s ,o,e w ll r- tl-^
-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-
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 iîque .reorcti o or o oorrl e, io-.to,lo, reori -o ,. leos[ , -ori"e enero e.,
ro'r oo o
A'<l
r^.
Jo^
o.
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
o ddo rte, o.vlor oror.'ô.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
.e ol le M r' I'y ol C.l-l'e oô'l - qF'^ oLj .p pori ol I a popo'rq lo rrdor o.. oro i,r,l or
from Romonio ond from obrood.
5 .r's wo- o\ o oior ê, 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't,o(o
died cnd, obviously, unknown fcce of Morcel
or pe, o.d ,r q-o pe'\o'ro i'r. A qî'. ll .s coro'oq.e ro wti, r rno U ioi or ts groolly o'tr'o,ted, oao ( w-- o e . \
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'tr,eo . f, h qh g"
v-y o,oT
o,t o r. C,
co aoq,A\
e-o\' jpo-ol M ro,l-' C I' io- o
tro
hove been produced wilhoui the r[luob e ossision-
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
We o-e g oo
col o.io
. ispu
n.
'oi sd ne .incredinteze din comorile lor odunote

,onseTvcle cu otdio doruire.
Sunlem recunoscallori co eciionori or core ou occeosi
fr to le r o'\, 'r ,e r 5 o1o privo.e wl o er 1l o *oil ) ro il ) show. We
oppreciote ihe contribution of ihose who treosured oo',iorote,,l ooTl Fo o1o ore<triveo er 'l o'lg.
houl the yeors.
V l'.r'ir de osero oo ro-, Fo (o A p-, ' ' n r r.o .i poS' r1a oJ cont' bri /o -eo] zo eoefg.
:xpozifiei si cl colo ogu ui. Roxuna Theodorescu
Jirector generoi : Muzeului Nolionol de Artd ol Romcniei
We wou d olso ike to thonk

'
oaoJ îno; 01.orero5- .ebs' r.tlon.
e,'wor( ord s eod'os
ol , whose hord, eor oe seveterce 1e ppo i^ s
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 comuricdri cu un pub ic cupr nzdlor.
iiric:ae .cico ,los o pointer, o orophic ortist, o theo-ie sce:rery Cesigner, c ltercry text il ustrolor, os we os cr ctchiteci, cn urbon-p onner, o leclurer crnd on onc ysi of currenl events ln lhe reo m of ftne crts. Undoubtedly, he wos very much gifted ond yet there wos something more thol mode him on inf uenlicr per sonolity, o coiolysl in o lhese f eids o promoler of modern, f exrbe direclions meoni to ibercrte lhe creoiive energies from the risI of morginolity cnd vcrious 'recdy-mode bounds (i e. provincio sm, crpothy,
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Geo Serbqrt MAR.CEL
Rank and Scope
IANCO
ihruths,
o 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
-c
-od^,o -o'o r opeoo^.re '
.e drop
Mo-ôvo 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,
com,
ond gregorious opporlunisiic
gesture).
ol ihe some fime, from estcbl shlng o genuine

munlcotion with the pub ic
oi orge. t^ wo' i.y .1 6 leorsgar o I g.
c,
ôo p ,pr
-nprelurol Coboret
-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
Vo tc
re \Zfric6, l 9l
6-
imp
-: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
mogozine (1922 I932, together with lon Vineo), ly 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
crnd fino
Buchoresi, when he ond lwo oiher motes pub shed their own mogozine, Simbolul(The Symbol) tn l9i2 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
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
:'
- --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
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, ' - , ]uzzt. Principcr ii pictori oi misccrii, Boccionr,
rlonifeslu =.'-:.llurisld,
-iei
conleslolore, sincronlc conectole cr froniurll-^ europene, premergdioore inldiu ui rdzboi
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 wings thoi mode his debut cs on odolescenl. Jcnco's 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
,:
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 crywrights, musicrons), ond even the minuies of their slor my reunrons (in Mi crn, Venice, Turin) copob e lo unleMonifeslo
Mcrrinetli s furious ossou ls hod n the Romonrcrn pub ic By woy of coincidence, the flrst Fuiurist
t5
osh the energies of peop e oll
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on the occcsion of the Fulurisl ecder's visit in ,1930, Buchoresi, in empholico ly sioted 'Futurism
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, I 9l 4) So we shou d noi wonder why Morcel Jonco,
.'li
reiil si grupr de lo
rf a it-a
''_:::'C-"1 930
. t'-;-i
Corro, Russoo, Severini oiung reoiiv repede so fe
de orgcr oudienld lLlniversul lite rar,3A morlie '1914) Nlmic surprinzdlor crrnd, cu
reprodusi in revistele
-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 descoperirec 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 desdvorseoscd iniliereo.incepuio occscr, sub indrumoreo lui
se12.
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 monrfestolion, 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 siopovers 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 lll r-o â o livor- l^ orb o, . e o' Cooor"Porte Voltoire becouse he himself wcs ottrocted by ihe explosive meonings of the croiesque p oy wiih mcs
ques
ntro,
de o
incepui,
in
Morce lcncu o dublo
so icitore.
sirucluro persono ilotii ui pe de o pcrte, se
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 izolouer)3
he clso mode such mosl s - cnd let himself ccughl into lhose hislrionrc impromplus of Ihe sinultaneous dicrlogues lL'oniral cherche une moison d
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,
naison c: louer)' , inir-o mo rpsiioore dispozitie onli-
o scend deschlso lL'anirol cherche
une
';
:i
:onformisld. Dcrr, se delimiieozo de Trlslon Tzoro (fos componion de lo Simbolu{, imedtot ce spirituL -ebel dcdcist dd semne de o olunecc spre frondc
a tr\ce\ op\o.loor "eros o roe' izdr cTeotoore. Semnlflcoliv esle cd, desi s o :csit de c incepul in miezu miscorli Dodc, loncu nu
)e
zo'o l
slc
.-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
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 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 obsoete 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 viciim 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 hophozcrrd 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 foshions of sleri e, bovoresque chorccfer. His progmolism, fecluring his pcrssroncrie pursuiis on unlrodden poths, needed firm ground of oction cble lo enhonce his impeluous ncriure, hrs bo d chorces, cs
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Morce .]onco.
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: -ec orlel pono lo punciul de
ro,erved ouer
o:'rr'oloo-o cooly i ^steo.Treopoqr-e I o. le o-'-ro^ . o (orror uo e

i
cr i se onu
o impoclu
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

le
or subieclivisle pe urmele romonlismului, oncu
:-re i- -fr
efortu opJicol, obiectiv, o profesioncrllsmului de 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
r'::-rotismu ui, de investigolor fervenl cl drumuri or , - cdrldtorile, ii lrebuio ierenu ferm o ocliunii pen
.
: . ^pe,elo' le -bo'cr',e. :
::i pune in vo ooTe impetuozitctecr temperomenrpiruni 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
i
the Romcnion society, slil frozen in ils own tobJs cou d hord y orouse Morce lcnco s oggressive reociion. 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 underlokng wos to be lcrler confirmed despite lronsienl nor row-mindedness or quesiions thot it might hove pro 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 slrotegy 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,
: :: r' :!, : r: r-:!,
Tr'slcn Tzcro, Trislcn Tzcro,
fero efervescento de lc
tlO.iOr O, I O OleO rO
liricl' -':= "-':::'-.: ,' C:

,
eô
e. Ie Le 6.,a'q6' oT h oq' d'o-'loti ollI e no Leo ol'ne boo'. oj'e h o'o9, ord oêd i ll
^ o'e tr oe o c^n ir," JJri-ilurie, declzie confrmcii cc: col ror 'c.lie do obiuzrtoltor lemporore po:lb leior n
lLlJ,e o ,o"p
n,,ste
"ochlul superf cloJ nu vo puleo prrnde colo p'obLtole lcrclL' ortisllcdr zoce in ccest om ccre evllo succesu oiuns' ccrre coutd cote nu se opresle lo plnctul vor nlu mereu, dor nd sdr se inlreocd"' Comeniolorll
imedioi cd slrotegicr oceoslo
o outo-depcrgirli
vlzo
."t..ti*t o i 'n.',oo o oa o. ^ a,or ,epa(^. Apo'ir,o ' Mo' or ;61 ' ' o e l"i,o o 01 01 ,b-,o 'o ro; ooo'^ 'orJra
'1
blozireo conlemporonilor, lntenlio de i o' 'lo ob 'TL 'e'or o o'o d; o ''
e composition of motching, overlopping' or , .,o. .tq prot ^r rho'r z'n-q o'd 'o, 6^ az;-ri^q e n h, *oqer / o'a I eor ' 'o croL'c'oe 'le pos iho ;ipe or o ,o7" otlot- plo"o' l' 'o mooe of no\e/\ o,' rô peuot' 't h noot oto ole \oa b.rl l5 0a' o,o' qP or ''orao oy '^r'o / oo '3 91."e ''a bottle beMeen troditlon ond modernrly oi 'o higher ]e,el O, ,^raq O,iOt. A 6 '^ ol 'he to"l 'L o' ll '' '-'r" . h^ \or'aloT ri' o' i 6q^l !c 1';; ", ; a cr.ire,, di- o o rg g'o'o t,od'o"t ' o h., l"i "on wo lhy vrcto es of !,a i ...."ltedli look do'in " th; ;;,i"H" n"vJ, ,rl"d out onything ot olL' on the
6.,6h,6r.r
;;; ;; u olo trtia, orhoico o lro' -o'eo pr1 o'''eP'e e''o'deo" t.t o' ,' \6 4-o ( orPat,"? oe olo t a-tn i""i rOCv.
Dinomismul este colr Mlllo
Pdiroscu, Busll in bronz
, . raqot .' i ' oe o ol o,oo ooral6' 1o
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,
hts mL teu "o vised nor did he relote himsell ot rondom io the or io his own ortistic cryslollizolion ln foct, thls is
he scruiinized oll the . .' l4"oro or- la23) !^
ochlevemenis ln the 1^ l'o1 " o 6
\rtr^pO nLl .nTlF;O'Oo .f Oi'Oe 'JpOp' \a de lnvozio tehnlcil sl supremctio morcote drcmollc vliezei'. Rllmul, tensluneo eLemenlelor lniroie in com
,""
o lri Mo ce oncl
Ml ilo Pilros.!, Bronze Blsi o|
Morce]onco
punereo mog nilor proLiferote de pictor vin sd interzi cc ttosivitoteo pr vi ir, complocereo intr un contemplcrtivL-m rmoersonoJ ldllic Nu otdt nouloleo pro-l rr O .AdAA,o p- t eo/o O tr, O a, "lo.r{ O rlOd 'r I or o o lozo' e d to 'o lrod 'l -t i,oo.p rJJe n tore lo un nivel de slniezc superroord Cum
'[o ; ;' ;- -J p ^ r' ao.L , q5 ' ooe r9'^t*"" o' o., be Po' '\do o, tl o o t'o 9:.t^: infer ih; ;;" coLumnlsi went on writ ng thol Wel d Yet'
n,r, o",uod" the subllme chosiity of hls visions" onoiher critic emphosrzed thot ln cerioin poinl ngs' J., .on ldeniifv: 'lNi"ttrche't fierce cnd bltter smlle
the reclm of i.a ;fi".|'"t otit"o , ihe humonily 'lost ini,' w'r t9 ,oa ' ord aooarr o-. ho 9 So, ,o r belween supersition ond crime, *1ll [6r[qr dreom
no rernotcc un cronlcor ol vremil "Aslcr e lootd to Nu o slmllt nevo o so epudreze trodltll 91oorlel sole roose, spre o-gi c-rulo o su[iciento 1n d spreluireo comodo c oiOior venercrblle \zbaazt oJe lrecuiLrlui if t o",".r.at 1o nlmic sl c strdbolui loole cuceririle
".J n oooz.,lA 4 oro r 8 'or' lo2:l -;;";"" Mor ^ Jo' o ,uo \e ) -r' ovuo ^ rl-' n" .o l" oo,.'o'l ,voq h wor o ore o o w r ho t lo'ootl "l
t:""Llt"a sensoiion.' (quoioiion from the some
o''o'14 oo a'. a7:l \n; o'odo '-oor' zot, Jc voicr intclmploril in roportur le, ortistulut cu umeo ole n 'l a'zo ^c: ol er 'o e l^ r l' p76 .or o r or o-o CtA s-^ ., , or ol' o'oo ai g ovo oe^
lru cjne $tle so i io lempe oturo enoclo Acelost cronl."t, .'ti tol ,r., observc. Sironii dcgorori de infern se revorso peste ccsliloieo sublimo o vlziuni or soLe' Moi oposot lntetvenec olt comentclor (lot in Auroro' 'o . B ;o, . 'a)i) qo o 'o o 'aoo 'r 'reL^ oo -' t"t.-." o ]ui Nieiz-sche 'fulgerori de
Ir,oluiltot sl ' socrmo', o omenite 'pierduto in impdrotio ioridd

'' o^ rO- o'' ' p nO,/O -OOA-Ô
p'b' lowo' nh/ "o 'vo o'tuov 'oo 1^ o qor ized o" 1o-e odor oo ^ h bi , ^- Wl; ti.. gr.f.l"rest," his cJosest colleogues f om lh-^ /",,, '. n'o-ooo iooL po- o'o, 9 ^;r 6r^ 6lhor Avor roTo ;o'. P^' oio;"et or ' o Ce' "ol r ooôr o;6! ,r o t-or A p Po ' t 'e^ lor ooro^, ,. :"'( :^rr^. W, q goe';rg I o, o roro: 'c lieoe. -ro.e nzLo nilr " ; ''; ooo ' q nocl' 'od n'îszz'edb' .nl noo, \o.erbe JOtr 'o)4 l" Lr, o l^ azz o{ o,'56, ole,l'eo*' ô ''^-;n Negro drum ployer ond his devl ish
I
cr
Lond] *hor" airtt t"i-"J the iublic

ihis clmost mog c riluol "vecrs
.intre v s bo bcr si senzotle ldeolizoto sttie .i ctimo, nu Consllent co.in boto lo penlru cucer reo publ cu ut
'agor OIO
,a
le \. OAI-
.xient rhor ien r ii oo." o .'o o qh
oooob,,.i^qu
n
Mo e o'',
.g'lrq116aai
"lut'nd"n. dent lo Butu est, cu porticiporec celor mcri crpropiofi "J^ uo-; o ,rpJ 'ort oat o z''t'lo-o,'6 's'i " ." oou log, g',o . g'or o "ro or ^'o di' o'o o L z'' o o ^ rropA A: ror Ar P Po le^ ;.";; Schwirers, Wll rng EggeLing' ionr" nltrt"t, Kurt Kos.Ok Loios, Korl Tiege Mcriori lo verniso uL pro cromci duminicd, 30 noiembr e 1924 ou ovut suTn, o -' f,ro,o'o ob;.ooâ'o c6lo ' 'i^: Pe -- ,ll o d^ ,o-1. ,.o, LTe, ,o r o i oo e l l; ; "r, lipseo boleristul negru' odus in cenlrul oienllel core nu
piond lo ccle o expoztie fdro
prece-
drreclor thot js, Morce Jcnco dlsp oyed the e^hlblts ; ;;h . monnet thct ihe visitor hlmself could rnfer the ,"ltl onrh,r-,, crnd ociuol iouches belween the fore gn n,totri *oiL, ond lhose of the locol ones stimuloied by jon.o; rhw Arthur Segol Mollrs Teuisch, Vlctor Brouner, M.H.Moxy, Mijto Pbtrcscu s worls were oround.ot" of Conslonlrn Brerncugi s sculp
\ l^'r or ot o' Lcr' "'9n -ooe no,"' Fo , P o.,,c (P o'' , B"d) lte
otleniion The experence of stirred ihe oudience lo such loier' Comll Pettescu' lhe prose
"t.r""a ir,"r, d"
Morcel lonco s olm wos to mcrke the onlooker owore thoilherL wos no reoson why lhe new spir l, modern ty itself, shou d be borrowed slnce lt hod olreody exist
berorely plcced
in o
centroL, posilron'
r:irescu tezetva episodu ui un ]oc proeminenl
renerole de iobe e scle .indrdrciie. Senzclio o fost de mcrgic, oiot de pulernic tmpregnol in --emorie, incdl pesle un decenru, prozotorul Comi
I ,o oproop"
odrDoro,o ": o #o oo-o' ,c- ... :.'

Romcnion orli.sls
l: '-: -'einOl Onr - ra : : -e:ricns ic ihe .

,'
-:rcnu sdt, Palul lui Procust. Reqizoru (in persoonc , Morce loncu) ovusese griio de o csezo cslfe
:,celilor
=.ronoieie co viziloloru sd siobilecsco singur mu lt : : e inli de conlocl, inierferentele intre lucrdri e

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
r-:.l:
s ole
creolorilor oulohlonl,
sllmu
oli
de
Arihur Sego
^6 his steody effort tc plcce himse f ol the crossrocrds of Europecn ideos Througl Conlimporonul he estob ' ô o o .li. o 'l ^-worL ol or ^ .. o' or ry ll ror 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
|
f we ore io f nd ou- of e s r e -roce of pride n -o, o oo. io, i.n Mo,'^ ']o o o-- o- -r a
by Der Slurm.
.lonco
s drowngs were printed
in
:::'der poloneze, cehe, mcahiore, sdrbesll ---' tl,4erz, Tank Blok Dtsk, lndex etc ), co sd cu un numdr prestigrooso -- --:.Nir confrotilor integroi dedrcot deRomonn ,i'--m de borlccdo din Dirr - : Contimporonu/ui desene e ui Morcel crncu, -r : , '-: ^-co moi dinoinie, cu fosi, in co oonele publi - -:r ienesii (Procelctria, Nois o.m.d.) evodeozd
.= '--prinse o finee lui 1925, incctl vo fi in . ,: .o publice, in suilct, scurie convorbirl cu . - -- , 3rcque, Cocleou, De tell, l lrrns Arp, P6rei, rlrOncusr, fiecoruicr focondu i, cu oceoslc
I crtetentlor Conlimporanu/ui in slrdinoiote, --- ci miscdrii moderne iterore si ortislice; pe :

lnio
reuseo
sdr-i
4rgentino. F izbutrse scr olcciuioscd un fel de
coniocteze cu ocozio cdlo
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 publlshed o number of diologues wiih De ounoy, Broque, Cocleou, Deltei , Hons Arp, P6ret, Breton, Brdncugi; ihey ccrme out with their porlroits he hod 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
Mcrcel loncr, ArCr6 Brelon, 1926 Morce .]onco, Andre Brelon, tQ?6
o o- iol
gother 1n my Buchorest cpcrtmenl eve y Tuesdoy. D '. 911 o:e o .'i( Oao )p i-o e rîor . -"to V
ro
= -: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 : --:rno in formu/o cdruicr lrebuie scr fi conlot - t-"-r de irodiere o muhip e or sole optitudin
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
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
Ô., - , o oo i,zeo 1p ^ ,eO o,d .,o ô
-j
elori orgumenle
toTme
e i' ^ odr OJ Oco:o .O- .rL^ , O o

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, : ,-: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
ril
si
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 own provocclive spiril, ccme oui in 1924, whl e o lit tle bit oter, Punct la wee|y mcqozine of crclivisi propogondo) 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.
toole predomino personolitoieo
ut
19
si o otformo de rodiere in or-c
Contimporonu/. Se produce r;. :' grupu ui cu oderenl de mcrcd. ce or i'e
mol 'inloi, B Fundoionu, Scrdu Morjus lotcr 9] Flenri God, opoi Mi ito Pdircrscu, M H. Moxy, Viclor Brcuner si, mcri c dislcnf-r, insu^sr
ô.Mo ^"o^.
.oq, -
- - I -c '-l-l: i orr r : :.O Eicc F I CIsc'
:'':
:'l '-l'1
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
Boq "c,
Rol . Soso Pono, Moldov Zorembc, Rcdu (Poroschivescu), omong lts membets, cs Mircn
Uriuz) $tefon
th' roo
or
aoo/ o,.ll. oo a 6pheaa o
lfereozd pubL 'ot r de t p :imicr' 1n 1924, tntct,t numor din 75 H P lccec un le de frondo pe conl propriu, dor pulin mol tdrzlu' Puncl Brcncuil.
Pro
well cs olhers. Cn publishing the lOOth issue (Cctober November I 93 I
(scptomoncr de p opooondcr cctivislo) merge in oce-
or, dizldent din pricino unor nolJmici moi curdnd de o,dln pe sono Slrndo duL
1ni-^qrol, devenit, ulter
'if
cr>,D, ooro o 6o 1,:.gc5 o ropi '-Io 'ro.'l o, p, ', Po rt. o .'er- ^ ro2o] o^ ro
), the leom of Conlinporanul b e, .rraorptr ei o - 1, Ioro 'a olLe otl rlao*i,r oloi o' po,o oeoôa eoo"do entolon oLl in ol lt wrole 'We neiiher lmilcled, nor
crnvl
dld we vicoriousLy repecrl modes, nor did we spel out
.o I oa ol a( /a a IJ' t'oz8olo e L' 1932) d" echlpo ce or mol liner neconform gtr: Geo
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 schllou 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
to wô .o^.e 5o lleT r'6iro6 cr o q r 6l o p^''î ^ 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
;OQ^,O^t
O, r IiOOO Crt'o oi eO d a, -ro ', d--p o ^,or d e oo
Or
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 ê lao.o ' n^r ha [^. D e ,- o i' 'ho ro'"'t,^.l memoty ond lolk crbout his would ,efresh lhe publ c ochlevements in Zurich os crn ouislonding representciive of the iniernotloncl ovontgorde Fo lnstonce' he oo d O, bl 'ocl 1 P 'r' -ou- g 6,0r'1 g. o 'hot rr iwo ie.,ls in French lrom l9l8 Moreover, his fcmous oo r q I' o Bo 'o' 'oot I P'o'o ot 'l'e I '^-
Mcrce oncr. Srso Plro

l92q
Morce .]crco Sosr l'tnir
ni" metoolo ului ero Mcrrcel lcncu. De oceecl, 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-; oLrspiciile lbrcrrlei icrsefer (tf comentcrli de Rodu
,n
,n"n
ot Cobo'o Vo'-o' e o'raoo/ e'l ',1 'eo oi'e hs ,""tutn from Swilze lcnd, hod on even deeper
er
impoci when showed lo orl lovers oi ihe inougurol on ol c permcnent orl gollery, opened under the potron-
lo.ole oi, ôo (ho o'^ 'to p e or ol 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
oeo ol
bi
of Trision'Tzcro's poems during their Dcdo epoch, beqcn io drow orcrphlc s[etches meont to comment
Veniomin
tn Polittcc: 27 no,t 1926 il Aurel
o. r6 ra.r 'ordô r 'o p.b'o o, 't Co ;rTo o o o ^6lie ed os po o l'' q-op' , ô o ever. even il"he hod to deo with the tensrons ond
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 ond sncrpshols, loter lo be repr nled n 'Marturio 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.ô by Mo e Jo o 'r Co^ ^ pa on lob oMo,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-
l.)29
incredinlole Continporanului de on Bcrbu, sou prozc fonlez strt c ul locques Costln. lncitoi de F
Broslecnu irr Violo Romdneoscd, dec. 1926). lnir un 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
Adercc, ise osociozd penlru su lc de inlerviurr cu scr ilo i odcrpostite de Mtscarect literard, de c ungul onu-
O25 ô',.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
coborel. Ttecuse ocum
de coslume {mcrsii) pentru onlmotorli seri or lliercre de ]c cdevdrcrie pro ecte de ^ ooo A rooo - C,o'l ôoa' ' ô : o puno pe pcoore propr u teotru e'petmenlo )e sl
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-
':r
:: 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
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
ent, moi ovusese in vedere eventuo ltoieo unor deco
he conlrrbuiec -: :=.--: lbsen'.s lhe G-:,'-,. ' tso, o D c cDrawinos t'or ii-e
lel
:-- -''r --: : -- --. ----;--;,:

--.:
- ,-- - : ''::'= : o . oz8_ o nde,oo.eo-ô c : :1926 exhrbition m gh; nove \i/i:c:i3. l- -r. d sc oy
Ari, M e 'o
:
- :'
-.
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
:-: 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 -: :'-::bi
incoslrole in perele, in Locul rezetvctt ferestrei s , ugi , ovond imprimcle, pe siic o, orobescuri :=:-eirlce din coiegorio celor prezenle frecvenl in ,=..-" e cu core pigmentc poginie coieielor Dodo. 'in - *: Ce orobescuri idenllce se mot pot gdsi resluri .incd in ccse conslruile de = : :ss-wonduri, vlzibi e
some pieces of furnilure, one con see lwo stcined closs ponels fitted in the wol in the p oce for lhe window, 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
-:"cu (cc oceec din slr. Neguslori or pe slr.

o p'. ri-'
r
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
simior
o recenl exhibltion set up n Zurich (' Hcus fijr
kon
: - 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
- --=--:
: ::-i in progu el).
qo
\o-o oa o derolo'oo o
Unli mcrlorL prelind co or li
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,
-,,.;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 linio promo Monlreux), oorecum : -:i , r oceeogi oni de crhilectu piclor romdn. Dor se - :: orl sli, core'in 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
: - :r
nu ipsito de
re
evonld. Recent, lo
ZLjrrch
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-
=---c (cce imobrl Aubelle din Strcsbourg) c ,--" 1930, icr c crdirile edificcte de romdn ou - -.' :'- 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
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,
porison quile unsuslclnoble As early as )924, Mo,c" lonco e'hlbited pieces of inlerior furnrshings
'oq^ rer
n't o
M-orce Jonco impressed eveTyone through his coher eni ond inlegrollng orlslc proctice trghtly intertwined
". W. Be . t
'=:'esl
proflL
lo Acodemio Arleor Decorollve,
with the ldeos he supported in ihe medlo quile sys
unde
in )926
era coleg cu F:. Sl'c
. )6 O'O O A-- I Ob'o rOOo Jorcu' ln;iciec, PLrleo scr lmore:loneze o Mcrrce coerenio dinire proclico orlisllcd si ldei e susiinule 'intr ocllvliote publicistlcb destul de sistemolica
nud-nolurd moorld,
: I : l:l ::'-.:1 si cu orh. \&. 3e:r I 3'' e''e
-o-
-L o O o', ', ort. -. o e ho'o'v 6.. d) AA a r o ^rtro i ^.tor ' 6e',.9d o o-.o, e r, -oo' o^r, ô'r^d' -l o,ce.to,Aoe*eo1
'i. ptr' 6pt,O,
1o. 6r'a 6'a o. o-ct . O.po o'e o - gotc,ol^ . ê ' sl, deci, suni preo puf n cunoscule o:lozl Roslul celor
moi muLle dlntre eLe ero de o deslrdmo opocriofrLe 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
'o' .oo, l ^ c e. o d,^ o'^tt r u.,,,r", os we I os how io hormonlze viobe for-' tn,o roh rl .' rr: o' d , q ' ,' 5-' aood ol u o ooo4.o-o. a to'ov eorbo, ^ A \rl^lao'
rT
ethcl c iches Hrs reoders could Leorn how lo expr:'
o ot 6, I h^tô, o rtae 'o o.'o' . oot'o'
O Or ^q '6 re Ol \\ O1O
I OO aC
f
iode modeL, Morcel lonco slood ogoinsl
lhe roote: cs to lhe need of on onecdole n pointirc orejudlce 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 | : 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
loter surveys of his rlch ocivtY'
,"t""o,",ooo
:i zecl de onr moi lcrziu, lo epoco zuricheze bi onluri o,, fo.ond, relrospeciv, lurul de orjzonl cl omplei so e octivildil''
.
' (iq I q)
ct6''5
iar'a
g P9' -^L 'r
inceoLrt. c slorniimcl mult curiozilole,'insolito de rezer ve oblc disimrlote (de lo un confrote co Vjclor lon
Nolurol, osemeni orlcdrui creolor outenlc, Mcrcel cncu cl porcuts un ilineror ortistic deloc uniform, cu povorni;uri, stcrgncrr sl ezitori de circumslonld [cr
roa^.q -or o trTpooa'o'ohoro'7'd:a a .o.- o V o' ror Dopc o rar on -tu ('o ôl ond grcrphlc ortisi). Consequenl y he needed muclrhen ihe publ c ot orge lt wcrs on y ofter his fourth \b o^.'16r'L" t^ / ,,"-h oo tlo"o,i^-oo'iF
t
li -lte ort 6 g p6r;o1 -
'o
ht
i,' . o'
c'
Popc, iterct grof clcrn) si l-o trebuil o dozcr insemnoid jinioi, lc de robdore penlru o- convinge, pe critici mo cr clutoru lor so obiino sufrcg u publicului Numcl J^ ^ oo e o' po o i -o ,o o o ao pt'z^^t6 e,q6. I 'i o^-'
sive ort c liic, Pet u Comornescu, weni beyond hls ooooslt on io lhe cub sl theorles Jcnco upheld, onc vie ded uo in odmlrollon' 'll hcs nol been Long since qpr'6r s Osi^trrQ -t Bo c F ior^d
1..O,.,o ooO^^.poif^
oorecicl nu de mull
^.-^1
Comornescu i9i invingeo ldlosincrozille de principiu foio de ieorille cr,biste orborote de orllsi 9i se pronunto cdmlrolrv osupro vlziunil lui Morcel loncu. 'Lcm
pentt
oo, ^'\ o 3,- .; .^ 16 1 ) 6,1, f r'scrowded moss of peosure ond muscol suggeslvity Now we odmlre the rhythm ol co ouTs cnd ihe woy he renders lheir intrlnslc puriiy We liI e olso som" de
rcole ploste wo,[s, o better molerlol for colour lnler
opp
tcrare Balul, ioc dinom c de fo,me n cor congesi onoi de pLdcere 9i sugeslie muzicold' ApreciemLctuolmenle rilmul culori or, redote-doo rn puriloieo lor proprie Admirom unele lucrdrl frcrgede in ipsos, muI moi polrivl penlru locLr le de cuocre' decoi uleiul, core este mcl gro5 s moi moteriol Nu cereli subiecl d lul M Loncu precum nu putet cere subiecl nrci unei scoorte boso obene 1oc de lorme
I
e:cepilonolo
d-sole e<presive, ftlr
qeO.6 OrO OO OO'd O OrOr' ,O' O' * , -ol eolln... o ho o 'o' ooL o'o'lo-a'dode work or in the Bessorobron rugs, since Mr. .lonco's theytoth disp oy forms cnd co outs From this point of view, Morcel Jonco is a greol crtjsi who succeeded in creoling some lones of blue ond brown' olmosi
.
si culori. Din ocesl puncl
lru si cofeniu, unlce oproope in
loncu este un more orlisl, core o izbuiil sd dec nisie lonuri de o bos
de vedere,
M
p
cluro
noostrd
ter[cneon counlties wos o cruciol moment in his evo ullon os o pc nter. Shortly ofle wo ds, the cr iics ogreed rhct he'hcd bonned the pirtu esque elemenls off
a? I',.aar
'o ^ ,^'91
Po"
o or ô i
po: ,i-qr I?o-po rO:O 'o.oo^ "
) t^c: 'Meo'
.
romcrnecscd \Ranpa' 21 febr' 1927) I)n momenl cl polorizorilor in evolufic picloru u PO e so I fi con:iituit colctorjo so, in 1930, d" c ,.lnqul iormurllol nordice ole Medlterone, dupo core cronicorii cru ccrzul de o o o o.'p o |^: ol o'l prg ri g ^pl o'e d^ '^ '
I po'Iq
sought
'ro.o'ol
ro tote"M-orn
i'e
a li
^nlyoI ''deotr.i\^
arQo'lQ
i'wo'f
us
,O-^pito^
de o l fjxo noto personolo de diferenllere pr ntro sinloqmo emb emoiLco. 'un Dyonisos ol culorllor"'
'r.,.P,d
OOOr
-Clo'el O"'o'o
i.,
llkeioker of colours ond 'o discoverer of the plcto rio clgebro", 'o poel fighting noiure lhrough colours
ÔLOt B ô . 'o31.
lo
obel Jonco s djslrnct voice
cs 'o.Dronys
ond l-nes Mony newpopers :toried io Proise hls /O,O
d!s.operrlor cl olgebrei
p cluro
e',
'poet coTe
se
OpO:1.o6^q.l //O o OOO"i-l 9 tlt. to^' or d o 'lho n, i qr i, r'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
moticion, epiomzec -:::,-:rer s. sutI o": o. - - I
- :"'-I:-l-=-
"', : )'7a'e per'tr c exp ro Prel'i'eo oobord o r : -' .opiîe p:orireoe p es,o"'es pe sorolloeo' '. :-cel oncr. PoetL i ro-e^ o c c-ul 'or Borbr-
gles, cu minclon
-:,-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!
c: ::-:- l-l --t-. -::-l-tr 3r espe.,ol /lu'o'ce: i..-= : ---:'. J. : a -:-e wo .s o( jlslice A:: -* ''= :. ' ,: '.' -J Sebo.lior rr de'oo( -'. tt l.:" : i- i::( ence of the ortist thror-lgr: w- :- -: l: l: . c penI
' - ome cenusii pentru inolte opere lusiitiore"' ln - :- : :rcheiei .cr.'to . Miô 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.
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
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 :orto de eroziune de purificore o unui , - = r-: 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 comenr - ::--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 - -.' =ro-nerij in cotidionul Diminealct,22 lebr. -I = t:o- ercr semnolul ongoiorii intr-o ocfiune - r -,,-: := :cificori 9i drologuri publice. Se numdro, : - -'-'-: -iiioioril osocioliei de ortc, filosofie sl
j
obstrocl po nter? Appcrenty his fcntosies hold o singulor p'hysiccl 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' -L o. lrt.t'or' oI is co o-rs o'lleto^l lton tr o -o'eriol
Morcel loncu, Hons Arp, 1926
Morce ]onco, Hons
Arp,
optico sensolion cssigned to it by the mpressionlst 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 disinteqroies the impure ond triviol lones... . Being corrosve, Jynomic, yet mosleduly bridLed, becrring o symbolic expressve ood, lt turns nwcrdly to proiect iis otmos-
te26
' 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
p-e'e. Btr'rg spi
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
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
hod reestob lshed the conneclion with "greot primllive
: . -. : :- cr inird in componenfo unei comisil 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
experience" (lrom the summary of his lecture, published 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 lool po I in urbon p onning symposio, ond wos o so 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 eêrrive 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
23
I
:
_-t
,i
influento eventmentelor de
oer.' .Po-6rU o'o''ro' ' t'1Acn'ov-e^r ''e " o oôol " ,r ^:,, ,,,a'roo, 1a,::-oo;d 9" t^^'^db oo"t'o'd'oooo'i[6,' o o.o' \ororo::Aa. al'e'o r"e o'z'o o' o Aa'eoO"lôor ' '-'n'gf o -tnri r"lo 1,, Ltp: oa-a d o ai.ioto rol medio \Facla Cuvontul Lrbe' 1r",.o1 n."li o.,l morqinecr ocuteJor .h".tirni ,oJab j" exhibited jn hls 1939 exhjbllicd"rogogio i,rpr1 The pc nt ngs no''or ' Le ,na'e' o-d poci , mizerii ."rrrio,""oa". rudineo oolo^'oooJ'ors 16o-tolooo" oi'o' 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 forc= nozitote oduc, in expozit o .lin l b:q, ."r in no,ttonio Soon rcrciol i'1"s *e'e put.into p" de o recentd colciorie ln Crrentul opropiot,morqinolized A specilic oggre-: 'ri; rt" *"t brutolly fi; ;lr;t "ta Hoifo - Tel Aviv - l",u,oi'tYll-i;' ;;;;tt" lhe Romcnon scene onc= t";;.; in crgoro vefii orti*lce sivily sioried rlo dominote whlch led to the lonuc'r ieslre o Jui Mcrrcel lcncu over' ghr to'k proospcrt nrio th; romonegri Exclus.vismul legilor rosiole jrogro;r ln o'd". io sove hls fomrly' hls wlfe Brutclilotec, coroc- 1941 os hls duse il morg nolrzeozO-'tr,rtol put"i", "tJ itrit*i' doughr"" os wellrq3'p'1ort' 'n?.ofi'inl 6''r tersitco forlelor A" a,Jo"pt- "Jr." 1o 'q ^"' 'o^''"!"'-;l t.aaaalao rs:'r'o """iL""' iiotot ^Jo'olo i-i"".".r-hirro.r,",noikobl"pointingsexhibitec fomilrcr] -1939 ooorom in ionuorie r94r. Co sosi solveze jo n !itV. , ."r" a"rl t"'" to s o'io so' prctorul drumul
'
.:]:3 nor;'i .. .-=-:].-] :c'-
No/iono/is/s; Muliloted Abyssinio,
elc' Durinq rr:
* ::,1*r,*' #' :? #J n : ruil

:
Im]
t yl; l"m'
ei
i:*;i.;;tg.rdei, r.. " ::il.3:,'il; i'i:TF ;5;il:i"'""' :"*i:T:,mru;: .';;

proicrgon sl cu egolo insuflelire de onimoror
.'"1- ii{:X"U ii:*v3"r;[ ry: 6rth" ovontso de ts promote'| onc

r
itî5L",
nosiru"' in toc/o'
nr 35B
,.ln
(cur Futurism), lonco, 'Fururismul nostru

^ rn
NCTE
Faclo,)9MoY, 1930
6 'o-6 loSQ i E*o.t cond Morcel
Vor-."l loncu, "Fulurismul
Z'Wi l" Morcel '.too,,oa.
oppreni ce Jonco wos ihe pointer s ro
; ;;;
trBB a o lL , roor'e ;i;;*.;;,;tunci, -*oo
' un revoltor coni p,- j 'do o"'o' o roer; o . ' 'o 'or' t' o "t6' ,li ..-,.i'*tu'brulolitcte ortistico' cu desdverrsireo ;;";" ;; ;.,e"o por foce credlnlele noi in crid' (llr.strr:tiunea tam.)na, nr' I l'l 2, I 9l 3) Distonloreo
orienlcreo so
focec rnifiereo crlisticct' lo At"n"' il propulso pe losrf lser ""p.tlri" .a; To 6DrA-d'r'o';v p 36't^'1': A 2, p "'a d^ -; ' Jn e'o I ooe ra M'
lcrncu'isi
,-". J.: ,-"' I BB o5 ) o o^ o'ri''o d"
t ''o, 6'
Atr o1o
'r '16
"o
Ao'll l ol 'o ." o o' I oop I oo' t''o ' ", th" lolter s direclion wos perce ved oi thot,l me' ho* .e reoel , ooo' ' po 1" q c' oo ot d o ocje-l t61 or ^'n^d ot I n ,o .d ,., ' g ê'd rg '16' ' " r, q.-- s1 6 16 '^ l.Jl o ono" Iq a1' tl oL i,
: I
' [")o onl oP1ôrao,on olaoo''r Io I o' 'o'o'''or .o^ o.a o. , 2 a' st \o'' o wer-o
ol doomos ond hls lnterest for oriisiic innovctrons
i" toot" si lnleresul folo de inovolie crtislicd ou ire iooi;;J;:t.. n bogclul ucenjculuj, co loloone.inlocmoi ," ulterioaro. Trebule mentionot cd "l"tt't """lrri" 1o noi dupo ce in seric de i*, I .arlt" i" evisto .i d" cciuolitole plcstico publ cote in, ecveni .,on Remb ondl' irimiteo I liori,o sub pseudonimul crutorlzoi de
lcr
;";;:;t"; il
os true lcrnd should odd here thcl r"rf, i. n'ti.t"r- "uol,tion We j."r f*'tr"fi brouqhr Deroln in Romcnlo' crfter h-e hod ,",L', lf .h'on't1"s on noveliies in French "lo "rrr'rr-."i " o o Ar'h ho r,9 os r,:rn h: o' ;;". ;"; ;^tolo' o" l^ to. o.'^''o' 'r'rl ' of,o r,,.
.p"'"ttice, ond srood
-*.sL,u 'inlrellneo stobile reloili 'in medlile crrlisllce' " 'slmullon de R Huelsenbec[<' 3 i;;;
Mcrcel .lonco
iol ce ero mo nou in p ciuro froncezd' o f"not"nulul lo folo Loculul' unde lrr.u
:; ;;;;;;";;:
hod consront relotions with the
'h
French
crtisiic milieus Huelsenbec[' 3. Sjmulloneous poem performed by R
Tr
Tzoro'
; ahl"; din primii oni oi teinioorceriL 1o Bucurestr' confuzl,i ,Cond' ortisiul ljneo sd ris peoscd evenluolele .o ordo ao.z',o. o No. Fl ^. i e a:P'o bl'.o L' o n* .. or d^ P^.a ('-'e' l'o^'-oo lo'i lo ,Jirf .l" pt"togon st crl ul Mo cel lcrn-cLr ;";;; 'lirich, Conlimporanu/ oduceo, to o into z ere' ce lor".ti t" .r-"rrt" de cuvlinio: En ecloircissoni nous devons oioLrtet o"rt o.ri de hrstojre des crts, oro' oo a' i"" ,r,lo .' 'o'r od r 'e o I e ^
.
L
l.'-ooMo oL 'o o. a nft"t hls relurn io Buchoresl' the ortist wos very his ;r:h ;.;;"';"J to d',p"l onv doubt ond srote lhe os soon os r."0r'vocolly For inslonce' "..i'.. ;;;;; iio'v'//es littlraires-publ sh-^d il ';; C,"""] s inierview with Trision Tzorc' ih-^ nlnJ" i ), r,i, o,o,o,,, r/ "d lto", wiih out nsisli g o n M nco' s cor' role in Zurich, brought n the necessory ""il.J ' En 6clolrcissonl ce petrr point de I hrslolle rectioi.
i
J cr
"o'
cel Iclnco pelndes oris. nous devons clouter que Mc de lo sorle un de tre et crrchiiecfe, opres ovoir ete
6t6 de lo sorte un de propulseurs de ce fomeux mouvement 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 d6sormois 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 iniolni in reclitoteo romdneosco, neosteptole 9i ciudote urme de orhoiloie ruro d oolo lc cu oso turi e induslro i)rL Li iroetuos. Ai rrgeo oe pi db so ec prigoro 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 soi lronsporie, co odinioord, cdire m0ndstirile din zond (cf. Demoslene Bolez: ,,insemndri de drum", revisto
Iu swrg. SLrlice it to soy nowyo;, or'o sop
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-ioTeTnenl m6le oux evenements r6volutionnoires de Boviere). Et bien qu'i soil d6sormois fermement con voincu que les 6coles ne servent qu'c reliefer les verilobles 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
over i'
Gandirea,l2/1923). 7. Feix Aderco, Mdluria
unei generafii , Bucuresli, 1929. 8. Vezi conferinto "L'ort obstroil ei ses buts", text inedii comunicot de Hory Seiwert Tn monogrofio solid documenloto (Peler Long Verlog, Fronkfurt/Moin,
counlry, ond woich the Buchoresl-Progue-Viennc express lroin meellng the one century old boyor corrioges 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 I 'ir" info,med monogrophy (Peter Lcng Verlog, Fronkfuri/Morn
Posconi roilwoy stoiion, in the northern port of the
1993, pp.34555) 9. Yezi M. onco, Dado crealeur, o corle editolo de
Wil
Ver[ouf (Arthur Negg i
A.R Switzerlon
d, 1957, o douc edilie,
ttd -
Teufen,
)
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.
t OO I
lO. lon Bcrbu, "Geometrie iniristcto'', in Facla, nr 441,8 febr 1932 l1 Mihoil Sebostion, 'Morce lancu", Cuvdntul, l3
febr. I 93
1
Switzerlond, 1952, second ediilon, 1961). lO lon Borbu, "Geomelrie inlristoto" (opprox. trons. Soddened Geometry'), in Facla, no 44l, 2O Febr.,
1932.
2.
Eugen lonescu, "Expozltio Morce loncu',
l.
Mihoi Seboslion, 'Morcel oncu", in
Cuvctnful,
3 Febr., 1932
2. E. lonesco, ' Expoziticr Morcel ancu" , Romdnio li terard ,24 Febr 1932. ln the o mcncch Adam, 1939, he wrote hts fresh impressions on Pclestinion orchilecture: 'these lowns
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, oceste 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
l3
de no-r--o e o si l be.'oro eoe^;co
ore simple, sober, modest, ond cleon, white but severe; experiencing o rich sociol life, their young ond
bee-hlve body breothes Edenic freedom'
in on oir of noturoI
ond
25
s*str#r#
sf{,f*f
MARCEL IANCU . ARC'ITIECf Ancn Bttciine{ MARCEL IANCO
Morcel oncu se ncsle 1o 24 rict 89i : 3'c-resi .intr o fomille burghezo inslorlio' icrd scr r lnC ccr:er 'inori cioni 'in bronscr t6rtilo Se bucr:rc de o ed'.lccl e
chorest, in o weolthy mlddle-clc:s- fomlly,
Morce .lonco wos born on Moy 24th
'1895
h
rn Bu
s lcrther
o .'.o.o o'o,'r^ ''o-o og oz ( 'oot ' r . \o'o o lo - ice ' Cheo q ilo r
sdLr
beincr c lextjLe merchonl. l-le benefited from o gooc
iI
IHE ARC'IIIECr
Ant fost tlinte cei ce cLu isbutit sd
oo; loer ^ 'ooo'6'pr'16 o lui MorceL loncu''. [o crbsolvlreo llceulul ocesto doreste sd sludieze ortele ploslice dor renunid, ce Ood o0-6OdI tl,a
1oroie ,a ^ o. .o o^ ^ o pooro 1'96'6 lo r 1 e muzeeor din ltollo, Fronio:l Germonicr' Momo
.loo ,'c('h'ogl e' o "o,.t-o' ! 'ea' o'o C, ô,qr e Lozo n;oh \c"oo -oo -;l: " Oo,-'o o.?'OO od 'r;,1 ! oo' Mo Ô'o he
.nL au ino
oL
h s hol
o\eo ooo^^d.ooo-.. oo 916rpo
descifre:.e stilul mtei epoci sd-i gd,sectscii tm glas.'

We have been omong those vvho were uble to sense the srl'le
oJ
dOnd lo inslstente e lotoLui sdu de c se orlenlc spre pro i".src oroctico. Trlmlsi lo Zuri.h penlru c-si comp eto -^ducolicr,
Morcel sl frolele ,ou lul u (l 896 I o!f f ^vor (l899?) srudlo cihitecruro. icr mezinul lor, George de conslrucfli. ng nerio
sTUDlltE
oco C^r-o / , .o,, o on o r'. -ol l' bo't^ Oto.") eo''9 -6,o'o. 'or o' 9'" o d,on t g 4r'6' ^. oJ oq,r q Mor or rol e .o la o'oo,c,..no h o' chool h" ''o^d^d o to a ' llo o od e o-' O vor 1^ , --6^6 o' lo o -o e p o r, o'plo'a\,io . Mo'.-l Jo '.o ord ' l - 1 Boo O8') ne'^ ^',' o I "'. ^.crchiteclure, whlle iheir brother, George study {l 899 ?) ottended conslrucilon eng neering'
L
o.o',g".
Ô dovs, which crllowed for hls eorry o yr. ot r 'a I i- lto'1 ['o' ^ o
an age find an adequde

cmd
iN rLVrIt,q Perloodo pelrecutd lo Zirrlch, inlre voro lui

onu
l9l4
da'/o
:i
.lotsai
expression for it.
'
mo,eo p,oferonclo
o 'a Pclro,el ',oraoeoIor'o n.-DO1o O r- PA'1oa-O p ;' 6 ^ 'ol^ ^ oe ' .r A 16 ,, lo.-r'o ob "o 'o. a ogF ^ ar' , rroli-o eo o ,',o',oo'o 1' o i Dooo o'o' ' do Trislon Tzoro, esle momentul culmrnonl din ungo viofo I oo" ro1 aoê 'lpl oo'1 6 i o
orr
ui 1919, este delermincrnld peniru for :j crilstlcc o lul Morce loncu
'I
MARCET
untll'lcte 19,19, wos c hcll morl n ]onco s p oies ilonol ond orllsllc ccreer Whi e he otlended rie
crchirecture courses, he wouJd ,rq ra7,-h
C)
tAp6,oo o^,-.2',
JANCC
S SIUDIES
1'9-'l o rte, of o'

O'Oqo o
]N SW]TZERtAND
cl:o poini ond Jor

't
niire re,^': oroob ta'- )p rle i'Po'oo rr- or '/a'a ,'o'1o lot'do o ot ";;; Mouemeni wos /he momenl of his long ortls; Dcdi î,
.or"",, ond eorned
"ra aCd'^
Pot 'tot
orlei moderne. Cu energio debordcntc ce I vo ccroc lerizo inloldeounc, reugJsete sdr imblne sludille cu ocliv lloteo de nechanl dadalst flind unul dlnire ce mol ocllvl membrli cri miscorli Deseneozd ofise pentru exoozitiile sl monlfestorile dcrdcrlsie, conlecltoneoz' misri si cosiume cub ste pentru donsu j e moderne, !".s""t. 9r recitcr, line pre eger dospre orlo si orhi i,".rricr tl conlribule cu grouuli.-sr desene o pub colrile Dcdo. Din oceostd perioodo doleozo moiorltoteo con
locle or cu reprezenlonii importonll
, r o o.a, ^he,t ,nq ^t e-g/ o- ho o. ^" o. o.-'p^dr ' ^^'o ; 6.sclor; 'die r''l o ,o â'o oooor 6 hôooo ob^' 1.o. o. ,c -o1[o, i -â gorp. le ,ro d d
him o poce ln Modern ort h s'c

'
nolo
[]imlior esle fopiul ccl reusesle so imbine loole oceste octlvitoli $l ccr scondolurile monl{eslorilor Dodo, core
o^'
ti'toi^ ; c o c qooopo
o ovongorde
nter
zioro
po >o'^piaaTa o oo ot cru , o^r '.o p6l t^; Jto oe -, p, r' ,.o-\or o o oo n^ ;, ^6 I' ceriiflcolu de obso vire: Condu lo domnu ui lcrncu n c
oosters for rhe Dodo exhlbltions ond shows' wo'' : rtnrfo.tr," cublsl mcrs[s ond cosiumes for modetdon.", os wel At the some llme he would dcnc= ond recite iexts, de ver leclures on orl ond orchile: fure crnd would cr so pubLlsh hi: drow ngs ond eng'c' Dodo mogcrzrnes Du ing hrs Zur ich period l': inqs ln es]oblished mony conlccts with vor ous mporicnt,re: resenlciives of the lniernotiono cvcnlgorde, such c ' lhe lolion Fulurlsls crnd the Poris on ovoni gorc: or-i,.t.. lt is cmozing how he cou d combine cll the:=
oo o 1.,,"e' l''gai'
Lnteresul
noud ortd, foto u,tdtoo'e o.-pe,crt e de p rrgor'e efectuoio de dodoism, indeporieozc t eplol pe lonru co Je oltf"l si pe cei ofi pio:ticreni din grupul Dodo de
nlhi
crescdnd penhu 9c:irec une coi :pre o
cciivllies. Besides, ihe sccndc,Ls coused by the Dcc: r".li"ti"i.tt, if !r ." Jed even the crltention of t-= locc] oo ice, did not seem to hove offected his occ:
-r..,r oo o'oorjog; qb oo.ontoro'o n: oroo ,o"o ' o i .oro 'M Jo' o bel o .orid no complcint ot oll''
r, o^r''r r'a "loro.D' oôo,d'^^ro-' -\ r - ,O ' , ra qr rol J P-^" O lr r /' ^ " ' ,po -o o 'o ' rdo'o ' ol8 6 q 'p''u Do rrort,
Glocometti, Touber 9i Moroch
lsmu ce contlnuo sb f e perpetuot de poetii din
i""ll..t *.rt r""a;.; ;;;
Neue leben tn Bo:eJ impreun-r cu Arp,
Bcumonn,
ort, meont os rhe r'-e ' slecr lo the potQ nq operclion ochieved by the Dcc: Conseouenllv,-he ond olher fine oriists of the grc-: n odroiv dlrsocloted themselves lrom the unfcll ''
lcnco become more cnd more lnteresled ln flndinc
-:
si
crpo
l9l 9, o csoclcl ei porolele, Bund Revoluiionarer Kinstler. Monifeste e ole cdrul oulor sou semnolor esle, ne dou o mogine exocld o ldei or pe core loncu misisj le formeozo 9i p"entru core mllllecrzd in Elveficr un"o ,oclo d o crrtei sl oriistulul in formorec omulul
, in
cprilie
^po ,1,6'ro,16 .o'tc,r . Ir . -o,d' llon olonq wth Arp, Boumonn, Glo-comelll, Toub:' crnd Mor"och into the foundotion of ihe group i: Neue leben in l918 in Bosel' fol owed, in Ar'
,^poar),r ^^'rorere,' ;.;;-; "oô'aoo 'oa rcDooo-oo-c iq or |'o'o. o'fct-
il
rl
rll
t,
penlru creorec unei orle noi; -:ls focle de o orgi slmtu de lbertcrle
=r
ndivlducr ismu ui
.in
orid sl
necesi-
I 91
-:,nln
'aô'F
9, by lhe
N,
poro
..F
-ld
le .:: - - r' -l-t:

t '.
cosigned beor wilness oi tl-e
-, .! se re{ero nlclodotd deto lot o -': c Zurlch in voro ui I 9l 4, Morcel ^'scr =: ':
:e
aOO. tC Irid.O^ta^
-,-
ch revine cu predi eclie.in lnterviuri
u iniol lo Universilole, plmu o o motemolicd, peniru co in loomTechnlschen Hochschu e (ETFI), crhilclurd pe core il vor cbso vi in
--er
^
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
:-' I
Cirir,^ profesorii de 1o ETH si, pro
:::,pio
::-
.inccr ecleclic, in -- ::esiu o, Moser erc '::--rc d oporond o oturi de elemente
ins-r stilul modern incepcrnd cu

ZLjrich-u.
ln
:upd ce loncu pcrosesle
-r--,:. nf uenle o e mlscdrli Secession. =:e devin moi t0rzlu cctroclerisllce ,- : pe core in teole oceslo le enunlc
:,:sd
, 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;des 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 mothemolics 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. 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 wos still ec ectic, pervoded with clossie ond boroque
e emenls o ong wiih inf uences of the Secession move
'-.. soc o mission of ort ond oris:'l :'=: ='-a ihe releclion of individuo isn r .: :- I = :-l
oPoo o
o . oaoo a
i--:: -: r:.:
-
a. .e-
Grupu Simboiui de Morcei oncu,
r :lirngo o Crecpic: Trislor Tzcrc,
,:=-' ;:--e o crhiteclurii. n ocelosl timp, drn - :: e se desprinde ideecr unel sircrnse o' plo. : -:r loorle pul ne desene de crrhiiec- : 30-oce, ereculole in iimpul excur : i.,lo inleresonte sunl, insct, douo
,-
s oibo or ginec in influenlcr exer' pre egeri e sole lo ETH, Moser si .d irolorec orgonicd c spoiiu ui esle
-'-C ior, inire olle e cdtevo schite de
ment. Some ospects thot .lonco iheorlzed whi e in Zurich, crnd whlch oter turned to be o chorcrclerislic of hls wor[, seemed to hove lheir origin ln Moser's influ ence. in his ETFi courses, Moser icuqhi his sludents lhot on orgon c lreotment ol spoce wcs ln foct the essence, ihe roison d'etre ol orchiiecture. Moreover, his entire work wos governed by the ideo of tight co-
ll r oncu, r.o lncper ! of vfeo
l9t2
t913
The Simbciui (Symbci) grorp,
irom ,ît tc righl: Triston Tzoro. Molc-- .]onco .1u es.]onco,

Po rJl Chopier
t9t2
crd
on Vlnec,
t9t3
r
.-
=-:riind prorecte de lnterioore,

scru comp
cu
ei ocoperiti de picturo
.in
- -, -: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
: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
-':
: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
'el obslrocf-^, crhrlecturc (de interior) pic9i
: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
-a
ocuore
e doiote I 9l B,
reprezentond
FRANTA
)919 ]921
loborotion beh,veen crchitect, sculplor, ond pornteru.
?t,./,tl
Molson ovec observololre ocrorelo, Zurich, 1 9l 8 Moison ovec observoloire, woter colour, Zrirlch, l9l B
[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 ceolo. I 921 , ccnd se reiniorc'in Romonio, rdmOne 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 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
Cnly o few orchiteciuro drowings hove been
pre
l92O si sfcrsitul onului 192,l, Morce oncu ore
I de
suferit
in limpu rdzboiu
ui
r.
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 inleriors, 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' the ETH Archllecture Depcrlmenl ln Zurlch, in Februory 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' locrchiieliure ( nterlo orchileciure moinly) ond poiniing could come coser ogcin due io the deveopment oi obslrocl ort. Modern interior orchiieciure, os Jonco p.l;
ntre septembrie
lo
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
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
& Deo re .loor' l-o oo rti 'o'li^r o'o't'-r'o
it, demonded lhe removo ol pcrint ngs honging on 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 Oel pa5g1ej M'o :e.pto pOp^f it Mo.:on o\ e. oo)e i o'oi ' ot o Mo'so^ od\ Fou.
Do''
i'opo o,zo i oce'o, r
Romonio sl esie de presupus co sl frotele sdu, luliu, se

p.
RCMANIA [o intoorcereo lcr Bucuresli, Morce loncu crre 26 de

oni. Avond oscendentu celui ce frecvenlose ce e moi
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-
rnor personoliiotl cr e ovongordei iniernofionole, oe\'r ^-epadApivot.1.g,r odotô "^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
v,^w ceo ', .po iIo. *1, ll-.y \^trT -o Dor' or o vides detois obout their octivity during lhose "w: yeors
Jo
sloy i Do-i, -\e^ so roAor h. reeii : Brelon ond Picobio, when.lonco showed lhem seve'
!o
'.
Among the very few detoi
concerninJ
ceptiile lormcle
',,o -odoro.o
allrich
sl onume ocec vorionld po 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
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
bine cceostd nucnlo de moderore' . ,,Revo ulio s o focut foro forme bomboslice', scr e .lccques Cosiin
Bieton menlioned in his core.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-
o orchilecluroL s[etches.
oged during ihe World Wor l. I Sloriing wii-
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 Poronio r re or' Q)2 s oooo p^l-e( .to ir 194 I, sto sub semnul plurolltalii, o unei energiexplo
ro ll ^' 'or w'tr lotge ono' r ol roror 'pply -o1to l'6 61 -9 ryo . -eem- To- lpe lwo oro'tA the winter of l92l 2thelr own income. During Jonco come bcrck to Romcrnio, cnd presumoby, l'.
brother relurned os wel
.
September I 920, .lonco cnd the French orchilect A l. Dequire were regisieted os hoving on office, spe , o ./eo r eorid r q ô os oe:- oyed d '- r 9 wor; however, lttle s known obout Jonco & Dequi'= office ond its oclivriyr'. Since Jonco's porenls kept c-
zive si ol unel continue couiorl. ,,E prolix. piclor, scu ptor, o ,ec' .. i^ Sor-o" r ioo oesp e Morcel orcl ' ,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
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. -,lresionism, cubrsm, consl urt v sm F imed ct p no o - ersc itcte. dovcdo: icb ourle e o:e e re e[ur e, ,:.eneie
cu frole e sdu, uliu, Morce oncu -: corierd ccr- crhitecl, construind inlre 1922:,t 1,.8 peste 4O de cadir,'il mcioritole orhileciuro =- ientio d. Procllcoreo crhlteclurii esle ceo core ri , :.l'd o vrolo 'imbe sugolo, burghezcr, ii permile sr-r ':ze oso cum vreo si sd flncnieze revisle sl monl -, : crlislice. Toius consocroJeo co orhilecl vlne - - obio in crnli 30, mu l limp dupo ce crf cu ercl - I cunoscul cc p clor. groficicn si pub icist. Lc; ,-:: rit oni]or treizec , Mcrce s u iu oncu ou un -, de crh leclurd core se numeste Blrou de Siudlr .in lmobile conslruile de ei, .in -r: fe, cu sediu : -. Triniloiii, Ccimoter si Po eo ogu Aporlu ' ^ poo ^ ^ oT r, , lo g so,'^ sp19.i
,,'rnC
oo'{)[ oo'o .impreundr
scre,
iehnco si suf]etl nici unui fu seclrrdnO
ôio
o ^, 'orol
lhe interncliorc I -r nl I o^l O3e O -e eo 9ro oo

r I
r i, Ol2
q .
,-r d n cel dol frcli nu c dscrl mdrturii scrrse. - -r -crse e foml iei, Morcel ero cel responsobi de ',- d- po ô o o Mo ^c o ot ^ a/a r^- ol,a ; p: reclizole de e : o ^ Ma,cet], i, io,-.r oso ' reinilioi or plleo crede cd este vorbc de o ,r
rer.socrf
orao.^.oo
O I OpitrO
Jocques Cosl n wrole r o e: :-D-:i .e i..c e pub ished in 1934 The sLrc e . i tl e i ,i d+r , .,icllons in wrliinq, fire oris, crd crcr ieciui-e v,ros due io ihe chosen momenl, 1o the indomiloo e curios ly, ord flrstond foremosl. to lhe intrin:c qrc ty of rhe wo I of ort ( ) The progromme clmed or winn nct th oL qh per srolion, ovoiding olloc[s invectu.s crnJ insu-s. {...) The s ogon wos.-1he creotion itse f ond not o wor-like dec crclion. ( ) Our creed wos neliher ncrrow m nd-
cl o 6 (] .o o looo- ^ a .-De tlo o. o
; I o -
^d o no lo r
The iime he spenl in Romonio, between 1922 cnd I 94 I , stooC under the sign of p uro rly, erp osive ener-
o o d.ôo p h^ ooo,a o
o ^r^ -
d, este probobi
semn
ficotivc
oiOt
E iod wrole rnprediclob
crhio dln codrul echipei ce o formou cei dor - : s' penlru coez unec ei. n publicclii. une e :rcr sub nume e ombilor froll, ce e moi mu le , -:' sub nume e lu Morce loncu. U lerior mer ':,,enil ocesluic dln urmcr r uno:cui n pr mu1
--
ooo/ i ol v or o ô -o ro oit yesterdoy. Since he is owcys right, he s ihe ludoe of h s own cri. ( .) He hos poid tri-bute to every c Jnt n o'o
lo oo,'. oo oro ,. p,o odo ol;-e od obout Morce .lcnco n l93O He is on e person. - he w pcrint, sc uipt, desigl
Schiii pent.r
9
lr ille
io , Zuriclr
t6
Srelch
io or
nterlor. Zrr ch,
t9t6
.,,r".:'i.,:t::li:l:t'lirll:::.i',.,.:,'t,,r.ir,::r:t,,r,:,rir::::r,il:,t,rr:,1
,rt,t
pôOoaOr; r'.a
i o,O,o.d
.jU:...li.li:i r,j:l,li.:..11: ri,:r,ri a::ijitll: t:::.tt:itii
rrtl
;,i
t:l
I922 1925 I Ce cr oclivltotii ur oncu in domenlul - ---- esle foorie putin documenlcrid. ln inlerv uri = :'nordri, olcu nu se.inloorce niciodclo moi - -r timp de onli conslruirli primelo' cose mo .especliv
: ,i
-_JL CAR EREI, 'incepul
:-
ant 1926 22. De curonC'insd, s ou = =''i cilevo proiecle ce oduc pulinc umlnd ''.epulu
;
: c irecul opero so 'in ccesli prim on . n : citevo lun dupo inlocrcereo'in Romcnio,
e
ui coriere sole si cr evo ui ei stllisiicê
- , :'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
.
=': zeczd un onsomb u de gcpie mici lmobi
.d'o'o
: :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, r o io'l' M io o oE
p,
F 6 îo
ptoô-ooo^
,-'*
1 ,-
-, cncu proiecleozd ocesie prime c odirl in r , rc rsl f ! esle slrprinzdlor. ntorccrndu se in
---
-:|
!
-- e oel root t_rooo O. io-.o'o c'-a ,:. mportonte rn orhilecilro modernd so fi ovut mente loc". Pe de olta porle,'in Romonio o siOrsltu Prlmrrl
sou economici necesori unei innoiri rodicole in orhi
Romonio lo sforsitu onulur
192 :-:-
c:-:s:s-e
Ce
Rozboi Mondlol nu exlslo incc stlmulil culturoll, socioli
o llol-o e', 'ooo. -6 r I ite'Sol '1 L ' po'^r rg ' ,^ 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
ort. erptessLonism, cublsm, cnd construclivlsm f f,o
is
lecturd ln Bucuregtiul onilor douozeci, predomino incd ocodemlsmul becrux-orts $i stilu neo-romdnesc,
ihon
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 dupc 9l vor fi reolizole in )92627 lo cofivc oni so lc Bucuregti. Eforturrle scrLe lzolole intoo,.","o
secured hlm o weolihy bourgeois living, which ollowed him lo poinl whithout consiroinls' to fund
40 buLldings, mcinly residenticl orchiteciure, belween 1922 and 1938 H s proct cino otchlteclure
deschid drumul consocrdri modernlsmu ui,

f
ce vc lo inceputul onilor 3O' dupb rntoor'e,reo de """" ".din slroindtcrte o une lni egi generoltt de Iirerl lc studlr orhitecti, moment ce coinclde cu ptoi"tul generol de
modernizore rcPido o Romonlei.
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
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 oo;tio'o,o o't Dolot ;6 )e 169- ol , .n.arroloo
t
" se dovedesle o fi insosj

iocrrre bine informoi de
rmog
neo omului
modern,
lol 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'
evoluoie the ind vidudl contribulion of the two broth p oiects, becouse the office Popers -^ s to the lolnl 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 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 oo L [16'l.or ,
ononld de reviste f ono e, dezvc ule conllicrteo impres de crvongordo primite din toclcr Europo. Prin intermediul oiestorc, loncu esle lc curenl cu ceeo ce se
Mor. o' 1or.o. er, histoiiogrophy gorie cred t lo Morce lonco,
o r6Jl q 1..'qr ^/tr ^ o qred 'o ve r o ] o, 'fo"-, \Aare g' ^d b A' o. gh tne, olwo rr wo ' od 'oge-l
/he
in
,T-orp,o
r ode'r^ ,1 (pa'
pos-
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 Doesburg,-C. v. Eesieren), Fronlcr (Le,Corbrsier, A
r te o^ o,o.qoroc glo 6'f 'o o 'r Clo^do Co n oîo ' l'orto

.J1
well known"ortistic [ersonolity, while]ules remoined the shodow ".

EARLY
YEARS
I922
]925
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
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' the siv istic evo ution'of .lonco s eory work ln 1922 'cfler he relurned io Romonio, Jcrnco deslgne: soon on ensemble of seven smol houses on one of h '
ln scrierile ur loncu, lncepond cu februcrie 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 -a . Ali' -st^6 i,mr I eole7aato'a de oce 'F et qrupul De Stiil si cu Le Corbusler este explicoid de
I
,l923
veo, he built c vi
olthough
'o-\o , ll ope ritr. i^ i'i16" 5- etrl r'r rl ^ 'o^ lc whose oddress remo ns unknovrbolh oroiecis belonqed
'the
lo
trodltionol orchlieclur:
,.,,i,uli
simpl c
clossicol onguoge weTe cnnounci,rg his oler der:
o,,o,
o'hêerd.-( oo o*edIor.
iy of the fogodes ond the ge:
oomeirs.T'Jto:e
interesul lui oncu pentru cubism si obsirociionism, co sl de idei formulote de el deic lo ZLir ch' precum res
oinoereo
.n
if.*
co]ecilv si rncredereo in rolul sociol cr crhl'
ndvdlol -.l r clAeoo^' ec'' |' node'^
tectu luiz'.
through Ch.'A Voysey s work ond H. Muthesius p-: Llcoiions' Jcrnco's designing these first bu ldings in cr irodjtic-.
t ^'aa / lâ e r,'ol torco '' ie O ['- ,. /,.h O.o -e.OlTt ^ lrg ' ] Germon style in resldenlioL crchrlecture, kno '
prlmrto din siroincliole, lcncu infeege so o popllcrrizeze prin inlermediu revlslelor de ':vongordd
lnformof
[e .,r1" rho' 16 i 6- . r'Or .A r. ,r -hc eos. C^ come !: hcnd by the end ol l92l , when lcnco
: 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
r' r ol unor revisie
culluro e cu oudiento mcri
loroo
to Romonic, Weslern Europe
-::
i*nlinpoRAnr
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 ,- : -,. -erning the orchiiecluro renewo were chcnne ed lowcrrds o nctrono slye ond conceniroied on orno-
:: -ode u sco il Bouhous, lnsc bcrzcrlo pe inilioiivo '-, crd, ore o viold destul de scurtcr neqosind rieres cr vremeo resoectivd. I- -: -: mdrtuTii oe'incercdri de obordore o moder , -,,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
^
- -= :'
: -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
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
ment. The firsl mcnrfeslofrons of the modern rf ovement
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 lFe r Od-r, I o/e-ra-Fo ^rer ne p orO .is prir ples omong the Romonion public. At first, Jonco seems lo be isoloted cmid the prevoleniy conservcl 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, especicly in !o lcnd, Germony cnd F'once Contin poronulwou d receive ond pub ish crlrc es, ond porc, O'ly o a gt Or, -' or IL a i I ,fro o^s .OVA| l^q o
,
Auloporlrel, Co 1923
Solf portrcit, Co
nli n
poro
n u l.
nti nt pr:ro
nul,
tg23
,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
(V.
Bu
Gropius, B.Tcut, E Mendelsohn,

rgeois
).
ll W Lul hc dt, Mies
vcn der Rohe), ltoly {V. Morcht), ond Begtum
ode.nis- | oro-e
L.
:-
.,-LE
CTADIR MCDERN STE
"
TJCURESI) 192627 . . or i .l or r' 9t5
t r- tr '. Nu ovem deto ii despre
O id^.
trco o p
lo't.. 1.^p i de o . oc r C- ro. o [re-o
with De
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
S/r1l
cnd Le
Corbuster
I is e,p cined by
r
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,
Jonco's interest rn cubism ond cbstroclionism ond by 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. Among the few Romcnion orchltecls to odopt mod-
r o'e 9^r^
6l lcg,
l-p l-oo de.o opoo o ,eod1
-r rcse
interioore moderne penlru pavi ioone
expozltrei. De osemeneo, s cr il!-ea c: i- Geir-'on o, loncu sd fl vozut 9L reolizorl o e sco i Bcuhcus. lmediot 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
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
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 antt 192425. meirice pub icole de Morcel lcncu Ce e douo c odiri de ocuinfe sunt proiecie de trcnzJie 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 A dturi de elemente de crhitecluro mode dernd, esle predominontc o onumitd notd personc cr, -rpr -"roro o^ o o ô 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 opcrlcrmenle din str Trinitolli, cu fclcdele ei policrome s formc so ciudoto, trebuie sd fl fost o cpcrifie cu tolu .in lnislltul corller mic burghez de speclocu oosd longo Ho o Troicn Urmdtooreo consirucfie de locuinle, proiecicld in )927, repreztnto posuL definiiiv de odoplore cr mo
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
orchiteclurcl cuLlure ond concenlroied on such loprcs os lown-p onnlng, soc o housing, slondordlzolion,
oro To
to opprooch modernism They con be dcted 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 The on y lnown p olerl lrom
192325 is lhe interior decoroiion of the Conti mporctnul edltoric office, ocoted in on o d buiding, no onger stcnd ng
'reo,Joi o
l'D
l.rogo. ^4 t^
todoy'-. The co our schemes ihot covered the wo ls testify.lonco s porc le interesis with cnd possib e inf uence 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
Western Iurope, trovel
ol 1925 .lonco set for o iourney io ng through Germony,
cof
Switzer ond, ond Fronce'n. For lcck ol inlormolion, we 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 ochievemenis 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

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i6j^r1 ,, o^ oa 1-r6T,0o a.lr 'oOr
rol^, oz ,ti l co a .e tr, tr\o l^,0 ^
{jFffi
-fi
^ r,i. Tlr-rrrarv rdelo 'c^p'.l orlor30 l-
61 t. alo.rpro
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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 Dorroîou ro. iip -oho. lr to'e.ioer'co. odopoeoâr efo
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
e corocleristice crhilecturit moderne.
: :oto de
-
\1 s-T^t o'to-. T ro at .o\o 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,
:l t-60 T 't A v I
: :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
sorccrslic si vo t exogerct,
ui
::rul in
-n ortico
inlitu
oi
,,Bucuresiii
de Avcngordd',
crifi-
Reolilatea lltrslrctkt
in 1930, re oteozd
':
: o de uopor or.o lor-c .o qc o ul pore oo a'ro-orit- ^^lro on,-I or'.o

mdsurd nouloleo concepfiei orlislice, inio sim
dcr desigur inspirol de
--ricoie si opreciote de colegii de breosd, =- de spus. ln oce osi cn, Horio Crecngd, ce
,: ::i
--,-ie publicu
suprimcreo elemenlelor decorotive
cu
fosl este
ce
--. p onu ul, ceri si in mbol formo , este lncon ,':ri d, vi o Grozc fiind un hrbrid, in core pe crngd i :.ie e predomrncle Beoux-Arts sr Art Deco opor
-
:eveni cel moi imporlcni orhiiect modernisi din --1r o, proiecleozd vi o Pelru Grozo de lo Devo. ,: o oluri, moderniloieo vi ei Fuchs, otdl in dis
oti'ely no ord c vroow(oeeero, .ol -ooilrono orchltecture The greol

srmp icity of the l:ocode,
r-^f
ils reclonqulr:r crnd osymmeiricol si houelle, rem nds some of .lonco s orchileclurc drowings pub ished in 192425. The two dwe Iings represent cr lronsiliono slcge from lrodilioncr io modern orchrlecture. The plon with en suite rooms, lhe sope roof ond the rel
ihe osymmetry cnd lcck of orncment
ect
ihe
opprocch to modernrsm. To whot extent fhese p o p. -^",f| ran doo!^. orf^/ 16r g,W^.1-r
' : Die Wohnung" orqonizoid de Deutscher Werk-: o Weissenhofsied ung .in Stutlcort, expozilie -:'e lcncu o considercrlo co unu din evenimen
ce ou determincri reinnoireo crhllecturii :-: desigur -o lnf uenlcl Dupc spusele ui oncu, : - z iio Weissenhof -o convins de vo]oorecr ooerel : Corbusier, o cdrur p edoorie penlru o esietico :. - sid, loncu inrtiol o respinsese"'. ,- ce urmeozo, p0no in 193 l, lcncu vo conslrul o - = :e B vle moderne, ce potfi corcclerizote co orhl-
Europe is sti cr queslion to onswer Along with modern orchiiecture e ements, o cerlcln personol monner is prevo ng, present n lhe ireoiment of the focodes os obslrcrcl poirting compos tions. .]cnco bui l one of Henri ond Corne io Dcrnie, members ol lhe orlisl cir c e of the Contrmporanul This exp oins the liberty he could toke in designing them. Especioly the buiding he inhcbited ln the Trinltotii Streei, with ts po yrhrome
Lero o,fot ^rr5elor o eoll o |s 1l ^por.er:
=:'ircipole
focodes crnd its slronge shope, musi hove ool ed

qu te si iling n ihe pecrcefu midd e-clcss neighbourhood ol Ho c Troion The next house, designed in I 927, meart.]cnco s decisive step iowords modernrsm The Fuchs vi lo in the Negustori Slreel is o roTe cose where deiclls con
- -':
r
functiono isl construcirvisto,
r-:o
fora o ovec,
.insd,
929)
unor mcnifeste. Remorcobile suni coso Cho st vi ele.luster (1931 ) ;i Wexler (l 931 )
'#
I I
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 mogcz 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, such os. lhe rectongulcr silhouetie. lhe terrcce roof, ow ribbor windows ond ock of otnomenl. The noveiy of 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 enlited '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 CCNSACRAREA MCDERN SMUTUL
De o incepuiu on or treizecl, Birou de Stud 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
lmp
n
o ojunge,,in
mors
foricrl
reo 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, (.
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
suf
) md pune.in oceo
slore
qurel lrodesmon dislrlct: The neighbours con I undersiond why insteod of the troditionoi windows O lhe 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 modernlst orchliect, designed o vi lo for Petru Grozo n 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 nced 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
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
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 )
':- de l2 (.c) ori lo,Cor-npo crli' o.'-ebr'sd r e ': -?'r8. lr rumd" r IOO ol Contimpotctnului. o or;,,Noi", -:- Ce redoclie, respiro oceeogi cliiudine: ,,Hohotul ::. :corii de odiniooro s.o tronsformot in oscultore
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c modernismului decloncritrco 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 =.ento lui ieoreticd. ,,Cei core ozi explooleozd mofe-: 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 lupoproope exploziv
-cd
:elicc, onul decislv ol odoplcrii modernismului. Se :rre cd rocnoi cceoslo odopto e b l.co si intr-r-n
-cmenlul de cotifurd in orhilecturo romdneoscd rnter,
THE BREAK.TI]RCUGH AND ESTA3
S-"'_..-:=
':czd
'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 lslêd o leiler cdoresseo -o Morcel Jorcc cy --_yo rrg orch ecl G.M.Co-lccuz no, w.ro roo jusreturned from Poris, where he qroduoted Ecole des Beor:x Arts. The letter, thct testifies G.M. Conrocuzino's enlhusiosm for the new orchitecture is the first public, recognition of MorcelJanco's work, voiced by
MCDERNISM
.lonco's role os
,:':oreo
o zece oni de opcrifie, ortico
sem-
-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
i
:+-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
:-= 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 ui Mc cel lorcl. ir .l933-38,
'=.: 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.
:: :ici nt irlelegen sd rorroren pr zo.ie" r'ronL,, : . ::61 noi pr-. r cop vi' tre.utului rosr, L. lr pol ti.o
-:-stierrd
si, T p o': .loine
.op's'o. No, ostoz,, ce'
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 ipec 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 neniolily 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.cîrectl'"e ê begor -o conrrer or'rlê
deve opnen s w ilîr corrempotory Roro-ior o.cr' -93 represe^ ed rurr'nq poin'ectL re. The yeor o in
c.eed '
fellow orchiiect. Contocuzino ocknow edced o "lorerunner", the "possion" ind 'fonoticisr' ne neeoed Io o-oir ir "ro,ced n o cr h s
r lorrory wi-r ll e spri, o[ Il-e oqe". As
'rode
-:-ovei.
rhe Romotor irrerwo orch,'ec'ure. tne lno, breo< olgh of rode n sn, Appo.erty '1e sreoel oro ovewhe,r'rg ooop.or oI rooerr'sn liqqereo o-i . 1-16 5p.. 'Hoo I o"swe ed v6-r' e"er o Jor co's "ho'p te* mor-rs ogo t[er ny onswe' wo ' o hove beer on unpcrdonoble error , .Jonco wrote lo Conlocuzino. 'Mecnwhlle, our orchrteclure evolved ct o ereol speed (.. ) Sti I there wos no evolullon to prepor"e the
tl^
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
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
-::sd de funclionolitotec ce primeozo in ocesl coz, ':. -'or-d lrtr-o lon c conpoc-d deslosuroio pe orr
.
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 criticism, o feeiing of frustrotion ond biilerness of the one wlôse 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 reoson 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 lo12 yeors (sie) c: Conrinporanul?" lObih is re
egisr'e repe-rive de pl r- si gor. lul 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 orhircce 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
-:c
:'-clo, cu
I lne
lr l93B f oli lo^
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.
the 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"
otr
of Contimporanuf publlshed on ihe lOth
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o -i. a \or to\ \c-y -tc,
l|e o -a\lo"ttrr
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
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:,
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 impreun-r cu fomilicr in Pc estrnc ,'in ,194 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
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 ccflned the orchitect's freedom ond possibilltie,
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
i
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. 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:s
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.
ob of greol simp icity, unfoLded horizonlo ly, repelilive compocl ond void regrsiers.
with
TCCUINTA MCDERNA
Morce loncu inlroduce

denf io o
un nou tip de orhlteciuro rezi
in 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-
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 ishmenof 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".
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 ô/o t ro
Mi iio Poiroscu's siudio house (1932) is oLso onother singulor exomp e in Jonco's work He hod previousy
included sludios
des
in severc of the buiLdings
he
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 deveopmenl 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
po o io-te olo te de o oo Io -e-T'o ucru ce este de o lfe generc vc obi penlru crhrlecluro romdnecsco inierbelico. Despre pon iber, se
doo" porl.o.
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 rêo 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.
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c-uing
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
lres
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.
cnd preservcrlon of mony hisloriccl iown ce' n porcr el, he commliieci himse f lo pcrinling cr:; become one of the moior pcinlers ol sroe . Wl--
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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 thct poys no lrlbule lo wec ih', cs Jcnco prl il 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. For lhe rest, .lcnco observel .erio n bou 9o6 5 16- o convenlions lhot demonded the c eor cul divislon oresting, hygiene. ond espec o y, service funciions As c ru e, lhe inler or dlstrlbution of lhe one1crmi y houses rs done on the four eV r .e. lhe bosrrnenl compr s
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. 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
/\"4CDERN DWEtt NG Morce .lcnco inlroduced c new kind of modern
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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 '- :ei e ui Le Corbusier, W Gropius sou .1. P. r: i : olerc ocli-lelor iolliê, 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
- - =-
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:::,:
'-:
ic .. dows. Storting with the building in the Trinitdtli S::eeos the slope rool ond the relotively smol ond
os Jonco gove up symmetry os o como. j.-:^l ne-'oo -i'st oro o e'e riro tro otner e r.' : :, -'
.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 modern orchiteclure". The source of the contemporory oeslhelics, os Jcrnco wrole oter, lles in the csymmetry
-_
:
scu din str. lrinitdtii, in 1922 si respeciiv
--,-: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
:
:
-; - :--R SIIC STITISTICE -:'rr de lo proiectele trmpurii irodilionoliste, o : -:: ccdirl moderniste s-o fdcut lreplcrl, oncu ," - --r-ci in primu rdnd o simelrie co metodd com-
ond the equilibrium of mosses or forms, 'os on intentionc 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 norrower creo of ihe enironce coniinued wilh service w de' o'eo ot lhe lu rg
spoces (l,ilcheni onnexes, etc ), ond porole 1o it, the
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 windows or o b ind wol in the service orec. Storting from ihis genero compositiono method, Jonco seorched eoch lime for different so uiions which were firsl of o I determrned by whether ihe building wos free
I
roo- \ Ay/lb ory ho
or d
sordrgo o oc[ed *rhdrown-ron hebL ldi-g ire o rol. A secord tocode Iocor *h.L lro-n wi -ir he
=r:xprimole expliclt, cu u9o-fereoslrdr uriogd c ---':::riei cdlre lerosd, uneori formOnd un pereie
: - 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:
-::zitionoo
rezultd din plonu porterului, formol
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 verlicc elemenl mode up of bow-windows, controsting the omp e horizonto ines of the bo conies. This forn.ru c wos often used, ihough certcin voriolrons were
- =: de stico, si fereslre mici sou zid orb pentru : - r Je serviciu. Co regu o generolo, in conslructio
operoted The opcrrtment bui dings ocoted cl crossrooos 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
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od"l^ ir ooile o d^ oporlo-er te 'ei e ''o 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 re]uolo odeseo, cu onumite vorrcfiuni. Ce e mcri interesonte 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 isoeo 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,
deschideri rnierioord.
e in folode exprirr-
e:'l: l:r'-crenie, z-='e'':' : sir buiio
-o
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 rôoow 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 ao lg ..o,1-o poli. ror e o. eorô de o., t' p de r'r o i , t o'o pe ror. c,oloro-e 6'[c sg le " 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. Cclmotei 93 1 ), clterneozd cu oLiele cu folcrde plote, cu o reliefore sublllo, sustinulcr de finiscrreo in lexluri 'o di ^- e p,o. -1 roro Ctop'er I o?9): z o Wq
(1
oorod or "-'n^ -y'. tl e, o' os, buil between 1936 ond )937, )anco chose ic emphos ze horrzontolily Thus the bro[en zigzog line thoi verticollv divided the focodes ln lhe 1920s nov' b"."t" nolit.nlol. The fogodes cre f otter, whlje on\ e ooo ' 'ne detrp ,\ p-eo a,ar^'l \ -odo oo'
o'r pos
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Hossner Vlllo (1932)
g.l 1, -
( 03l) Di .oro r o-d r, oo, , t6.ll âs -^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
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
Jor
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 dolb. " d;-oo -A u"'t1, ol ro'ooe'g v
to Oo.,o 'o'eg^' 1irs \6,.e-o h61i79r1ql ry. '[o"to^ o co o;o ro dor'se is p o e 05 -'ror rl. -er I' ro. li. ocl. o doqn ot - ^,^L ,.: 1roo" ^ s
devlne ocum orizontoo. Folodee suni mo pote, 'incepul sculpturo ltoleo otol de occeniuclo de lo 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
reo
or'
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 noi rlse hls villcrs on pilotis, on extremely rore eLemento 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, over the whole width of the Alr *liJ.*t :treiching house were moderoteiy used. The solotium lertcce y ovetAo b^ r9 '' rod ' o c wo, o leo po ro qe "o' loeq o ,v i'' woq o -,lote \ loolA ''o tr Io'
r-ocr
Ft L
t-r r+Vilo l-icssner, plon porler.
ro o pro:
',t
conlrosl verticol-orizonlol o o opliune cloro penlru o zontolilole. lcrncu nu isi concepe proieclele co nisie monlfeste ole orhitecluril moderne. Lipso de dogmotism esie eviden tc in ibertcleo cu core fo oseste p inc p ile lunciiono 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 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'
i
,oroo e,. lo'too 50ao Aalore ..loi lo de o o .o npozit'e bozo o po 11 rl r1o11 'r
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 ôr 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
Brcure:l], 193/ Hossner Villo, grornd lloor p cn

BLrcLrresl
l93Z
-. ': 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 â-ar-e p ,,,,tiOrO-. ':'ee 'i bo'rool les-r'l loor eooqse6 61611e ' - = - ncliunecr cu fclodo depogind slricl uncliono.=-.;nd c or penlru obtinereo unor efecle esleti - - 3iL.tro e. Din ocecgi cofeqorre fcce porle - -: rlei ocoperisu ui p ol prin usooTe sou occenf
' ces'-:: =t=', lhe scme cotegory could be inc L-c:: - - .'-r, the f crtroof line by elther sho otu :- r, :-', , ,- ,
oiing insieod sculpturo ond
coniinr
ti-^s. ,
decorolive feolures, since lhe r :- l:: with the focode wos more thon s'-:' .
I t-' , - ,
lorn such elements os round corners s:-: : zigzcrgged lnes dividing the foccdes - , -:. =-
[v^r -te ros sob^.oerq1. o. . Vi io11a3 Jo-o'reDo,^\ c,"..'

:
Simpiicity never lurns inio dryness -
r-
r:
recessed pones, ond sighty overoppirg..c ..-:. troting p cnes resu ting in ight ond shcdow eireci:
- =-ente decorotive, formo or si mcniero in ccre
They o
rneons, comp emenlory lo functiono isl orchlleciure, ond mostly derived from obstroct poiniing.
PAINTFR
prove his concern io flnd new
oestl-er c
'
= :::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 êt ea I.OIF\OO,ieOÔAla rrp.
si 'inirepdtrunprn core se oblin efecle de lumind si =::rurl, : reprezintd dovodcr preocupdrir de o gosi ,l:e de expresie esletico, complementore ' iunciioncr sle, millooce derivole din p osti
= ::incime, si mici supropuneri
'oapor'e.ro- vea\y'/e.,er (03 ls ?o) tr \o otdoorô - 'o' o.1 r i - . rgoie .e r-"rpo r 'o od^.e r plo' .' oe-oi
through .lonco s ccreer vorrous sources of inf uence 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"lly 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
personol louch.
Al
AND ARCHITECT
'
: ,'d.
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
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. 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 ccrn be o so exp oined once hls orchilecture is con 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
.
Jo o' P'y5,4 loar'o ll^ro-e'o ^ hr.o po s-
A P CTOR AR! TECT corlerei ui Morce loncu se pol detecto
,s,br
,l-e
-
:^cu c preluot oce e
sobru cu e emente Secession o profe, Kor Moser, lrecdnd cpoi probobi o )e Stiil si, in fino , lo Le Corbuster. De o
e emente teoretice
si
surse
de
inf
uentc, incepOnd de lo
cu interesoi, rezultolu fiind un ecc
ec-
::ot
-:mporoni lui Mcrrcel cncu, crrlicu] Scndu

comenlcrriu cel moi c orvdzdlor c :irc ildtii orhiiecturli ocesiuio: ,,c,:sele lui
:
-onrd foorle personold.
g 5-y lo9 Io 61e c todiro eg o oulri posblo ^ l^hrr a rpero. . -:.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
r ô-e
r-rLr nu seomdnd uno cu c to, degi bozo or F o, treo5: 5' iClO )-p l eta o ^g le pe
-it
o one
doer not occouni,
rem
nd Jonco s obstrocl
lmobi
--- :simeiric si festivilolecr orhltectonico dolor 'rmiului lui p oslic. Pe urmd, integroreo : -osfero strdzei, peisc u ui, .ii reuseste, cldl - -.-moi dotorlto ochiu ui sou de colorisl
io be inleorcled in lhe orch tecturol wol . Another defining e e,ient in the fogcde composition, the Z-shoped, broken lne, con be o so oc ed r I s oo ly po I g oro g'op oar;g^). C^r e ol y tl e ec -er' dAo or .or.o, ll eo'^l o
reliefs which were mecnt
u Hoimovici, por
elol
curent, Bucurest,1935 Hoimov cl Brildlng. upper loor
pon, Bucrre5ti, 1935
Duo itcrleo picior orhileci
esie esei-old
o c.
penlru
wriiings, thol is, 'o srmi cr monneT lo ochieve the orc'
,'eegaFoo-l .g^6
lo ,
.iMo
[6o'pio
i
ieclurcl ond poinling composition" mighl be cons:-
in primul rind, lnleresu penlru op icoreo plcturii in crrhi tecturd. Llbertoti e pe core Loncu si le perm ie in op
Pellle crchlleclure,
re elplctot Zurch,
Peille orcFllecl!re.
l9l9
o: rieil re ei
/Llr
cr I 9l 9
t.t-Coc,i 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 consl ulreo in prolunzime o lofode or, oblinutc prin supropuneri 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 eri e leoretice sl onume. ,,moniero s ml ord de reo izore .in compozitionolo orhilecluro si 'in piclurcr", formeozo probobi cheio notei personcr e c crhileciurii lui cncu 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. lntr un ortico publicot p oneozd
eed,l eL"y o lApe\o'lo'oeo l'ocr'iec h' p'-.,pFgeêrota\IeIeo-Ter ro' tr efo.oc-
occordinq to compositiono rules of obsirocl orl c : .q" [e 6, ^do. o.t^.Fyr g . o^r^Jor. têrert,o . wo l. do.p o lô 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 .':
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.
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
in l, piclorul M ll Moxy, ce considero de oltfe cd crhilecluro lui oncu,,,nu
.193
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
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 spirilul sloiic o crhiieciuril. C c,:dire de loncu poote fi
pocie
o oi i o-''.Oboro-io
:reero
lo
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 '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
-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. ô.
NTERIORS
AND
APPLIED ART
de'' .b.9'L err o, 'w^lcor66r^l '6
6161
.o'oc^ 1o-o ro d"gobo o o po li o,po'ocr dôr oLr vorrpLr . orooebra69^:sc
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 interiorului, cstfel inc0i sc formeze un loi unilor. Doieczd interioore 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
r\I
ot l^ ro,e,) oro ave) -î^q;r lr po e' cpL 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 ôJd opp7 o' ro wol s ^: oQ'io glon el or f,i. r o' /ar -ioT ( r ll -
unor ospecle mojore o unui inlerior proieclot de loncu: , B ne compus rollonol imporftt, cu juslo utilizcrre 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
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
veseiio unui decor leolroL. lmbinoreo oceslor doucr conlrozicdtoore si inlreqltoore infdtisori, e dcrtorito orhilecluro so 9i vo ooreo ei si tol ocestei duolitoli
si
^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. --
- :
-r
^s doloreczd sl oriqinolilotec .i,. Decorolicr cso cum numesle Eliod schemele oiciuro e : ,^ op', o oa pe -- a., aata p.ooob.,
^ IO 'tOOto't'
;.oa^to.o.ro,tro ., r-: icd. Semniflcotiv esle fcplu cd oncu, in RomOnio, conlinud sd irleoreze con '' lir ooo\'o tO, o'li^ - c,,"'rp ^ o]-' ^ o o'o e oacr oa ob,rro'o :--t compemeniorilcrlii piclurii obsirccle cu : :j c preocupcl pe loncu incd de o Zririch ^
o;
og,
1,a,.ar .'O,
,qo;.
ol
I ro,,r, o,.a ro or a o^ oo . o'd,no" /^/ar. oo', represenirng osymmelrico c3: _: _ e or o 'e o.^ oopo. a o o o ,/^
:
- --r
-
:,
,O , "d . O'o .o oq o, oa FOo o. tro p6^. 'o.oi,.o opp r; o^ - oo a ord orpoz r; obq o - - ,--. Pe suprcfete rectongulcre, de cu oore, . a e oop'troi ir, ^, , p^ oito'o o .a 6r ! l^.-, - ie .oniinuou neinlrerupl pesle co luri e pa c;.or de,o, ^ oe o,. :r' oLi'-.ro ooo,o.td oooo - piciurol ostfei creol. r: compozitie folosltcr de loncu cminlesle .-c o r, Do \ii n pe.6 6,cr, r:.. s Th v. Doesburg. Deslrucluroreo for
i
-- : _redociio revistei Conlimporctnul. ?ro -,': ii doiot oproximativ 1923 25 si este

:
a,^
sese deio pe hortie, sub formo de schite oord ocecsld idee se molerio tzeczd - :.1 de orhilecturd interioordr, execulcl de
loro'. lena ro'r o.e o-'l o.oo^ o o-o 'la o' I .- . o. oe,o I o ao o eo 'o o )po ^ -o-c 'ho orpo or -eIoo o.
j
/Vaa,
po6
e,'a.
colour lo orchileclure for De Sli1l pornters. The,u-o,. olso similorities with Fl Liss slzl y s pl,o"n Room shovvld in Berlin in 1923, where ihe dtuirion berween rhe drf ro o'
v ii.:- .. .o.o,d-,...DoôLo l.c-. o L' ^ -. o o ^J o- o p r. . o . _ slruclures ob]e to counierbo crnco lho ,pol c ar ,Fi leclurcrl struclure wcs the id-ec mcrnner to opply t o
Still group erperimenls, especic
rlo''
'=:i!rcr e, creoreo uneislrucluri spctlcle pic
-:
Doo- o ,i[ .r ,oa. ..r11 -r " r g/3 , o^ o'z, ,ao o,n,,e r - ei'cr dizolvoto de slruciuri ce se conlinuc
: : ' '
sd conlrcbolonseze struclurcr
soolir: d
ero ideolu de op iccre o culorii in crhi o, o,i d,' o p O" S t. -, -6 la6sa
B' o'O, o.Q^s o. -1 oo,'odp\oog'opn o,,or, . r,a I,Q2 ,or,orr, , -, \ 'c I Ql I ro* o,o. 60 ^ lo1qa. oOO eO OOOr. ;O.e OO.OO,O \,-.trO, OiO^'6-, ^d o' he f o- -aa-o^. o . e . o, qr ie Oo,O ,O,.A Or _r ô.,o,io, 1apOA,_ .a,a )b,. scorce informction ovcri oble The co our schemes hove vonished wirh time. Cnly rn the Retch Vilic (1936) the rnierior poly hromy could be ecofsiruct_ ed ln the chi dren s room both the wcr ls ond the fur_ nilure poyed of imporloni role':. The wols were
pcr
lure itse f. Cn the other hcrnd lhe wcy.lonco orrplied co our to orch teciure cou d hove been" nfluenced Ly
aq . i no' ^,o di 1 o-ao or -oo o ,l rl ool o.r^ oape.o6a,,.olo..^._
e_
Zrrlcf.
B
'4ionc
srr b orc e
f
1--r
l9llr
orc
p
;ir:35
-..
nled in lwo colour:. Firsl, on overcl bockground
crc
srrr b
litci
t19 t7'
r.:te' :
ti
I
-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^," : 6J^g ^^6 .oO-,ÔOi6.,, -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.
:
ndependent de crhitecturo. pe de olra
a..
!'
it
'r'*'F'
l r{
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
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-
ln cdruioreo unei expresir esieiice
c:-c:-e--:re
lnie
whlch hod ihe some co our with ihe furniture,
-:*
j:-
yelow for one room cnd pistochio green
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 :
,
in 1926 in ccdru unei expozfii de picturd
Romdnio, oncu expune cdtevc desene pentru vitrouri gi, in oce-
exclus
vely perceived os funcliono oblec
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
o or p bro
r or - o^poz a.rif
1'o
become, iust rke the wols, on e emenl thol de:
r^
^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, Jcexhibited severo drcrwings for sioined g oss winc: in o poiniino exhibition opened in 1926, ond : n po nl ng exn oLlon opened I vlo, ono 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,
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:
lnlerlor d n redoclio
Conti n po
ro n
tl u i, I 923-l 924
lnlerlor of Contimporanul
editorlc olf ce, )923 1924
experimenteozo cu dlferite lehnici, melode compozi liono e si sliluri creond vrtrouri co orole sou o be, in slil obstrocl, cubrsl scu f gurotiv-noiurolist. in vi cr Chihoescu, 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
igurolive-ncrlurcr islic sty es. For inslonce, in -- Chihoescu Vil o, o huge slo ned g oss window ccnotes 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 wlndow, where, through o specic iechniq,= eooeo w ncrow, wnere/ rnrougn spec o recnn q,: 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'=
f
sltion melhods ond sty es cnd creoted white : coloured leoded windows ln the obstrocl, cubis
cori:
sou geometrice, ostfe inccri efeclu genercl
este
oecoroTeo wrrn 9eomelr cor mor rs reco ing i'= decoroled with geomelriccrl motifs reco ng r': 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.
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
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 obslroorl, lhe bookcoses were designed cs ln built re iei. whl e the co umns, becms ond door fromes beccnsources of light, must hcrve hod indeed ihct ioy:-
--.-'ccle de
,,e geometrice, obstrcrcie,
. : 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 ^ )
,
ce omintesc reliefuri e o Zurich si, moi oles, foimosu ,,blonc
a o'.eo de Mo'e. o., ''r.o^ pore- : - :coperili de scheme de culoore, usile si lere = ercu odevorole opere de orlo, cubisld
:-O îo^F6 aoJ (o.epia O
sou
oot)t'
:a:-: t: o''.Acuo, â'eoe ' a o'\ o-.o d^.g^ô 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 ond tesltve o r ol o lheolre
.
:
., 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- rycdiorescu unui decor teolro', de core vor -- ::ndu Eliod. Existc, de o tfel, ---'= ^nlre interioore e proieclciesimilirudini evde loncu si - ,'-'' e cubisie creole de orhiieclu frcncez . / o'^l S-ev^' s 'r or ' 20 pâ-- 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
f
,
dogmo
Jonco wcrs
Within the Romonion inlerwor crchilecrure Mcrce o pothfrnder, who hcd lhe couroqe ;o
btq
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
^FWor IopodoLro
/-roo: o.o;.
: r-:eosi dezrnvo turo fotd de dogmo, ii crpropie : ,,-j- doi orhitecli

. -'::-uro romdneoscd inlerbelicd, Morcel lcncu . ,- Ceschizolor de drumur, o ovuf indrdzneclo
"po, ' . : .i ol, .1 Co 'e, ^ LO o e O, ^.^.^'= deco o've gplirgl^ 'l ot1a t o . -to;
.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
- ' -t -
--r-ce
suflul innoirii inlr un mediu predominonl isi, dor o fdcul-o mdsurot si sensibil lo condi-
osif lser
os
(l8Bl l95B)
owed drowing ond pointinc closses with from whom he" eorned rhe
.: 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,
-,
--odeTnlsmu
loncu o reustt sdr fie ,,outorul 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-
obillty to define in c few lines lhe chorocler of cr forrl 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 zuruckkehren, 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, DadoistZeilgenosse wohltemperlerter morgenlandischer Konstructivist, Peler Lcnd, Frcnkfurt om Moin; Ber rn; Bem; New York, Ports, Wien, I 993, p 5l 69 6. Sionislous von Moos, Macnilk:n Encyclopedict of Archifecture, p 242 44.
Vltrcu, 1926
Sloif ed g os:
ro.i
' --.i muss und wi l wieder zum Leben zurLlck. -'= -- Dos Neue leben Ersle Ausstellung, cal '-o..Z ch t2. :.2. 9tQ / _o ::.ore.rud leIorio'or , .,olj' 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.
( 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, ô r o'^ which, by th-îr 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
Vezi Seuphor Michoel, Marcel lonco, in
1993 p :2: a! e sunl trimise ce i..i. o-cu luj M. Seuphor, de o Bucuresli, lc irceoriu onilor 20. Seuphor se referdr o e e cc lo. lii e orchitecluroi lo 'o. i^' or or ,'ta.pac'eo ro-r .rl .. o, -r e '9[ to.^ oovod l-or lrs | 'oô o'ooio oy ony meons exc ude the possibilities of humour'i
9.
B. Vezi H. Seiwert,
noi thot
lo lod o
Desene
9o,o.to'l ^rlq6, poio...pratr1 eoi

1993 p 52 qe il e o..^D-eo o ooa
of
Diplom ingenieur (Diplomc Engine:
tre
o ry Soir:
'
,
iig
dip omo prezenlole n iu ie l9l9 nu obiin noto de tre cere. Vezi Horry Seiwert )993 g 52
our Time, vol XlV, Bodensee Ver oq, Amriswil 1963 p )7 lO Amondoi frotil cbsovd studii e de orhiiecturo oblinond ln l9l9 titiul de ,,lngenieur', nu insdr ce de Drp om ngenieur ', deoorece proieclele or de
I
Artisls
of
or
-to ll ^ oo- DorlDo,reo teq ,e lad o. p lo oo . po-e ,-ro or a.l-,bi o' orqor .. b7 Le g or-p Se- or d o, a Go or e do. Beor
Do.s ord
I \or a c \LTp'o'rr co be .rod^. Wo lro* P.obio o'l oo tata or o M. Jor .o lo / or

d
A'
!
l
chemofi de Piccb
6(e ^ . .o . J .Ap>crpor-cpclooe'poz o .Ar rTO oteoqor oode )ea'ro" d o, aGoorio

12. Miche Sonoull el, Dadcs
Se slie door cd L f zaro si M. loncu fusesero o o Por s si co poetul Pou Dermee,
d Poris Jeon.Jcrques Por,.: editeur, 1965, p 455, 506 13. Froncis Noumonn, '.]onco/Dcdc: on interv wiih Mcrce lonco , in Arts magozine, 1982, p BC 11. A' Olt^r p. o ro. o1s11 .r -;-1. ptr OO \ pte .^
Cont'irnporc:nul maaclzne ccrme out ln Buchc-= beiween 1922 ond 1932, berng finonced byJc-_ l ediol wF a rp po^t lo V reo o o Mor o Jc'
in Mcrch i92O I 2. Sonouil el, M , Dodo
)5.
' t. S" *e
-QQ3
ot-/a.
des Beoux-Arfs, in mortie I 920.
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
Pc:ris,.leonJoques
-lonco, ihe Croftsmon), in Fcscla no.
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- 1930,p3
363/ lune 2:
:
I.D^^11 .ot-Cd,Oeoa a(O^\li , eOO,^ ocde vezi H Seiwert, 1993, p 16370
pa.r.
47
noe )Q34 p 7 l/ Sondu F tod, , Me5terul Mcrce lcncu', in Foclo nr 363/ 23 unie 1930, p 3 'B
15. Revislo Contimporanu/ opore o Bucuregti inlre 1922-1932 fiind finonloto de oncu. Edirorii sunt poetul lon Vineo si Morcel oncu. 16 JG Costin, ,,Reporter' in Conlimporonul nr.
/22
the Bucegi Soniiorium llS34), the Reich Vil o (19: C' rl pcr A. o o Co,o ( oj4l oô .rA -o
1 8. H Seiweri, 1993, p 393 94. 19. t o' i^r oo'o / p ,o Co, 01 . T trr oTAo broho oso,,l o- '1e.oeol ll elolow c: iecis: lhe sketch for M Sorbul's cottcge (1i Suchord Poviion llS26) ihe Wexer Vilo (19_-
n publicotii, sunt mentionoti omondoi frolii .in cozu urmdioore or proiecle. schito de vi c o ioro pen M Sorb ( 9?o) povls L 5 loo{1026) uio We^ e (1Q29), :cnotoriul Bucegi .1934), vilo Reich (1936). Pdcuiele de pe imobiiee God (193a) ; Hoimovicr (1937) ii mentioneozd pe cmbii orhitecli .in formulc orotclo in text. Proiecte pub icote c ccre esie mentionoi co ouior door Morcel ioncu. interioore
I
l9
I Se,we to93 p
3o3oa
od oroie.rs o i g Mor .^ o.(o o oê 'l-^ .- ol ot oo q I s (6'';npo,o.Jt âror ol orl,^ { o25) -r" i -. bullding (1926), the Doniel buiding ll926t .
n er
-
(t93 ")b.loi q,oo o ';o.r:weei'.

,vo.
orod
i. 'L o -e.
Duo ,sl
o-o
redcctio Contrmporcnu) 11925), imobilul

coso Choprer
Trinitcfii
\1926) Coso Donie (1926J, coso Lombru (l9ZB)

,tr.
Cor'o n -eo'or,o. LrJ rr .luliu loncu, sirondul Kise eff esle opercr tctolui sou (S.ri oore 25 rroi loo5J 20. Cerereo de outorizolie Ce conslructie este
Coiro
- ( 91 )
llSZol
coso Chihoescu (1930), imo
) Accordinq io Ju es lc j_ .g Poo ,vo. ^,t e Io l-o " ,ro.l {,^ e Mo7 2; l- Oo5l 20 Tl-e b' r o 'o oe'r oppt oiior s qr^6 rl e ror - o o cL L Ro,^-.ô 'r ,o^lo i,,v ,. o^. na - lto e-e Ae tu 10 o cl p oro ti j.
Coimcrtei Street (193 I
o-b b o.rq{o28) -l eClopo 6i, 16rq11l-a ct Ioo ,- b- o.9 (lojol l^ bio o'r - o
Vi.e,ctf Swir ,
ino nlolcr
pe nume e orh. L Rosenthol. Conform egii, tiiiul de,,inginer fAro diploma oblinut io 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 p ezenid'. Mcrcel oncu isi vc semno oficicl p,oiecle e obio incepdnd cu decembr e I 934 ccnd,
ered lhem imporicni enough lo ioke lhem w--
o'dr,go .\eo o'loiTe o ic. l.''o." o. .. '1e.[1o*"o 'o grpc]-\o. o co-npo - : Mo,col Jor o o -o 'o q1 Ii. owr o _ )e ^1[^ I Q31 wl o, ^^ f^ \o.o,o I 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^ their oppliccrtions. ll seems lhol it wcrs rouline c.
:
brothersJoncoobloinedinZurich'didnotgrc.. ' ql -o d o* ,-p plon.. A .o oirq r rrer elor-
, .- 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, in specio de revisle de .l923 ore loc expozifio ,,De Siii ' lcr - - r--' r :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
.
when he emigroted io Pc
p 395 )2 C^ly -il-reo.-.
e:'-=
visuo] informcrtion wos disse- -
-he ouo^.go.d^
Stufigort.
e(hrblon wcs opened n /c': t-t - l__-- --: 'Decorcriive Arls' exhibliior !./c: :: ,. 1927 the "Welssenhof" exi ciio: ,...r: -.:-:r r
moqoz ne deo cc el ir reDo osl l9lZ, whose pub wos Th "l-er Doesburg, published criicies of o s qnrficont rmpor-
rooo---
---:
-.'
-- : -
-,
- - _r-
23. De 5t4l the
cism, lounded in.lune
were
: .,- -,:-..tot'
. :
- -_..cril Nouveau, este infiinloto 'in 1920, pe Le Corbusier, A. Ozenfont si
si
: E, in Bose si principii . --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
.
'
:--iu
: -. i dico . n ,,lud ri proqrorcrti. e ,

ui Rodikale Ktinstler,
.-COAOesppOri-er:Oproi
O.e.,
e
o cdrrui co oulor e crtei moderne
similcrrities between the mcrnileslo of the- Bosel <'^, g o p ro .o o-"d ro I e r.ro i.t Rod I,c:/. ^ ^J l9l 8 ond the 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, 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 ierrosse d ovions', doted
Germon orchileclure criiic Ado f Behne The oriic e hod os i lustrcl on o sketch nomed Tribune el mcison ovec
L'Esprif Nouveou wos founded'in le2O its dTectors Le Corbusier, A. Czenfont ond Pou Derm6e. 24. n lhe first crtic es on orchitecture, which he oublished in 192425 Jcnco pointed to ihe proqromme
tor. e fo | ^ oav^ op-e, ot ,,o oi o--e Wo o Wo C-^. -l e Do'sio, 're,o, o-o o, ôoo,z,e
1924 See
r3. Morcel
' - -"-..r oto ,,Tribune el moison ovec terrcsse r r- l cv ons', pe core se poole descifro '- - :-: ,,Bucoresi 1924 . Vezr. Archileclurct .:-. o2: p lA2. oî ^ 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
.
: r:-'ron, Adolf Behne, Arlicolu esle insotit
.lonco, lronsmis de criticul de
si
Arhileciuro nouo (New Architecture);' Conslruclivism Arhiiecluro" (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
ole Ios^ ro1'r o', o p's'ôdirRoôro r o . 5'i I or . o,.,te, I ,ro' ( ll-e \ow S-V o A lî-ec - oJ ir Co' -ooto., ro. 18. O.tooo lQ?A
42.lo'
Architectura, 'o'. deos e.pre
in hondwriiing Bucuresil 1,g., Apri I f, 1925, p r.o i , a rtrl-o A ve y' -,rr, .r

29
reo. Pto ogtop 5 Oi Le i1 a1:O, *6' .Co.'-oo,o.,l . o. 57-:B Apri 92;.
rol
.aO
r.t
, :e ocdo r.. lnp me.e :,i. ro-og o-i

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:
1925
moiiv
osr p 'bl co,e
r Co-,,mpo o^
28. A possib e reoson for this trip wos hr: porlicipo ,r;'f wo po - rg 't o In^ i' e-ôt,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
rio^
were exhibilinq: Arp, Brdncusr, De cuncry, Ernsl, Gris, Klee, Leger, Miro, Mondrion, Plcosso' P,ompollnl,
elc.
:n,
'
o
De ounoy, Ernst, Gris, K ee, L6ger, Picosso, Prcrmpolini, etc. I p t- eio o oie,ie .e r os.r'^ !,po
l9?2 oobob r
cosar de voconidr pentru fomilie, lo gdsit inco documenlolro in eqdlurd cu
o rl,r le2o
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
cchieved
29
These cre the first known projects fo lowinq those
ocest proiect.
32
30. A\. Robo\ ,,Cu Morce\ \onc, cesc-e e, sr despre cllir", in Rompoi oug. 1933, p 3 liusiroiie lo ortlcoi vi o Chihdescu.
3l
. Vezi nolcr 30.
32.
Reolifotea tlustrota,9
Faur, Sergiu, ,,Bucureslii de ovcrngordo', -1930,
in
ion
p3
33. H. Creongd (1892 1943)tocmoi se intorsese de lo Porls, unde siudicse lo Eco e des Beoux Arls. E vo odopio stiluL modernist obio 'in 1931, pentru co 'incepcnd cu 1932, sd proiecieze exemp ele cele
moi purisle dln orhitecluro inlerbe icd rom0necscdr.
3l.C.lerrc
orrooep-i..ip, oe oL-^..
with he designed lhe most purist house: .in lhe interwor Romonion orchileclure. 34. However, lhe five fomous princip es of ne'.. : lecture, stoied by Le CorbusLer on ihis occosio' porty odopted by.Jcnco, cnd quite often rece .persono ione.
ovongorCc Avcrn\ gcude Buchores\\,in Reoliloteo iiusirc-: . , 1930, p 3 )J ' C'eor 90 ( BO2 a13) ôd r ., P6,,5 yy,6p,p he o,,end"d f . ole oe, Bec. odopted the modernrsl slJe Joter, in l93 l:.', ,1932 Sergiu Four, 'Bucures\ii
de
oi
ix
tw
tfii'
I
enunfote de Le Corbusier cu ocozio cceslei expozilii, sunt odoptoie de Loncu door portiol, de mu ie or ccpctond o notd personc d. 35. G M Conlocuzlno (l 899 I 960) vo deveni pr n cipo u leoretlcion ol orhilecluril romOne interbe ice,
dezvoltdnd
teorie proprie egoio de premrzeLe
tt:il
:lr:r:
credrir unul sti nofiono , 6azal pe funcl ono ism si pe eslelico orhltecluri romdnegli fdrdnesti. 36 G M. Contocuzino, ,,Scrisoore' ,in Contimpora nul, ctnX, nr 9698/)931, p 9 lO 32. Morce cncu, ,,Scrsocr re ,in Conlimporanul, an 'X) nr 99/ 1931, p 6/12/
of the Romonion interwcrr orch,::He deve oped his own theory deo ing wiih p'=crpl lo creole o notionol sty e bosed on funciic-: ond Romonion fo k crchileclure oeslhelics .t() t, tv1 I alnTClaLlT no JCt soore aclTte 1. oncu' {A Leller lo Mcrrce loncu) , tn Conttnpc': yeor X, no. 9698/1 93 1, p 9 l O
mcrior theorist
35. G M Ccntocuzino \1902 ) 966) becor:
37. Morcel .]onco, "Scrisoore'

Contimporanul yeor 38 See Note 32
X no 99/ 1931 p 6/ I -
{Lelte'
39. "Noi" (We), in Contimporanul no. 100, Cci Nov, p l
'-
38. Vezi nolcs 37. 39 ,,Noi", in Conlimporanul, nr. lOO, 193
(oct
40. Duiliu Morcu (lB85 1966) is ihe moin rep-= lcriive of c monumeniol modernism wiih closslc:
40
noe.), p.
Dui
iu Morcu ( I B85 I 966) este principo u reprezenionl o unui modernism monumenlo, cu e emente c osicizonte, op lccri in specio in prorecle pen
1.
ne^ a?" oucooiod r ê o'ooli
trLr mcrri c
ddiri oLrb ice
41. in onu 1947, Marce oncu foce formcr ltdli e necesore pentru revenireo in Romdnlo impreund cu
solio sr filco ceo moi mlco, dor inslouroreo repub icii populore in decembrie o oce uiosi on il deiermlno
sd renunfe
o plonuri e de
blleosco definitlvin Po estino
repolriere si sd se sto-l993,
Yezil. Selwert,
lor brg pua, c bu ld f gs. 4l . n I 947 Marcel.lonco look on the necesscmcr iiies io return to Romonicr logelher wrth h. ond iheir youngest doughter However lhe com- lolreover of December 1947 made them give L-: p on, ond lhey permcnenly seit ed down in Po e.See H. Seiwert, 1993, p 227. 42. Cne of lhe prlncip es slcrted by Th. v. Doe.: on beholf of De St4l group See Th v Doesburc Nieuwe Architectuur' ]n Bouwkundia Weekblc:
p.227
42. Unul din princlpii e enunloie de Th
Doesburg in nrmee grupu ti De Stiil Vezi Th. v. Doesburg, ,,Die Nieuwe Archltectuur", in Bouwkundig Weekblctd, nr.
20/17.05 )924
43. Morce oncu, Despre ortele
2AA2O4
p ostice si o'luro noud" (On flne orls ond orchiieclure), in Ace. Literar si Artistrc, no. 642, March 24, 1933, p , 44. Sondu Eliod, Arhitecturo vremii (ContempArchitecture), in Fccla,Xl, no.442, Febr. 15, l9i45. M H Moxy, Conlribufii sumoTe lo cunocs':-=
orhrleclurcr, dotond din lg2 l. Poslroie in orhlvo fomiLiei Jcrnco, Tel Aviv. 4B D no Adinc Reich o reconslituit pentru expoziticr ,,Centenor Morce loncu', schemeLe cromotlce din coso ln core o copi dril. 49. Bcrsore iefuri rec izoie de Mililcr Potroscu s-ou
2O02O4. 43. Morce 1oncu, ,,Despre orlele p crstice 9i orhltecturo noud' ,]n Adevdrul literar si arlistic, nr.642 24 morile 1933 p 7. 44. Sondu E iod, ,,Arhitecturo vremii", in Foclo, on X, nr 442,15 febr 1932 45 M H Moxy, ,,Contribulii sumore c cunoostereo miscdrii moderne de o noi ', in Unu, nr. 33, on lV, febr 1938, p. 2 46 Yezt nola 44. 4/. lancu oveo in orhivo so orlico e de Bruno Toul
20/)7.o51924 p
miscdri moderne de o noi" (A few notes on the -, ern movemeni in our counlry) ,in Unu, no. 33, V t=:
,ool c'doc i-e.-rooyB.roTo

a,21
See Note 44. a7 Anor g Jor .o's

rn le -Av
46
1938 p
popa,
rl
^ e we e
o ( ..
..Il ev o e ora.e,ved i1 lle .o- o c^ r! oc: v.
oo-rg
despre culoore
si
48 Cn the occosion of
Exhlbition', Mrs. Adino Reich he ped io reco..-'. . the colour schemes of the house where she SD-.-' -: childhood 49 Militcr Pdlrcrgcu s bcse reliefs hove beer :'= served in the Go d, Bozo tin, Ghlco, ond P '
'Morce .Jonco Cenre-,
r: -:- -- imobi ele God, Bozoltin, Ghico, Pictor . :* l- - fcto vilei Chihoescu exislo, ostczi dis. tr:..-ir : s-oluie de Mi1i1o Pdtrogcu. i,- - -:' :;n dedicofieo oulogrofd o luiJocques l: -- - :: volumul: Exercilii pentru mdna dreopfd 9i ,-': - I :ie, Bucuresti, I 93 I
.:: - l r:. - longer exists. 50. Quoted from the outogroph os. :r- :- : Jocques Costin on the volume: ,,Exerc-'ce-=- -:-: -o' Lr, l-ior holsos. A sc- p'u'e .epiese-.' : r rJoe s'ooo ir [rorl of rne Ch.hdesc- t :. -.
.
dreopfo si Don Quiiolle' lfxercises '193 ond Don Quixote), Buclest , l.
-e
:-' -:- :
PR.O'ECIE DE
ARHUECfURA, I 922-t 938

Anca Bocanet & Ana Maria Zahariade
AR.CHtfEC7URE PROTEGfS
Proe c,tfel
-etr\.T colooqc-e . i i-col olel ,o..o.po- ,.r
-: . -.) -._.
e
'l-^.'
evoluiio crhileciului Morce cncr.
'o or
6 6jo6 - we'A'
rg
-e e'h
e h a c" on6leqt6o rio, d rp oy. ,o -.J* M.
.
-
C'odr'e ooo'o ruTtr^ a'aa e'a.. p-- .)1ar-eo !er". 11 .o.tlircoFoce.o e
(te22-te38t
cunoscul, s-o dot clodirii numele strdzir. Adresa meniioneozd denumireo slrozii in momenlu construcliei, denumirec octuclc fitnd doto intre poronteze, ocolo unde este cczu Dotorea proiecie or esle ceo o inregislrdrii cererii de 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 cdutore plostico sou sunt exemplore prln singulcri loteo lor, le sunt rezervote un spofiu mor cmI u 9i descrieri moi cmd_nunliie, in timp ce proiectele core urmeozd evideni formule onlerior descrise sunt
.
Jonco's evolution os on crchileci. The buidlngs were ncmed ofter their owner',. -_o cLiren- p o. tice o il-e tire *l er ney wo-e Wne'ele'tf e ov\re S t f .TOwn -fe o. lo r : g ,e' -ô to.rp ol --lA s- ee w ele - stc,o,
The oddress menlions lhe nome of ihe slreei',,, -- . lhe house wos built ond, if the ccse, iis prese-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. fô c. 1e'llo y sJpp e< horotqn do'6 q - 'l-. b, lo
-o I of'o
)-oqe
oe eoo, o povn
din Te Aviv
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
d,
o-nuo
lor'l^. Jo.
Plc:nurile 9i foladele ou fost redesenoie dupo copiile
.uffered nooe to i,ut Jroue âfi pl.oiog 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 ,Le -oT c o ron i'y popo . ir l"' Ar"u Thp pl6n5 ond tocodes we e orown oeo I o--c t e iog'op^ cop e5 61 1e.eo o ro fi'es'cor o - -l e b roi-g pe"r.l -o ' d ir re A, r'ro o[ B -o*rFoI-l
. :
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-. -
notob e direclion. Those proiects lhol obvious fo low o cerloin spoliol or sty istrc solution, c re:: de..riboo w l oe con n er eo o^ orie /.
..
Mc:cel -or
co
avo,,lio-
'o'r
.
SoLrce
!,, Tl-e
e,^,o- (o'
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.
iy'. 'o deo o t:, Lthe wl ch cr'o iro'o-luo,yo.er -e co- ory er 'cred '
-.
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_
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.â -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 . gîr'.or- cosg5 'l e p.or s ^ eco s- red o, -r;. I os pos. ole. 'r gere'ol 1e po'rs o to.êd 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.ôlior oro e5s srori n : wirl e 1r- 61'grtr 'o -e i o o'oiec . T^L, lhe.
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-:
,
o eo orowi^gr oe, or sA .1e pop6 lr ebrohe".Jo coocî eqJ1 -osrtrp*ei" n,,

10 ot v oe
swo- rnanoo qopl cooclmovoi.oo e. Urfoflr 'ro'elv w^ .o ) a .
.:
-
re
:ipiului Bucuresii - Direciio Tehnico, ocesteo - : -uind principolo documeniotie grofico de .: ,:- de core s o putul dispune. Proiecte de exe
- -i urrule UIU)Ole OOSOielOl Oe OUIOT|ZOIte Oe 'rclie ce se pdstreczd o Arhivo Primoriei
- = )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 uiii-p'oprie o r (subd'v zor^c 'r-oro di.- e elo --: or mori - in specio vi ele in moi mu ie - -r-enle, oblurcreo go uri or, reportrtionoreo
-;
: _ I l'- - _' -- j..: .... .... : -.:. 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 :Anotner caleqory ot dil-terences
cerlhedocurelovospe : -ley'o-eotfecsorpe ,c..:j lo:peculo vep.e, e ro r-
...
.-
Cu primlre, tronslormoreo boiiorin bucotorii,
:-r.lsl, penlru cdlevo cczuri semnificotive, ou
,e eo izole. .- : ) 'r ep'oiecreeoeo;orizotie pro'co-e
=. - ..r,t,i e otr
co po)ib,l \' pronJ
= . ^ 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 - :--: 'ôe e oert', .-relege ô 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'goîzo eo spo-ocr.iin : 9"r'oi'-dlo-i spo-iole. o cor I .ilo : ,: ' 6lprfs5y'ore o. zor -olo o- si ,-, e
t:-a co ideec inilio c
i
:r'r 'g, s clcdirlle reo izote, existd notobile dife
^-roi
so fie substonticl schim-
::-cr id
'- -6 1de orrnre. or Lrclrri spe,if ce si I Oegrooo fl e e5 oot-1retroi. A 're

presiuni or speculctive, muhe dintre
time
imbogofito.
\veul "r p,-er o pe-lru . .'o p o, J es - d" ob ce co-'rpr 5 cri-llr o -I i ole/ele ei -orere oe oo pati 5' , s un pod porfiol : - nolrvofie, in oceeosi colegorie se j:'ente
o'"uo-,e.
=:isesc cu un nivel regimul de ino
:.
::: e din dosore e de cuiorizolie si cele : croiectele din perioodo 1922 1934.
- ,'=azd
e, fundomenlo e de ocesto dcio,
un subterfugiu, inointond cererile e sub nume e unui oli crhilect. Aslfe, i fosl -t :ereil:lllor ou losl depuse sub nume e crhi e 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
-': :- plom-r 9i deci foro drept de semno.

,. de
fopiului cd
Morce
oncu, fiind
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 crchiloc e slud'e, toi .ng lo Doss I i ,1ô 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 â 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 ' b , roi^q o',d Jo ne 'o. ode Once the Notionoi nslilule of Architects of Romonio wos sel up, Mcrcel Jonco wos registered os on oulhorized orchllect on lhe isl of orchitects withoul cr dlplomo on November 3Oth 1934 Henceforword h" otrc o ly 'igred î) p'oie(rs o-o so boll I ' p cr'rs o'd Io, ode d ow "9, ecoroeo - 'Le orchive, ore prinied in this colologue Most buildings, both the ones he signed ond ihose do:igreo '' de. o bo-rowao .lo.r 6 were prirrao ir the period publicotions ond siqned eiiher by Morcel Jor (o olor e o- logetle wi'^ i' . b o êr .Lres ;or co. Al the o recdy dentilied publicotions hove been isi ed .r ho p eser .o olocr-e. The infornolion concerning ihese projects comes o- b'l,o'9 porr' \ p ei5 orli.les e poparb o \e ,o'..l ro'n ly ir le Avv. .evoro i- e vewr ol d l,or he e e-trr. e erlr,e i-red i1 -l e b b.oqror:l u oI -'is boo-. Mo' or -re r ro -nolio- s lhe rJs.- r ol Anco Boconet's reseorch for o doctoro lhesis on lhe
.
'' e wo Roro' o'r nodern ,m
-:-e-si imprumulo nume e, toto diferiie de -: 'eo izole in finol. De oceeo, penlru ;ceoslo o^ ioodo opor ,- o-olog
-'creo Corpu ui Arhiteclilor
ru
si
folode e
din
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.
-.
:-:el
'lcre o proiectele prezenlole
provin
preso vremii, docu '- -- 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.
:= :utorizotie,
l. Aleelr lancu l. llousing in

lancu AIIey
Blcl
Strodo lrin tolii nr. 29 (intrcreo Molor Avrom Zenovie),
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
T t
ding perm 1: )t|y )922. b ocks of semi detoched houses, ground f oor ond upper f cor.
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
n 1922 Hermon loncu - lclc orhileclu ui de, ndeoo6coeo oo eo godr ioe
OOOO
1934
L' ^r. o90 o.opolrlo-; o.roo o .o,^,oe 'o ieozo:'t'"oeo'1 cratr o oo oicrô,te. l,o o 1 ct .oe. ioro t9e-^1a oo lL, crc ^, oe, o poo odeo,.e, ^r'J or c,1 or.
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^ '-nê dor o ro ^'o.e oa o o,ee oen r J o,iFo
''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 )elÔ';-"rp'c r'O
Pe ocecrstd o ee se vor conslrul cdtevo iocuinie
tor ra or o .o-ew o' ^ ooe.t ,o oord ,vera o, They were the first bu ldings in Buchorest thot could
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
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
1cl .^ 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
lOrOOrd t,^/i't
to o q' ô 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 ô rotod o/ I o,vr pr,,/o 7 oro o'' 'ec . 'or sp^ fi y -t e e ^-ol^ d solou,, ,^
9^
Po or
L
o, ribed o Mor ol or o
.o'
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
ro
iO'-e
O lolI5i
Lota oce leo
zoreo o onului si c inlrcrr Resiu cose or, mol modesie, repelo cu ponderore o-^vod 1^6 6c.tp^ a-pa/lo olôeo 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
r- oo o-^ olo od o go.t
J., . tel . 'o66^,c,
1i6-
(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 OOÔL'rsdi ti,.\a10e.
^ Ooa oie v tepeo, ora pe( ti- o.p^ . Ol ô 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
rohc r'^ô.f io,-.ro eolror -tlo.horo ,at1e, ol co '61o 619 e. ':. lô 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-ô oc io por o qo. ta o- a d ,rorr^ Ire o ô 10 A\ o o ro F n ooa.^ oDoeo or e
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 e
Howev-^r, neither ihe obove menlioned crgumenis nor his fcmily s lnformcri on - thot pleod foi.lonco's ouihorship of ihe house is unequivoco documentory evrdence in lhis cose.
o c o'. o. corpori o. P^-e'lsceror ele^te-i: -ho wo-ld - y s., gr y' Lo'rê i'-o ll-e o^t I Aley \1a2?) or o G';r ho , 9llo27)
w 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^
2. ViId
neaunosculd
2. Unidentifiied
Adreso necunosculd Conslruil cca 1923. LJnInown oddress
Buih
oo oli oe eoo-o .i cotevo -î-e oc p or -i lolcde ore oo so opo'- 10 o/ a -e . od o coro, od e o or- o1e e. LTo\ Jro. lo og ol cr oo eozo din 1923, ior legendo in
t
ro
ln crhivo fomi iei lcncu dln Tel Aviv se of o douo
viIIa
.o .r' Q'o o, '
romernesi-e
de pe schite o-
Rorror o.
Clodirec, o inierpretore destul de ec eclicd o unei 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
923
Morce loncu, nu exisidr incc dovezi documeniore siqure jn ocest sens.
Grn \1927) )o5i sr^ re org..r ^.r'o (c, s -o ' le lon le o' . , p odeozc pen o-- b loo o. cs o ooi '
schlle pre iminore pre lminory skelches
')2>
.t O ta1 O Or Ol^ aOO. tic tr. i -ei ,r ' O :-iicat orhiieclurii de rnlerior A le cdtevo folcorofii
Co rpo.o- p.o
.:'eazd imogineo o ce .r ,- si o cosd o scdrii

I
r- ,-pocd, poslrole in orhlvc lomi iei cncu, coil

pulin tre comere, un cori =--ru oceste inlerioore, loncu o creol scheme de rore, couidnd evident un fou ilp de decorolle, =',rot din p ciuro obsirccio. Peretii si p ofoone e
'O)r\o pb:heoo e.^ opô_ -poo loo ooL ao a d li g- e a"o, o . ^ eo otiol aO. rc,oCtîO.OCnet e. olf' o'o
11
3. lnterioarele
redacliei Conlimporanvl
fomiy popers, comp eles the imoge roorns, o corrldor, cnd o slcircose.
Some more photogrophs of thor]rme, found in the ol: ol leosl three
iltao--o,OO^
oo^ e e pop r
11
la
.OOlo-o-ogo.roa
l^ go, ^ i 61o9 ol^-.1g. a Or oA
^d^to.oo,o i
O..
c,e
o. to
.[.le c ô ti-rO o,otp a,ro rOO : redoclio unei revisle de ovongcrdo flind ocul :-: ol unor ostfe de experenle plcrsl ce.
- -- nudnd neif lrerupi pesie co iuri, orl de pe perele -lvon. = , = crimu exemplu cunosculin core Morcel oncu ,ir cu oorect in orhlteclurd, e conlrnucnd de cr :, cni or sd decoreze crstfel oiot nleloore, cOl si
Joncc designed severol colour schemes for ihese interior, obviously seorching for c new type of deco roiion derived from obslrocl pointif g The wo s ond cer ings were lololy covered with cb oured recton gulo' surfoces thol over opped ond slreiched irre ' oa, t;.e ol le o , i--. .'o ^lo^ ^, I p'ôoi^g
ofilice oi the Contimporo,nvl Magazine

Prcbob sirrdr
3. lnleriors al ]he editorial
o.e' o ar . o'd or -g ['o r ô] -o - l This is the firsl known inst"t,:nce when Morcel
r:'iT3i :
o.
53
Bucl
est
opplred colour ln orchileclure Cver the yeors he wenl on decoroting eilher inleriors or focodes. The Conlimporr:nu/ inieriors cre ihe mosl rodicol exoma ^ oppl ao ror ''e.rr ra ^tr pe.of oo editorio office of on ovont-qorde mogozrne wos lhe
ionco
demo otd. Rec izole cco I 923 25 Prb cote ir Conlinpcronu/ rt.57 58/apr e )Q25.
Presrmob y ot rc. 53 lmprlmeriei Slreet, Buchcresl demo ished.
:d-cr oo 6-6o
o.^,pa
.e1
Br ic.192325
Plb ished
ir
Cortrmporcnu/
rc 57-58/ April
1925
59
:_r expoz r o LnTernor onoro LOr/r//fpotanul, a t) recernbrie 1924, Marce ioncu expune zece lesene de orhiieciuro si o mochetd, pe core 1e :.lnooslem oslcrzi din reproduceri, origino ele : erzdndu-se in decursu timpului. , r olt desen dln oceeosi periocdd o fosl reprodus - 1925 in revrslo olondezo Archileclura, ca ,strolie lo un crrt co scris de oncu. Acesie desene :crezintd siud i pentru diferite progrome: vi d o ,'cs, vi d o fcrc, vi d si cinemc c munle. poslc s = egrof, zgdrie nori, elc. :- stic, sunl drficr de p osoi. Apor ccr vcrriofiuni pe o - o o,' ro: di lr o bo,ro 1o \o o a .: !me ortogonoLe orlzonlole sr verticcrle se inlre :::irund intr o compozif e osimeiricc, se incr id . ='-icolo unu lurn. Exlrovogonfo turnu ui in formd de
e'io; o V- .l to o do^,g o : : A e,r,o lt e-,tee l Co'poo^ Io --:: [^ 6 r^[ 91 oo.

lioro
.1. getene ae
.',thireclutd,
..
- ..
:
r
t923-24
4. Archilealvral
drawings, t 923-t 924
Prbllcole
some period occomcor ec a- :-- :,- 31 ir,'i. .lorco published ln the Duicl' nc,.iczire A,.cr'recirro, in 1925 The drowrngs fepreseri si..lC es for different progrommes. urbon cnd colnlry vi os, vli o cnd cinemc ho I in the mounloins, post ond ie egroph office, skyscroper, elc.
S-vl
in Conlinpor onti,
nr 5354, 25 lebr 1925;

Archiiectrto, XXX,
ll04
925
r-,oy-ho.sô, rodt. Iopo^. I^
9
rr
)42
.::eold,
o compoziiie si verli,: smul cccentuol pcr scr indice crhileciurcr fuiuristo - po.;bo.sddtr-)poo -:- moi iuslrotiv exemplu esle desenul intilulol oundr si^cosdr cu lerosd de olerizore penlru : ccne' in ocelosl timp, simpliioteo uoirr" ot
corocteru] fcnlezsi
see[f lo be voriolions on lhe :cme iheme. o mossive bose, representing on osymmelrico composilion of rnter oc ng verllccl ond horizonlol vo umes, is crowned by o lower- lke verticoL e emenl. The exfrovogonce of the orrow-shoped lower, ihe foncifu vejn of ihe composiiion ond the cccenlu,:led
verl co ism cou d point lo f ulurist orchiteclure os o possib e source of inspirclion. The most obvious exomple is the drowing co ed 'Tribune ei molson ovec terroce d oierr soge d'ovions'. Ai lhe some time, the simplicity of ihe reciongu cr
Pu[, shed in Coniimporcnri
53 54. Fe6r 25, 1925,
Archliectura. XXIX,
IL04
1925
)42.
--:goncle si
r3
ccr o
: ^ iectLrrii modern-o : ,Ciul pentru 'vild si cinemo", ce
ipso orcdrui orncmenl pol fi inierpreincercore de o obordcr pricipiile moi blne

se
:::umentot, cu fofodo, p on sr mocheid, pore sd ::-opie cel moi mult de un pro ecl recr izobil.
t-{-r-T
,,Sludtr pen-rr, "Study for vi o :rd
a: : : r:
r' rgo
:-i
-.cm ell
at:
o drecplo, de srs 1o right hom top
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 e evoiion, p on, ond sco e mode , comes closesl lo o
fecscble proiecl
' r
iord peflru or
for
; lr the counlrvside
-: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"
Herman lancu
5. lmobilvl
building
5. Herman lqncv
)tlodo r n lol nr .J.J {Dr Moximi ion Popper nr. 55],
Blcu resll
Proiecl oulorlzolie irnLrorie 1926 Prb icold in revislo
Conslruit pe lerenu din slrodo Trrnitoiii ce oporlineo loiolui orhilectului, ocest imobll ore o formdr ciudcrtd, porlla molvolo de olinierecr decretoto de primorie pentru deschidereo unet viitoore slrczl si de cdosorec o o conslructe porler exislenld. Prime e lrei niveluri conlin cOle un opclrlomefl destu de modesl si de irodrlionc , docd focem crbslroclie d^ lo r a t ^ t,/ ,aa a ao 1-opar' . aeo ca po ^ \o rl ep ^1;. e 1. o o o.-ora plo.ri o i^ e
lopo po ) o.e o Âor orq i -po.^d o1 ^ -teM.ni ooi'yi vowor opF lqo,ew5-ae
cnd
,l' . rr ol oooln ^1 b oirg i. b I I o- Jo.co 6-l -'propc -, i^ T o-' 51^^ l-lo. o r o-ga
t,od o o o oa .Ce'
p.crrtly lo it being cdloined to on extoni bui dincr Ecch floor conloins 6ne f ot of rother modest ond
rot- *t
'r
c,
bo ooro
-o6^9crbo.re,/rot
ol
loregAr poeo
Conilnporonul nr.69/ octombrie 1926. mobil de oportomenle, porler. 3 eloie, u limu nive pcrlio. 33 Trinitdl i Sireel {55 Moximiicr Pcpper Slre,-l),
Brchoresl.
clodrrii Unul dinlre opcrrtomenle o Tost ocuil chior de Morce oncu pdn-r in 193 l, cond se vo muto in slrodo Coimotei Ultimul nive, porlio, core nu opclre
in ouiorizolio de conslructie, este olelieru sdu
Br ciro
perm i:
-: :l l: :::i I 925 : :: :t-r': r':--r t:: :.,c
Plr :[ej - Clr'-loiorri
.]orllry 1926
de picturo Vc ooreo remcrcobi dr c ccesiei cose rezidd in exercitiu p ostic pe care i propune st i impune chicr cu o onumrld inienlie de o $oco, imobllu filnd proreclcrl .in mod de lberoi co un cop de perspeciivd core opore lolol insolit inlr-o zonc de loculnle scunde trodillono e. Des gur co liberloieo pe core Morcel loncu si o perm te se dotoreozd si foptu ui co o proieciot ocest imobi prcclic penlru e
.
sthetic pursuit or determined by the overo shope of t-^ bui d'q Mcr-'ol or o .veo i o,o ol ro a -ioi ,l93 unti l, when he moved oui to Coimoter Streel His studio wos on the top f oor, which wos noi mentioned in the building permit The remorkcrb e volue of th s bui ding ies in its being o olo. , o,p^-"^.r' p obooy i lar oao os o lo e oe. P ocad 'r o fo.ol po.r ^ -) 1ovP boer o ,l ro opooo o'rra o^ o'r9 rl e -oo rior ol housinq ol the orecr. Ol course, Mcrce Jonco cou c bullt rt fo himself The house slonds for on oeslheiic exercise ihot contolns obvious expression sttc overiones ond reminds us of the ploster re iefs he creoied in Zurlch. storling wilh I 9l 7. Apan from lhe thorough y uncor ventiono orticuloiion of lhe unusuc 1y shoped
rroor5'rorô.tro.qe 17 ll e '^s1 , o 611 oc
o o o.o.o've !e,t-ra ot
/ oe.o, 5A
tr
^tr(' po.-cc evoe1'et'ir^ e'pe sionlsie, ominlind de reliefurile de ghips reo izcrte de Mo -.'or . oZtc"ar,a19 /.innn,,,no orlicu oreo lolc neconvenlionolo o volume or, e e in r^ roobi,rJ ^. o rorrc 06 polopô a.pe5vcr o Lp cr ôlo oo o^ p'oooo o eerer ',o ^ o
5-
a a/o vA -oloi.g or ol , o surfoces, lhe mosl speciocu or feclure of the buidinc oppeors in the chromolics of ihe focode, which -o.ot o-5 e^'ndl i't -1e 01 p. a a' /e o -"r
vo ^te o o
speciocu os este cromctico fcrtodei, fo osilo co ele menl re oliv oulonom de compozitie. Aso cum, 'in onurnrle studli de orhilecturo de interior, Morce loncu desfiinieozo spoliu crhilecturc prin culoore, in ocest coz, policromio creeozd crhilecluro. Cdulorecr plosticc exprimctd prin ccesi imobrl L - ^delo. tipi,opel-,,Âo e vo deveni modernismu bucureslecrn. Ec i reor-ozen to pe Morcel loncu drn oce moment, probobi mol muii p osiicion decdt orhltecl, si se vo regdsi, moi mu i scu mor pulin evldent'in proiecte e so e viiloore.
It
s o.. t 'r.o o''r o oie 15 oi.,-e.o'o i'e. "^ Mo, ^ .orro do orpo.^d .he o î - I. ro .Op. bu 'so 6r ro oLr i't 't oo o .o e po 7.1 -o--,,
eneroles
o rch il-^ciLr re
.
/a
drPororo
O..
.O O 'I
p.enp
6^ 6 -.la
. O -nOd^-rCt
i ^ o ot oF\-leli ou , - d.^n p ited ,r I o.iJ.9 .ro,n,r o il-e r,. o eol Mooo'^
orchilecture in Romcrnic, rs nol in lhe lecrsi lypico fc-
whol Modernism wos io become in Buchorest merely represenls Morcel .lcrnco s work oi lhcri
lt
ove Tone-^[or ll epo lÔre-ooIe or' h -e ry1 . wo5 ^ .. oo. io' il r'q o e
pro jecis.
:
J
r-.!*._-
{*
I
....1
: : r .-- .. ) --:. .-.. ori ^,r^d^ --c oporiincrnd grupu ui De S- . r: :::cs-,i eni,
.
prAZA-lO60p.). S. hord o c:
.:
_..
Suchard
6. Suchard
p''vition
Torgr Mos or, 1926,
Bucrresl. Pub icci in Conlimporanul
Morcel loncu c pub i.o-:i :3-e,,,c scriie in Contimporr:nul in onii 192425

S
toogo' ede^po oi .oeopoF) o" ia.
ngurul document gos r desp'e ocest proieci esie o
nr 67,itnie 1926
The Mcsl ot Fan,1926,
Bucho resl. Pub, shed
in Confinporonul,
nc:.67, )une
)9?6
This
wcs o lemporory consirucl on, probob y in 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.

-1
"or )ouolobedoc ror i.ope oop.olo oopl wl FPwa or o50:etr Ttror' trc
robi u H.
oncu
oncu Bui ding

p on
: rn de sltuotie/site : :"
etoi/upper fioor plon
***ff" -{ d6&3ir'"tl.'
'o-o
esle o cosc mol modesld, porce o difici cl. r= ,- c on irodilono, core nu prezinid nici un =-:s deosebit, fotodo dlnspre strcdc pore, prcctc,
-
-:: '
: Donie, prieleni cu Morce oncu sr colcrborcr:: Contimporanul,
PAr--U PICrO-
-. iliid pe o
ccriie
L-
ul Hermon loncu (l 926), dar mci put n spec-: --- :csd s cornp et p atd. -:-:iele mori de culoore si prof le iiniore formeozo r:sen geomelrlc core ing obeozcr dupc propric i elementele de crhilecturo. Aceosld obordore, =,: -ru rcnd piciuro o, pooie exp icc sl ciL.lddtenio :, , .:coloore o bcr conu ui fcro poropet, oltfel com=- :bsurd din punct de vedere crhiiecturo = . entio cu orli in orhilecturo este mu t moi vizibi o -l comp exd'in inieriocrre, oso cum reiese din ',:-ciii e de epocd o e ole ieru ui si dormltorului. r :-eo cromolicd esie voriotd, de lc op icoreo de ..:'::ele mori de culocre, pono lo desen de linie, - ' -- .ro integrond si diferlte e emenle de mobi ier. -: erul ole ieru ui, o cdrui poternilole nu se -::rsie, foce referiri evdente lo Gerrlt Rieived
.
:: ",:
picluro obslrocid, ccrre se 'inscrie pe inio
ln 5 nOUSe WOS des gneo -a- --- a: Donlel ond Corne ic Bcb c,l: = friends ond members of .-e J:- -.o otl e'""looa oAr -irregu or pcrce The plon is trcdilrono, ond :::. - .
7.
Gesa ldenrf Danietr
7. Henri Daniel
:-:i
house
pO ,
1-a-aq
-l
ine opened wiih llermcn loic. : ., I yei ess speclccu or ond lhoro,gh y : :'. The lniervention of co our in lis crcrirec .-: ,.:: more visible crnd fcr more como ex ci lhe rt-., . evel, cs the photos of the siudio ond bedroom sl-ovr It. The chromolic trectmenl vcried from lhe orce slrelches of co oured surfoces lo lineor drcwiriq, ond somelimes to ihe inleqrciion of vorious p eces
bietorob o :c
o^ :
:-'
- a aa.a) -_ -..,_- rpi.l,ti_,1 '' ;z a' l)27 Cc:r -n i:r ic a plrlei,

eia
si Tarsordar.
9 Ceres Slreel, Buchcresl ,

demo shed Bri ding permit: not founC tr records, presrmob y bli t tn 1926.
Prb lshed tn Cont'irrtpcrc:nul,
the
of furniiure ] ^ .r, d o
obu o-.
I. r I 'e w
qqe)-.
(,c1
o5e or ror
Q|o|u^
i, ro -'ro\^1
ô-
,tr
no 72, )art:ar1 )927

OneJomi y holse, ground rpper f oor, ond monsord.
f
oor.
1.:lt,f1..1iillffi,*l.tr
ffi
s rbl
plor
-^tol
firsifoorpon
f,r
8. ViIo teqn Fuchs 8.

7he tesn Fschs villa
3
[sle consiruitd inlro zo,rc 'e],: ,--:i:--: I :t' ,-,io p- il oo vinurl, core ii cere ul Mcrce crc, :i- : o cosd moderfd. Ec iniliozd tnta cutiilor o/be, o evldentd cdrutore
Sirodc Negrstor nr 33,

rcr re:1 Prclecl r rlo izolie:
po.r cd-[o. oBo' lo'

mu
oc ^.o eoo
le proiecte u ierioore, uneorl in combinolle e emente de inspirclie expresionisld.
cu
r e lQ27
Plb iccto if nr 3 ion.
er;lnde e ougrsr I 929. iipcrriic iile/orc

F.ealitatea
l9?9
9 lrn. l930 locllnlo rrtliomillo o, pcrler.

itus,troto,
Desi cu un on inolnle Lcncu proieclose imobllu dln strodo Trlnliotii sl vilc Dcrnlel, ombele exptesie o unel onumlte modernilotl, otot orhltectul col gi, ullerior, isloroorcflc orhiteclurii romernesti vor considero vi o
n o commerciol crreo of the o d ciiy centre o 'wecLlhy w ne lroder, who osked Morcel .]onco io design o modern house for him. Although one yeor before .lcnco hod des gned the building in Triniioiii Slreel cnd lhe Donie House, wh ch both slond for his Moder-rist opprooch, the crrchliecl hlmse f cnd the history of orchilecture recorded the Fuchs Vi lo os the f rst genuLne modern buildrng ln Buchcrrest. This sloiemenl rs certoin y sustained by o more open ond e oborcrle spcrticl dislribulion, os wel os by the
t:'
: bll i
... n' ln
no
o mc Iod e
oo^.o
o r ode ô
new formo anguog-a Ihe white box building

.
elo
sl lercsd.
dln Bucuresti.
33 Negrsto iSlreel, Brr:foresl Prole ct pernil: )t|,1 )927. exle rsl.r Argrsi I 929.
PLrb
D^ cl r o .po o to -o 1o ooro .rgi lllo16 -a' o,-;d o ro I o'oo or o'^1ol loo - | 1

n
sprilinuL oceslel ofirrnolll
morks o new orjentolion jn Morcel lcnco s orchlteclure, cr Bcruhous ll[e cesthet ic pursuit, which merges w th expressionistic- lke e e ments rn his loter projecis. ln th s proleci.lonco gove ,o lhe.nroro- , ô. er.o ll oro od-.i. ct.or
I
r,c 3 .lrrrr'!, r929 Rcoiiioiec
ishecl
r iioc'irilc
iiterord
ln ocesl prorecl, oncu renunld o cromotlccl fotcdeJor in fovocrecr unei scu pturolitaf i oblinute pr
'r.':r tri,' ]rrLrrrr' 9 1930 I .:-:,-- -1 ;_. g :r,.rl f ocr, ,:t:: - l:'lrl i:.loae
oa
etc., prin ccre creecrzd un puternic efect scu plurol
ro o9^ ^
-^6" 'polo- oi 016 po.r I o o^,otooo 'o.- r d^

10o,,r
o o p"'o oppoo oboiroo- 6'9 bod poa o o'o:qo ,-6'^ ^ P "dfo od^
de lumino si umbrd. Aici opore penlru primc oord elemeniu verlico in porle oJoux din ccrre potnesc oTizonlo
piine oLe bolcoone oT, e emenl
p anes, ond b ol en lnes which creole o strong light ond shodow effect t js here thciJonco used for ihe first tlme the ver;icol projecl no bor conlrosl nq with the unbroken horlzonlc rrine ol rne oo one. [n e'er o1 go gno 6 o gI
rl
ee
Jcrnco s orchiiecturol chorocieristlcs from then on, cnd
wos olso loken up by the crchitecis to come.
Mo o o.
OtaOA.f-
.OCl. î.li
ipo o,- t o p^ Or,l o,l
po',
1e,-;6l-
lo
A prenidre for lhe Romcnlon orchileciure wos o so tle top f oor terroce whose inlerpreloilon of the /oil
oo-p
6
core ii vor urmo).
1 pa or^Po'o-oiorr'6g
lair
OtLio 'O U O-c,oPtiÔA^ÔOAlt O OIaO O a la OPOI O ^lO ^ 6,-,6i6 o la rllimu nivel, interprelore a prlncipiu rt lailfordin,
definitoriu penlru Misco'ecr Moderncr.
the Modern Slye.
l:
l=
l-
These twin houses ore bui i by Sidonle Grun on iwo odloining ots, situoted in o populor housing oreo Cne of lhem wos loier so d to the Furcusleonus. The trcditionclisi siyle of these bul dings seems to
9.
Sidonie Gfiin
@riin
Cesa
9. Sidonie
Building
Aeeo Cornelc
Bucl reslj
conlrodicl lhe evo]ulion of Mcrce Jonco's work towords Modernism. We shou d not expect lo find on onswer in the o reody known line .lonco wos fo lowing then, but in the prevci ng conservolive icrste of the oge thot he, os o young orchilecl, couid not offord lo orgue wiih. However, the troditioncr rst chorocler of this house is c oser roiher 1o Jonco s eorLy projecls of 1922-23 reco ing the British cnd Germcn residenlic crrchilec ture - lhon to the specific note of Buchorest buidings
rr il il :-a-: aJ::
Proiecl o!lcrizoiie: :a
1927, corslrinn :l)?3 Coso unifom lo o a!p a'a sl elo, cu cdle un oporlomenl pe nive. 30 32 Corne io A ley,
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
r: r-ri specific bucurestecn, ci se leogo moi
' -, isl permite incd so controzrcd. ,r'ccterul trodiliono isl o oceslei cose nu
\i
- :: :rh lecluro prirnelor proiecie o e lur ' :- I 922 1923 tooie cminiind de orhi_ I -rO
O e1g e. O
ge--r oâ.
lotodo spre slrodd s;reet Ioccde

P
cn/Plon
71
I O. Vila Irllariq Lsmbrv I O.
Mafia Lambtu Villlr

Sirodo Popc Sovl nr. 5,
fllrcLrr-osll
Esle primc vl o conslruild ce rezidenlio dln nordu orcsLr L Reportitio lnter oord, loorle rcl crc i -l:::zc o onum-a preocupore de econom c icle, nJ lpslto insa
de e egonio si cloritote spolio d Aporenl, clddireo urmeozd Linicr p ostico lnliioto de

vi
iae,T,all
Pub
,lTale
l)e
,/a
ccrsli!ila in 1929.
lccio
ir Corrliriporcrnl/ rr TQ.iebr 1929
Locuinio rnifrml ic d porler s, elol
o Frchs, dcr moi modesid si rnoi puiln imoginclivcr Cu toote oceslecr, compozilio fotodei principc e ore o bogolie dlscreto, obliruto otot dln decrogcrreo p nurilor olbe de zldcrrie, cot si din desenul p:ofiLe or de cu oore inchisd ccrre qeeazd zone de o onumild lntensitote groflco, occentudnd aslfe controslu dlntre diferitele suprofele. Desi desenu de profile este mu i moi molivoi orhilecluro, ceeo ce
conlerd lotodei o onumild clcsstcilote, ocesl procedeu nu poole so nu om nlecrscd de coso Donie \1926) sou de vio Chcrpier 1929) flind tipic
pentru p oslico ui Morce loncu.
5 Pooo Sovr Sireel, Brchcresi. Bul d rg i:erm t: ..luiy, 1928,

br rl ir 1929. Prb :lrrd r C:rlriirolr.lli j. a.) F:br-r-v 1929
.
:" r':-rl iro
: , ,-r qrlL,rd i oor p cn
^^.
lo buit by Jonco in lhe new norihern 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
This rs the first vi
.
express on.
:a::i:
::ar:i,--'
e**.d:ffi&&&m&*W - -- -
I l. Slrondul
F.S.S.R.
I l. fhe P.omaniqn
Federalion ol Sporls Society |R.F.S.S., Swimming pool

SoseoLro Kise eff,
Conslruii penlru Federolio Socleici i Sp:'' ,: Romdne, spre limito de vesl o corlreru I rez cenlio dln nordu orosu ui, ero cel mcr more slronC drn Bucuresll, o oceo vreme. Anscmb u . in suprcfr:ld de 9.500 mp, cr fost pro eclol ca o omp o compozif e cxlolc, de locturo ocode micdr, o succesiune de spofii cu coroclere d verse, .inlre deflnite si desporfrte ele prin diferitele corpuri de
od o, oi o -'oor p^ oga-
3lcrrest.
Pr.le.l
cllc
zolr:: nro 1929.
Din picrielc de onoore dln folo inlrdrli, se occede prln porlo u sugerol de lurnuri e ce se'inc id decsuprc c
selell Avenre Bri:ho esl. Sliclng p--rmi: Moy l?29.
douc mici povi one cu birouri core floncheozo inltcreo. Spctiu urmolor esle un porc cu pe uze srmel r ce. im lcl fronlo de pov ionu lnicr c clcdlrii mu ti funcliono e core grupeoza,.in iuru reslourcflu ui din
-..
-r. , , oco/ ,- o -, ô oP o, ^ po. ^ n spcrle e ocestul pcv l on se desfosocrro ncintcr pro priu z sc cr slrcrrdu ui, cu plolcr si bczln de 50x IOO m, 'inconlurol-r de vesliore grupole in
8 oo. roo
I wos bu t for the Romonron Federollon of Spc' , Sociely on lhe wesl edge of the norlh resideri: distrlct of the city crnd rl wos ihe orgest sw rrr.r - l poo in Buchcrresl crl lhcl l me. Thls ensemb e lhol spons over 9,500 sq. m S designed cs on oxic composil of in on cccde-- style ond contolns o ser es of spoces becr ::r -' drlferent chorccter eoch, cnd being def nec :' sepcroled by vcr ous bur dings cnd ondscoc: orrongemenls. From the fronl o czc ihere opens on occess ,.'..: thror.lgh the porlol suggeslive y oul ined by tcr = rls ng obove lwo smc i office povi ions ihoi f cr' . enlronce. The next spoce is o pork with symrdisp oyed owns, whose froni is bordered b;, - neor pcvi ion of o mu li-purpose buiding. Tl-e , groups smcrl shops, cr coff-ê shop. o Coiry. cr-
Compozilio oxlc d se crlci, pe porliunea lrilnghiu orcr de leren ccre urmeozd, desfosurondu se o omeno ore peisogerc moi liberd, denumitc in proiect "peluzo de gimnosticct". Arhileciuro c crdirl or propuse esle foorie simp c si lrolold cu de icotete, intr un mbcj cu evidenle referi
ôi ^ po-e : .inchele
The becrch r:nd the 50xlO0 m swimming pco . behlnd the pov on ond ore surrounded by o:- rooms grouped in B pcrvi ions, groi.lnd f oor cr: upper f oor The oxio composilion ends here, whi e on ;he lriongu cr ground thcrl comes nexl lo il, lhe'e : -,
porlicos crround lhe reslcuronl occled on
the:
freer ondscope crrrongement, designcled in,l

project drowings os "gymnosiics qround".
'AO o. rrQ OO - ,/^.Ja .J.)â
o
c Artdeco, desfcsurclcr predominont
pe
orizonlo d, cl excepl c occenle or verlicc e o e pcvi ione or de pocrtc. Cecr mor modernd esle orh iecluro pcrvi iocne or de vesticre, ce reprezinld o cmplo desfdsurore orizonto d, o cdrei suprofoto esle crliculctd prin ritmu org desenol de inli e olbe ole sto pi or s p onsee or Esle un exempiu de cduiore esiel cd rezu lold exc usiv dln sub iniereo simo liolll e em-^n le or funciiono e si slrucluro e.
ond o de iccle opprooch, using Art deco refere -of the goiewoy povi ions The ocler room povi rons oppeor lo be ihe 'rc. modern Their orge hor zonlc unfo ding is rh,v-. ' ccr iy orticuicrted by the while ines of lhe concre -= slruclure. This is on obv ous exomp e of oeslh-.i :
'told.
lo.oro
-. ap. g e ^.i
,L-^ôL o 'oido, , ^lpii,o'' ool o,d'
b
\J
mk [t HNI/
ffi --r
[_
]l_
:.:ir
t\
[]
jl :: :
on
UI n :_ ll
of d{r sillolie,/'s le !
lo0f,- irl.ore ,^flrofce povi ioIs

Fiavi
ffi w
ffi
I .i.Ja
ffiJ
.f,J
iTffi 'fs iil,r

*|
rffi nr-
fr;t,iffi
12. Gssq Poldi Chapier
Avoccr\u\ Po\di Chopier esie
12. Poldi
nlror,-c
Cho,pier
House
Genero p-le:cl
nr.21,
la'o6 r' -ob e.,er.
loncu din 1iceu, peroodo i. cr ,Sinbolul. Arhiteclu vcr r.tc c.rs-., bi de opcrlomenle.in strodo D. O
: :':t-
Po\di Chop\er, o \crwyer, wos Morce\ jor,c: C. c ^ I.oq h96 -6r ,r^. oo
D D!b
Be - ro .o
o.
o
lciio ir Ccllrmlorcrli
loclinld rnllon.
Conslruilcr inlr-o zond cenlrold c Blcurest ului, pe o porce d odcrnco sl cu fronl ingust o sirodd, cosa Chopier erc o loculnld uxuoosd, desfcsuroto pe trei eloie, pcrrleru filnd ocupot de gorcri si servlcii Crgonizorec genero d o ccse, ccr si dispunereo
l-5 p[6, .' l^.-oo d^ o ô o, r .coo-l-r,o ,oi.o ---o lo ^.6. o oc - o-5. .^ - ott^, o ^ o li o o.t.ol o-o
Buchoresl. on o deep ond norrow porce , is c slorleC luxurious house, with o gcrcae ond se-.
The overoL pion of lhe house crnd
roo- o. '^go
o oo.
o ir,
^.
o.p^ o ol eo c p^ ^ po I o-o . o o..^ . ot ^6. 6616.a d^,, d^,q

porce
the occllor
oa
Bucfrqr--sj
ooao
si cr regimu
Locôoo
ri de oliniere c slrodcr
oo.
si de
enlrof ce on the ong side fcclng o quite norrc'.. crccess spcrce, ore bul inherenl effects of ihe sl:-',ond pos lion of the porce
Brriding ocrmil:
PL,b sheC
Arcrst 929
lr Ccrtimporcrrrl na.93 91 95 '9-?al f)nefcnlv rrr:e q olrct iccr
Se compune, spre slrcrdd. din blroul ovocoiului cu o' rlôrdoo^ b.b.o^ , ,,-p a onood lo ,^d o ô -aô/o d D^ '- loi,t o
l^ Lo^ -, ,o, ,o ct: g,oo- o.c ,lo - le ..aa, A.:'6 ,.- oo, g^,o -cr g.-
poo/oOor'oo - oorh^-c,
nivel cu o specloculooso logg c cu Lum nolor s cdte vo incdperi secundore. Arh iectu o cdulol o cinumrld f uidliote o inlr-ôr rl apo,o o d '^ o. - ,o'o'.or o c u por ^
cenli.
execulio cosei. perel-^ e despcrrtilor dlntre birou 9i blb iotecc c fosl inloturot, os;fe irc0l conlinuiloleo spoliolct devine s mol ev
Lo
pcnclri g rsafle.
. .o,o^ o.o o -p,
o6t
\-o
lowords the courtycrrd. The bedrooms ore locc'=on the second {loor, ond on the third {loor ther: . specloculor loggio with o sky ight ond some .-, ory rooms. The orchitect seeks for cr certoin fluidity of the : ground floor spoce, the portitlon of vcrrous fu-- ol oreos being crch eved eiiher ihrough slight c ::= ences if the floor eve or lhrough s idlng pone. When the house wos burt, the wo I belween ii^: study cnd lhe ibrcry wos e iminoted. whlch
Asp,ecirl
de lotodo core pune I operd o serie de elemenle , m ioace ei D es ve de nolurl foorle d verse (schim bc e Ce moleric sr probob si de cu ocre, demcrle
ce
moi interesont rdmdne insd compozito
o^tg ^LO -o 6.oOo !owev--r, the mosl inleresling ospect lies n the fcrccrde composit on thct puts nlo prcclrce vcr r
meons ond e emenis of expression (the chcnge molerio s ond co ours perhops, the groduol Ce"-:
" o.o-oo.odooo o- , oar do o^p'o
nur or de zlddrie, decrosuri, micul sl lnutilu bc con c indric, sublinierl o e g ofurllo'in onumile zone. etc.), oporenl ccrpricioose si nemol vcrle din punct de o o. o oo. o - .i qo ^ ^d^.- .inlr 'r.^ .or oglccr o ev denld cdulo'e eslelicar neo-blsnult de liberc in orhiteclurd. pooie mci degrobo piciurolo, si .incodrdr ccre scopd or sl islice uzucr e. Aceosld modo iloie de obordore oorooie sl isllc coso Chcrpier de mobi u loncu si ie coscr Dcnie. dln
sem
a /a a o 'rF o 6 a , a a l o o , oôl Po,^ o -o o o aA o 'e ioi c ool o - o, o ot o oa^^l o o ^ ) o^ .a ^1 ,. ^,6,6,o6

,
oi ' o oo. o,oe ol l
orchileciuro viewpotnls they might ook somev,r-: r J ro' oll e o,o op o ol oq-.
o r rooo- a o pr ,vl , o o p o o ' oc^ o o o' - o 66, ^ -oio
., ii.-.ô o o ob^ rg. ^ op- .
1926
okln to the lcncu Bu ding ond the Dcniei House
le26)
p cn porl,-rrlir.olnd iioor p
cr
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ct
tt t{
a;
g! 1t
t!
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it
,t 't
I
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ti
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!
i
i
I
I I ! I
--
Bordeesnu
13. Vila
Doic -olo 1-o
13. Bordeeanv ViIIo

nr. I I B, demololi Proiect ollorizcl e: I le 1930
Strodo lobtrint
Buclresi
Loculntd
lnilom iold
etcri.
porter si
ll8[obirtntStreet,
Buchcresl demollshed
Bui
' ^r .rc lo aodô ao ,io cr o o,,,d. ly, ! q,,'l gr ,1 e :ot orto d spO.,i-v O" a O." .O i ecl lb ôzcr : 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 . iozoqoro o lc croelo o orole oa ogralorao
elc^
supropuse, vilcr se vo reo zo inir c, crn. c c ieriio, un oportamenl o porler sl cclmere de selr ciu o eloi, ocesteo din urmo fi nd exprimote destu de neuzuo in fotodo. Se evidentiozo inlre vllele timpurii ole lul Morcel lOr , O a.lte O ' ;-'tO' tg'o . ,O OOo O .t)p tr s odo fo ooo o-piet pl6r s ( o e o-1 a.lL
oôo -al :-:- ..- .. -
ding perm
t:
July I 930.
One lcmi y house, ground I oor cnd upper I oor
iol iol de Morcel
volumului dinspre curie. Este de presupus ccr si gordu de lemn o fosl proiec
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 wîre Joo^.r'oo, LoL ô 'a -erv.ca oot.. ll ^'o e. o e eô.es\-ô 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
.l
coIsplcuous rellef ls the enlronce meonl to counlerbo once the lcrrge window surfoce. I6is box like oppeo o'' 6 i o' odi t^cr oy lâ 'e-ooo, o ire o a .ioo ro.odes o.ro ' a -oonenlJr',rn"il ,n-^ iV\orce lonco.
"-' ,p' ro rooloo
- a tuo.-ntro.r/
-e .e wo ]!" *ooo^'
.Ol ,-a -O. ; q .ta
Or , ,O O.
ob. oqsi6r^6 [,
t4. ViIa
Florica
Ghihdesou
14. Florica Chihdescu ViIIa

Soseouo Kise efl nr. ,19,
Bucu r--sll
Proiecl oliorlzolie:
inexislenl in orhive,
probobi
construiln
Pub icoi
in l93O in Contirtporanul
nr. 96 98, lcn 193 I s in Architeclure d'oujourd'hui,
nr locrinld rnifomi
5/I934
lo d luxuocstt
porler etci si ierosd omero o1d io ulllmr nive
Bui
Klse efi Avenre, Buchoresl ding perm t: not fornd in lhe orchive records; probcbly bui t
49
in 1930. P!bllshed in Contrmporonu,l no
96
98,.lcnuory
l93l
onC,r,4rcliiec/rre
clArlourC'lri Nt 5/ 1q34.
One lom
grcrr:i :or' .pper icor,
,, rrrt'rls hcl:e:
:.C -:r i rl. er.rae.
: tr |
porter
p on
r-rund lloor
. rn etoj
3oer f oor plon
Consirullo penlru fcmiLic de
i:--:: . .: der-:ol d^ r pro eci srngu or.inire vilele l l"1:-: oâ.a,.i nodo^po- :.=
o'lic rez
c-antro.
Plonu oprocpe po lodion orgcn zeozr spcri e lnir o

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
re -oio.ggl ' ,1'1, o a -C ^ ^
bo
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':
B-ii for the phormocist Chihoescu fcmily,
ln ihe
do principclo, cornplet simetricd si neobisnuli de stoticd. Desfosurorec conl nud o ferestrei in bondo pe inlreogo ungime o folcdel nu foce decot so sub
i
c t, erooe tn l' e. lh co po i o' I ^[,^ '^6 ^ Pe ,o'Y or 'a o ] to odo. ,11^ ' c o-o. r' rol , 'o-' ftot, Iigo.' L. owrdo*r-^ r' 'o'rr rro. bor oo']o,
who
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
crysto sheel of wlndow pcne), ond fincly by
e ength of the focode emphosises this pecu :â 1.1 . r'o o o.o p,ol- ^ p'e.^d r -t 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 '
Mlliio Potrcscu. Neosteplot folo de uzonfe e lectiei c osice, o cote compozfio foce evidenl oluzle, oceosld simelrie nu
morcheczd rnlroreo, ci conlinuilcrleo spofio
../ ooo'la-o r'poô r pot:,z':-ôqodr,. i's,ao oooopos'e'ooo^ o orp^l d e'to.
cr si
ec controzice simelric de bozo c compozif ei, introducond 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 oôrope J ''
'ppa'eDa,oo
do
o.-^ |,'^. p6l r.
not define ihe entronce; on lhe controry, rl oulline: h^ spo o ord /,. rol llowi g ot o , tr o- lloe^ 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
o^lo^ o. ol' Oto,^po.--o1'ot'e -,o.^di 'i.br drg re /rôlrrpoiterdo^
Mililo Potroscu's stotue.
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 ilole, 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 -
oo.^ 'l ^ QO e^ / ol e ooo \F po opal Mo o'e orelero l ô oeI oo Qh1 ol"'6'L
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.
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
.
--='=l : o orticLr cre foorle dlscreto de : : ::r ce cu inirhiml diferite, unifrccle :---'l':r desenu .l generc rezullcnd - : , , ' --ar redus de elemente, ce se :t-: :-:ieiee mor, pcne, ole
r
'. r-:: .rcu, consld in puritoleo s r jopos. d-to'odo.
-:
crezrnid modlficcri folo de
-:': ir scopul evrdent de o obline - -----:c'e spcfrc o si vrzuold, ctct pe , a-.e'icoo. - :=.t:.:oro in principol pe nlve urile I : - r' : --e- ocre sunt cenlro izote de un hol ' ' : .: ::rd nrve uri, p osot in cenllu de - i :, r- - -1. Scoro nlerioord, deschiso spre = - ' .'a Ce un urios vilrou olb, dlvizcl con - :,- --'= oilogonole, in core suprofefe - - : rsoce o]coluiesc o compozite -:- ---l de ioblouri e ui Morcel loncu din
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o goorcdolor .roor oopOa O'd OO rA r
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
-:=: :orslonl urmorito de inlegrore o -r:i:_ :l e in crhil-^cirrrd. oTn leciuro. -r r rtrl'oioru ul, construitd moi i'irziu, este ::csebild clenlie crhilecturo d, dor fdrd
iI
.iorce Jonco buit o luxury vi lo in o ceniro ci! for one of hls reloilves, Pcu llulo, o :,. ln 1935 he cdded o bockycrd lcrboro- ::crmoceulicol products, eniered cs "work
e
-:.lse'
ros been we I preserved ond no c ter :-e operoted, which is so rore o ccrse
in lhe building permit.
fol owing his steody concern obout the niegroiion of opp red orts n orchLiecture. The loborciory bui dlng wos bullt crter, ond o speciol ollention wos given to it, though the orchilect wos not so much concerned oboul speciol orlisiic effects. The compositron of the bui ding shows on e egoni crtlcu olion between lhe verticol volume of
15. YiIa PauI lluld si laboratorsl 15. Paul llvld villq wilh labot.'lotY
Slicdo
vl
-c lty of this house, os compcrred io his for :cis, les in the reciongulor purity cnd cusler
iccode. lts volumelr c pcitern suggesls c :illcu olron of orlhogonc volumes of dlfferris, crnd yei united ct the ground f oor level : iy of elements, cut out of the orge flcrt cf the fcrcode, speoks for lhe overo ol the design.
d'ng shows certoin o tercllons os compored
construclions.
ihe enironce body ond ihe horizonio one wilh oborolory rlbbon windows
lls
Oor rr 23,
Blcuresii
I
Proi--cl cutor zci e: morile l9-?
cboroloru Locuinlo unlfoml lo ar, porter sl 2 eto e, u timul nivel porlio 9i Loborolor. parler :i 2 etoie
o; 935
23 Ocrl Steel
Buchoresl.
- ilo proiect, which were meonl lo obiojn ver -: horlzonlol v suo ond spotiol communicc
'.'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
Building permii: vl o, Morch I 93 I ; oboiotory, 1935 OneJomi y house, ground I oor o rC 2 upper floors, ond porlicL lcp f oor, grornd llcor ond 2 rpper f oor loborolory.
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o^ po'-d oI lro' po el o o opoqLe reco ling Morce .lcrnco's polnlings of thol o.o, doc o fo a 9t / d le ol,o d". q.ed le rbL'- f.r'i- "
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Lcborclorl :/.obcrot:-. loiodri spre slrodd sireel ioccde
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16. Glara lancu

Building
Slrodo Coimotei
nr 20,
Bucu resli.
Proiecl oulor zctle: mci 193 L Pub icot in Conlinporonul nr. lA2/1932 mobl de oportomente, porler sl
etoie.
20 Colmolei Slreet, Buchorest. Bui ding perm t Moy 1931

Pub ished tn Contimporanul
no 1a2/1932
B
ock of I ots; ground lloor ond 4 upper floors.
Construil pe nume e soliei scle, pe c s--rtra - :a '' zono centro d c orosului, imobi u o l:osr i:c--c, ce Loncu. Fomilio vo si ocul oici incepdnd din 93 I Tot oici se oflo, probobi o ultimul n:el, Biroul de Studii Moderne cl frolilor loncu. Conllne certe un oporlomenl pe freccre etoj, porterul J5o r1g opol - ;.rd o 'pc de goroie s serv.c Conslruii pe o porcelo inguslo si olipii lo consfruciiile vecine, loate occese e se foc prin fofodc prlncipolo; de oceec, porterul este iratoi co un soc u cu o suild de usi, in core occesul principo se delogeozo dis crei, pus in voloore mol o es prin compozilio plos licd c eto jeLor superioore. Acest lmobi este mci oles un studiu de folodo, oore cum pe inio deschiso de vi o Fuchs. Fo osirec de e emenle exclusiv orlogoncle ;i p ote creeozd o opcrrenfo de rigidltote, core esie conlrozisd insd, otot de dinomismu cct 9i de scu plurolltoleo compozifiei. Dinomico esle crectd de dep osoreo pe inoliime o ce or doucr registre verlicoLe 9i de csimetrio 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
.
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
ocoled on the top f oor.

There ls one flot on eoch fLoor, on the ground floc' slightly sunken there ore goroges ond service 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 :-
ft
it.
opporeni siiffness, which ls on y conlrodicted by ---
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.
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 porcpets 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.
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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
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: : preznld o dlsiributie lnteroc a;-:'.'- - --- ia .J spotil e diurne cornun conle. cL Eo 3es:e I zcrd c lo. r.i roro^-orogc,l::o : o
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wcs buit for o wel to do fom ly in the new

liol
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poesooqe.o "l orra o 9.'g -o oo.t oo.a orotaooo'o-loooq

d some odditionol rooms,
i..lio O 1ar O' pO aO.-r
r.l ^.o 1oeoo 't-e
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p olo,oa ^1o' de
r' oo.^ rot oooopa zdo ^ rp'. cro
den-i-^rroce of
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on the top floor. l^ b' d -
mosrvilole.
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ne I ti clell' o rch
iteltL: rc:
rolioncle Micno 1932. Locrintir lnlfoml o d, porler sl 2 eioie
Fclcrdo princlpcrld exprimo destu de c or disirlbutio inlerioord. Esle o orllcu otie prin controsl o douc 70-t^. o^ de o oo 'e o o oto oo-"r . o -o o- p ,1 i ore o do.. poozo fo'or ^ o .6;-o1o161 o tr cosei scorii, p" de oltO porle, regrstru vertico ce se d- ,o.oo,o oa. ^ 1.o e ^ oge; ^ \e. O corui coll se demoleriolizeozar lreplal pona cr oggicr lerosei.
^l o ploi .ol ,^16 o'r o\ o L- Iooe'9 oc,6 ool o'-o.o^/ll o' tu

lc JOonolwoo o^po tlo.. 'oo'"r5 oô â . o
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on overo I mcssive chorocler on the bLrildino aôt o,OO-,ao 600 ll - Ie o pCll eor
r'o o't-oi.ô ^ ooOoe.oio l^ ,. do,v o-' e ro r
36 Grigcre Morc, Buchor,-si 3uiCrng permil: lune 193 I

Pub sieC ln Conlimporonu/ lc. 02 lrruo,y 1932; -t[] : L-rrL-erre/t/l -: :
ooroi o^cr'o ooo ^^'op de oncu penlru o fi pub iccto in ucrorecr d-Or .oo O^,opacl oo SO'O.oôi OO -^t.l.c,
fosl c eo.o orhilecturii moderne
open, whie on lhe other hond, lhere is ihe ve-' regrsler thot unfolds over lhe enlronce, wiih its \ .tor 'r^ Q a ^. LO- O'OO O / O.TO a
lono o.
a tr oc6 oqq
cl.
Significont y, Jcnco hims-e f chose this dwe
ô.^ p o' tô to o.oI ^006 o 'r
iinc
o mcrior Europeon reference book in orchrlec-
:rr i :-iialiirra,?olicncie, ', : I -
irri:ro,
932.
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comere de serviciu si de un so criu aL..l Cc;cr e t. Ce e douo n velur p inc po e .omLjnicar pr'nir un go
pol o,o
or
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d^
o wcrs buill for Jeon.Jusler, o bonker. l' Buchcrrest, of d lt ls lndeed o , ous dwelling. ll spcns over ihe lirsl ond secc' :; : while the ground lloor houses goroges ond c es. On the top f oor lhere ore lhe socrium r,^" ",
.entrc oreo of
Brcuresli Piolecl o!lorlzolie: seplembrie 193 I locu niil rrlfoml io o, porler sl 3 etole. r i m! flv-^ pcrllo
po ^
od-o o.olol
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Si
veslrr
St eei,
3rchoresl. Blid ng permlt: Sepiember I 93 I Ore fcmi y hous--. grourd f oor
ord 3 rpper ioors

porlio lcr f ocr.
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pro eclot peniru if lerior vltrourl cubisle, mobi rer, lompi 9i o op col scheme de cu oore. oso cum o dovedesc fotogrofir e de epocd gcsite Coso ore o formd focrte simplo, exceplie focand oturcr dlnspre slrodd, core prezinl-r o compozilie comp exd de more sculpturcr ioie. Penlru prmo oord, Morce cncu expr md scorcr principc c in fcrlodc, prinir un volurn cilindric crvclrsol, conferlndu-i oslfe un ro esentict in compozii e.
Vo ^ o
two moin floors communiccrle throuoh o volc .: lhot strelches over lhe occess oreo "of rhe hc Morce Jonco designed cubist stoineC g oss ', dows, pieces of furnilure, crnd crmps for the decorol on and opp ed cericin co our scl'e'-:: fhe period photogrophs show ii
oo o,-q p^- od or^ - .eoo
The house is simply shoped, except ng the fror :--: , whlch disp oys o comp ex scu pturo compos l:' For the flrst lime, .]cnco deslgned ihe mc r sir
de crdcrncime prin mor suprcfeie plone de p inuri sou go uri, decupole si decrosole in diferite feluri Arl cu orec dinlre ccesle e]emenle mo jore se foce sl prin p onuri e bo coone or, dor moi o es prin coperlifo so]oru ul. Aceostcr esle elemenlu ce rnoi obi si moi speclocu os o cornpoziliei, peniru cd, desi foorte deliccrta in roporl cu ce e o le elemenie si
'o'odoi -"lod- o o
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nlr îo.od^b.^r-po,9opro o d,a,o ôll o-pO, O,a.^ o a^/. composil on. -h^ ooo d oroo ,o 1eol re o
conircsls wrth the rest of the foccde, which i: mo ded ln severo evels of deolhs oblolnec '
o., I I rapo. o ooa ro o,o o ^ L o o po^ rad - c'o -
deoolc06.ortr
o, 6 6-porooo.o elemeniu ce mai uniflccrtor ln p us rchimbo cenlru de greutole o compozii ei, demoterio lzeczd cumvo
These mojor elemenls ore orlicu cled ihro.rc' poropets of the ba conies, ond especic y '--the ccrnopy of the solorium ln focl, this :s iF:
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skilulondstunningeffeclofihecompos'cquite de icoie os lo lhe olher e emerls cf C seporoied from the slcircose vo urne; neve " - .i lorms lhe mcrjor unifying e emef i. MoTeo're lhe grovity cenire of the compos i on, crnc :: demoier o rzes the orliculotion creo ihus
zono de orticulotie, imprimcnd osifel fotodei o cnumiid sup ele. Firrd ccecsld coperlin-r, vo umul
culrem!rLr dtn 1977
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bu lding, desrgned for
Morce lonco's broiher
bui t by Mcrrcel .Jcrnco os well, thouqh no "iiden." hos boen found yei \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\atô w tl- I F., oe5
ond the furniture, mostly buillin, wcs designed by
ih"
cnco hims-^ f 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 iô vcrious iypes of profiles thot bring in on odditiono grcrphic element ond enhonce ils comp exiiy
of
eloi curefl
upperfoorpon
19. lmohilvl tacqves Costin 19. Jacques Goslin

Building
Strcdo Po eo ogu nr 5,
Blcu resil.
lmobi ul esie conslruit pentru frotele solrei lui Morcel
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februorie I 933 lmobl de oporlomenle, porler si 3 etole. ogu Slreel, Buchorest Bul dinq permit: Fel:,ruory 933. B ock of f ots, grornd lloor ond 3 upper I oors.
Po eo
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imobilul din dreoptc fiind construit tot de Morce cncu, ior imobi u din sldngo probobil loi de e , desr nu exisidr incd o dovbdd cerlo o oceslui fopl. Arhitectul o locuit cu fomi io scr in cportcrmenlul de lo etoiul 1 si toi oici, cr porler, o ovul si olelierul Polrlvlt unor ominliri ole coniemporctni or, clparlomenlu oveo peretri ocoperili cu fresce, ior mobilieru - in I O O O-e I ostrO it oeroto a O p.O a. 'Otot de loncu. Fcrtodo conslruito este totol diferito de folodo din proiectu de ouiorizolie si mull mol inlerescnid co p ostico decerl oceoslo. Este o primo vedere o com-
oo,r'
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Conslruii de doctorl L C:-:-: H. Teodorecrnu, longa Predec ''"' . .. ,- ' , a la67 m c tiludine, esle L.rf l d nire piile e sonoiorii privole dif Romctnio penlru lrclorec bo or pulmonore. Dotorito pub c totii core i s o focul in preso vremii, esle pooie ceo moi cunosculd c ddlre
ôdo Ô.r o^t-'t 5 O c6 .o $16.1^, lo design o scrnilarium bui ding neor Predecrl, .lonco in c mounlorn vo ey, ot )a67 n o litude This wos
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de Mcrrce oncu.
Avond un slondord ridicct de dotore, clddireo ore o orgonizore funclionc d focrle c clrar: o porler, spoii i e de irclomeni si de cozctre o doctori or, seporole
d'o.e ^ 1Po'roro.D, ^ o ae e.)i ,e od,^ , g o-,o-tr cr'.o -ro,l -o.r.r or drQ. B^ o tg o"ro g .o oooo-aq,p-a /buildrng disploys o c eor funclionol orgcrnizolion On the ground floor, the enircrnce orea slcrnds between lhe treclmenl oreos ond doclors f ois on one s de ond the pcrtlerls recreolion oreos (i e. the mulil func tlono room wilh clnemo foci ilies, music room, smo[< ing orec, d ning room connecled to the [.itchen) Cn the llrst ond second floors the crchileci o oced severc words ocening of lo lerroces, o so orium,
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ooi coe.tao o'ro o o ,.roo cr oF o.to esle dele mincricr de orgonizcrreo plon melrico o elolului curent, un simp u lrocl, in ccre comere e de un .insiruile pol sunt pe oturo sudicd, aluro de nord fiind ocupolo porfrol de servicii si de lrer ccmere mci modesle de douo poluri, cu grup sonilcrr comun. Monolonio desfosurorii lomei esle'inirerupid cu obi itote in zono cenlra d, rezu lond douo oripi ugor
cinemotogrcrfico, so c de muzicd, fumooru s sufrogeno egotcl de zono bucdldrii or), c etciele I si 2, comere e de cozore c! ierose, so oriu comun si servic ile de eto j, u iimu nivel fiind probobil loto ocupcrl de servlcli.
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o d ^r ^ oo- --" pp-',o lloo poooo, Lo, ^d Lôo-i.i orio o ce The bui ding ooks like o ong ond ncrrrow s crb, o^ ,g .hopo 6 L^ plor r ^- . o'go 70 o.l o
lo ro'tloo osirp^ o,,rlooool(oia
slrung
of
the soulhern side, whie lhe norlhern srde
is
porlio y occupied by servrces ond lhree esser equipped doub e rooms, ond one toilel This monol 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 constituie soloriu comun, oslfel incoi plonu copotc vorrelcte sr o crnumitd mISCOre. Aceoslo esle occenluold si de dispunereo ob ico o corf ere or, o cdror lercse copleozd oslfel umino de sud-esl. lOC Opolo o -^ O Og I a.tio 6 O ta O vo I uniliccrio prin plosiico qef ero d, core folosesle foorie put ne elemente. ce e douo reg slre pulernic vibroie o e eicrie or de cozore sunt.incodrole de benzi e c be moi mcsive o e porleru ui s u iimu ui nive. Durilcrtec ortogonclltotil este imblonzlto de curburile collurilor si so oriului cenircr , si de de iccleleo profioturii pcrropelilor de o etcjele I si 2. n genero plcsiico vo umeiricd o c odirii neoqd orice ogresivilole, ceeo ce fcce co moderniloieo ei
two slightly uf even wings oround lhe curvinq ort cu
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ll^'olroo l^bLidroo ou e oo\cree ôbooeo roona ro-o 'ro or),.r^qa6 ,-o

ihe
emphosised by the ob que positioning of the rooms Iol e o. 'r- oJ'[ -po.i ,lg'L
/t o-
lao- J-d
overo
oesihetic expresslon, which, in foct, uses
, . b o od o*. oi 16 or.o-aooo-o- oor. o d"do) ow'ioo dro. r-..ipe o gor o oo'oooproo. r^..i 1a.)o a polô
or y o reduced ronge of e emenls: the Mo powerfu ro
reclongulor shope is tcmed by the curved corners

tl -l or o.d o.ro oo. On the who e, lhe volumetr c oesthetics of the buiding denies ony klnd of oggressiveness, he ping the obstrott modernily nlegrote smooth y inlo ihe londsccpe. Morce Jcrnco wos deeply invoved in lhe inlerlor design of the buldinq os we The meio furnilure, lhe chromolics of the wo s, the ino eum flooring, the slmplicity of deslqn deloi s for the crccommodotion floor come up crs o qef uine mofifeslo
cnd solorium ine, os we I os by the de icoie poropet
o e vll-^ or scle
oo .dô-l ^ o^.'too-^.oo
p^r o Morce oncu s o ocupol in delc iu st de proieclcrec inlerocrre or. Mobi reru meto]ic, cromclrccr pereti or, pordoselie cu ino eum, simpliiotecr deto iilor din elcr ie e de ccrzore sunl un monlfesl o rgienismului, in .a e.a OO'6.O^ r^dr pO ^ . ÔOOOA
ob o o o îlFgre.o .g'rgo.ie '
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22. lmobilul
SoIIy Gold
po- opo oêr 6do-o.^ cio Bucuresliu

Formo 'in plon
ui.
Esle un mic
lmobi de rcporl ioc-'=
22.
o inierseclie de strozi in ceniru nequsio'es.
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I ls o smo crnd luxurious tenemeni house wilh four ots of differeni sizes, ocoled in the commerciol
SoIIy GoId Building

.
Brievcrrdu Domnit-.] nr. 34 {Hrislo Botev nr. 381 Brcrrest Pro ecl culorizclle: morl e 1934. mo[, Ce oportomente, porler :1 3 -.ioie.
34 Domnitel Borlevord (38 Hrislo Soiev Slreet), Brchorest. Bu ding permit: Mcrch 1934. BLocl ol lLotsr grornd I oor cnd
3 rpper f ocr:.
o imobi u ui esle un pentogon neregu oi, cu trei oluri crliniole lc slrcdc, crportc menle e orgonizOndu's-^ in iuru scorii principo e, .in plosctd cenlro . Accesu imobl , inilicr pe uno dintre ioturlle dinspre strodo, esle p osoi pe loturo din dreopto. Aportomenie e sunt obil stdponlte, dcr, ccr si in o te cozuri, formo neconvenliono d o unor incoperi pore rnoi degrobo rezu lclul conslrdngerilor exierioore, decot o unor cdutdri spollo e in sine. Cel mcri inlerescnl esle oporiomeniul cu gol pe doud nive uri, de o eioiu 2. Esie singurul proieci'in ccre Morce Loncu inceorcd sd reollzeze o cornerd de zi cu
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 convexitolec 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
'pO O O \ a-'ttrO O, oao I ' 5nOO Ol r OOotri'Oli iloolo.oleo o od o ^ lo ^ o. ^ 6^ gor
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 inieresting 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 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
I
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.
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.
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r,- r-gs lo lhe generc ine foi owed by
r-s is ocoled in lhe o d commercic
,:: of tvr'o unrls, hoving their own mcrn - -L- blt on y one moin enlronce cnd . : j: sicircose shored by both unils. The - : 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.
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=, rcderlism.
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for modernizolion; tnsteod oco troditron of on indirectly lit distri
ol
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,.. cr,d ncrrrow focode overlooklng lhe . o d, o^ , rrorr , \ôLo-ood- o^g,ô,, .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 ooô ât :, I r cof linuity ond discrete inierp cy of
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23. lmobilul
Frida Cohen
tnterest
ol
this
^po o.opp,-o.
23. Frida
Building
Ste
Cohen
Slrrdr
Prol--cl
eo Siirtcru
e:
nr l/, Buclresl.
c!lorizci
mci I 935
ln,ooli Ce oporicnerte porler:l 7 eltle t li'ne e doud n ye url
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Spotcrl
Strr:ei
ic:' Brid rg permll: Moy 935

Buclro
p or etol .lreil rpperloor por
oc ol icts: grcurd Ioc cnd / ,p l.ors; the lost lwo "t i rl : r,e reeeqser]
24. lmobilul
Alexrrndrescv
Morce
pi
oncu o primlt
o^tro.1
,Mi
probc. tr::l: l:r--l-:o

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e
24. Alexandrescv
Strodo Tro
Building
or
rrr. I /9 Bucuresl. Prole.i oulorizolle:
moi I 935. mobi de opcitomerle, porler s 2 etcle, pesle demiso

cu oorole Trcicn Sireel Buchoresl. '1 Bui d ng perm t: Mcy 935. B ccl of flols' ground f cor onC
I
Aexondrescu, pe core i curoslec. Conslruil intr o zond veche cenlro d c orcsr ui, este un nilc imobll de ropo* cu coie un oporiamenl uxos pe n vel. Se inscrle pe n o mlcllor lmobile pro ecioie in cr .ingust-r dindouc lumclote o oni or '30, cu fcrlodo 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 ^
Morce .lonco wos proboby commissioned b. Mirceo F iode, whom he knew, to design lhis
for his sisler, Mrs. A exondrescu. Thls tenemenl house wlih one luxurous opor:--:ecch floor is bui t in on old cenlro orec of
Bu
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)i^9 rlo ^11 P^rooooP r polo llo^ô,'o ,or oot ^- d- Lo ^s-' I ,l plo.ola T 'o1 oo o exlremiloiec stongo o c odlrii s core constiluie
de orticu ore cu folodo oiero d.
ll beongs lo ihe smo I bock of f ois line lho' Jonco designed in the ole 3Os, defined by c 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
,
cho rest
oaor
e ementul
a,e
ro
2 uprer focrs, qcrcoes ir ihe

seml bosemenl.
ihe crticulcllon of the side foccde.
-^ o,dr^ o o o\-bo eoor-a,tr ^.oo'l"b Ldi E
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
io.-q.
pr ir r'o orth e r r erery' rol ow 9 h ofr' .'.1 lo li-rg rro-1ao\arorl'ôf Lo oo 30
Buchoresi modernism. The execuled focode is eveless inieresling thcn the one drown on lhe proleci
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25. lmobilul Poldi Chapiet
Construil in oce o$l corller cu ocuinlo Chcpier, ocesl imobll este evldeni o lnveslille imobi lorcr cu
25. Poldi
Chapier Building
scop ucrotiv. Co expres e plostico nu denoldr o cdutore

deosebitc, orhilectul urmorjndu-si ootecum proprio retelc sii isticcr, ;l inccrdrdndu se in Lino genero d
Strodo Dim tr e Oncir nr. l6A, Bucuresli. Proi-^cl oulotlzotle:

iu
o modernismului bucuresleon dln o douc iumoloie

cruloriznlie.
o oni or 30 Folodo execulold esle chior mol pulin interescnld decol ceo propus-r 'in proiectu de
l,- 1935
si
mob de oporlomerle, porter
potru etcie.
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B
A Dimilrie
Orcil
B
Slteel,
rcho resl
Buildlng permil: .lu y 1935. ock of floh; ground lloor ond 4 upper f oors.
lotodd spre strcd-r street focode
plor etol crrenl

upper f oor plon
cor. rct' oe podlr. s povoje. oste -rul d r- e foo'e rorele p oiecie o e r Mo,ce lorc.r
pe'o de
Co"s-. t oerlru soceoeo Bozoltir socieoa p
05-
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 îvel 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
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.
6s's clepo.esc sfe'o orIi ectLr'i s r'c reziderliole.
Built for the Bczo lin Compony, o very successtcompony speciolized ln bridge cnd rood cc-s--,: tion , thls one is counted omong Jonco's roi-c c..lecis, os it wenl b:eyond residentiol orchiiecli--e. Athough lhe building mosty contoins flots, is s g-:', conce lies in lhe mojor requiremenl lo enhonce---e prestige of the compcny Th" [., 16.n wos lo < ove two plors boroerire ;-e .licnu Circle, where the low rlse resideniiol oreo ,ee
26. fnobilrf
Eczqllfil
26. lfu Besdliir buildiry
ulotion wcs imposed. The mcximum
l4
m height oi
:i
lhe occepled buildings wos quiie frustroting for o co'noo1y se-^t irg lo ,lôw ils prestige. As o e.ul' ot ilê rerorordc tl o rhe Bo zcrlr'n Compony senl to the Speciol Board for the lmplenenfalion of Building and Alignmenf
eicie.
lionu Rood, plol I 3 l4 (2 Aviotori or Squore),

Brchorest.
Bui ding permit: July I 935. Compony heodquorters ond
oppos o'r crd ol o*ed te
Regulotion tl-e mrricioo i.y firoly goue
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: sLrni foo -e srrors o" cllo e ir corrpoz lio plor - - ':i. do r L- n r.ne egolur' f.rr-c oro e
ele. Fiecore zond ore propriu occes,
gorsol ere pe 1ivel. Cele
-e
rled building, while the ost three floors hod to be recessed. The kind of logicol urbon ond orchitecturo 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, comp 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
b oc[ of flols, ground floor cnd Z upper floors.
-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 ine, plone si curbe, core --:-:3 compozifio. Rezupld o obilO lronzifie de o o :,r-r ronurnento o o imobilului lo scoro domestico
.
: ::-
:: ::-cdo principolo ,: -rJl predominont esie cel o imobi u ui de roporl, : '--' c rode o' ir ree:s e veriicole de r-o lir'
conpo. ion blt
-lê r r.
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 lô.lse w[icl^ is powerl.r ly rro deo n vo,rico reqiqle . 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-
-:l-. ei. se bozeozo 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.
'l-eo vizuold o compozifiei volumetrice, co too'e

-
t:
af
rJlrJ
si
poct, f ot ond curved surfoces, ihoi end up the who e composition Thus o skil ful lronsition from ihe monunerlo 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
27. Eugen Carniol

Building
Construilin corlierul rezrdenlio de nord, esie un mrc imobll de raport, cu certe un oporicrmenl spoiios o fiecore etoj, porleru cuprinzdnd introre, garoi 9i
Vo -r' robi r,ooo^,o.r po'o.appô
onexe de serviciu.
^,'roo
p'^ odopF'oooP r .l..iio
d^ro lrooo .ro-oi o,^ruo irpr.p,--
core rocordeozd cele douo foiode. Suorofele e o'od^ ot r.l r 006 o ^ pe Odo -e - ^rJ o ei
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
Avlotor Slelof Prolcpopescu, pcrce lO (10 Ddntceni Slreet),
Buchcresl.
cr Lrnifrcd
Buid ng permit: .luiy 1935 B cck of I ots, ground f ocr cncl
3 rpper f oors.
L
i o.roi^rer^rl o. tr171or^ po.o eo rlloo. l ^g - roroo, 10, a ll^qo
service onnexes.
Built in the norihern residenlio district of the c '.
1---f
],l
rra
depth ond lhe slreei foccde is comporotve, ^-, emphosised Both fccodes shore Mcrce .lc-. specif c orchilecturol elemenl o verlicc re: , -
Lo r - loo- 'l- o oo o eloo ood ,vlo = pai oLelo.a, o,o tr^ , lc.'gro '^ ll ^ t,to lo od^s. l ^ .' or a o. ro _
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-,
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a)
ce
tn
s
co
rnc Trme, o
ooli
,o
r,eg sc?. o
iP
^ idr1 ole ''
-: l aarJ lrolore p osli ; , h-e -"ro e ro' - : ..r'e se regdsesie in

-:,: --:e dinspre strcdc - ' -r -r-:c (prin e emenlu in :- ,;:, :trcpeiii bo coone or,
,'
r ô P^ oodo.
.:: )o^lô,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 of old commerciol thoroughfores if Buchorest, this burding lowers its neighbourhoods ond it is one of Jcrnco's orgesl proiects of thls klnd ll is o ]uxurious lenemenl house, whose oeslhetics is compotible with o ine of comp ex orchilecturc pur suils chorcclerizing c his designs in thot period. The ccrved composilion of the moin sireel focode
emphosises ils verlicolness (through the prolecling bor thcrt generoles the poropets of lhe bc conles, oriicu oled wlth the b ind mosonry ponel) ond directs c I lhe elemenls iowcrds lhe junction with the side focode Thus ihe curvrng flow of the horizonto bcnds, thct run un nlerrupiedly cr ong the side foccde, sprngs from be ow the slighi over opp ng of plcrnes of lhe former. This rcther direcied over oppin,q of uneven p ones wos o common device in his projecls of thot lime. The entronce is morked by or irconsp cLro.;s vertico regisler with smol bo conies crc o bcse'e iei by
_-_
28. lmohil propfielrrt necunoscul

2A. A bvilding oI dn unidenlifiied ownef
Strodo
P
clor Sl.
Luch
cn nr. 3,
Brcu resli Prolecl oulor zolle : inexislenl in
orhive probcbt 1935.

mobil de oporlomefle. porler
si
5 elcie, u limui rive
relros
3 Plctor Sl. Ichion Slreet,

Brcho r est
Bul d ng permil nol fornd in the orchives, proboby I 935 B ock oi iJots: grornd floor ond
5 rpper loors;
I oor
recesseC lop
Milito Pdircscu.
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Hermina Hassner
30. Vila
Este unul dlnlre ultlme e prorecle dln RomOnlo,
This ls one of
llessner ViIIa
::: :
B
30. Hermina
:j - :::ri':--a rBr9
..i
-^po
reolizot dupo o perjooda in ccre Morcel loncu o \ \^ .p^ i6l 1 63 lo go clpo o r lerCl^d
o'o oorror o'r a'oloo,/ o oe
ri!
cl
es'l
eai arlcr zoile: ncrlte 1937

io d
Locrlrir rniioni
porier si elol
repetilive. Proqromul si bugetul vlLei bcncheru ul Hossner ii vor permile din nou sd experlmenleze. Vi cr ocupcr o suprofoto de 2o0 mp o sol pe douo porce e din zono rezidentiolcr de nord, locui eo desfdsu cndu-se in principc lc nlvelu porlerr ui Eloiu esle compus dintro serie de comere, probobll pen lru ocrspeti, grupcle in iuruL holu u cu go o scdrii, o imensdr iercrsd so oriu si onexe de servictu. ( oo roo o do7.o o p'î6" r o^r po o- zo lo o
the ost pro jecls thct.lonco designed in Romcnic. Jl wos olso cchieved ofter o period when he hod designed lenemenl houses by grcducly exhcrusl ng his composilrono formulo. l-Jowever, this time, the house progromme ond ihe budget (!ossner wos o bonker) c lowed for new exper
menis.
The villo covers 260 sq m. strelching over lwo pLots in lhe northern residentrcrl district of Buchcrresl. The
dwell ng lseif moinly occupres the ground floor, whi e on the flrst floor there is o series of rooms, po.iol7gras oor gor pôoo, d Iod 'o'
lionu Pcrl., pol l8l9 (32 Plctor :covescr Slreet].

B
r cho tesl.
lo 'o ooo p, po'o ' cj o o ri 'o ^ d''''o 1o mcse de zldorie o bo cu fereslre in bondo, inso liul zid perforot core inchide spre slrodo so criu g zono
o, o'^'aF\ooo[
ho cr'ro.eo.rde
dirg permt: Mc,ch 193/. One-iomiy holse, grornd Ioc'

Bu
'og"ra 'o'o o i tto
ond ropet f oor
Ausieriloteo ortogono d c exieriorului foce 9i moi neoslepiok.r exubercnlo p ostico o interioru ul, oldi ccl pocle fi reconsllluil d n fotogrofir e de epoco 5 d n ceeo ce s o mci poslrr;t. P oslico interioord ulillzeaza L:n reperloriu vorlot de forme curbe, ce se regdsesc otot in stolpii rotunzi, ccso scdrli sl go u ho ului, cof mc c es.in mobi ieru lix din ho sl in
^denlve
TAr or o.o r-"toro oood-ô p. o .. p r-o 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.
r o Fo
or e subti e ole p ofoone or.
.p o^, .o ^9o olo iod^
solorium ond onnexes ore ploced on the lop f oor. The buildlng is o mosl exc usively o horlzonlol com posrtion. whose moin focode sionds for on orlicu o tlon of the wide ond white mcsonry surfoces wilh rlbbon windows, the stronge punched wcl thct enc oses lhe solorium os to the street spcce, cnd ihe frogmented oreo of the moin eirlronce. The reclongu or austerily of ihe outslde mo[es ihe cesthetic exuberonce of ihe interor ook stunning, os much os we con see ln lhe period photogrophs cnd the p eces thot sti stond The interior express on is cchieved through o orger reperlo re of curved shopes thot do not on y oppeclr ln the round shcfts, in ihe stolrccse. ond in the void spoce of the ho 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.
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---:e'oile restricliile lmpuse de .;---r- r Ce plon, nici desenu fofodei tl ta l - - : 3-o eciof de Mort el lon.u. r,.llri ".,;..: ", :- --::: :e ce]e o e vi ei necunoscuie - - :;loo ce ole oso nr-mir..r u sl
l': s .gulor Si neogteptot in onsom'r-:: oncu. Este proieclot pe o -. ovronceoi zond pentru core -l :cnsiruirii 'in stil romdnesc.
3!. Vflc loee flcrirescr

31. Rose ltf,g,riwrr.l
'fes[u
:= :' de pe o eeo loncu ori de .-:::-- de trodilioncliste peniru o ::- :' siilisilce, cu otdt mci mu t cu
'
: .-' -- oeiirite i. p rr e g FL oe .-: ::- vreo intenlie compozilionoid = :: :'eocupdrile orhltecturoLe o e r)i .um se degojo e e din restu] :.'iz ::--- l-l
ce ocecstd porceld esle o :noi mu le fcrmi il, conslruitd de peste o slructurd ridicoto
)e curcrceo
Pork,
Al ey B {Sg. MiLitoru Gheorghe Streel), Buchcresi.
Building permii: Morch
,193/.
foJodd spre strodd slreet foccde
'.':'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,
;: :
singuLor desrgn, somehow unex-
plon etoi/upper
loor
plon
:- :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 ' ::- '. World Wor
I
il9
32. lmobilul David

llaimovici
Sigmund Vdldrescu
;i
Po"o peopo'.elode -" , ..., jr ,ecro r ,rgl iobt' /aaa.c,-j : :-.'. [ezo voTe foorle imogincivd s -e::-.:-- :-. a cidi o,^leriort|,' o- ri o e rero:
:
.ocoled or
leqr-lorly .l opô
po er r i' e
32. David llaimovici and 9igmvnd Vdldrescv Building

ooo o'oZoÔpr e Ol po,-
,'odoO'^ .2B
,es
lmobil de oportomenle,
3-6-
Cuprinde cdle un cporlcmeni pe iieccre nive, o etc je e 1 sl 2 existcnd si cdie o gcrsonieri. Aporiomenie e sunl moi cdutote si moi putin ston dord decoi in cozu oltor imobi e de roporl; formo unor incdperi poote chior so depdgeoscd neconvenlionolul pdno o coprlciu. Apcrrtomenlu de o u irmul nive ore o more lerosd cu pergod si soLcriu. Aspeclu cel moi speclocu os ol oceslei clddiri este ploslicitolec so comp lcoto, prin core se inrudeste cu
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 building 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
Oteri ^- B, Lo^l ag: o Br |1gp^

B
imobiu God{1934)
Teorelic, clodireo ofero douo fcrlode - foorte diferlt trotcrte compozitiono egote prin curbo lind core preio coliu ; in reo itole, se pocle citi cc o miscoTe de invo u re o cose prinlr-o modelore permonentd o
oc[ ol
f ots; ground I
oor ond
o
) pp-rr
-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'rêgovr- 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 odoncrmi, 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

eic., totul intr o irotore generold de nuonfc
o)
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
expresion rstd.
Aoo
o-o1 de o elo rI noi po\ ag,/o t^\o o ooted^v. o' lo b,'oo.giô^
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 ,oîJ - eo-Te1' hol rf o o-lorize -1e oe
building.
The first floor
sti preseryes some of ihe orlglno cubist sioined g oss windows.
or!
cioie
si
flrsl ond
:ecord f cor
p ons
mm mm
=n m
EEn
2l
Vosile Moga
33. lmobilvl
33. Vlrsile Moga Bvilding

Slrodo Armeneoscd
nr I 6, Bucl resli
te 1937.
sl
Proiect oulorizolle:
i
5 elcje,
u
mob de oporlomenle, porler
tlme e doud nivelur relrose.
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

f oors
lost lwo 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 siguranlo, 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;
ux din nordu -: :.:r.slrr td de Morce cncu
=: Centlc de
Loccled n lhe uxurious northe'n residenl o district of the city, thls is ihe osi vi lo lhcl Mcrce .lonco bullt ln
B
34. ViIa
EmiI Pdtragcv
:-:--' oerlru socrli e - r . dlierenie de iumoicfi de - - r :oecic e ol,^ ole lerulul ou : - : :polio d inlerioord mci comP i' .in : ::- i de cec intOlnilo
.
' - :-' .u ctel er de scu piurd pen ' - r-' sclr, buno p'reteno o olh
uch o resl.
The build ng comprises cr f ol lnc udlng o sculpture studio for ll-re sculptress Mi llo Potroscu, the orchl tecl's friend, cnd cr flcrt for her rn lows. Their occtllon on ho f-ciislonce ln belween f oors ond some furlher
ViIIa
34. EmiI Pdtrascu
. : r-reiricd esle exlTem de simp o. ,,: :-lii disilncle, ceo micd - oie : -: :;pontd filnd pcrliol inccs -r'e
r.oeorhilectului.
Thus, the volumelric compo: lion s e lteme y simp e, lhol ls, on orlcu ollon of Mo distlnct boxes, the smc lpenetroting the the sludlo wiih cr gol er
,do ^-, ^rP.r rp aco, .^ 'o't -d oo o^ ' 3 p6rior o' O 9' ,o O, ^ ^ ro- t'e ' ^1 o' ar po^
I
one
ery
aole cuprinde cele dorcr
denl ce. e.--scni iL constituie ote eru pe ,-'.li mcdelcrre spoilolc este foo'le : Prezento suponlei mos ve, set : oerele u oceste o, o dispozilivu u -:-e de occes o nivelu ole reru ui sl o -:revc dinire e emenle e cote conspecl. Suponlo ole eru ul este de ::.1 ploriiei, in cr cdrui perele ondu ot r proieclcl o deschidere penlru co rermonenl conlocl cu spottu sou de
raae
orger vo ume of the two idenlicc f ois. The most nle'esling spoce of o rs lhe doub e-he ght sludio who:e spol c mo d ng s exlreme y scu pturc n itse f. The preser.e of lhe mcrssive gc Lery. lhe e e
.l
il9
B
cnu Pcrl., St eei V, plce P ctor Ncgr c Sireell,

rch c resr. permir:
Cr
qo-^
oo.L c -p"n, c,c."it to ihe studio, ond the go lery rtse f renaao. o il ^ or ooo.-oh arer oDOr dlo qo ery ir the :culpt ess bedroom, in whose wol Mortel .lonco designed on opening thot would he p Aor 'c
t
ri qoi
a'ao
Briciirg
ly
,Q37
The dwel ing cons sls of semi
Soserferl, grclno I ocr, cnd roper f cot 'liih o srudlo.
the ortist be spoce
Ln
permonenl conloci with her creollon
je
strodo o clelierului esle un urios fereoslrd, ccre. in proieclu iniliol,
t- traa- clqoo'O melo window, which ln lhe initlol projecl erpcnded to th-^ side foccde ond wcs crtlculoied nore o'gcni co ly with lhe rest of rhe lccode'hcr li i d l" i'e frnol buid ng
'',^n613;1^
roo
o^roo i ô' .oô
o'go
cdel decot in conslrucllc recrlizotcr.
23
35. FtrrrefoFes fl,fnifti,fi
._d -<t
frinitalii
35. Housing
_ - f iti )i'=-o -er:rie;rd Vonesr

Rclcreorr
lvlorar
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 - : -:.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
de
'-r- 3.-pe f eccre
nivel. Desl reloliv
--- ,:-: :in ioosireo unui imboj modernrsl - ;' -- Bucuresl , ccrre, desr nu denolc pre : r: :: ceosebite, conferd onsomb ului uni:
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, involving 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 orchltecturcrL 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 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 opplied in Buchoresl, which does not crctucrl y prove speciol oeslhetic pursuii, yei ii gives siylistic uniiy io
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MAP.CEL IANCU
" L'MBNULUT PLASIIQ DE AVAN.

G,AE.DA
MEfAMOP.FOZELE
Excepironcr o energre creoioore monifesioid de Morcel oncu pe porcursu 'indelungotel sole coriere orlistice c singulcr zoi o persono loie oporle, in spirilu ilusirl or ino nlos ol Renosier sr core, in pofido debutu ui zgomotos, vio ent, conleslolor, in mediu
MaricLna Vida MAR.CEL TANGO'S
ER.AP'IIC AR' A'tfD f,IE MEIAMOR..
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 in srce, obordond diverse genuri o e orlei, inir-o constontd confruntore cu deslinu ingrol o pionierolului. Scrcrnc de c seporc orlele grofrce din opero so olOl de voriotd 9i de o e poriicu orizo cel pufin in contexlu groficii romdnest de ovongcrdo este difici
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':-ô .rre\ôro 9lo-o orî pior o^r 9 i Po'
:
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.-
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PIIOSES OF fHE
AVANf.@ARDE LANGUAGE IN FINE ARIS
d, dor pooie re evo unele ospecte inedlie o e demersu ui sdu creclor, cu convingereo cd oceosld
seporore occidenio
^g
d nu obtureozd percepereo oflcii,cc porte nlegrclo orgonic in onscmb uL viu cr
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 Tevl
unexplored fcces of his creollve effort. We crs:- -this hophozord demorcotion wl I nol decre:.underslonding of his grcphic crt, orgoniccly '-= - :
.
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

crscr
l94ll
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 interviu din pu ui', declcrc crlistu g novoioore, losif ser expri Persono ilote complexo 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.
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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 orlisiice de o Poris, odmirolor o ui C6zonne si portizcn oL Noblsti or:, Lser vo og utino in opero sc, clc
or
'. A,,b^ \,lo ol, Cy
,ohorre.
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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:-
iuri de ecourlle secesionismului, expresronismu ui

stompe or ioponeze descoperite de impresionisii
gi
r
T
sinlelismulur, cu vlzrunec sc bldimenslono -decorolivo si culorile intense, ogiernule plol, ce recuperou voqo
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-' '- the synthetisme, with its bidimensiono decc-: 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:. : :
disopline lhe imcrgincrtive effort crnd, espe:'
Coricoiurist olerl in troditio ui Bruno Pcul sou Th Theodor Heine de la Stnplicissimus, el cccenluc coniinutu sorcoslic o egende pr n compozifii concise 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'
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
'ehr
-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 MurTeodorescu-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-
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 '
:
iqel^hod5 r::
drowing''.
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.
:-cisc Sirolo, lon
Ihe l9a7
=.ergiilor lotenle, pelreculd :e
Coboreiu
:: 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 : subiectu . -,: 'noiesluos in pogino subiectu. Couiorecr ,dini -':---o impozonle ole personoie or ce cucespotiul 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
priveste desene e reo izcle de loncu in
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

s
cd
the some studio) testify for the pupil
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
.- :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
prpl o zo h^ de orpo il o ot -he sL b1^. r. Iocoreo,l[o^ g '^7-l riol Iployeo.r\aro gesrrg hodow o d igh-eftecr. lLi. ' o ô ly ,or -
ihe penci cnd slump to which his own woy of hotchlng, by expressrve grouping, is crdded. The lotter
os
f I
ser.
L.
Scriilorul .
os
L.
Coroglc e,
l9l
--
- : =',:-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
'.\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
)
oncu o foce
anl of lomed cubism, cr choroclerislic of ser's monner of ono ysing ln C6zonne s sprr i, ond olso in KLrchner's 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 consiruction is siruclured on cllerncting lines oround crn oxis meont lo bo once lhe composilion, Seoted Mc:n
ser, The Wrller
Coroqiole, I 9l 2
175
pe forme geornelrice, cc.eniJeozd mpresio

loietore.
de
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 tronscrlsd'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
lul
l9l2
oncu coloboro cu desene o revislo Stmbapu6 icoiie ce cnticipo v ioorec sc orieniore non
(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 'r^ lê loceti g r p ^ io rd^r 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,', -: L^ l'r oo er'-e t'o t ) . erA y I cn ir'te . de o
.
ser publico
insofeou 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. Surprindereo lrosoturl or coroclerislr ce personoiului, lucidiloleo 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
de memorobile portrele ce un lext de Peire Locusleoru, 50 de figu,,

serie
oce) ro 'ibed ir , oody inoq^ *i' d " -cr rp r o o n;r\ -' ; rn" n,, ;ne ono o lrooile ole or I A 6'en o re
^
.n er
oro*irq
-L
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
::
:-
gropl ooen.w i'' ,tosr '"- lllt t -oop^ro io ,vi lr ' Jo'.o o.rirg ^ p^ ' ,.r, o'o [^l Ade o h cop'uri g |. e.,. noi eol .o r.e ru oil e rto psyctolog
morked the possoge from coricoture
to ileror\ . :'
reljefu in glps. Se poi

conexluni inlre
stoblli une
poslbile
e si diosporo din tlmpul rdrzboiu ui, cu precodere de o Berlin, Munchen 9i ZLirich. Astfel, -to r e i,-oL .e pL 'r oo o o r- o zob e grcvurd uno conservoioore, llustrotd de oriigti pre o olto novoioore, bozcld pe experimeni, cum
cczul
ul Arthur
cum Solomon SonieJevici, sou Srgmund Mour
'-
sl
ero
colcboro o expozilic internofionolo a Contrmporanului din 1924. E experimento cu succes oldl
Sego. Cu oceslc din urmc loncu vc
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:,-
rr I
F h
h
tehnico grovurii pe lemn cdt g ceo moi recenld, c inoeumulur. Din lgll doieozcr Flori de lotus"t\n core Segc cdulo siilizori formc e, sugerole nu numci de subiectu cu porfum exolic dcrr 9i de iehnico ospro o ernnu ui, rofinot indulclto de o douo p crc-r de ientd Jn I 9l 2, devine oproope obstrcrcl in Der
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
-: -' : lhe Conlimporcnul mcgozine in 1924 He sr,-tested out lhe woodcut ond the Linocul ln -'Flowers', dcrting from 191 1, Sego soughi t'' gge'ed a-a'/ oy l-ôo,, "ly oio to ojo, b.- ol.o oy lL e ro ql . lr 9 ^
experimenl, os ll wos lhe cose of Arthur Sego . oboroled with the lcriter for the inlernotiono ex'
. .
de osemenl o prezenfd octrvd, vc coloboro $i cu

loncu o decororec Ccrboretului
Vo lcrire
vc pub
lreotment, subily smoolhed by o secondc,i -: . ,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 - . 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'^ oô o [ê , lool ol po r rg ^-' Moxy ond Lo o Schmierer'Roth studied. A fo :. =
iccr
emigroted
lo
Swlizerlond, ofter he hcd ex-
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 /
otl l^
loepo ^pe.,io -'r''r rspoilill ,ro dp ,rcrs I e .roo-o ot l^ p'o . ,rrr'C
I
,
:.:v.lri pe
= -;d
emn, simili-obslrocio,, exe 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 rLr^ ^^ : - - ::spre expozilro de l^ Der S/urm si lo n-- cl -,: :u !erworth Woiden, cmlniecr si - -- Siern ccrre il frecventcr pe Segol. . . : =-r flsese elevu lu Gysis, co si lier
by breok ng ihe imcae reconslructs it cinemciicc

the frome. n 1917 Sego , rvho c sc orelicol iexlsr , wos \,icrl
:
.
'
:, .l ri,r.r -q, o o ) p.: comb ike decorcl ve su'fcrc. 1917"', ihe poinler M .- r\,,i:r, '=
wos Gysis cnd Fronk von Stuck s p.9
,-
-rilve, ce tronsformo sceno inir-o

ga e 5 !a16 ol i pd^
S-,.lck.
Scenogrof cu exceptioncle
. - , : 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
himse f
hcd been once. A sloge desgner,,,nrlh ex:eo-::i
..
.u-
,, sd fi cunoscul creoticr - ,l..r- e' pe core oceslo e publico lcr

-,,:,rr,"nls.
Vo. , p,ao! po
e d^ leclro d o
, : :-:s.lcunem cd el or fi putui
,:
- -: : de I uslrclil ominiind ornomenlul --'c pe core in mod cerl grctvuro - --:"rcird o cre csupro ul lcncu ne :
crsimi
luslige Blotter, etc., dcr moi
imogrnotrve resources thot chonged lhe scere nlo o sigeneris p oslic conslruclion, Slern worked logeiher ih ',v 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 Mcxy's he p - preoccupied with stoge design cs wel - .lonco mighl hove known Slern's theotrico creolion crnd the coricoturesz' lhe otler pub ished in Jugend,
Mctce oncr, Grovrrc pe remn I 9l / Moice lonco, \A/oodcul, l9l
si
:.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' -:: onvergurd europeond co g cncu. 13
,, 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
operei unui orlisl origincrl cc Loscdr .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 - :--: s Von Gogh, o exocerbore de tip
-:
",1
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 oclive ortisl in Munich, deod premcturely. His ccrricolures, pub,lished in the Der Kontet mcaozine (19111 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
cnd ornomeni:r.
5rp ', o,d^p. oi. --qeBoe ..ce o I oior.^ o'ro Ôe o o.orop/
a-(.
i
ccute ucrdily, compcrcble to Georg Grosz s cnd Otto Dix s. Moreover, he exh bited wlih Er ch Fleckel ot Go iz Gollery ln Munich in I 9l 6:: n l9l7 the pub ishing house of the Hungorion ovont
gcrrde mogcrzine A,4A printed
expressionisi lype, cs we I os crn ottitude of
Ernsl
Slern, lslrolie dir mopo
Sumurun,
ll9l9
19201
Ernsl Slern, I l:lrolion frcm the
lhe
porlloiio Sumrrun,
inocLLls
olbum by
,
ll9l9
l?201
- : ':
.e B. Fondone,
redoclor
revislel
: - -r. ,.iro/ und Aktivitat im Kunstwerk,

,-"sur e Scolii
s outor ol unui iroiol in core teoret zo ::niroloi ol forme or conslruciive (Kunsti

(
:.rrotor pretuil lo Conttnporanul. ' - 9l 6, M oncu se of o o Zurlch,
93 I )
unde
. oo ol lo : 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
Po itehnice (orhrtecturc)". 06 rozoo o ^r'g orl
lJons Mottis Teulsch, o Brcrsov born orll:l of Eutopeon |^ Mo, ol Jo- o Arte 'i o e p or're .e Munich cnd Pcris, he lurned lo o p oslic expression lhcrl groduo ly beccme crbslrcrcl. Stcrting from cn expressronisl mcnner, sii pervoded by .lugendstll remembrcnces he moveC lowords o nonfigurolive, muslcc phrosing whLch concenlroies, by crbslroctton, the sinuous rhythms of forms". ln Poris Mcllls Teutsch worked with Ben jomine Fondcrne, nol on y crs on ed ior of lnlegrol, bul o so cs lhe oulhor of o lrecrtise, where he 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
diol urmdloore sosrrii a 7lr
or
ilerore
s cr-:i.e:'.
crt
D n oerioodo ime lnorto este lnco oe
Go ery"'. Von Rees presenled obslroct
provenientd romdneoscal) crecem cd doteozdr lucro rea Pictor desenind (cot 68), in core, pdstrcrnd focturo folelotd si imposlcrec monumento d o personoiului 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 preocupdri 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,
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
crr
somewhot simi or io Jonco s oter obslrocl re ::, gcrrde experimenls concentroled oround,l= cnd ortistic coborels, loo"'. From lhe peroc ihls 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
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'-:
the ort of lhe Negroes wos itle ol the
:-=
Cosirn, lor e Voronco, Mcrxy, Mililo Pt--:, .lonco begon lhe Conilmporanul crusade ' . order lo inlroduce some furlher dislincilons , 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 -'- -
h.o-i,,\gr
1-^
\draT oedl
formo si culocre, cpropierec orlislu ui de pub c ; renuntoreo o "lrufio" cu livcrld de lo Renogtere incoocet". De osemeni, semniflcolivo penlru evo ufro so viiloore esie prefiguroreo unei tendinte egote de nouo obleciivllole, olcriuri de cubo futurism , expre
sionism si cbsirociie
leben unde o pcrticipct 1c expozi lii e de a litc6, 1919, Berno, Bcrse, l92A'''' --,
io Dos Neue
purd:
1n
.odru monlleslc ior
de
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
o orlor / i
lo o B^r
Boel
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
I
omintito, se constiluie 9i grupu Rodlkc e KLjnsller o monifeslu cdruio oncu se vo referi, omintind postu o-
"ro, G-ror
oDtrp bcide oWe.ô'. 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.
perioodo cond idei e socio lste lrlumfou peniru scurl
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 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 '--
.
:
in diverse
Producljo so grollco mpresiononid esle rospdndiio 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,
tiveness of the col ecllve work The Rodlc: EggeLing, Richter, o.s.o.)tt osserted this ihe : when socio lsl ideos were hoving lheir scess 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- co
'
de o un expres on sm ocul, o un constructiv

perol
lorzii.
sm /em
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 ccrLcoturd si portrelul grofic-ileror spre compozilio
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'
.
i\' o o' irP^ i^ r^b^ otqoPl
' :
. -
'r ' o rod o oi,ot a (9'rp66.. oog^
deo,
'lO:.
. Dct
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:
a.o'e I Ol2 p ot(o1d
e lJ
lO
c,/ r or,hooo rc -:
-.
. , -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
,
,i monechinelor
ui Schlemmer si
decu
r :
: 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 ro'treiele lui ion Borbu, ion Vineo. Clorcr
r
l'4inulescu
(cat )44,
:d eJurd lronsonlir, simp/lficOnd I.o ,,
j4Z l68, l69)

lo
moxi_
r
' : '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
..-;1 sdu se remorcd in grofico, mci oles . - e obsirocie, coroclerizlie de iensrunecr
' ô 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
_
32, 133) de concepfie
expreslonistar:.
ines, recollrng Kirchner s ond Mcr pechrreriys work 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, "ngrouudM. bJi, par J.o19o.1t L1n poeme par tr tzaro, lglT - cot I 31,
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
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 cnd linocuis in eoch issue of Continpoionul and punct, beMeen 1923 1926 n this respect *. *oulJ i[L to mention lhe portro ls of ion Boibu, ion Vineo, C orcr
i
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,"
l,y'orce cncu
Vin
etc, 1922
Morce.lolco Vlqnette. 1922
Now
- = _^:"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
eo^.tor
32 1J) (o :r' .rr, .,d-opoeoreoo oo..or, ;-'l p6pt6rr hOO ^Z^rJO\Otef OnpOI;O .,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
-a P' - ,, tr \o I ,^_r r.[ / | gF] eto' d^ r,,2 ,,ô "o.d :'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 exemj: 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
i
counler molion:"r. n Mcrftis Teufsch s composiiion of lhe scrme period, the definite construclion orqon zed lhe
11
I
evil, lhe mo e ond femole princip e, or yin #d yor,,g' lhey cre slructu-red on the reciprocity of mofion oni
O'o,eog hop"o-O -a ore.o.t ^- gr^j O, O o6q a U .tr,..i.^l ,r ô.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
ihe
ock., Points, orrows,
crn
triongles, circu
crrchilecture/!. Un ike these worl

.l
tiona[ :tyle viewpoini however, he wou d delimit o]most pyromrdol scoffodings, comporoble in their spirit to Ari D6co loscincrlion for Egypitcrn ond Mesopoiomicrn
6rogiplo c poi i.^ ,o' ,-o hY.nooo,. hed 1," o \o d, .i.. o"d r gd, e,o ro..^ . c ôs, ior.rco s imoces 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
the lotter retoin o cerfoin ongulority speci[ic to ihe hobir
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
Din 1926 doteozo Coui c:ncozilii in ccre

coutd sb formu eze
.intr
oncu
tiv-r
exper menle e nonfigu:oi ve si cromotico cu ecouri psihologice si emoliono e, randuild in cu otl ,,concove' cu putere relorlcar (cilron, verde Verone-
o vor onia Cecorot v-conslruc
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 '
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:'.
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
,o 'o
^rL
o-a 1 o decoro .e or -
.-i
/e -
de
crrte
or op icoie cu cele rbere, dupo derle
ui
Bcnco de CreCit, 1925 Victor Brouner. Fire ct Credit
Bonl, I 925
Boumcnn, oncu fiind de o tfe sl un repulcri scenogrof de coslume". 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 prevolento in compunereo operei p ostice, e ofirmo. "Linic occenlueozdr ozi grcfico unui ioblou, formeozo
sl creotor
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
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 moinloined lhe close re clionship with the wcc L shorp line ooded with nk, efficient y renderinc '-
1i'
orobescu
vozulo si dincmizeozd, reduce

cu
determino compozilic, silueozd formc. Deseorl cngcjeczo cu ooreo inir-o cvenlurd nepre
: - quick', ,
-
ol compozitii"". Preop inu emofionol ol vo evouc de o desenu crngulos (cminiim Auloportretul limpuriu pub icot in 1923 1n Continporc:nuf'', tn credo vizioncr) lo unul iber, nerobslrccl
mdinii
vos, ln core din cdievo sumore rnodulori de duct, inio precizectzd generos formo (Porlre ful sculplorului
lhs
ori
seniimento tsmu si moi oles ccceniueczd corccleru specific
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,
ft
h
IF
Cscctr Han, Porlretul lui lacques Coslin, cal. 92, I lO). ln onii 1930 l94O desene e sc e mdriurisesc o muzico itcrle foliso o in ei, cu ritmuri sincopole sou ente, nuontote de rcfinole pulsofii de co d-rece. Pos ie u cu preiiozitoti e ui vdrocse i olroge, porhele e 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
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, The Portroil o{ locques Caslin , cal 92 ,l930s ihe ond I 940s his drowings show cr. -: . mus cc ity of the line, with syncopoted or s ovr '- -"
form. I often engoges the colour in on une,: - - =
ptr,-
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.-- -
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)
the 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, - ,
ref ects
exp osion. For insionce,
Woman Polrctil
I,c:'
Henr Donie, Ccfeneo o
Bocc,1932
Henrl Doniel, Cole ln Bo c c
1932
-r ,
o de r: po..e o . Lor'o oe .o '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)) êo e . ge eozo roi , -:':l Cireclo cr pcnzei .in picturo, 'ol o oer ' pa/ 91 ^-"l rile
z
.
JCrdrilor de tinerele, cdnd ulilizo hdriie nbru sec (produso in Romdnio sou in --:- : djn perioodo inlerbelico sunl
-
recl-
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. r'r6lô,oli, -,':r
Mc v se 'er'o'.o p',r 'o
rr
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
drowings of this period
--
drrect osscu I of ihe concrvos in porntino cnC sl-cui.-c constonl concern for the crouched ir,visted posii on: or lhose - .o 'r o rn-h le or-l) oA ope4 ^ cnd surloces^ they like scu ptor s drowings lndeed
ool
t- -'rp o-oa c
,rrofete or in obordoreo unor ae loncu, core ore o viziune
oloJ'
:cnld, corespunzdlocrre siudi5i el c unor remorccbile -r-;-::rsr, fudor Arghezi, Mox
:-.Jre cenirifug, ritmrc, imogrr - pe reverberolii e multlp

i
Mo
::
:
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
si
-':'ul
csemeni prieten si colobo pro eciului ccsei sotilor
of the decorotive e ernenl, the breolinq ol surloces ond forms, cs wel os ln ihe woy l" tJ.i r;;; ;. ", turesque subiects, unlike lonco, whose visron is more
b Vt-lMo, IinCo^-poo' ond,. o o , t,oin'n9 o. o poir te ; ob.'o,. 'n lhe ^r pr o
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
j
condensed ond powerful, showinq hls cr.hlteciurcl lrcrining. Moxy, who o so drew some remorlob, e porircrils (Conslonttn Brancusr, Tudor Arqhezi, Mc:, Jacob, elc.") composed the imoge rhythml-olly, on o cenirfu-
gttrrF b-o-or,ot- oln^.o-lo o. llenrl Donie'n wcs .lonco's friend ond col crborolor for whom he designed o house crl 9 Ceres Slreei Donlel ccme to cubism rother intuitively, choosinq ihe unciu
ousness of ihe cont6 ond the de icoie ve vei shoding of lhe stump. The oriist wos very conversont with the hLtory 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 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 emoO,Cr ry 1n Ô, O O O- eo5t 'naoo Olr. lonco exhibited severol times iogether with ihe sculp tress Mrito Pdiroscu, our most lo enled col oboro-
go
bosis, conceniroiing the
detci
crround the mu tip y
Mox Hermon Mory, Conslruclie

lnlegro d, 1925
Mox Hermcn Mory. ntegio

Conslruciion 192.5
-r r c-riuio impreund cu loncu ^r core loncu reprezento -: :rrno 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
,;O
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 t', she Mi1ilo the p osiic forms. n ihls "oriislic fel owship 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
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 conslructivist pono in on i lreizeci, ccnd se vcr orienlo vdrdii spre suproreo ism. Unele dinlre lucrcrri e sole de
'' 'eq g'^ r'P'c
loncu.insusi ero cltros de -errico vi-.c iu ui, de conru-
.icl bo,L .oou.d pcrpe .. 1. h^ o. or d o r-t re . .r'ed o o.o,e ed o oor
col combincrtion (lemperc,
o-i' orr'L'.od t.tri'aptrro rg .l e wo ld o.5o io ^ ôbo oro ,o,

chincr-ink,
chorcc:
oof co tloi
p^r11
rnoortA cu fier de cctlcoit se opropie oorecum de vrziunec socodold, de fotetori e cubiste c e ui oncu si de so lditcrteo formo d o orld-Aco r rri
J pi,- o 4 ^ I
No.
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:. Corne iu Michoilescut'wcrs onoiher orilsl or: _ rcrlor of Conttnporanul, he beqcn by oc-
t
I
Mcrce oncu c fosi oprecot de conlempoioni nu r o de oroôo'oo .i oe -oo ioao oor a, ior oo culiurc core ou vozut 1n e pe cor feu crlei noi. De o
ui Jccques Costin core semnolcr 'inloorcereo pr mei expoziiii de c Mcrson d'Art, o unui oriisl de o e emenloro virulenlo,
7a a a d le p r e o oo tro-: *o'[oo ir^ bloo o L-\,-fo':

Still
1930s, when he obviously lurned lo surrec :-
oriico .in
ul
lord,
i": 1923 cu occrzic
live with lron-t'), somewhol close to jo-:cubist fcceting vision ond to the formo sc : o rl-d-aco
of his grophlc works ore poifting sludies
ivl to lott
193 93
I
5.
u ,o!o I
du
Miilio Pctroscr. Two Nudes,

I
sl nevo o de sincronism c cu lurri romonesli cu ceo europeond, ,,lconoc osl' , ,,A Gozo o p.icturii' loncu ero receplol co picfor-profet ce o o.f. . o p'^-nol to , \.D.t ordO oa\p a o ro^ lcrrdu ' ole cdrui opere vor li dispulote n viilorime de muzee si ocodemii. Prin vitolilofe si forlc seniimeniu ui,
deschlderecr
prin implicoreo cutezdloore ln procesu de innoire o oriei romdnesl , pr n cur oziioteo si pcsionolo inovcrtie tehnlco, opero orofrco o ur Morcel loncu nu dezminle
ocesl odevdr.
de o cerel,,rc itcie nietzschenionc pcno o orllco e e omog crle dtn Focla .1932)" semnificoiive pentru
i
Morcel -lonco wcs high y este-^med by his - - - rories, nol only by lhe ovontgorde ortists, r the mojority of high-brows, who scw ln l- -- senger of lhe new orl. From Jocques Co:-- , which onnounced the relurn lo Romonlc i. : lhe occosion of the first exhibilion (ot Mcls: cn orlisi of fundomenlcr viru ence, of N e - cerebrcrliry'", tl the orlic es prois ng his lc e-' wos co ed conoc crsl", 'Al-Gozcfl of po r . : llshed in Facla 11932):3, significonr for the ,:_=
ord -te ra6o w I W- or'
l. A Robot, ,,Cu Mcrrce loncu despre e si despre ol'i, t Pa- po ., ZoBO s, g l9:o p. 2.A-r'^ o.e..e'r oale' o etro.obo n ccrre ser o ucrol grovurd cu ocul incepOnd din 1921 , a indemnul se pore ol lui Poscln cu core ero
ou Tdmos de neego crt; v Pictorul Pctsctn lo cofenea, 190B repr in Reperfo riul, 1981, nr.4063 precum si repr de cr nr 4833 4844, v. si ,,lser I B8l 1958. Expoztie reiro:peciivd', coi. de Porcschivc Glouber Poior 9i Rcdu Berceo, Bucuresli, I 983 3 ln I 909 ser deschideo lc Bucuresti, lo Pclotu Ate
pr p onse ce
.i DerOir
NCIE
o lr or rc r^ Po -.'op. Jor .o no l o. oor^r ord o prop . o ogele. \. D. -el i'q'e d, o.i^' u o\a voI r
,
in future by museums crnd ocodemies
foci
elen rec izcrnd
Mcrcel Jcnco s grcphic work cs we NOIES
oori L-po.c. of,oTono o- ^: h ilcr.eo aoc oooo. o.oapU o iouot or oi (o ^c op.ro,

Al Pobo C Mo e o- rdop-{Wi
Hls viiolity ond force of senirmenl,
hcs:h s c:
I
o
^
l..
PA.l?o,,ât. t.o..OO ^6.pO>1.,e OoÔ I 82I / 944, Craiova, I a8O Moriono V dc ,,Oo :e voli osuprc unor mode e sti istice ole coricoturi]or /ul Conslontrn .liquidi .in Revislo muzeelor, nr.), I 990
tie primiid cu rezervd de public v si Peire Opreo, Op^ o o,- ',e r M .zo. o^ A'-o o D.S.R. r ,136 Revisla muzeelor, nr2, 1967 p 130 unde esie r> p oi^!lI ooet F oorog I i o^, a rep od
r | aOA,iO rlorO- CoO-
6a.pOZ.
unpora e ed p otes. See Poinler Pascin c' " -oB , QOB eo od eo r ?^p^ ,o , 'ep od rc-o 'o-"r o aB3 J ABa cl d olso
'olo,n
Ranpo, no 4680, August 1933, p 2. We remind lhe remcrrkcbe technlcru-. ior. eO o v oOi' 3aq T; 9 n'. a2
1
,Mo e,-o,o c,boIro

r
rq i
^rd
Do . 5 oo\
e.
09 o bv ooro.l'uo Go be Poo
Berceo, Bucuresti, I 983. 3. n 1909 ser, together with Foroin, Dercin opened on exhibrtion oi lhe
l^
BB o5BPe-oQtrr-[.]
.:
).
Do
e -ogl pp l0 cop B4B
4)
Grr:tficc, nilitontc) tomcsneascd ( A bum ), Bucuresti, l 963, I 1 92 1 "; Pove 1984 pp 22
23
Eena Moieescu,
,,
osil lser
c.ilevo modolitofi de
4 S Poul Rezeonu, The Historv of Fine Ar.:
A-=. B.Loe ^ l-,io,eoo,odp.oic ..o A o .o Do-e Op eo lo.it ', in Revisto Muzeelor, no. 2, 1967 c : R.S.R nloela,\co\^.p.o6 o.oio:.
G: ,-
ceo
tstorio Arfei, 5er o Arlo cp 149 - 59; Povel,

1
looa o't5o'1 tr.y5' 'o la5 it ?er >.o \l
-.-moln ou XX-eme siecJe, ,,,emenl roumoin d ovonl ê i'Hisloir-- de l'Arl Sete 3/ noto 1O 9i repr l - 4 .cie de obicei cu inilio e :: nli, cum este cozu iu
1 oo o 'aBA p taA5 6. Ro.no, .or M' 'o G c:

oo3 ae -t a ropr- , Pcve 1984 p 2327 7 I -^no Molee . lo. i
:
:.
o orlr o'e .lI
presenl humon figure n inlerwci -)':'.' ,. Cercelori de lsforio Arlei, ile se' :. ,t ' tome 28, l 98 l , p.l 49 1 59; Pove
'si
:r-. p. I 5l 878 la l/J c studlot lo , : ce sole cu monumente, . op opore, o to. t'-o

9l 8 I 920) grcvurd pe
;:
iI912),tnv 2254,v
ei
Consideirclions sur e Mouvemeni Rourc' L4 :-1 gorde', in Revue Roumc:tn d'Hisloire ce Ai: Se-e
Beoux Arts, Tome XXIV, 1982, footnote lO.
ru
Andrei Plntille, L'Art Roumc n cu X)'-:^-: . =:
9:- :
:
=
9. As o
oro I I 4. e, these drowrngs ore s gned wlth coLi q ophlc inii ols inside ihe imoge, cs it is the cose of
Ccrf e l! \r',ichal
931)
es.L
ono,
.l=. u,rllJugendsii , publiccto .. . o. Pe.^ri d oo^ oz l- o si co porlreiisi. nlre
ihe il usiroljons show ng three women, nude, bust for Theodor So ocolu's texi. I O /on L. Caragiale's Portrctir, \1 9l 2) The Notionol Museum of A* of Romonlo (NMAR), tnv.2254 See o so Elenc Moteescu, work. quof., reproduclion, p.
Corne iu Mlchdilescr, .]onoh

v.1ll
omon Sonie evici {1 878 l91Z) studred in )912 he drew londscopes wllh romcrnli colLy hcloed monuments, similor ln monnet ond fro.n'te o 'h" S^ r^. 01 or ^.. '
t5l
I
So
Munich. ln
.- ::
-
de noople bucuresleond. : OO .'7AA 'lO rO O
-: semnand cu Pseudonlmu ,1923, scrio despre :: 7 ian , :,ld ce ominleo de ,,primc : r :xoreslonlsto'. Lo Morcel : :: r.lneo problemo ,,emofie :-- -r el optlce, oblectele din r,':: noier o copotind o forlo - -. r c,inlre ollele, Domnrsoara = I :c Solomon, pe core loncu ttogico' _ -t_jtu :
,
. .:
:-i
,-
:i erreisen
", in
r
-
,:-:pnik ous Berliner

::-L n. 1 989,
Europcttsche Kunstverla
inocul, ond lithogrcph c ccricotures wilh onti wor chorocter, owed to .luoendsti vision, ond publ;shed in the poges of the Nebe/spo//er mogozrne Between l92l l924 le ochieved iihogrophed porlroits of severcl culr.ol O^.r6p6 ie. 7yL, I 1^p; ,.d.pcroo1rIe oO. ' (ror M 1 -,. B" on r tordcr'^ dor Arqt ez o.s.o.). H s socic rsl be iefs drew him close lo Cuvontul liber, where he published his drcrwings; in 1934 he publ shed on olbum, Sodoma, w lh expressionist e.hoes, insp red from the Buchcrest nlght llfe. He wos one ol the shorpesl chroniclers of new ort exhibltions, signing with hls pen nome, Lucifer. n Ronpc:, Jan.7, IQZS, he wrote oboul M .lcnco's exhlbitlon; ofier he ecolLed ihe primocy ol senilmenl in ihe express onrst ort", he mcinlcined tl-iolwiih Morce lonco the 'lniernc o-ro'or apro. od b, , o or the obi^
to'r eo B^ r ond in Zurich (l9lB l92O) woodcui, {1914l916)
,iq
r' d Mo. ( Boz ooo
96.
n'n^poni'qor^ prt ol,,^d ^hl-ro-otet o oo. o new force, which is reveo ed, omong mcny olher
po nl ngs, by Miss lulio, the porlroil of ihe o.tress Didcr \oo'ro rLor ,olo op o o '. n o l-ogi. I 7po"o
;
t. 12, 984, pp B O -' - -': Kunstlerbtogrctphien in Re :-:j-. .--,i. Revolultonc:tre Kunsl ln I : . ?33, (cot ), Ber in, I 979 9
1 1
I -. ::scu,
:'
. ' i, Bucuresti, 1 990,
pp 1 89
,,Restllulri. Arthur Segol
13 NMAR, inv 24847 14 NMAR, tnv 22523 15. Moriinc .luro, 'KLjnslLerreisen' , in Europatsche l\/oderne. Buch und Grophik ous Berltner KansL verlaqen, l BqA 1933 {cot ) BerLin 1989, p 96
--
r=--:spective
-7MNAR,inv26455
Pp \2 5t nv l3l3
H. Moxy',
in
- .-t : ='- 'rsi S/ern, Ber in 192a, Enciclo
16. Amel o Pove, Arthur Segol, os cr Young Mon , in The Traiectories of Sight Buchcrest l99O p I 89 102, ond Cotc in Dovidescu, ,,Restilullons, Arthur Segc unpu l9B4 p B l0 b ished in Romonio", in Arlo, no I Hoffmeister Christlne, Kanstlerbtoqrophren in Revo' lution und Reolismus. Revolutionare Kunst tn Deulsch'
l2
pedio dello speffc:colo, Romc l975,vo lX, p 351 22 ?ave )984 p 27 23. Gheorghe Vido, ,,Mcitls Teuisch si diologul europeon 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,
2l .'No
fgong Goetz,
f.i-<'-(-;r' )er ln 1920, Enciclo
17. Floffmeisler Chrlsline, KUnstlerbiographier ' t : lution und Reolismus. Revolutionctre Kunst in ) land l9l7 bis / 933 (Cot ) Berlin, 1979, p ilB 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 . , '
die Schauplorze, Zat\cl, 1990,
pp
l9
Pentru
p.351 22. Pavel,

X,
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. 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.
'
sebile cu oporenid de osemdnore ( ) ; ,,C, cdl cre otoru stie sd fie mcri degojot, i9i poslreczo perfectiuneo, se feresle de obi ltali, cu oldl expresio crlisiico este moi violentc, moi iscusrtd. Tehnicc nu ore nrmic
comun cu vrrluoziioleo 9i ortificiu
45, 1924 ,,Artislcrlizon crtificiu ore irel sensuri deo-
lYida) Morcel lancu in Rondnict, tezc de icenio, coordonclor stiiniific prof. dr. Pou Constonlin, monu scrls docli ogrcrflct, Blblioteco nstitutu ui de Arle
P
sociolc' ,in Contimporanul nr. 93 9495 I 930 ( ) ,,Muncllorri lnlelecluclL si monuoli troiesc socrlficiul indjvldului penlru lolo ilcle.. , v. sl Moricno Enoche
{etc.); ,,Arhitecluro
osiice, Bucuregii, 1916.

evici
futur sm reprezento
ih
h
ilil
il
de dinomismu vief r moderne in trmp si spotiu, in mediul urbcn si industriol, un elos rconoc ost); Christlno Lodder,,,Russion Avonlgorde Art. from Neo-Prlmilivism io Conslructivism', in lct Vonguardict Rusa l9a5 I925 en las Colecciones de los Museos Rusos, (Coi.) Ccncrios, )994 p 3Ol 9i noto 22;
Seiwert, 1993, p. 258 9\ notc: 467 Jf !e wcr l o93 p 98
3
in I 9l 3, lermenu de cubo o sintezdr crecloore inire cubism (frogmentdri, forme geomeirice, o noud conceplie osuprc spoiiului picturo ) si futurism (sublecie legote
3l . Foloslt de Mc
Teuisch ci Europecn Diologue of Forms", in Ario, no .-' :-: S-ê olsoJu o Szobo, MaltisTeutschJonos, 'Q,- - l, )983, Ungorische Graphik im Auslond. De.'-.' : lqlS I933, (Cot.)Berin, l99O 24 Seiwerl, )993 p 44O 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:" 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:, orlifice."; 'Sociol Archiieciure , in Conlintpc":-.
:,
)984 p.27 23. Gheorghe V do, 'Mcttis
i.
cr-o : lhe mu titude...'; see o so Moriono Enocl-e Marcel Jonro in Romania, o dlp omo thes . Professor Ph D. Pou Consicntin, lyped mon-,, the Librory of the Fine Arts Fcculty, Buchcresi - 3l As lt wos employed by Mo evici in l9l 3 of cuboJulurism represenled o synihesis r:' ::'
foclurer experience ihe socrifice of ihe inc',
-
0391
05 lo3o'( I îâ,-o
:r
3 lbidem 34 ln I 924, impreund cu Andrei Vespremie
si
930 O35 rr oneozo .ub.o-d-. e1a6 6.-^11 6.i .o S ro o otr Arle Do, o o-ve. 35 Seiweri, 1993 pp I 13 1 15; v. si Morcel oncu, Arl e. rro ir Con';npo onut t. aB Q?a
36. Seiwert, 1993, p 114
M.H Moxy, oncu deschide un olelier de orte decorcrllve, devenit opoi Acodemio orlelor decorolive (strodo Cimpineonu lZ). n 1926 l92B ocest crte ier esle condus de Mony (Atelreru lntegrolului), ior intre
ceplion on ihe pointed spoce) ond fulursr :, connecied to the dynomism of modern life lr - spoce, in iown ond indusiricr mi ieu, lconoc c: = see Chrisirno Lodder, "Russion AvcrnfGorde Conslruclivism", in lo Vc-: -. Ruso 1905'1925 en Las Collectiones de /c-. iRusos, (Cot.), Concrics, 1994 p 30l, onc Neo-Primitivism
cubism {frogmenlolion, geomelricol forms,
-=
io
,
.
22; Seiwert, 1993,
33
?;:r:;'
p 258, 1ee3' p eB
ond footnote
/:-
34. ln I 924, )anco together with Andrei Ve.: -
, ,.=
utile' ,
in Mendion, caiel
=::--rd,
- 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
-.
.l
ocum cernd subiectul puleo vorbi mci curdnd,
ond M. H. Moxy openeci . r:,:-r' .: r'- : -- rr- which wos lo become lhe De::':'.: (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
Jcrnco, 'Archileciure , rn
p. II3I i ::: r:: .r--= -1.' Conttmpcr:', -,. ': 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
35
Seiweri, 1993,
-:,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

nr-
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, hormonles 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 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
bet*ee^rr. o dpo.r -^g 3B lie resumed o so some of his orticles: I S
. \ )(o ô {Aro,e \^. -.-'t o:r ,,-,doCot rc - : lrmdreo produciio me o,
:"j noud o Conltmporc:tnului -. , 'l ooo.lor. .o e . rpr'r- -rno d in ropori cu senzoli
40 Mihoi spir, L'Art Deco en Roumonie,
in
Revue
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
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),
::
,i
56 mort. 1025,
ru
lo
.6.
.-
\.
dedicole
pp
ui; Seiwert, 1993,
quin). The other cclors were
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
Li
Rcrdu
escu
crs
- rg. riMo ^' lo '--:2 ^' 1924 la Mrscc:rec: litercsrd r -:r ,-rtlcrporler -mos.aa ,. - : ore uoi st lo Conttnporanul .' :a 1o... c fo osil conlocle e pe
-
- .:: si Lu ul lncisiv o lui oncu. - - -.-rB ogo, spre exemp u, inlerve ' onl o ncre de vede'e com,' ' .'^ror i.op"'" oô-o erJ. -' ,, )espre picturo', in Conlim
-
=:
o osticji europene. Froncheleo
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 [nogcrzlne , 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
Faclo, February
B )932 p
to Morce Jonco',
::2
--
44. n 1924 Fe ix Aderco initioted al
Mrscoreo lilerora
p. 5.
'-:
25, 6lc:n. 1923 p L Auto-
eder prir fo to e'o"poio'i'
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 Jahrhunderl der Avonigctae in Mittel - und C .-o opa (( o ) Bo, 'rt :lo. ? t ' 243 47. ll o sr expus cu Mcs: mo Compig i v Eugen
Crociun, Grupul Arto Nouo, ,,llnll, forme, cu ori" ll- poz,'o Mo . -o 'o-rp,g ' M'.-o Pelo Mcrcel loncu) in Adevorul, 2l dec 1932; pentru tendinle e egote de nou closicism in orio
wor
ld , ore -p :o lne d: u ::ot odvorcF^ po n [OOo ' oroc'i .o o I le ooo .

. ,
work of orl, eic., os ll wos lhe ccrse of Lucic'
45. Morce .lcnco, 'Cn Poiniing', ln Con' ^ .
jscussion, for insionce).
no.102,1932,p5
46. Confimporanul, no. 25, June
1923
inv. 48. v. MNAR Conslc'n/ln Brancu$t, 9370, Tudor Arghezt 1925 inv 937 l, Max lctcob, tnv 9372, v. si lnlegrol, nr. l, 2, 1925, Expozilio refrospectivd M.H Moxy (Coto og),
romernecscdt v. si Locncr V ostu, ,,Lo Peinlure roumci ne des onnees 20 et es debcris culour de o trodll!on , in Revue Roumoine d'Histoire de l'Art, Serte Beoux-Arfs, Tome XlX, )982 \ ), Tome XXll, l9B4 (ll), Buccrrest ,l925,
think thot the se f portroit oniicipoles, by lhe 'crecttive exosperalion of express onist orloi' o. p6r e1 . o l e -o occl. .'. \a^ r apc Aa . .oP,t 6e 4t6nQo ae i' M'^l-,
i: -
Bucuresti, 1965
49
p o' qcio
j l9B I - Bucuresti 1965), o ootc ro oPo.oB^'l't Poris Er[une dln I92 I (cu M ll. Moxy lo soo Mozort), la Conilmporanul dar si lo So oone e
Henri Donie (Botoson
(Coi, Bonn, 1944 p 215243). 47 l1e exlblied together with Mossimc h^ ^^ I rq^r C o. ur .ro (\^,v A,, C onp qli - \' ^ Co o :' (Mos 'o cu - Morce .lonco Exhlbition) in Adevc'6er 21 , 1932', for lhe lendencies of ne', in lhe Romonlon ori. see olso oonc : Peinture Roumo ne de Annees '2a e: =
cuiour de Lcr Trodltion", in Revue Roumc ' de I'Art, 56rle Becux-Arls, Tome XlX, I 98 XXIL,
Cficrc e de Desen $i Grcvurd A fost redoctor orlistrc o presl qiocrsei revjste Artct si Tehnicct Grafica reolizot cron cd p crsticc si o l%7 l*9) unde o qi a p e7^ rv 04 eâ -go rri l- sr ^
1984 (l I ), Buccrest. 48. See NMAR Conslanlin
Brdncusi
I
937a,
Tudor Arghezi,
1925, tnv 937
inv.9372, ond lntegrol, no
.0.A Pobo op.'Aot -oeM;loDo-o ro suni ominlili: A. Brolcrsecnu, C. Michollescu, H. Doniel, M.ll. Moxy, Merico Rdmnjceonu, Lucic
Bcrlocescu (Demeiriode), Corne ro Boblc (Donre ), Brerncusr. Peniru Mi lto Pdlrogcu, v. 9i Simonc Nistor, 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-
49 Henri DcnieL (b Bolosoni, 1891, : -063l *o. o po.r ^r o1d d ouqL - ro pup ^r " oiô r' B" l i ond Po,' o. ^.ribrod {r M. !. Mo, La M.: O" . Ca. -pa o.r o, d cr.o o
.,e/.-iD ol o- M. t Mo,1 {Co-) B ' :

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192.-
cote de conlur pronunlot, v. ;i desenele of oie in coleci o MNAR 52 Mililo Pdlroscu o scuLptol, spre exemplu, bos ore lefLrl monlot o inlroreo imobrlulul dln sir. Hristo
Botev 34.
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:--=
(DoreIBc'.u.to Ml'oPot o'.r

MorceL
c-
53.
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, p 89 116 55. v MNAR, inv. 9906, 9914 si Repertoriul (l 984)
5I C
Nistor, Mili/o Pdlrctscu, Bucurestl, I 9/3 Ponoiiescu, "Todcry the pcrir cr
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 : . ine, see o so lhe drcwrngs n ihe co ::'
-
-:
NMAR
56
ui Morce lcncu, in Contimporonul, nr.26, l3 ion 1923 p 4 57. Facla, B febr. 1932 p l2: ,,Ciiiiorij 9j orto lui Morce oncu lslorie l"; Facla, 15 febr. 1932 p 3. ,,Scrijtorii si orlo ui Morce oncu; Morce oncu. onl
Jccques Cosiin, ,,Arlo
nr.6624,6632.
52. Mililo Polrogcu
motoru
58. Poul Slerion, ,,Morce of cu sou Al Gozo r ol pic lurlr ,'in Vremeo, l4 febr. 1932. Autoru se refera
mounied ot lhe enlronce of the bulldinc :' Botev Slreet. 53 H B ozron, Fine-Arts ol the Dc ., Exhibrtion of the Contimporonu Grou;r lileror si ortistic, Fe\ruary I 6, 1936 54 Andrei PrniiLie, E ements for lhe R: -, Corneliu Michoiescu", ln Studii si Cerce ': Arlei serlo Ario Plcsljco, Tom 26, 1979 : -'
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lice din lsroel, incununcio de deschidereo Muzeului .lonco Dodc, in 1983, lo Ein Hod. Atmosfero Dcdo, lecfio gestului dezinvo i, core ldso ociu ul orlrslic dep ino iibertote, i-ou inrdurit peniru inireogc viold, i-ou creol o siore de spirit de core nu vo dori sd se indepdrieze niciodold oceec de c coulo. mereu, ls g 6xperimenlc, de o fugi de cllgeu. O culluro so ldo si o energre neobisnuildr ou slol lc bczo unei oclivitoii dinomtCe si pluridisciplinore. Culluro ic oferil mdsuro orgumentului 9i pulerec reflectdrii, -1 e gio o do 'o'so de o- veoô p oie t^le p,.zOnd viofo. A inteies cd din orice otoc virulenl nucrnfc OrO-ae aO, ,e5Op, CA\O 1 'pSe o ,,OOrrr ioc, ostfel cd s-o mcrnlfestot cJ un e emenf de echi ibru inir-o grupore orlisiico ccre foloseo cuvdntul coroziv ..,O dev e T b.' rO rtl,>O,-C p,tirrO^JT loncu in 193 I . S-or puleo spune co oceosto perpelud experimenlcre, ocecsia nelinisle c cduldrii este emb emc octivitdiii sole orlisllce.
oslenlolio verbcrld ln c ecrtio spiriluo o nu exisld decol experienlo core
,si
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 Conlinporonulovonl 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 Museum ot Fin llod tn 1!83. The Dcdo clmosphere, the esson of the [ree qes
Morce .Jonco morked the oge he llved in due to his
' re lo
morled him
Qovc 'orol
ol
'te. A solid
irome ol mind thot he never obondoned; indeed he never ceosed lo secrch, lo experimenl ond flee the
through his ife ond creoled thot
'esle, to lte
or
.i
"oc
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
922-t 940
BETWEEN
in 1922 oncu se inloorce c Bucuresti.

curond lui lon Vineo,
se
cr
dturc
conducereo revislei Con-
W It l- ôlr o .p'i 1sl r.s6t6p e"ly ^.6s ,. g6'191 e) ^ ore o, ess o con - on oood' e rc ; 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
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
)e^ | s oto e, rs 'u-- I to ôt 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
locuri din slrcrinolcte. Se pore cd expoziiio s-o bucude succes, doco ludm in considerore mcriuriile din epocc. D. l. Suchionu scrio in 1923: ' Di Morce
rcrt
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 .,
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
fimporanul , ior in decembrie isi deschide o expoziiie
r o
uty
pub ict.
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
muiui, fie futurismu ui, fie expresionrsmu ui sou consiruclivismului {ocestc din urmo fiind, de ollfe, cureniul
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.ib iore srir r-co c , r-c Cr" , c por -. Crsi-n toi r'^ a-0.
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, wheh^ ,lo'e -no -.rtr ezn,o ' o. s i-co ,.f, . o ( c ô5 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 .-
tuturlsm eroressionism,
lo conslructivism (lhe otte. bo'ng o lol,y.rq'oir-d oy l^c Conrimpo,roru o,

Punct magcszines, lo which Jonco conferred otiisli:
9,r
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
lu orie reoizo'e oo'ro.p'e so',-r
dlocor
i.lr'o
subslonce
be onging lo lhe second one ore morn]v expressive
ond oestheiic orienloiion); the .o

or
one.
lo lucrdrile lui Morcel loncu expuse lJexpozilio inter-
Ite oo,ve I r irrpoc' olle

CO OUTS.
emphosising the visuol components thoi resuli
d ,re
a.1e
frcgy
:
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 concise 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 (. ) lhi' is re tl-e' ort r or some exqlisi e . sprowling shopes,"t njlxed pcint thot won I let nor 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 rellrêd to'lê 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 presented right now. By the end of the third decode, Morcel Jonco s creoiiu" flnds its own solid pcth, very much tron -l'e p ostc Lorg oge "nergy c osed -o exp essio- sr. 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 iTporro'r revi-e in ei (ore --;-oest v fo'^re sinp iI cote si
=--- cczuri, dupo 1 935, cdnd
rlf-
::-
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
oreo: londscopes, of which some retoin the sugges-
mu dinomic o liniilor trcnsformdr imogineo intr-o odevorotdr 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 -t de c ooi ôo e I eroiic L "dc ( or '. Exersoreo dln domeniul figurotivu ui il seduce oiot de
J
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,

u
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 The imoge is dominoled by the llne which trcrces .ly oô 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 tronsforms 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 sufoce 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
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
lonoe, compoziiLe cu grupuri de personcie core sunt plosole in p on opropiot, deiosdndu-se pe fundoluri cu crhilecturi redole precum in' indicolli e
scenogrofice. -tgo de e e e FS-e oose
o schemei compozi-
s,o or e L-o oproope i-i ucrore nu seomdnd cu ceololto. n une e. defor-
puiernice persono je e imbroco un cspeci oproope corrcoluro , ior in o le e, lrolotd odesec in bund lrodllie expresionisid cc o mcrscd, dor existo qi tcblouri in core individuo izcrreo
figuro umono dego o sereniiote sou grovilole, dcr 9i o interogolie deznodo jduito Foio personoie or este
morlle suni olot
de
.incoi
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
fizionomico este cdulalo. Modul
ihot much thoi he creoies rorE ond more p ciure: where he conspicuous y suggesls the third dimesion. 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 indicclio
n
s.
Hls wish lo escope lhe recrpe becomes on obsession, 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 inierroecilon. 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
ro ir 'e ao\' .lolo^
ou' looo"o
r,^
'
ethnico
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-
burlesque occenls. The inspirotion is loken from ii-: e emenl but ihe ploslic octuo izclion
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
Fotogrolie de o vernisoju expozii a ri M. lcncu sl M. Polrc;cu of one of
une
Photogroph from the opening
Jcnco ond
Pdlroscu exhibitions
ilmi* _
E ilu -:--:^-îi
Jct ) u tc Le
Iil
eq sTteczo
-, :^ror -u,r . -r:'.

lilf,it';r:: x:r'? ::
r:r1r
r,ffi :t =.:- .adit deportcio de modul-de interprelore r$;- _ -: .: ,^cr osemeneo sublecle. 5i nu este lntom_
JrLr:ir:
Lrlir r'
rir*
: :---::-: de lo elemeniul
1930, tob ourile lui Mcrce oncu - ::.lcre inconfUndcbi]o, un piloresc COre nu :.:':.;-d. i.co co , I o roto de bu esc. r,pielnic, dor reolizorecr
Drotnets/ none ol the Komonicn cc --:-: =l_ l Jonco's monneT. Tlê .olorr oecomes even TTore ir-e-s= :.-:. :--:. 'r'g,t[e vig-r-ous eflecl of rre poir-' ^g. - . :::. .. : or d cbs t oc" ono T iqr ocrco
gestive power. Alihouqh they do noi cjomincie r'i _ ---^- oie, ccesri roscolitori oi stroruri or pro_ quontitciively, their d stribution over the pcinieC si.;r.' 'r' :tili l : -::'iei bolconice. C ostfel de culoore portoce 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 uoyil! :,- 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 exur':.. : _-::r lonescu'' lnfr-un orlicol din 1932 beronce, neveT met before, ond in their themes. ^ I ogiLe ole gore sur : . = = :l o * .:- :: :: :in vorul zidorulu si rosui b.l ,r,r,'.o , These works, evoking his impressions Irom this voy.l939, lncondescent, were exhibited lhe yeor of loncois . : ::r= ,, outere de evocore; desi contiloliv ele nu ogeerr'b'l on o gor in -' -:oul or de dislribuire pe suprofcfo -o,- >ome .rrense izeo r Roro- o. ir: l'e exp ess ve1es5 . .lo,oc.el 7e) n s j:ce rn'fi : - - : 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 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 Mqr" - =--- -c'opiol in 1938 se vo resimfi imediot in cel Jonco we hove selecieJo few froqments ihot i, . : :l otdt printr-o exubercnfd cromolico we'ro.lgl^t i - gl t Co:r 50^re ,qr ove:lîs 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 r :': = =.::dnd impresii din ocecsio calotorie fiind -ogoz tes of ll-o ouor l-qoroe qro rp, o.lvorsorr,e oJl 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 :-pd stobilireo in lsroe], evolutro sc stilis r time; '.l-C. docd privim relrospeciiv, distilori suc- thoi,ie ol thus his iies wenl beyond the restroined c r. cvon qo'de o'-is., ri: ron e ee,-i-q or ': : + . - :ezuri - -Q4a inire foze. Din pocote, lucrori reoli- urr,c-oIoo e ,e.oTor ce. !oweve . c]Je 16 |."ioli r. i:-: -. -: 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 "^ lsroel. His ":, nolure lo vilol 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.eeoî-: I : . :-:el lo'cJ re-on lezJ.lo door'o cc+evu slruclion of the ortistic ife in lsroe His efforls cnd l-: -: - s ou porut co o juto ]o c]orificoreo unor hopes were eve_nlucrl y fulfil ed The ortists' r-;+:-: ::cte de evolulio stilisticd. Articolele elc, he founded in Ein Hod mode his life-time co ony dreorn I - r,- r, "oporul nu numoi in revistele grup*lil" oboui lhe crlistcroftsmon come true. He wos 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 compleê o]e oriiswrliten on hrs work, ond os rrpr"r""ho'roce ooid , - - -:l - intelectuol o vremrl, re oiii ce deposesc ro l-i. oc .v. y ol p orê',rg oro os o coro y"s ir n.s - -.1 ;r-' re5,ro1s ol or,irli''o. oe ovonqc.oo. lield, fhe : -Jonco-Dodo Muieum wos opened crt Ein-, r- : -:J- copoto.e o euo.rolo i.rco"furdob,lo. Hod in 1983 .ct)za iensiunilor politice creote de fortele 4ri i*:-l Vorcel oncu io hotororeo de o emigro in Belween 1922 l94O Jonco port cipoted often . - n - . :-erg.o . ore -o coroc-e- zo-, o pora io ,a into the exhibitions, either logether with verv memthe ' -. ----'. -eclddireo vieiii crtistrce in sroel. lor elorber' 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
ir;ir .r
-: -- :cecstd perioodd Morcel loncu reo]izo :r . : -'nelor unor ouiori co lon Borbu scrU
c. J.. -_ : l .rished in 1932 The o.svcholooie.l mcir-. î,-psychologicol mcjc:s c: '-e s(ole ore'l e wr'ie oo rowed from the rli- .< r,;e < >rrowed [on tl-e c. c\ ]ye. : lime, ond the incondescent red, filled wiih t;s's_o
rgere rolesco o .iql-ty ro-ices in
"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.
rich ortistic producl on (cboul 3OO pointings

mcrny of lhe works executed during lhose
tiol tit es rcrises prob ems beccuse lhe orllsl s ::reflecied olso in ihe tit es of his pointings The ,
be reirieved todoy, ond the jdentif cotion of --=
yec-:
-.
in perioodo
crni
or I 922 l94A
crncu
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
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 -
poslions beonging io the period of geon:'-
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
to him, os il wos for ony ovonl-qorde l o .or^d . I ep^^1| n'r.^ eoiofeo-c

nol the execulion of o fir jte point nq, in lhe
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
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
.
sou cr oluic. Tot greu de stcbilit este si doloreo ucrdrj or, gtiuto filnd opetenfo cu core Morcel loncu .incerse ldsc furcl de experimenl, ceec ce fdcec cc cdrrl mcrl vechi scr fie re uote pesie oni. ldeecr de o s 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 execuioreo 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 'intompinclctdi un stil ii ero sirdind, co oricdrui crlisi cvongordisf,
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 -'
work wos born. i wos pointed in .lcnco's
irc:
c:. deep onx ely fo owing the deoth of h s ,

(1924), when on Vlneo wcs very close ,
Thls
Throwing of the Die wcrs ocquired, lo d us hc
o mosl oJ the tjme. After finishina the poinlinc
cdrel co eclie s o ochizilionct lucrcrec Aruncar-^ct zarului, ne c lrcnsmis islorio zcrmisllr i oceslei cornpozifri ce o fosi pictotd 'in zi e e de zbucium ce ou urmol
greuioii, ior orice sursd lrebuie uotd in considerore. De exempu, sof o ui lon Vineo, Eleno Vineo, din o
in ihe I 927 \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
soid:
is ife'.
Furlhermore, o photogropl ', , exht6ttton c eor y shows the pl -
.,
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
verlico
NOIES
un o I ccz,
1927
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
reo izold in expozifio din st unde se distlnge c or ucrorecr core circu o
o fologrofie
I Morcel
oncu, 'Nole despre crrlc (N:
tions), C/opolu|, 7 ion, 1923
2. D. l. Suchlonu, 'Doud expozitii' (Two =.
art), Conlimporanul, no.96/97
ig7 l93l
=,
33, t93t 4. L. B ogcr, 'Absiroclle si conslructie' (Abs
3 M H Moxy, 'Conlribulii lo cunocsierec '- . moderne de cr noi" (Contributlons lo o:-: understondrng of our modern movemenl), L ,
-, -
2 4
L Morce oncu, 'Nole nr.96/97/98, 1931.
despre orio", Contimporanul
ron|or
e 9 /.1 3 M H Moxy, Coniribulii o cunooglereo migcdrii

L. B
D. L Suchicnu, 'Doud expoziyii', Clopotul d\n 7
de cr noi' , Unu, nr.33, I 93 I ogo, Abslroctle gi construcfie' , Cuvctntul , l4 lan ,1925

moderne
ond conslruclion), Cuvctntul l4 ian 1925 5. H. Blozion, 'Cronico orljslicd" {Ari co umvarul 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
1922-1939*
ix nomAin
lll
EXHIB'rIONS
EXPOZlfll
t922
decenbrie,26. Expoztlte petsono cr, Mcrison d'orl,
Bu
t922
-December,26. One mcn show, Molson d'orl,
B
cu resti.
uc hc resl.
t922.1939*
ROnlAlllA
Desene: L)n coleg, Violonisf, Bebe, Dunaud;9 nuduri; 3 porlrete. Picturo, 24 lucror, prinfre care. Bol, (Bclul Tcbcrrin); D a n su I p -^ f rd n g hi e, lupto (nocturnd ), I u lia, T ro nsfo r md ri abstracle, Nolurd l; l'laturd rtoud, Dido, Arhanghel lnterior, Slrinberg la Hernso, Strinberg la Parts, Dansuri africane, Portrel nou, lon Vinea; Dronant lQ I 7, Peisoi, Crima, Acrobolii, la mdndslire, Ora;ul Ens
Drcw ngs. A Colleague, Violonisf, Bebe, Dunaud; 9
' -
3 porlroits. Poiniing, 24 works, omong which: The Ball (Tcrbcrin i Rope Dancing, Erght (nocturne); lulio, Abslrccl Char':-, Noiure l; New No/ure; Dido, lnlerior Archangel, Strinberg in Henso, Strinberg in Pctris, African Dance: New Pirtrair, lon Vinea, Dianond 1917, londscope Crine, Acrobats, At th-' Convenf, City of Ems Bibliogrcfie: Clopotul 5 nov , 24 dec ; 7 icn I 923
Bibllogrofie: Clopotul
{D.
L.
nov
7 tan lQ23 {Lucifer); Adevorul , I / ion 1923 (V l Co' rpo'a 'r 2o lo- L
Suchionu); Auroro 2 icrn I 923 (E
,24 dec;7 ian )923

RegL
s); Rantpa , Popo);
(D
7 iart. 1923
. Suchicnu); Auroro,2 ion. 1923 (E. Reglls); (Lucifer); Adevdrul , l ion 1923
Ron:-P'-: -
(V.
Continporan ul no. 26, 1 923.
1924
noiernbri-^, 3O : Expozifle co ecllvd, ContimporonuL', Sindlcctu Artelor Frumocse, BucureslL. Plcturd, I6 lucrdrri, prlntre core. Cabarel Vohaire, Portretul lui l. C., Porlret'ul Michelinei;de osemenec seric de ncluri
1924
November, 30 : Collecilve Exhibition,'Coniimporc'Fine Art Trcrde Union, Buchoresi.
moorle, No/urd noud, f eccre cu cole o delermlncre: cubuL, cjlindru , Venelio, obiectul, trofeul, slero, formc, conslruclle sou nolurd descompusd, precum 9i 1O schlle de orhiteciuro, o mccheld, 'oblecie de necesitole", o mcsd cu sccune gi voze ( ucrcle impreund cu Moringo) Bibiliogrofie: Mrtccrea Lilerard,6 dec. (Tudor Vionu); Cuvdntul, l4 lon. 1925 (Luclon BLogc: Abstrcrcfie s conslruclle ), Punct' nr.4 {Scor[:l Collimcchl)' Cont'imporonul nr. 52. Solonu Oflcicl, Bucuresli. Piclurc,2 tcrart. Porlretul d-nei F. C. (cot. ZB) si No/uro noud (Conslruclie), Bibiliogrofie: Clipa,
Pointing, I 6 works, omong whlch: Cobaret Vohoire, t'Portrait of l. C.: Micheline's Portraif, and o so c seTles :sllll ives, New Nolure, with cr cerlcin geomelry eoch: :- cy inder, Venice, lhe obiect, the trophy, the sphere, the 'form, consiruction or decomposed nolure, ond lO crclurcl skelches, c model, "necesscty obiects", cr loble c- cholrs, ond voses (cchieved togelher with Moringo) Bibi iogrophy. Miscarea Literord, 6 dec (Tudor Vlcnu] Cuvetntul,
I4
lcrn.
1925 (luclon
cgo: "Abstrocllon
or:
(cct /9)
it.tn.
(H. lgirosecnu).
Conslruclion ), Puncl nr.4 (Scor ot Ccr imcrchi); Continporonul nr. 52. - The Officiol So on, Buchoresl Pcinting, 2 works: The Potrait of Mrs F C (cct New No/ure (Conslrrction), \cat. 79J Bibiliogrophy: C/po, I lun (H lgiro5ecnu)
/B) c':
I 925
So onuL Oficlo , Bucuresti
-
t925
Th-. Offic
Solon, Buchorest.
l.
Picturd: Piclurd /. BibLiogrofie' Focla, (H lgiroecnu)
Pcrinling. Painling
27
apr
"ôi ,A'oo l
/po >"o
Bib iogrcrphy:
Facla,27 cpr ond 3 moi (Alcdin)'
Clipo,3 moi (H. lgirosonu)
t926
- martie, 14
1926
3l : Expoziiie Mcrce
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
loncu - Mililo Partroscu 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
March, l4-3 I : Morcel loncu Miifo
Pdtrcrgcu Exhibition
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 ). decenbrie. ExpoziJie co ecllvd. Librdrlo Hosefer' Bib iogrcfie: Adevdrul lilerctr si artislic, l2 dec. {H B czlcn); Adevarul,3 dec. (St NeniJescu)
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 cexhibltion ), Gandirea nr V/3 {O W Cisek Contro: cnd opposition
).
- December: Co ecllve exhlblilon.
The Hosefer Booksh-'
BlbLiogrcrphy: Adevdrul lil-'rar si art'islic,
l2
dec-.
(H Blozicn); Adevdrul,3 dec. (St I
Nenitescu).
t927
loncu
P.,
februarie,
I3 - martie I 5. Expozitie de grup: McrrceL - Millo Pdtroscu - Al. Brdtcsonu". Gc erlo de ortdr c
- Febructry, l3 ' Morch 1 5: Group exhlblllon. " Morce loncu ' Mllilo Pdircrscu Al. Brdtdscnu'. The Art Gcllery
.
t927
-:
lbrdriel Hosefer.
-'ro .o
o p ,1e 6r^ !e -
eo e Bo'c
.:
St'rado mucegoilit, Compozilie int'run acord, Nopo/eon
intin, Modelul, Roodele pdndntului, Rilnuri desfrinafe, Naluro bogatd; Numoi doua nuci, Fugd" in minor, Poeme
slerilizat'e, Di{erile nuduri, Const'ruclie in disonanle, Cafeneauct cocofelor, Poelul
.
lhe Hcsefer Bookshop. Pointing, 36 works, omong which: Black Apples, Balcic lu4ouldy Sfreet, Composilron tn one chord, Nopoleon i' privocy, The Model Fruils of the Eath, Ioose Rhythns Opulenl Nalure, OnlyTwo Peanufs, Fuque" in minor, Sterilized Poems, Various Nudes; Cons/ruclion in dissononce; T h e s u ts'' o(,i,'!
I
'
"
"r2?:',.
ii
lcer o'ul
lilerar si ortistic,2T febr.
4 mort. (St. Nenifescu)
l! I :: :-
:-
- :''
'e desene. mcch-.le
::= el
Vo, / a- .âod^ o Fo--Sep/ember, 30 -
rrzlile co eclivi.
October,
:e
o Presse Lollne
r'po o,d^rDo
.,r8)
lfl,''x!*
Pcinting: Conposition, (cot. I 39j Drow ngs: lwo porlro ls \cci.247 r:nc
ll C, :,' .oJ
:
2-8
t929
:xpoz l e o
-
-cre,ri, Nuduri pe
'r
)
\,/eneliand Cos cu
Eotres; Leqendd,
t,
nu
April, ): Group exhibitlon: The 2nd Exh b ticr oi ire New Ar1 Group'. Accdem cr de crtd decoroi vd {Acodemy ol Decorotive Art). Pointing, 33 works, omong which: Horem; Nude ciseo,
Nude.s on land, Lily Popovici; Venetian, Fruit Baskef, Goddess, Nero, Nymph and Faun, Tito Babes, legend; Pan, Two sighls {ron France; Triesle, Four Peonuts, Tl-,e Fmpress of Mexico, Ball, Moilne elc. Blb iogrophy: Unu nr I3 (St Ro ), Adevorul lit--rar si
:: ii
ci,
pd rdt-. a
scs
:-.vilti
:-ct
st
lileror si ortisltc,
(Petru
20 cpr.
oriistic,T cpr. (H. Blczion) Ultimo ord,

{Petru Comcrnescu)
l3
opr. si 20 opr.
irlo.ce
cncu,
t930
fcr
Codreonu . Corteo
:. P-.re verzi, Cosle/e in : . 'cnd, Batavra, Coasla J::sro elrusco; Sevi//o;

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

arfiscltc,
literc:r st
4 moi (H. B ozicn).
t93t
:
-- Un orlsl penlru Rcrnpa 14 moi (lone
'"i'/ en-e Conlerence
Exposlt on
d'Arl
Roumoin de
Moy Offlclo So on, Buchorest. Poinling: The Porlroil of Mrs. C. Bib iogrophy: Unu, m.35 {B. F orion, An Artist for Tomorrow ); Facla ) 1 moi (S. Elcrd); Rompo, l4 mct ( onel .llcnu)
Oclober Collective exhibition. 'Exposilion d Art Roumoln Moderne cr Occoslon de cr XXV eme Conlerence de Union nlei pcrlcmentoire.
Po nting. Porlroil.
:::tr Daubler.
-:
: rrslic. lB oct. (H. B ozionr

iie co eclivcr.
Drow ngs: The Ponrai ot' ttte Pctel TLteodor Daublet. Blb logrcphy: Adevdrul literar si orftstic, I B oct. (H. Blczion A Cenlury of Romcnicrn Art")
::minecscd,
:-:riei
Feslin;
.rrz
'Arto verde, Momenl
lanuory, 25 February, B. Co ectlve exhibitlon. New Art The Firsl Exhibltlon. At Corteo RomOnecscd, ' ecncr
Room.
t932
Mosa
)itorntc; Plaslicd,
Pointing, I O works: Studia tighr, Feasf, Green Table, [he Glass, The Painilng, Fruif, Londscape, Dynctrnic, Plosftc;
Plcstic evenl. Bib iogrophy: Adevitrul literar si crlrsirc
,irisllc, 3 I on. (Fl. B czion); Gandrleo, nr.\ /2si3
3l
ion. (H.
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
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
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 .
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,
Busuioceonu 'Arto romdnecscd
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
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'reMozort" 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
lruDflccl Acvor u
I.
("Acvcriu column).
t933
februone,5. Expozifio grupului p cslLc 'Crler on'.
Scrlo Dolles, Bucuregli.
t933
February,5. The exhibjtlon of the o*
group Crilerion
T,eDo^ Qoor Buto^t

Pcrinting: Comana, Marine; Mrs. C.; The
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).
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)
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)
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 Bibllogrophy. Adevorul lilerar si atttslrc , 22 opr. . B az
April.Ihe exhlbilion.
li
:'
t935
februarie,25.
lv\ozorl
"A I c Fxpozifie Contimporanul
t935
"
. Sa
c:
- February,25: The Thlrd Exhlbition of Contintporonul
Mozorl
Room.
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,
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. Wlth Mr Mcrrce Bibliogrcrphy: Rampa,24 febr. {A 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/l
(P
Lostic).
nr
.pozi^
A^;-.io
ar.,i.
/l
(P Lcstic)
-o o.tr lo'eo oe 1.'AI'o Contimporanul to o oo""';,r^.
t936
t936
February, 1,1. "The Fotrlh Corttmporan; January, Exhibitlon . Dc es Room. Pnrnrinn A./^.trntin R',.h.,.,r Ch.r l-,'11i".,, Pn-n l.:'
)9
Bibliogrophy: Adevdrul literar 5i otistic, i6:e::-. iH. Blr:zion); Gandireo; nr.XV/2 {Al. Busu;cce:--
i l--- '.'"io
t939
Pdtroscu. Solo -
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,
:---: -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 rud omr;r: -:,::-- . :i Pogrom,Spania, :,:ct Doliu, Civilizo1e; -lm,nlew :-r- '
-
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.
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COMPOZIT
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PORTRET DE BARBAT
ulei pe corlon, 40,8
32
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-:...1 zi -t53x4l .7cn ' : l 9'ttl i.1-:e. i'eroilr I Romore, i r:!'e:i

CNVNEASPORTRAT(cot l)
11922 1924), Mrzeu de slorle

lv\uf c p
[Autoportrel]. Arhitectul (?l (cot 4) u ei pe pinzd lp ld pe corlon;
Arlo o
!lu
lJucu es[r 2)
54 x.32,5 cn, l)922 . )9241, MNAR A MAN'S

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COMPOS T ON (coi ol on cordbocrd,

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32
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The Art ond Hislory Mrserm
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oil on convos, 65 x 59 5 cm
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Colecl,- pcrlicu ord,
COURTYARD
TH
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AR.HITECIURA IIU
ESEUR.TLE LUI
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MAR.CEL
'ANGU
l{icolae Lascu
MARCEL TANGO's ESSAYS ON AR.C'IIIECIUR.E
cunoscule, ole octivitotli ui Morcet loncu, esle cceeo consocrcrld pub icisticli. Ponc in prezenl sunt cunos.in cule circo 37 lexte o e so e ccre dezvoltc probl+ me teoretice ole orhitecturli moderne o oni or l920 1930. Ce e mci mulie ou fost pub icote in Contim poranul. A scris insd si c olle cotevo reviste o e epocii. Miscorea lilerord c: ui Liviu Rebreonu, Arlct si Crasul (printre fondotorii cdrreio s-o 9i oflot), Facla, Adevdrul
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 --- - essoys printed, such os: Misc:'whose dlreclor wos Liviu Rebrecnu, o si:-::
hcd his
lilerar si orlislic sou Crasul, o revistcr condusd, lo mi! ocul cnior '30, de Cicerone Theodorescu. Conttmporanu/ esle inso revisio in core o publicol
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 - -'
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 orhilecluri moderne europene. Aoturi de propriile scrieri se gdsesc lexle oporfinond unor nume sonore ole noii
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: ,beonging to some resounding nomes r - : ol fieLd, such crs Le Corbusier, Adolf :=
orhilecturii (Le Corbusier, Ado irote fie cu exempe
Behne,
Th
Doesburg, ALberto Sortorls etc.). Articolele sunl ilus importonle, fle cu propriile proiecte sl construcili. Edlficotor este numdru consocrol Arhiteclurii moderne 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. Deschidereo 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, principolele 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,
oe
unor reoizdri europene
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, :
Sorloris, Th.
Doesburg,
elc Piclllr:, -
I r'e
Mo,eo,e C.o s p'o1e , {C /o rorl o ,ve o. Cooi. {C- c,

r.
wi-l lorcos poo ono rolr Tei O{.^ o'td le,egropt \'llo ord ( -^
tains, Sludy
Bourgeois' lBlocks of Flals in Berchen
,,' ..
',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,,'. - '.
on Volumes: a Skyscrope'
percutonle, ofirmo cdevdruri definiilve, convingeri tronsonte, de nezdruncinol, opLnii foro echivoc.
Acesleo ollerneozd, deseori, cu lonu profeiic, cu exOt -nO,cO OOe O \,/ior O O CO ^ |taot ^ Op Op-
do ("Books on New Architeciure") a \ trspero, [oAvv' a l-so* nul (olmost lv/o thirds) shcre, lo o grec :. gorde rcdicolism of the monifesios, b:--
de
oor d oa.-5cot .Strlo..''i,'[ ord eq voco opi o.r o-- 'orl^r ore-ôle * l p opre.. 5oo^.
'r
irismul coroclerislic fuiurismu ui: ,,vioto se consuma
repede
.inscr
in goono
senzoiii
or
vio enle
si
nervoose'
curso
scu, in o
tc porie, lmobilele turn ,,vibreozd de
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" =-
crscensoore or rcrpide sl de
viclo lnlensd '. Ccrnd iese
din mediul ovcnqordist ol Corlimporctnului si se
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
ssed o pub' rc thot did noi c3
,-a whot while the lexts ihemse,,:- ,. , and didactic os the ouinc- ...:.
.,cle tero^ ,',o o o-
'-:
'=:
qor,d ro p0\6 '
, :-e
--
urii si urbonismului devin moi complexe
dor convingeri e scle rdmdn lo fel de
oo e c e gondiril soe osuprcl orhilecturii 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
't'e in
The moin ihemes underyrng
, -
sensu utr iicrrist o clodirli' ). Se poi re,-,surinid, principolele drrectri progromoti,-j'ii moderne europene. Tooie oceste
uneorr suferind 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
*.crlonle de oplico, oproope
:np ificote, oprofundcte,
-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
Archiiecture"; "New 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 someiimes 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 the reolm of crt, he never ceosed to emphosise hbw modern crchitecture depended on vorious e>perimenls of the Avcntqorde orl movemenis. "The modern orchl
rn
*ee ir-rodt po 1
-: \ " 6."Consi.Lrc-rv c c Archiieciure"; sn crI

h
s crcniie.---tr '- .r
eo',,
r-'itecturo noud'), dor conexiuni
-- :cdoismul (de lo core
strOnse revendicd ideecr
- ::csebrre de prelungirile romontismu ui ' X-eo, -t-:.c, pe core il dispreiiuesie profund) pe Morce oncu, o voinlo de arld = : ed o orli'ti'e e,'ope'le o pA, oo - :'- -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
.
(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
.--,
r-e or plostrce obstrocle cu
orhiteciuro),
= roi
lArztu, o tronsferd si crhiteclurii (,,o
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 romonlicism 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) prevoi 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
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 orchlleciure), 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
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
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
213
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
e iminoiion
of decorolion, i uminclion. : wlth the goo s pursued by the "nevr :orchitect's power of creoiion, os Mcrce
interior spoces, inc uding height, p
oce-=
" 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
ticismului.
n consecinld, folodo isi pierde sensu trcdilioncl; ec esle subordonoid funcliunil 9l modeloril pcstice o oceslelo, dor copdtc, in schlmb, o tmpor
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
dw"llrng
o o .nloe
for rnterior lfe. ..' tros
o' e pe'
tontcr semnificoiivd pentru orog.
Cec de c douo volocre esenlioLd ccre, in vizluneo ui Mcrce loncu, lrebuie 'revizultd", este URBANISMUL. 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
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 lpe of building (not ony ihe pub, c o::,
rcctd in brosuro Cdtre
a orhilectura
c:t Bucuresttlor
ui F-Jorio impreund cu lexle e conferlnte or ,1925 Creongd ;i ecrgd cotevcr Cclcrv Doicescu. Articolele dln dln idelle urbonismului modern de ce e ole orhilecturii, enunfcte simu lcn in Conttmporanul dar, in primul rond, cccenlueozd dimensiuneo soclolo c orhiiecturil moderne, core se regdsesie prrn urbcnismu socieldlir
s:
, -
111
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 teciurcr esle socicr c prin importonlo urbcrnd o
Locuinlelor ieftine; prin urmore, orhitectu coniemporon
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
modern orchilecture into o "consumer rwos 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 viewpoints".
soci:
-:
T
1il
e chemoi so ,,deo soluiii morole din punci de vedere sociol si esleiic' Lc un intervo de un deceniu (oiunci cand Contim por<tnul jst 'incetcse cporifio de colivc cni), ideile ge
.
Ten yeors oier (when Conlimporanul c--:,out for few yeors), the moin ideos. he .:
il
I'
esle, de fopl, pentru Morce loncu, in primul rond, ,,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 ),
nerc e, enunlole onlerior, copotd omp ocre, dezvo 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 ,,slilul modern cere urbonism modern". Urbonismu
ecrrier, exponded cnd deveoped ln -.. Firsf y, he proised lhe roe poyed by , , modern ife, directy connecied io orc.'= ' .lonco urbcnism wos essentrolly "direcle: :
"modern style demonds modern
l
urbcnis- '
it hcd cn overwhe mi.: ne o.lrol oorc of r'bon o ' .the prophetic underslonding of lodcy's ::
deemed
be-or,e
le
'
ond the comprehension of its spir', , "Urbonlsm, by no meons Romonticism" :- - in the some visionory monner: " is mole' : meons ore revolulionory, while its pcrn.=-:
. : :
-: -
-'-- o se oncoro in concrelu

-rbcnismului modern sunl
c crnu sdu lrebuie so fie utoplc" (,,Utopio -- J Cecrlolto direclie obondoneozd gene
bucuregteon.
osrmi
' ' r oe i^ o -e os s viz oôr: ,Mo-e'o - esie urios, milioccele uj sunt revo'
lion,
on" ("Buchoresi An Uioplo we moy noice lhoi he::.: lo ro o 5-o eTAr -\
- --- - -
.-
ote
de
: , :'
--:
-:-,r, in mod
-:. : ,:'--
':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
focrrle precis, cu propuner e lui oeniru Une ville conlemporc:ine. Profund
perioining
: -
: r -i curs de e oborcrre. Detolii e urbonislice, - :.rr.rcioTe sou egisloiive o e mode u ui, , I timpuL so focem opero , , ,minocrsd'. :
re core deprnde dezvoLloreo modernd
de urbonism,
ments of hls modeL were convinc ng y crese'ier c :--j r,, ;p wlth his sloiements obout the "extreme respors
lo fincnciol, cnd, ond e: : .- ,: -:r, -:
-oi convingdior, sunt puse oloturl de ofir:reri ln rdspundereo,,nemdsurold' o gen

o
deve opneni of Buchcresl: " i's high time we creoied o prophetic cnd brighi urbonism"
his generclion for ihe modern
Morce Jonco's theorefico thinking steodiy

crround lhe definition of the ARCH TECTURAT
spinned
lt toicr
FCRM
wos lhe crowning ldeo of the efforts lowcrd
: ':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, ,: ::, 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
--- :neni o lui Morce cncu, in iuru
c-rru c
:-e. drept miilooce de exprimcre,
,,vo u-
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 definition, 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
lows
of
sensitiveness
ond
geomefry"
. : ''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
strictd o formei de utiliicie: orhi ,,sinlezc formei sim-- : core, in mod inevitobil, exprimo funcfit -- , ...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
("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, depended on uiility' "whct ls useful connot be ugly", he soid, echoing o commom stctemeni of lote l9th ceniury
o
=::rdenfo
::
rle rezulto decci din
rchitects
is 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,
' '
.,
-:'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.
-'
-3e drumu de lo punciul de vedere o =-'-J ccrre un motericJ oorecoTe nu poote
.: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,
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 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 iheorelicol thinking
I
215
molurizoreo gond
ri
so
prin inlegroreo, lrepiolc,

Formo orhrlecturold esle,
in concepfio lui Morcel loncu, o simbiozo inire rotiono itcieo dotdr de

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 sensibiLltote specifico vremil (,,Arhiiecturo de plongetc' ).
nu so numdrci prinlre cei ccre ou odus noiobi a o leorlo orhiteciurii moderne europene. Ansomblul orlico elor so e despre crhifec-
.Ota OO- I OOrilo ' lao O e. -OpÔr
e cs,rprc lormei orhiieclurc e o tuluror componenteior

O.
form were thought os o symbiosis of the -': stricl geometric construction (ihol confer. : .
ln Morce .lonco's opinion lhe requrre^-= '
rigooreo conslructiei qeomeirice {core confero oblec
er.e. o d I o5eo re' -1, rr;, o c -. odded lp lhe o , -ec s ow (rool .e I ,o ospirotion ihorough y iuned lo or born procticcl needs, ond the speciflc sers' . iime" ("Drcwing Boord Archiieciure").
re, he thought lhot modern orchitecture . = impu se, its construciive ioyfu ness, o :: - -
cleor definition os to funclron {thus
c::
Morcel Jonco did not belong to thot c:-=-tects thot disiinguished themselves
Morce loncu
o conlributie
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 oceslorc. Morce oncu c osrmiloi cu repezicrune orien idri e ce e mci diverse, penlru c le redo mediilor ortislice 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,
ê iêo y ot nooe.T cr' his esscys cre on irrefulob e evidence :: versoni with the curreni iendencies of vc- eA o w-' tê oeo ,-ppor-od o, --l
ihro-:-
r'o' tors
o o,f .rro.--li:.gl l,o-r^r-o^ -
-nooe nir g on i' ' o-ior of idô 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
movements coup ed wlth hls wokefu
o-=
period, Morcel .]onco's roe in ihe :,,= modern crchileciure ideos is on outsic-: wo) ô olr^ Po^ or o^ orch ect o to the direclion of ihe new orchileclurc -:-
ll ."'o.a^to616.0rr IloPo'or -
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
spre ocesl domeniu lluceoforul sou

Rononeoscd
).
onii '20, otunci cernd reflexe ole mori or schimbdri de otiiudine fofc de orhiteclurc opdreou sporodic in efemere 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
Vir:1o
d'esprit for modern orchrieclure, esp., Conlimporanu/ mogozine, which rnr:. ,-, .lonco, the mosl ociive Romonlon chc--= inolion of new orchileciure ideolocy 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- --
docode. e [-er.r [-o,v o lreo ! -
ihen. Moreover, none wos ever ob e -, os c eor y ond possionole y cs he dic --
-O O "; ,OrS,u l;; i. Cdminul, l92B2S), or in olher cu iJ-r

61lriro,1111O
were sometimes open to this

Romaneascdl
suble: - -
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-
Depcsind cu muli perioodc de moximd octrvrlote o primer ovongorde rometnesl , Morce lcncu si-o con
-1 ^ ^ o, the firsl Romonion Avonlgorde grcr. : - inhis canpoign until mid '30s, in pc-c =
Mo, ol Jo'.o or lito6
"
o'poec'c) ol.r condchelr rorodorr oeo
verso
ing ocliviiy. By thot time modern c'--'y occepled cnd osslmi clec
m lreu.
dejo o reo iiote ccceptoto 9r osimi ctd de societcle E o fost mereu in ovcngordo.
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
lle Dooo Movor-'t loo c' ': .-. : iir g,^6' rF, 6o rtr'co s. ^ : ::
The ortists were the first to recc'
lhe new slyle: ArchiMvrc

ro.e..,-'ciior :-
firAncEt tAt{cu:
EEXrE DESPRE ARIITIECruP.A.
Wolo,r.^^dlô'irsr
- -..:-
''=-
,.
"
: ::i nosiere indireci insingurorii oifirtulri il ri 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
r: l.crreo orteior ploslice cbsirocle cu orhiieco {zo.o.eo ior e o pri. iro -epllirie : ror er . de o'd i o e/poz'ior {veroi '
)
:c:--t,-t-: t-t -: .. :r ---2. Agcinst commeTce with ort onc er.- a :-: ,:-t -. hod indlrecty led to ortist's clooiness l-: lr-:- trre uvenoied crchilecture {iso
cloimed. l. The interrecrtionship belyzee.
fExfs oN
TTAR.CEL
IANCO:
AP.CTITf ECTUP.E'
pover!),
=:
se
soclelote).
3. Agcrinst fromes for obslroct poiniinas (ihey oie nci noiurolistic seciions ony onger; crchiteciL,r-e cl one ccn supp y ihe frome), Agoinst crrlisl's superhumon houghiiness, which hcs been fueled since ihe Renorssonce fthe new cr|st is lhe mcn who returns to socie!).
' c' ires o eroL .tro- le o J[c oa e,e-np : -oobo,or. o'eopo -ctr ob tro. o r- o h ', :-: ',.4oi lcrziu, grupul ortisti or rodicc I (Arp, Richler sl loncu) cereom chlor ononimcrlul -
tose lorte. o iol
we c -l er
ppor-eo oy e.pa,
.. = l: OfiO. '-.: : :ecundot, cdci scurt timp dupo oceeo om rr - : minuni: expozitio orhiteclllor independenti
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 med the crnonymily of the work of ort.
i)
This
::
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
ideo b oomed ct once, cs we wilnessed ihree mirocles: lhe Berlin exhlbition of revolutionory crnd independenl orchilects, fo owed by the first cubrst city
duo 'o orch,,e,r o,,' poinl', eltorr.} ond 'ô 1 l-o Wein or :, -oo ol obsrocl cr-, oppi eo {Mogdebr
'l
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
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
preconceived preference for shcpe ond moleric

sion.
is
impure. lt weokens ihe true obstroct meons of expres
'. ::-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
-
- : -.ci zgcrrie-norii, nici cristo ul, nici mosinile nu - -' ^rvdlo stilul nou. Moleriolele ocesieo con
-:::zd coteodold un ospecl.
-n oo(e sr I p.ra oo ro.'i-r loor^. 1L"Tor . rp oloto 9-tr, o-e .ir e et..
Renosterii. Nici oulomobilul, nicr otelul, nici
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 creotrvily. 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 concrete. 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.
Arhitectul insd ire= .: e uli izeze ca o formulo, sd e mdnuioscd, sd -ra Arlo, prln mii ooce e ei, demoteri alizeazd
' . -: - este in noi si nici decum in moiericle, oricdt - -:rfi ee.

^ ilrdtilecluta noud
_
. Ate.le
Jo'tttnporonut.
t .18.
oclor o
^ l074
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, surfoce, weight, ine, eic. The new siye ies in ourseues cnd by no meons in the role' o s we r .e 10 '-lot e' ôw -ew lrey r g^ bo
Sometimes lhese moteriols induce one cspect lhouoh. Yel the orchiiect should know how to use ihem lLe lor-
p.
Conlinporonul , no. 48, Cctober )924, p
?17
luril, osc cum oceostd
Ruperec unltolii olotcupii.za-ac:e ce ortd cr arhilec crla . .e rn:ati.eozc in vremeo
fhe new Archifecture

The breok inside the
Renosierii, esle prcino ce or diniol erezii in orfele plcsliee. incercoreo usurolecd si deplosoto o "iluzlo ro,i ' ccr'tr o \o I op q , .,o ^, -o O.f te , ngl
-inclusrve orl unriv : , os the otler monifesled ilse f durino the. i=- fhe couse of the first heresies wfthiriftne c-
I^B
r^1".rr M,1eo q-o Borool e

s
.).
5c z uneo
secolului trecut o consolidot coicrsirofcrlul individucr lism in orld C consiiinlo orlislrco noud si pulernicd s o ridicot in
o occeniuol cu vremeo, ior romonllsmu
nl i 9 ool orc^ re Blondel, eic ) vigorous y objected Thls split become deeper in time ond ftr': lury Romonlicism slrenqlhened lhe coics'-::
c.rOr d-
: :
OO,aOOa-lpt
O.tÔ-a lB , ô o,..
]ume cu noslerec orle
or
revo
ulionore
(cubisr.,,,
obslroclionism, construclivism), tocmoi cond orhiteclu ro ero sd disporo 'inlr un suvenir dulce din irecui si o ale po. , a oa pr io ^ de i^5 se, lo, o oc.,
o- 1 Oe, O-6-IFO Cu o cloriiole, o violentd si o compelenlo neinlo nild de veccuri, ortele p osilce cu dot dupo rczboi p imul oloc core trebuio sc libereze si sa umlneze si ccleo 6 3c7,a po,
o ism in ori.
-r., ord pow^
l o .
or
-l
wrth the birth of the "revoluiionory'
Io o^ n .oT\r,ciu nIwlêr o. obo.i or^lr o,rc,y -oo.weoi -oo^d ol l1a o go. Too, 1q ^ 'd
"
'ho, ova
O
c-. ,
.
! ,p ol .ot{ô
Aher
'L
orhlteclurei. Preqdtireo se fdcuse cu fo osinld, coleo ero deschiso. Din looie co iuir e vechei Europe se ridicd strigotul ortistului dupo vicrto Arle e p cstice refdcuserd procesu reinleqrorii e emenlelor esenf ole ln creoliuneo ortislicd si dictou luiuror orle or clorilcr
teo
or.
rtr -"tao, -ôol o orhile.,.e. I,cpopoc poinlless ond the rood slood open F-_.o aPl\ o f ,6po 6.1o o, o reo- l. : te. , e or . -oo er-o. ed rr- einie lhe esseniio elemenis within crlis|c l-:-:
lor- oro 'orpe a.t o(\o
World
Wor
fine orts lounched c --- -
Lrlcrce
clcl !'c lme arl'e:iai:e ' 92L flt:':: :.rr Arcf 'ectonlc
Mcnifesiul ortistilor rodicclt din l9l B glosuio. Trebuie o conceptie unif<trd, adan*, docd vrem dc. ,2,t, : pJtp t Ctr de tgo d .,o'c: Noi arlislii reprezenfdm o esenliald porte a qenerali tdlii si vrem sa preludn rdspunderea evoluliei ideole. 4' t1 O- .O egco O c-.rO O \tpn: rOA, t^ p-t^ 07 opraope fornulotd. Spirilualilotea unei ctrle abslracte inseomnd deschiderea orizonlului slnlonc,tnlului de libertate al omului. Credinto nooslrd este ctla frdtectscd, misiune noud ct omului in socielale. Arla
were dictoiinq their cLorily lo oll cris The I 9l B monifesio of the rodicol oi' :-i ::
ct
lf we are for strong ctnd lasling decis,: deep, unitory fhinkina.
. -
We, lhe
artisfs,
stand for csn essenlia
:,:
-
'a' oôe loo ".ooo^ on. .o - e,.eoLicso..e ' "dore.t a' osLlt ô. . V o^ ^pie. a pL tp.pa .on_
acesfaro in cea comuno. rotala. luptctm
plctn
slienld ct productrei {orlelor indrvidrrctle penlru recslizc:

recs misiunti
o : io oo\^P'a[ .d:\ o a lo a' d:'r, a:<r:o1t be netq"o ^ta -one We

The search for
fion. We hereby lel everyone'know ,-:- - ol our time is almosl drcswn uo. The sa lrctcl orl mectns lo lel mctn's'feelinrJ'ic-,-=wide hoizons. We believe in brith---- - - is a new missron {or mon wilhin socie-. . ,t" ) a ioco. or ooc;" o -er"l ^ o
c:l ond wish /o ossume /Ae resoonsii-..
conlrct indlvidualismului fdrr: si:tem. Cel ncti inal'l con
porole {Eggeling, loncu,

n oce o$i timp, dor
ATCTCUPRINZATCR d" orizonturi spirituale Aceosla esle daloilo naastrd. Von da erpresie vo/u lo 'o - dob' ^. \ or oo di e r e t:, 7p1 6 r,elo- o.5Richter).
O
cepl ol nastru esle coutorea unui
zO' ' S a, . at- ,t rOo ^p 1n." 6 : ct woy lo express t'he huge billows ...= directions lor odd tendencies (Egge
light the individuolisn thr:t on ALLINCLUSIVE
rc, -.
c: -' i-:
l
ooroc,
Europo ou reolizcrt orhitelurc noud, lonscr un monif_^st semnol de pictori, orhitecfi si scu ptorr, in frunle cu hô,or Do^.b, ,o oi. o,F e.,og^.r.
rodor" li'o, o'o Oe-i o ^ . a,
foro nici un conioct, 'De Stiil , qru
.,ot
,n
modern orchileclure in Europe, wos I l^ '9 , 6s9^^6 o) or -r 're, I o o lhoo vo't Doerb,,g ol wL'.,1 AA:, -
Mô' whil^ a a yc x.i,r ro roT--. le g o' p oi r-o D.lr n Mooer -
_-
Today t'here is o new oworcness
SpTe untvetsol.
I Exisla c:zi o constilnld noud si uno veche in lume. Ceo t^. Le 'o ,Tat eoo,o sp ^ .tot.d. o . eo no.o
o'o''hevot
o tncooo
pt
..-
..
new one lo the unlversal.
2. New ot 3.
ihe
2. Arlct noua o odus la lunino ceea ce contine cons liinto ceo noud: echilibrareo propottiei intre induiduol
si universal.
owo enls". on eq, 'l b,., ^ oe 14 ep

the ar:rlicLtlor
hos brought to light the ^
:--
Con$tiinlo noud esle pregolilo a se rectlizct si in exfeiloc:ra. Fondatorii noii concepliuni core cred in reforma ortei si o cuhurii, vor sa jistuga pupo,
vicslct
3.
ide life The founders of the new ihirtr;-: ot ctnd cullurctl reform, wish to desiro,, :-= "toet lhe oae-''to, fl'o .; oe, .^^ the wc:y fine orts did with the csbolitior c:
new oworeness is reodv lo [1,:
'r
r. - - -.viduolo, dogmele cctre slctu in drumul -' ,' cso precum in orlele ploslice sa distrus - -- -- ,-eo noluralismului, ceea ce stoteo in dru-
slood agc:inst lhe latesi ioec

The common demonds
-- :'
nottuni de arto.
,-:' . ' r'
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
cerintele comune erou: I ) Dislrucereo
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_
rs'eod wo
we-e. , r::--.
:-':
'=:rtrsi sl om, creotorul nou
orro devine violo; 4) Distruqereo duo irevenind lcr tocelor sole orllstice, cere loc in vioio,
-: : j.. :-A,.1'lq -o lL e os,e,,e ol . . : co. denond.opro,e o -rs-lf ' I- ^.
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
-:
..
:=---:
become lhe crofismon of o new civi izc:ion
' . :- ^-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
- - o PS Ce rorio pe core ro re cor.i : - I 'or de cro^vo i ce rr (p ooo-e Jo -:= -rprofoto pdmonlu heqemo- - I r revenit in moinileui. Deodolo, inoculote. orhilecturi - :,': :cczie omintim nume e lui Gropius si Toul , - ' : ::re o fdcui primele reo izorr experimen ' - :r :, doi eo, core c reclizot lonqo Berlin, in
_
, -trTe
ocele serii de erpozit i sl reolizori din
, "
--:-ziiiet - primu monument ol vointei

-
-::eburg, primele reolizdri prc-tice in onul - .cr rdmdne vesnic, cu tocto insuficienlo
crriistice 1-gi
lsire.
T]
: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. . ': ôud, in viu contocl cu oriele ploslice 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'.
:
: eo1o T,rpof'-ooegilc{g6g'g
'louollie'o or o o w.oeor'T"reo lo or o desp,1o"n1, diplono. ê wo. ess prepo ao o ro, e e -no" -l o

bricl cver he worLed with
opiriolLo lre e1qêa 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,"cowi 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
pcinlers produced ihose e>hlbitions cnd ochievemenis 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 forever,.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
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 ",
in
New orchiteclure, inlensely interreloled with modern fine orts roised, in ils lurn, the problem of shope reducond knowledge of ihe moterro s to be processed, ond whol is more, the obo ilion ol eclectic ideo of slytion.
les.
: -- -riie nu se foc, nu se combino si cd -"-- optimlsm viu si o inlelepciune pent,,'r- oldi de corocleristrce si soecific-^ ::'r- e oroT oe corocler slrce st soecitic_^ 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
'
.
viu de vederi ce s o iscot, s o inleles
"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
ly .o':prel
A v v.d r-o'crcnge ol v'ewpo ^ s -nooe quo y6ro ,rol-
ihe iunction The boses for new resecrchln orihitecture ore, on lhe one hond, the science, o necessilv of proclrol 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
219
-- oooie fi o*c de deseno folodc scr nud.lr ccr c- problemo ei orlrsticcr rezido in crlc corespondenie or spctio e,
Acum so inleles cdr
ClC OSICIZ.
shcrpe representing
Frno Ly
rts
funclion.
o.hiec-,-:
cr
cr
o6s^'r.io,o oeqeoâi^ Dooorâoeo- ôi l.eeoeolcocr
o proporlrror sl cr rilmuri or conslruiie numc coniorm egior orgonice

roporturi or echilibrote de vo ume,
o.
rt 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.
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 lrebuie 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 ementele de bczc c e oricdrrei orle. e emente geo metrice si cubice core formeczd u timcr obieclrvore oos b
al
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
todoy
'Archileclure, os ony other discipline, foces -to elucldote ihe mecns ihol moke ils bos: :-
young Germon orchilect, llilbersheirr:- : s crchiiecture prob em under i-:,.
noture.
borpurile slmp e cubrce cubul, sfero, cjlindru , prismo, piromidc, e ernente pur compositionole sunt elemen tele de bozcr o e oricdrei crchileclurl. Foptul co noturo crhileclurii insos esle volum in spcl u, conslrOnge Jcr o cJorllole [ormc]o. Arhllecluro rsl cre originec in geometrie'. S o inteles in line ozi cd crhitecturo esle pr n exce lentd orlo socio d si co individuo ismu in orhileciura
At th s point pointing hos guided il by recc e emenls perloinrng to ony orl. the cubic --.; aF1 erq.Ct 'Ôo'or-iTOeObo The simple cubic bodies, such os the ihe cyinder, the prism, ond the pyromid,
:'c-t r.
croe : r-'O
/
lO O âTeT) OclroOO
leclu re.
OT^
The very ncrlure
ol orchrleciure, whlc'r , spoce, imposes o formol ccrily. Architec---:

in qeometry." Jt hos been fino
re ol o'
undersiood thct
.
no e per' o.
or.-': .
l
Arhilecirro
de conceplie o ce er moi
inf oril numoi in oce e vremi cond ideecr simp e orfevroril, co 9i cr celui moi simp u monument se oqlindesle oce csi spicr
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, .in dupo credccre intcr noosird se vo dezvoila 'in timp, odevorclu siil crescut din spirilu si economlc vielLi nooslre.
Conlimporctnul nr 53
sociol orl por excellence ond thus lndjvlc-: .leclure rs the greolesl donger of o Archileciure cou d on y thrive during thos: -lhe mosl unsophist ccled go dsmith s worr r-
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,
54
februorie 1925
pp 3 4
Febrr.lc- ,
Conslruclivismul este orio obslrcrctd', core, cresculo d nlr un slml optim st c vietii, purifico orlc de orice urme de romcnlism, fiind expresio ceo moi vlo enld o doru ul de construclie cl vremii noostre (Epoc e mor or sliluri
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
Conslruclivism
si
'',lhilectutd
Construciivlsm is
Constrvolivism lrlnd Archileclntre the cbsirocl' orl lhci .'=01 OOI -"r \ aw 01 to p go5 Or , 'or ol [-,6 r\^ os ,o^t
I
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
sirucllon
'
. :' r. rlre r:orfois des d6formolions sen = - -i qu",lrn. Lorsqu ils veulent c lout ,= ^--ob e PJus d'icones ! Plus de fetl : 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 -ôo.a r "ce
:-.
: , --
r,: ce
Coslee s
scris urmdioorele:
-es liberes I crieni i s. Et i s decol-
: =' wrole lhe followlng Ei e r: ::-- :' r- - - d6formotions sentimenic es l: -r-- -r --:' v^_-r roiorpr .d^ P,soele le \o
Cn lhe occcrsion oi lhe r-e--t
-a 'i o eq p-^
,-
r:
de oq.e'l
'46'3r1on
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
_rq 3,^l e .o' , q ob- p
:-:--rc-e (Rodl[o e KunslJer Zurich),

;':
opl .oo
,: : es in Rusic sl PoLonic (Molevitch, o-p"l le ^ pe'n er orF o

6{o'gq olo noi 1Io
- ,
odooorer ero p^ o-o ':epio'ce' ôAoLe'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
.
::eslor
oriisti de o coloboro in violo
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." Construclivsm, whose roots con be troc[ed down lo ihe becinnings of obslrocl ort (Rodi[o e Kunsller Zurich),-hos moin y deve oped ln Ru:sicr cnd Polcrnd | ".,'t' , To l,n PJa l ,^/ne e-r'a a po';-'ror'6r f Mo'ev.r
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 " formulo 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 volumer through qeometric numbers ond colour cnd then to lronspo:e lhem oll into cr new klnd of reo ity by fobrico
cr 1e tronspune 'intr o reo ilole . : -cierlolul viu dupo egi e sensibi itolii .-: -: oduce orle e p osttce in co eo unei .: -:: conloprri cu orhrieciuro rendsculd.
= :poi
irq -,ive, ô'p,O o
oO. oIo
l^
Ow.OIo'oot;
151-[ ys t.e ^^lato.t . o a tr | [D o .r t rO :'oôord 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
-:-r':
o fost reliefu obstroci, cote cetecr
- -: rd-inv nge romcnlismu
:: = -: ploslice, cLodind numoi dupo egile ,' : emolivilotllor moderne.
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.
- : :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
mcginei, recu, - --:otibilltoiec inlre eo si geomelrie, fiind - :',- - de o rto ( Fieren s)
The new sensitivily overcomes the romontlcism of lhe mochine, oc[nowledging iis incompotibil ty with geo
re'r
meoleo n -' 'Le 191^ 1 a^q1 619
7berq eo /o9 ooofor"(ieet) Aporro-'o:o1 11;rypober o-"..q

'Te'L
oFor
61l i
omnipresenl focior due to cn internotlono spiriluol orgc nizotion. Cn the firsi Congress of ihe Conslrucllvisis
on beho f of ort groups from Swilzerlcnd (Boumonn), Sccndinovio (Egge lng), Romonio (M. .lonco) ond C^rr o, , o.p o od -r" o o,tr'g idoo:: Wc ôre Fo. "eo t eoc t o n, otoaob1e. re ot' p a blem frc:nscending the tndiriduol problens. This pro
1922)
tn Dusse dorf, lhe Germcrn oriisi Hons Richler,
\lorce rcrAil,':-:
1924 Morce
1924
,crcc .rrno
A pi
oi':
?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, . 'po'.r S PtctlO'Ao oo'A.O .a Preciz(tm cd arlo 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
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
blem means o lot more lhan naking o g:-, and a work of ol , we denctnd lhe recti '' -
l9i: gc:
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,
fhe inleriot
Whenever he bui ds, mon hos jusl one
ormoli cu dip ome, despre inlerior

Pseudo-orhilecili
ou ceo moi modesto
nofiune
so
de crzi stiu so picleze nuduri,
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
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
Puterec de creof
exterior.
ord r û^. tho volL e. H[ tlTrR C The crchitect s power of creoiion on y n,.: tyloperceivespoliolly, locrecte lhe lini use cll its polenlio effects in the exlerior r
Modern
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 - -
.-
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.
e: .-. .- : inierlor occommodotes, occo-. : ' i:
iecl's gool, lhe height ond size of rooms. Economy cnd utililorionlsm led to smolle' -= A
nleriorul, loc de odihno, cere clorilote. Ochiul vreo dintr-o privire so cuprindo tot spcrliu 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.
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 : :--
OllO r 'rigg^1og grl g. -. I Na /O --effect thct rendered o specific rniimocy New cesihelics, os elementory os ony r .I -
., l^. oaôo a l-ee,iro.po,po..
The modern room needs only low, smo
wc s ond cei ings uniformly trecrted. The openings for ight cnd ventllcrtion
close lo the ceillng.
oxiolrty conslrcint, wherever lhey ore
: :
.r- : -
The ighting cpp ionces con be p oced c .':--
te.
Mobi
o nocsird seorbodo si p incr de
Cur
infloriiuri tre-
neel:l
ife ess
moxrmum of comforl by usefu
ond overdecorcrled furnliu.e . odditions -.--
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
oversim plificclion. Withln new ort, the crlterio of purpose crf : -diciote the ulimoie form, lherefore, on..--
b,ôLrlifrl one
)925 p2
Conltmporanul , no 5Z-58
r,:-
Arhileclutd de plangetd
ln seco ul rigid 9i sob,r'ol betJnu ul ormol, roco ortifi
Drawing board Architectvte

n the stiff ond sober oge of reinforced c-- - the ortlficio rock s len times slronger, the ,-=
ciolO de inzecltd ldrie, domnesle incd conceplio

meschind
podoobe
or si ornomenteior. Ce
din
decorolion ond ornoment is still dominc.-
::--al de zid e inveil inlro inlreogo founo
:: psos. Singuro vrnovotd e p onseto. O ' -'uncot o in focl , -: crlo prin exce enld o spcfiu ui, o devenil
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, orhit':-'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
si
-:-olorie de
'=:
simeiricd
: -,:
or. Chezcsio orhrleclurii esie bucuric - o reolizdrii si nu ornomenlciiei de
inii
or pe hdrtie sou
umple-
: :: 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
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 obsoele 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
rl , , . : :' '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: -- -:..'''
c::r - --: : : cl ; oer oJTce i l ,oryi c.. :. =' = Ar'l'^-opê^'e : :' ::.
spoi on the wcrll ls enve tloro. -r^ o o'o
:
^ q r" O-.re OQ' Ce or yoL^ o' o'de.e--
o jugglerstrrckof
those'"'"-::-r--:r-----:- -:
r.
:
-.-
A new orl
=,c,nzdtoore nevoilor de stondord si utllitoraevdr in orhileciurd e vo umul; cel de ol -.:-erio ul Clne foce orhileciurcr pe hcrtie,
' o orge .o-
is
emerging iodoy, yet nomeless, yel in lrcvoil
ide'roo o o-ior c-.' o ro ro-
eo
.
.ni
-'-:'rci pe unul, nlci pe celOlclt. Ardetr . ::ceti modele, este lozinco crhileciurii de
':cronul, nr 60, seplem6rie )925 p 67
,fm#hifecnra
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 hcrdly ony chonce lo know either the flrst or ihe second ole. BL'n;o,,t d o^.ng boo ds ond aL ,o trp -ode's-
Morce oncu, Conslruclie,

1924
I , s o-o ow ' po-.wo'o i' o"
ecrJ e.
Morce lcnco, Corslruclion,
tq24
Contimporanul , no 6a, Seplember
)925 p 67
::':
:-:
de m6ine
,:men nld de o gterge crh iecturo dintre inldlurol prin imboldu novotor ol plost-
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 innovcriing 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
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
-'-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
=.-erizoni de ieri foce oc unui rofiono ism
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 importonl experimenls hove been ochieved lo decreose ihe house cost by reducing lime cnd cbour in the ossemb ing process. Tens ond iens of new building mcierio s ore fightlng to e im note the burned brick; oll over ihe word pcsier pcne houses wlth osbestos wol s or 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
r ,ône si reolizol experiente de
more
:I
: -enl
sunt peste iof cunoscule 9i experi
-:--, '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
::
:ri creol construcfiei cr fost deschis de j .oloo o o t l o-s'nr I orF 'e e
ccuti.
lo ive in. This new horrzon in bui d ng hcs been opened by the simp ifyinc uti itorion oesthetlcs thot odvocoies
223
Vorbesc oici de bund

teclurdr slrdine,
seo-i ce o.ob eme de orhr:- c ioi posu 'betonu] ormol' co o suoremo proco de progres. Aiureo
cdci noi ini6 beionu ormct o losi oprocpe comp el parosit fiind preo scump si prec putin ropid.
Confimporanul,
'Stondordizotlon'.
nr 61, octombrie 1925 p
Anywhere else reinlorced concrete wos comp: behlnd becouse ll wos loo expensive cnd :'
hondl-^
.1 ele,e we )t -Ole ogo'l ,l rîr ot . Fo o' ove. o r il weto .t-^ ro.en ^ p.oor o.
Cerioin y, 1 om referring lo foretgn orchileclure c

,
Expozilia Wetkbu,n*. Die Wohnvng

lntr-un iimp re ciiv scuri, crhileciuro modernd c focut posl gigoniici. S ou dez dntuii forfele conslructive c e | ^,.gela O- !e r, r O PJ'eO .r ^ i. iqr .TO trO 1a' r . ol 1a 'e 5 C)^ror 'oose. Primele incercdri doieozo din tlmpul rozboiului. Doto-
Continporanul , no
6l , Cciober
'
:-'
Werkbund Exhibitions Die Wohnvng

Within quite o short while, modern orchiteci.r-: -. oheod lremendousy. The construclive forces ,t : ol or lhol , o rid .o olqe' o.A - e )wa-' rolil o- o 'ele,. . hoo *er^ F- oo .e. Their first oitempts monrfested during the Wc-: D e lo .-b .-.r 'r o'.- A,t a toooy' w6 o.
Morce oncu. Ccnslruclie, )q25

Morce lonco, Corstrlcliof
1925
,
Acei ce ou es sd reinceopd un mestesug pierdul, sd I refcrcd din necesilcli e vremei 'in ccre troim, so sl , bo oo.oze po--e e ^.lo /ot -e e, a re r I f1 qr li6. o i ,n eo, o, p Jq ,ôo-et -.1 s ll,..t o.t. ln looie co turile lumei ovem ozi cdte o grupore core
r
o ume de reollzdrl: Be gic, Clcndo, Germonio .inle
riio cubismulul in orhliecturdr, ovem ozi o estelicdr nouo,
loo. rota
I.
r '' or o i. to ror
Joo.t
o i5rr o"
oo Lol .. ord o wo o o o rievenen ._ooId o oGe'-ro.y'. llebo. o rhore*.y'e.o se ovrho p o9o'r l'e o goler '-o oô n ooP ai
il
':
'oeoooo
.lrr r-i ,i-16.
A sironge, o uniflco oceste eforturi, esle problemo de molne. /olo ce st o propus Germanro cu expozitra penlru onul 1927. Arhitectu o de mcrrne, or sput o mereu, merge spre induslr io izcre. Mosino vcr produ
inlernalionold de conslrt,ctie anuntotat A. O.e -1oi ol.b'e ^ o
lo
Sfutt.qctrl
smpe si moi frumoose deceri cele ce scru reoizol

pono ozi, prrn eforturi individuole moderniste. Nimenl nu vo puteo sldvili cucerireo vietli de cdlre mosinc
modernd. Expozitio Werkbund vo fi u timul cuvdnt ol industric i .in zorii domeniu conslructiei. Eo vo deschide orizorr, lu si d rectivo crhileciurei de moine. Eo vo do mdsuro in core meconico pocrte pcrirunde
.o
or oo
a 1o e -^
--lo
lo lhe necessilies of our time ond lhen subo.: - : oo-r[^l ord e..ec i. oppo-1p5 o oo t.T' ^ tL^ .e^1oe | ^,d. o, lho wo o ,o e -,;. ... group fighting for the new purism cnd func , slrucivisi ideo ogy in orchiieclure. It is tomorrow s duty io gother ond unile i-::= Here is whol Germony intended wLtert it se' -: 'toto.o,a "',L('ia,t e,,nib iot o . o,, ^ :' Sfut'fgort. kept on soying thot lomorrow s r-- moves iowords induslrlolizoiion. The mochi-=
produce heothier, more comfortobe, che::=' ,":ooh L o-ed oro oy lo ror^ oeo. ;f Io.^ ssred o^ -"rooA ri.- dir orol e wil ever slop modern mcrchine from lts r.t--:
.r\oo d.d'ol oOo^ rr.
Ihe
o.ec'o e p'o.l^ loro'e ^ obr . loroo o. fer, emn sou osbesi. Merii ol Germcniei cercetdtoore si neobosite, desboroid de iunkerism Chezosio succesu ui mondlo ce il vo suporicr Werkbund-u cu expozilio Locuinlei " esle nume e inspirotorulur s conducdloru ui ei: M ES VAN DER RCHE este desigur osldzi ce moi insemnol reprezentonl ol ultimei generoiir modernisle. Co oborclor o orupori G, o.z ol oo oo p e oe, o We.L b .d l.ig^,ro, o siiul so-si csiqure co oborcreo luluror fruntosilor crhiteclurei moderne. Expozilio din Stutiqort nu vc moi fi decl o serie oe slonduri comercioie unde olcine vo ouiecr exoun-^ cr se vor vedeo lo o lolc eforiurie moderniste lo core lucreozd de ocum,.l P Cud - Stomm (Clondo), Corbusler (E vefio), Fronk (Ausiric), Behrens, Docker, Gropius, Hllbershelmer, Mies von der Rohe, Poe zig,
Exirem de oporlund, oceosidr expozitie vc unr efor lurt rdz ete creind e emenle e tipizdrii, creind sr
quer life. Werkbund exhibiiion is ikelv to be c b-:--. of lnduslric izotion in the recrlm of buildinc horizon ond iomorrow's direclion in orJFi'=:-,
open.
ll wll meosure the exlent of mechonizolior mon s privcle ife. This timely exhibition bring together s. r -\ 6 .-: 9 e e-^' Io, ol lvoi od ro e: 'ôdu o be ; )e) ^ or u'o. | 't^d ir
,:
- -o- 9 iron, wood, or osbesios. We shouid prc:- -: *oLôono ioo. Ce.ror y -.ippo. :p l-L ewo'o5r. a5\ol ro l.4e,o c t\r o6
eLoi-o^
o 19
wi
pe.o o y MILS VA\ DrR DCI r
o\reoo\leJoraol
minenl represenlotive of the oiesl moderr s :-- As col/oborctor of the G oroup ond sec:-: : . of the Germcn WerkbunJ he'monoqec -- -
porircipotlon of
the ecding personcliiie.
_i
rchileclure. The Stuttgort exhibition

o
wi no onger con-c commercioi stolls for onyone to disp oy ..
,- trToun, Schneck, ts. loul, /V\. Loul elc elc.

Scnfimporctnul, nr.72, ionucre
WOniS; On
lne COIllrOrY,
nisr etro ls
)927 97
(lo"o o) Cobt ^ ) : Be ers Do l- Crop -:

Rohe, Poelzrg, Roding,
or ,"o'L L a
'; :
Sc-:-- --
i[n{nifecfuro impro- = -: oil si lndiferenll irdim noi in oro5e : -l oocrie scdpc octuoliloiecr covetrgiioore c
Tcul, etc., etc. Co,
tirpoo
'..
.- :
, 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--
odevo, rouo.
, :tmpozil, looie fontezlile oportun
sie,
,.::ession, neoclostc, co sd pricepem nouo
oted ond coreless os we ve n our mproviseo cilies, we connol fol lo notlce the overwhelmrng presenlness of the truly new orchlleclure. We con c eorly see ihe triumph of the developing ideos ln their molericl outcomes. During the lost len yeors the whole bosls of crchiteclso
Asohilealute
: : r, --,: -
.sezot dincolo de "estellco puro' de
turcl knowledge in Europe wos sel to move more
. ::' :xpres uneo sociold si orhileclurii - ': -odernd ore obdrsicr form-î sc e in solls : , :" t c o cerinlelor de conforl, economie si ,:. Nczuintele esletice o e omuLui nou se . - -:zuLiole e desdvdrslte crle Tecnicel $l se - ::- ^n formo lrenului, outomobile oT, o trons
_
: r:' :e novotoore ou depc ozjtol crrhrtecturo: - : letn ol v efii core insplro in genero orlo
ctiistico-culturo o, dlncoLo . r' oloLZe e irc eplt"r''o'
de
lronz
Jio
- r-,--or onul trJcut evenimenlul
:: moderne il puiem u morl ln succeslu - r:e neintrerupld de monifesio I de orh tec - '-' cnl. -' : crlelor decorc,ttive de Lo Poris o pus pro '. - -:: o incepuiurilor Desigur' cltfel decot pe -:-entoliei se puieo experlmenlo gondul v tl ' r ô' gordi r i^ror-r. 6e 16'61; 6'o
expozifiei de
I q.Jrei no t. -= ;cce numoi dln coordonoreo eforturilor r : riio vc limpezi obiectu orhltecion jc cdire - =:'vd si universc c. Colecr esle deschiso
rcoldlv lhon in"ihe previous ien decodes. AIL sorts of neo'qolhic, composile baroque heresies, o "rl"rii, L , d o' [-ir"^1, to^to" e. :JC' os jLqerd' I :ece: tot 1ea'cla.5;-o 5jlc, hoo o ôpoel lor L' 'o be' ier oroso the new lesson. ThJou des fo the new sforl were lhose who set themse ue"s beyond "pure c:esthefic's", c borren cu luro ond c 1,.-. ro r o o b-yo d oo.oele tlol Io^ The lnnovclrng orts hove dlsinfested orchiiecture; ihe modern foce of lrfe generolLy nsp ring the new orl sucjleciu ceeded in rendering o socioL e:press on lo orch
I
te.
Modern orch ieclure grew oui of the new economlc,
or{o'
rr
comes of Technique, FREETY EXPRESSFD in the overoll shope of ihe lroin, cctr, oceon liner, os well os n ony
mochine.
o, o ^yq er tr eqJ.'e^ ear). New rol oes eii,o proior, or b"ide-.Ied ^rhee.oLi leo' r'
or r, o, o-np'.sl.'d re6t o/ ,oo'd -e lf a o' e' o''s. At- ,v l 7g obiect towcrds on un versol ond ob!ecticrchlieciurol lo'r 'r e woy 1'e- 1a lo 63o' "e
lâ'ttrw
''ve
o^ be
ror I q 'ê
oiv o'
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
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.
: - :nuL ocesio irebue so noidm cu sotislocfie r r: orhilecturo nouo din Brno. Un mdnunchl -: ,:- vo orhitecli lineri cehoslovoci ou reusit scr . -.,: oceosld mlnune ce este expozifio vecini
=
. = :=: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'
cze r o,ro oreo by trp $'11lg6t o
^btor 'ôl d' oo/eo Ir e wo rs or 'ne be. Tolrg s ' \1c 15 ir

.
lost veor we cnnounced oboui ihe orchiiecluro
'oslov Putno. infoptui - -:te credinlo 9r socrificii e necesore
: 'noi frumoose cildm cose e lul Bohoslov '::onek .lcroslov Grunt, Prof J Kroho, H. '.
F,,,oo". A oower[ul work thoi sei irue londmorks: the ;91 ret nn, -o' ond oo'1, or; gl q ^ 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' troceciiy house or urbon po oce unmlstolobLy obl",n
"o.h
225
[ij oceslor
nooslre
monifeslori ne.L-.sc,r:e poncr

lnre
in
zi ele
in orhitecturc vo
ege cd e vorbo de o
orevoi ed.
Finolly,
odevorclo rencgiere ortisticc eL-ropecnd.

Conlimporc:nul, nr.78, icnuorie,
)929 p.39
teciure exhibliion in Brno this yeor. A hc'wi ed young CzechosJovck orchilecls . .e, i"9 p ,- .ro'v^ o, \ ' q. o, F
:
we ore delighted to remork --=
-,
lion
We'd li[e lo
sliul Le Corbusrer esle creotorul, fouritorul core trocre consec ntele loole ccrri derivdj din rolluneo orle noJl. Din hoosul exoerimenie ot conslructive e o dis
ti ot gerndireo
Le Gorbvsies
g 'q -o
ov l- r' ^- St"poreL ,o o I Kioho, ll Foltyn ond Miroslcv Putnc He who be ieves in ihe omount of sc:II I O 5tpoor 5L,h no1 ec-o ol,
Bor
mention some hondsom - ,
,:
,-
rece o formulci s reo lzot fundcmentul, poote chror esenlo el Pe cond revo uiionori qetmonl in f runle cu Gropir-ls se chinuicru so deslcrinuioscd ]umil o orhileciurdr nouo 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 Corbusier pubLico in Esprit Nouvecu, ndicond dru mul rollono ismu ul construci v p e onlzcnd odopto recr tololo lo technicc s econom o limpuLui prin slonooroizore p ,dl '-iot zo e ,i ooie 'iro oo fo re ln timp ce I P Cud sub tutelo omerlconizonlo o ur
Europeon ortisiic revivo is ot sloke.
O -O
a,,'
eioi^,/
-Oe
Co ,,rpo'on,t lo. 78 Jo
Le Cotbusiet
-eCOb,.e
*rra-'ro5'6't-
TO e ct.
Wrlght proeclo cose cori erou odevdrole scu piuri incorcote si neconslrucllve, Le Corbusier executo ccso Jui Czenfont in rue Reil e o Porrs cu ocel sed pesle ole ieru pictorului co unicd podoobo Frcr
drew on ihe effects deriving from the re:: - ort Cut of the chootic buildlng expe'^-:ob e to extroct lhoi type of cold think'-: ted ond crchieved lts bosis, moybe ils -':::- : While the Germon revo utioncr es hec::: ' tuere wolN To , o'd o re.60 ê ^
teclure
lo
th"e
world, ihot kind of
oltempied lo represent lhe function
ir : :-
:-- -
"' Vc oorec lui Le Corbusler constd'inoinle de looie in o fi dot violcr sforfdri or neldmurile, in o fi formu ol cu o oq ccr lucjdo esenlo estetlcei moderne in roporl cu o lo].i,-,o. A-o'izor d r^.o|tr r'bo,;.'e 't d ,-o^ economio noostrd, o creiol exemp u felu ul modern de iroi, orgonizond pe boze nol i pu cosei de moine:
oTimoto5oo^ o."t o'eA1p-no(. b oo lo,o o1o oo, o ôool.i'^Co'b.,".
AI
ljons, on orchiteciure lhcl expresseo : hensively, therefore resulling in spher c: d.q oor leCob' o'pr [t .l o6. \or-r oo;ho* ng 1l o L e, l,o o
or
rolrn propo rq I a o-o sl; 'l'r^' o ^.or o rly o1 or o9e by . oro
iriollzollon, cnd form obiectlficotion
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
e J P.Cud, in on Amerjcon ike ^-. Wright's tute oge, wos drowing ho--:stotues, locking ony conslruclive cr:':
Whi
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
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.
ucide
o pdgil intrecAo
Europo de
lo
modernismul
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
:' ^q 01 tew P ltp'c l^L6r 'oo.s o, h" g'orô '.o61 tl-' [â 'oo oro o'trjo rpp^ lool lP . onto terroces, iopping lhe house; th,: -= Ior IAQ^^'spoo tôi .oo'ed : 'o Jgl 't ^ irpet-o ol. t d . o Lo pL -odeo ,. ro ' o er r./ o[
:
o'-q ror-h o l-e t " n, .i to'u ne e '^ c'
ue ies essentic r,' gospobl" :,

or-, odo
Confimporanuf nr.8O, mortre 1929
Athilealur.lr socill,rd
DoieJe reformei orhitecturii sunl insdsi ospecle e viet soclo e. Timpu exiremei corslrongeri sl o lroctionc lzdrii se ogl ndegte'in noile principii Muncitoril intelectuoli sl monuoli troiesc socr lrcrul indrviduLu pentru
i
6rq
totolltcrte.
Moginc rldicoto de forlo de diviniicte prin legeo efortulul minim foce din cosc vrilorului "mcsino de ocu!l'
.
from lhe modernisi decorolive ne.': ',. ooroq r^ '"olil , ro"o Spor o.eo. h oô .^ e .^d 'o .o to b
ile ' ro 5
,ir
el, 'o oo. ol"o
- :- din orhiiecluro o cdevdrolo orto groficd, r .rm nu mcri fusese niciodcic si sJpremo r - re o orno, de o impodobi, ucisese sfruclu:ceslei morr orte. De 2 secole s-o incercot roreo ocestei orhitecluri de f orice e s =:: -O d c durol pono in zi re noo\T,e cdnd O OL Ol OOr O tn Z ele noosire ond vletii o modificot slructuro insosr o simtrrii
, , : roi
rrnl nlei indrviduole si o "efortului m nim -::rd azt nouo eslelicd. :'rilecluro lusese orlc folcde or, o pololemult festivo deccl utilo. Renoslereo
rion cnd beouilfu line Le Corbusier is o prophei
Cont,rnporct".
:-:nic spre obcrrsie: Suprofete,

S
crtisilc crl generoliei lrnere o reodus efor

VoJum pof
ru
soclol life itself. The time of exi.e-e ''-:'-t sron reflecis itself in the new pi . _ C ::. : ot d ro LCrl *oio 'rd;, .ol o lor r^^ o e. I r-.
Social Architeclvre ,, or .h're ' e 'o doc
..
-' .-. . --: :_._l
:dntecu qeomeiriei
nu
,'
-;nif c simt reo omu ui û so inlrebuinlol mol senslbil

pure.
slcpon
moi
minunecr
splendooreo nuditotii unui plon n o fosl =ri intrebuinlold. vom puleo ofirmo cd orhilecluro conlrm moi pocle fr decot onli-decorolivo. ei rezidc: in iocul de roporluri si voiume si mdrime si bogolie decorotivd -ezidc in geomelrie, ce tinde spre o con .inie - coie, ior epcrunec ei in modeslio sr
r'iocso o
mclerio ului.
\o
the
which were more feslive ihcn uselu . The Rencisscrnce even lurned crrchilecture inio o iruly grcrphic cnd deco rolive ort which it hod never been befoie thus Lrllinq its very nolure of this o* ihrough on ordeni zeol lo od-orn ond decorote. Cver lhe ost 2 cenlures lhere were severo oilempts lo repecrt this sort of f owery crchilec lure; lhe crisis losled unlil now when the mechonism of ife oliered lhe sfruclure of c,ur senses. The ortisiic oplimism of the younger generotion hos tied
orch
qoo or -l o ^ ot, i.-o ,o . o . . "lo:eol lodoy ."^ oa -Ttrr d^.^ op r, oa .aa . q o ^ ., r 6 elr6 t' Or O O.riO O] ,TO ete Cnce crchriecture wos the ori of fcrccdes. ol oc oc_e.
-1gL
'le -ro'tla
o-L
''o'tF'
-l
,r
^ More oro Spo ^
tectonic efforl bock
lo is
roois. Surfoce,
Contintporonul nr 93 95, I 930,
1O
The me ody of geomelry hos never ever coughi mon's 'o^lir
o, ooaeoyo dgorior y
Never hos lhe enchonlmenl of pure mcterio s been

l|ur-trLrrisnt|r
rpo'ooi o.i qa"ôoo :o't o,'io FoSi \ô,l omj mooe,n -::^ t-'- - .nul c ogezoi in Jocul de frunie curogiu s .lodLIo ii ,ce-e. .' :rul - oa\roo o o oir oiol o-e-' | | 7e? : :ocut din crrld ccf iune un nerv nou, un sfi'."- ' :inul
. ari.
esinu ortei crr fi cuprins umeo looto -elii n or fi ucrs irisfeleo. reqretelor, lomento6iilor. melqncoliei prezentul vie6ii -::ôdeidei, opiimismul - er ar 'a ,i OilO tr'. | . O. -O Ot gO .a.O
,--
I .,'
I noslru
ei
used so sensitvey. There hos never been such on oworeness os lo lhe use of the dozzling nokedness of o p crn. To sum up. we moinlc n thcrl coniemporory crchiieclure can on y be cnii decorotive. ll owes its beouly only io ihe interp oy of vo umes crnd re oirons ond by no meons
odecoo .oro9'1.,oô o "'te. -owa rt," oIo qo6.orlI'toi tFt o'o inpl. while to p oo'ol il. nisdo li-. ir ' I ooa I o.d l,, d, erp o .ior o ,, T cr'er,ol.
Conlintporanul , no 93-95, 1930, p. IO
e 'loLo t'l o o. . - :-ul ri-o oo oc r orlo o,ep oo izo :': ;dnd rdspundereo fericrrei umone.
'p
a5
ezvdlue vo ocrrec creoliei, o ineditu ui, c

.e
Our own Julvrism

After Ruskin, the ethorgy of ort would hove overwhe med the enlrre word if it hodn t been for Morinelll icr
-p
end lh s oqony
e
't.--
:rul nostru qre ospecte proprii. Nor n om . - :rifeste fiindcd nu se cliesc

:ius
poezic in strodo flindco trdim un
n ritm
despoir'
Itvtng
o :o': o regrets, loments,

oopo'-o
,l
-- r',/ut uple de strodc fiindcc tooldr lumec e
'h'
.reo-;1q'r
Jr' o
despondency, ond. ^ optimism ond presenthess of

rr th
, ,lsird -:r
o depcgif vreodolo ironio si subver
permis luxu exubercntei,
ol
lempe
lhe revolulionory squcd'on storted the noble ond gene rous boit e thot freed modern mcn's fee ings ond verb. Futurism hos sel cr greot store on lhe couioge ond the undenicb e right of the young oge. Futurism hcs chosed crrl owoy from librorles ond mu seums. Fulursm hcs urqed ori rnto octlon, o true incenti ve for life
j.^ 1a^' ^. .-t
ot
227
romenlelor lrbere, cl
tin
'incon jurofi mereu
6]c1r6
de oceeosi odmirolie ,mutd,. Noi nu ne odorom idolii f rndco suni odoroir i du loti 16
i ,6rr..
)lor n 9m profesct deschis iubrreo verbu ui, iubirec ^l^ | d. d e ., tor' O id^q,O 1esri ^1, leo. ' Noi n om cunoscul br.uiio ,.t",'"i' .u., ,Jn]",,,
lO
ulo. Noi n-cm dot frOu liber revo iei iilnccc suntem cresculi 'o .. ^p . o.
sincei,i- oe-i-L o
nu ne perde
oo,o
olr noveliy, sensction new orl.
Futurism shows the volue of creolion ond ,-= , ond expression ."nto -=a
Our Futurism hqs its o*n" feqtur; 6r !;ra-6 o,\ \o ol -no^ es,o. .:r,e ,r
Futurism promoles orl os o guide for life wf .-_ o_ J^r^\ fitr'o por b'V,o ] -o, nooo n =
_
ecd
We
olelli elonul noslru Futurismul creotor, opiimisl, iconoclosl esle fulurismul

noslrrl
ridicol ' Lo noi e"rusinos ,a.i".i ."uu. otitudine intectuold Totus futurismrl o fori-r.oo u 'oCt(rrO -l .e.o on r Cl' .r p re-e OA ,irbo' , oloo,^ ovonlgdrzile. Lo isvorul ideilor sole cm crescul. o,n
fugim
Noi
nu focem nici
de
profesiune de credintd fiindco
o modernisl over here Wo]-ove' bo-,gl -ootrr yoow,,, o. r t y'h" ol e i. ,lo ne-.
v6l)
On.
lor-"-loct o.,
.'r6'c-rjgJ- oe.
or o -
t^
(
.
Cur opposilion hos never oone beyond lrc-
Welou- ra re- i1o, oged o , ot1 p ,r tr,.: : ol ,hO e r1a .,oi, -d '^-npe oro ,. ,O Ien Ou",-,, IO -Or \n 6.f'q, r,O a O,J OO , W^ ho,^,ao(rô o, . ,a;, lo. s,se np ..
led ol o skeptrco school
61 o ls . b^.o. ^ t . o :L o.'t^ to . or a) vo I ie_ W^ lo.^, , -or-ed .r^ io1 oto,, \ to , : orP \-re^cl .o v .rort dao or'no. .t
,J
Foclo, nr 35B din 19 moi 1930,
p4
We I o,er i o' 1.) po.e, o '1
Scfieoare lcdtre G.M.Gantacuzinol

Stimoie Dle Ccnlccuzino, Do. o o, I o:o . .o .. r';6g.o6 d o'^ o ,or co,o o, 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 te, Cl O
,
.:
oomllol on
We 1^,^1 wor r p o hio' ihem too
roooe., oaco , o
.
squoutl lemel re vechi.
no . Lovoleril schiopi cru sosil drn loote colturile lo proznrcu p otitului Sou cosiumoi'ponuri, si folode 5orobondo 'goclo' e in rul peniru odorolio vitelului de our. lolusi n o precedol nici o evolutie, nici o revolld n o
.roJO
o"to.r.o' i"';"' OJr^ al^r,'Lo O po i,or Lowo,e, , lool. rt suTbo .o e-trre zeo d.e., oth^ o o^ 9o d- We t oue ed o .i o qler^d o,, e 11, .o\,^
We 16ro o p.o a, ,oT ot ro',t b-Co s
ridicule We
Curs is o creciive, optimisiic, iconoclosric

Foclo
:-,
-
^) o o ? C -- '^ a) o,'co roo,, o ,.5o .\ooto 1. o.,o ô o r .ep, . o ;o pcl.rA o eror | -rodo.. ? ( r'"t oJ d^re, ,d r 'o doro r gs rî e' . ,b.,te oe er. odevdrcte idecluri de frumusete, un f" J" L.r,i comune chior ? Cine o convins oulorildlile so renunte o renlo ce le-o ofereo lrodilio .h'o' .o e o ro,o ./a,7aoaF .o \6 si * ol."rrt" T l )o r- oo e o,e ^Cr ^.ptalt,a. Ttro5.aproo n6\oo d- odcro'o - lo er, ^/c -or-o, , , o,^ ^cor ot e ? Crn" s ylql11 minleo crtolor moeslri core qirseou elo nu cTeot/er numoi si nLrmoi in prolul rucinii ol ',siiiului
noiionol
Scr
2
Ciro o o,opo;oor ri1ao. lr par'. rreorzorao
, no.35B,
Moy ,
A lelter lto G.M.Cantacvzinol

Decr Mr. Ccntocuzino, Hod I onswered your eller c few mon,". :: onswer wou d hove been o unpcrdonca -. Meonwhi e, our crchileclure evoved ci, r r _
formu old in. 'A murit cubismul?
subconstienld core o neiezil diso 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
'
fie o pulere
i' l' lr"d.d

''o,Oo
Cesoinlompct? Nimie Des gur co nimrc din locrle osleo. Comertul de le r ode ro O r o\. ,, ,o . O; p. . I,or oO.
.rrrr
cu
le din cinemologrofe sou ouiomole.
',6io j, po ^,
,e oc -"-rodo ,.o
o(loreo i ioô(t 9 |ogocla. o 5 il] 'l er" a6 , 6 o1611 ;e, ir crt oll _ 'eteolôrd otrdo,on. WLo o ecr rao -h^ , 6\4 oa\-r e-, o. h'n?low ore'r o.rho,looie or ; '-d le n OOA,' ar r . iosm? to,v, on e 'ngr '-,6o, e ,a', ,,o t-r-e doo s o boo tv o.^.r gl - -.-i Wro po ooed I o o, rho.ir e o gi. 'rOd,r;or oro oC, ^p rno_tr i o , e .. o d o' e. wL6 ,6,'u612 - li e ,r^"oe, lod er. oive por,^.
: :
lo ' Lo' r. lne ro' eo' orooolc
or o-o'ror d . op,edl.,g"r,o1-, lf oblp bcrr qr-ei f o. ooe . o, d p o
_-
. st' dif 'Vogue" sou ' Femrnc
. -.
--
-spird orlo noud de lcr noi.
nlerorul de 'Fiumo se cdsdloresle' potroneozd, orien-
odlust
io comforl ond economtc
-::
le I re lorm < - r: usor so bogcte

- ..'.
:r-
succes ol "cublsmului" oplicot in orhiteciuro, rJplom de I2 cni 1o i'Conlimporonui or
izdm un gOnd, - = excepfii voi vorbi oltodotO. .l .] I Art L,FZ r-,T vOOO eO
pornire
i
i6ol9. pgp rq
'
-= :xisld numoi bun sou rdu. Arto odevdrofo --' , = :zi explocleozo moierio ul modern, suni : :Jtrundo lniregu lonl de evolulie Sd cuno ; oor dt co lc, o os . o poro ,6 6"1i.ge y,6
_
noud in loole orle]e. r^ .O OilO LcO OdtrvO.O O r, i pO:iOi O - : scip ind. Artc nu rdmone un fenomen lndi ' -3i de personcl e oriistul Eforturile n-ou vcr
û moi posedd nic o viru/enlo, devin sierpe. - .: ,- a 6 gr!g; ,6: ,.Oe vO,o.ite .,. i,ttO :-= erori]e sunl groso one si oci, moi mull co
o. rcr,red i e ,p o-., .. - :.. rt^\ o. : ,siheeo,'ll'o't..o,s'o,.o, : : - : to^ ord cl or, e od lro , .ro- - .. I | -owo d' 'l o' org oeoo eo : --. "er wos put in. ''os , L-b r po:sed owor?
Wl
sed it?
o'
y errnus^ ova" l-e
Whot hoppened? Nothing Cf course, noihing of this kind. Wi.r _:--ccirc for modern ideos wcs born bv frcud. By lrcud indeed lust the woy siik stockings cre being
ore slolen lrom loshiono lmporied DIE ^ AqaT' e5 '-On ( rero. O Oj.O't O OT5. The "Vogue' or 'Femino' 'cubist" style. The cordboord inle or from 'Fiumo ls gellrng morried' governs, direcls, Ol O rso e5 en, or' '1 61 - r6yrlly s lhere cny reoson for us lo boosl with this kind of cubism succes#ully cpp ied in orchileclure, we who hove been lightlng lor I 2 yeors ot 'Coniimporonul'? It s so eosy to minimize someone s lhouqht ond pure impeius. We sholl write obout e^cepiioni some other
lime.
By lrcrud since lhey
tl_s orienloreo
. . -::i nu sunt subordonole si insumote. -,- ne siludm, dor'incredereo meo se indre:-: qenerotlo de moine core no fdcui ccrcr - -= :i de ozi. .-':e ]J -_. ANCU ' -::'c:nul, nr 99, septembrie l93 l p 6/12/
We hove no longer lrusted ihose ideos lhot were mode

popu o , Qgcgyse they hove been stripped off iheir virulence crnd eft borren Within the word of new ort, where lhe vo ues hoven i 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 Those who toke odvontole of the modern moteriol shou d olso underslond its evoluflon. Thev should Lnow lhe enlire thought thci led to the new direction in every ori, lrom pointinc io crrchrtecture. Let s remember thct true orl needs o discip ined fro mework. Ari is never on iso oted, individucrl phenomenon, no moiter how excepliono ihe crlist mioht be lso oted efforts beor no volue ot oll un ess ihey ole ,rb o d.orod o-o s--n-eo i p. 1 don t reoliy I'now where we stond, but I do trust the nexl generotion thot hosn't performed ony sorl of rope
do ncing. Yours,
ilu*ilecluta
, - ::ernd este numci ospeclu unei nol orqonizo- :': rlerioord in sirdnsd iegoturo cu urbonismu : coordoncreo volori or exierioore si inle . '' ros or'o 'rr'eo i p ooloro o orl iec,u
.
- -,ler-nd
nu mol ore deci fciode. Aceosto din subordonold funciiunii , tolor^r'e ozi r.i ocr, ole (e o -roi reolse. ob-.l ooô lo 'lslic ro'-o de, Lrgo'ro
- c soiuiionol gruporile de locuinie din me resdndloose prinir-o supro concentrore o e-o situol in miilocu unor porcuri inf orife, ce cceeosi suprofold un numdr mox m de ., cor 'o' ioec hiqie-i,. :-o o'"ro'lo o sc lie urt de v'oo oli, io;lo-e.
MARCEL iANCU
,i e o dovodd cd trmpu
-eciii soi.
sl
c fourii singur sco
Contimporanul,no.99, September 193 1, p 6
/12/.
::-eo
'.rdernd se coroclerizeozd prin reducereo
Archileclure
The modern house is iust one focet of the new inierior lile o.go ,,o'ior- ienlS ^rer-w,reo w L troor is^r. The essence of the whole new crchilectu,o problem ies in ihe bcionce ond coordinoiion of erlerior ond lnte
rior volues.
creerii unui cdi moi mcre si moi uminos 'inde spre imobil -- inseomnd lo modo, lo modo putond fi si -:^ odo.n: paIe oe po orie.
' -:rroieozd desenu de

'
, det,hdo 3rp
ro -oi bre -rol^ o

.
o, 1J p s-\5la 1 6 ,- 1,igr bogolie . o o u r'o r-'.odeuo'-to o oblio so
p onselo. schemciic.
o
Mode r loL-.e no"'r lgol o -o.ooe or y o^qer. -l s
16
", ho: been s.,lbo diro-eo ro lrncl.on Todoy s orchilecture mokes use of quite lrmjied meons:
229
forne e cc'ocpe cscete de ozi Oricine ore voe sc focc orr ieciurd roud.
loscd vrolo reduso
.in
ihe unsophisiicoted, olmosl ruslic moter:

thot kind of form thct resu ls from utilii.y Corbusier s so ution lo the unheo lhy me.-':
Conttmporr:nul
nr lOO, )931 p
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 sludli orcrsenesli, penlru o moi bund, moi sonitord, mo confortobllo o cdturre in cresiereo si intinderec orogeor. 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 indeplineoscd chemoreo. Cricoi de revo]ullonore se por ozi incd orentoriLe
super condense dwellings; however, he : 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
lls
lo boplize
ii
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-:..
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
design.
:,---
Urbanism., by no meolns |o''/l.,nftctsm

Our crge is cc ed upon to undersloncl :- r slort 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.. -:
lo
Morce oncu, lino eum, 1924

Morce Jcnco,
Lino eum,
l92zl
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 sinuozltdlile 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 umdrote crize orl sllce pono c scheme soiesti lipsite de orice voloore. Americcr o ridrcct co pr n mrnune dintr-un on pe c lu , ordsele inireg , cortiere munciloresii p ine de formecul
obeo prevdzuie cdtre core se indreoptd
desiinul
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:,-
growth, cnd decih, under so monifold ::-= to uiiliiy, oeslhelics, economy, io soc I :i : comfori cnd technicol stondord, hyoie-= -'
le up lhe vosi spoce ond time probe-
-'
'
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 :--
elc.
Yor o-lre re olido,
-y'
r o/eo
:zei si o circuloilei pe oriere de mori pro-
s vs
rc uil!
L. L rc uu r J !!
lent ond nervous excilemefl.
: : .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
, ='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
=,
-.12a in noile
centre induslriole orcrse intregi Ce hcbitoiiune cu lolu nedncerccie incd,
Urbonism is iust siorting

ihol come up every doy
\O-Ct o 166 eu6..6r
io cc". - - ': Agoro h^ orgoi g d-^ o c

:
g.,
:-.'
destiny mlght seem, thougn sore r-: ::: lhe orchlieci ls summoned lo cJi 're ::'::
irro-l
e\o^trao o org^-
o.:'
,-l
m, ogezole
in pcrcuri inflorite se ridicc in
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 ockened 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 thoroughfcres.
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
'
desprind czi din studl - , ' 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
si invdfomrnle se
:gi
- 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
- :. =-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
bocetele romoniote peste trcrdifle, , --- nfe. Urbonismul e orlo noud core isi fdu
'.'echi e forme cu senlimenl si devoltune cu . esc osemeneo ominiiri o e lreculu ui, dor
- zcdcr
: I -9i u ,' odirec,esc.ed,-uco.; - ::. Orice rezidut romcnlios este o boolo ':
'-e
.
,:.
renoste zt de zt, ritmul ccluol gcto imbrd proprii cprocpe stondordrzole de oce' - : rnr peste iol locu - ^L.r se poole sldvi i pulereo decert peniru co :-:scd oiureo cu dub e resurse, cstfel nu
sed economy. Fino y, in Fronce, viL cges cnd cities were rebuilt hosti y on devostoted londs, disregordrng ihe orlslc ond scientific urbon experience, for which they were crilicized quite oflen lnstecrd, urbon plonning owes to Perret, Corbusier, ond to olher French broins the ideo of towercilies which ingeniousy soves o prob ems of lhe modern criy concerning 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
otuyhygenc
te.
Cne con infer the sorne ows cnd essons from lodoy's urbon experience oLl over the world. There ore only
vorious degrees of deveiopment ond housing concen trclion. Modern crchitecls congresses primcrri y deo wlth urbon p onning, ond ogree to unjversclize humcn
vioto noud in lipore mci, regionoe
si
-::rru, copriolo ldri , este hoidrot chemcl
sd
231
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 oprecrscd respirotio. Genercriio noostrd este chemold so
fo6 '161-o pJc i50e.
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.
ôp. l.O nilei urbe core creste sub ochil nosh I exemp u gene-
aO-OO
a o,to-ro
Noi simlim co deslinu ^ or 's-o -npl i. A' r e rô.l ese .ole . o. ^. , r ^, osp ,'06 eo tr ' ^-no.. ro cr.
Crogul, 1934, nr 2 din 25 februorie,
l;4
Ulopia Bucvrestilor
Morce oncu, Horlo Creongil,
e35l Mcrce .]onco, Horio Crecngd, I I e35l
Ir
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 reoliz-^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 1OtO,/, ^-e . O,c \O O-p I On p . e-^ O] Ii , OO lO a 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 geomelricd. Acolo unde gdndul omului o ndscoclt, unde mono iui
Vod nevoio urqenio de o se refoce Bucurestii 9i om
o leogoor o,{oyo- ,'rgtro poo we a o oo-, o lv or o .o dl; e/p-e ô he"o vo: ô , o'l,r or ilhe oos ur no .. 'eooooro-iov l eocl5yo oo ^d oobblir o pa( o or. l, .oi- ,o, . ^. -. over trodition ond tombstones. Urbonism i: -rLo' .rdole\ ,i'ely oô 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).ô p 1 q ow'r io olro oroor azPab/ srilo,ê.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^ ^
.
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:= ly ottcched to such memories, yet these ,.- ,ings do noi belong to ihe posl, lhey ore c--, I
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.
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,.
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 -.=:
.
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( ^ô t lo obod.. o PeL I I o o Osal^ Deô ot ' 'i cle Regelui Soore
mediu co si nenorocllul lntru orhlteciurd seco
Crosul, no.2, Felruc:rly 25th,
193- :
cu creci ordineo prn geometrre. Numoi epocie borbore - epocile intunecosu ui ev
eo
ol
I 9-
geomeircd esle oceec core ingrddesie iberlcleo
crescuie in voic drii sunl o scddere c consli inlei sr orlei omenesti. Nicoieri moi necesordr, ordinec
nu ou procedol prin geomelrie. Crosee osife .inlcrmp
imperotive thot BuchoJest shouli c= slructed; hove trjed to sketch o new urbcn c-:thoJ
I fee it's
Bucharesl dnd ils vtopia
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.
e. U^ po: o' c coming up, hundreds of them ore hovennq oi. - , of lcggord roce in lhe covo code of time isiomeculous. Urbonlsm demcnds drcsiic, doring so L_r: :-:
con be perceived cs uiopion ln focl, urbcnism is on orl thoi should scrutin 6. 1roorFig^rr: f .,"Ter,no'so rof- o"r 'rd Aor tnlr
z:
-..
- evul mediu, s d"1t;".;"?ttr";HH:r:: ", - :':, 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
r
lO OntC pOle
e e/or rlio^c') wri o
c ie :-,-': '- - : beginning to think obout if; urbonis- ..- := :-t -=: :.. directed o rchiteclu re. Arho' gl ruostllo^ô 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
gonize lhe socicl, econom
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 reqression of humon conscience cnd crri. Beinq o compelling foclor, geomelric order checl s the lndiiduo freedom ond fovours the communiiy interesl, its free deve opment. The cte l9th century libero democrocy wosn'l propiiious crl cr for urbcn deve opment. Most of the Wesiern cities, creoted in the Midd e Ages, throve cl on omozing speed during ihe losi century, c thoroughiy disorlented lrme in mclters of orchiteclure crnd urbc nism. The troffic problem wos odded up to thot of ci!
f our libercr
mo'e': : ,lolo - , oge lmperollve y derc-:- : .,

TUTUTe
neeOs. lS
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-= ::-- 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
urmdiorii 3O de oni cu oprocrpe un milion d,^ Si nu numoi Porisu, dcr loote ccpiio ele eur-
. . .'ezc si mlj oocele de locomotiune
,: or, omu o lnzecii i mpu tol prin
mcsind,
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
Morce oncu, Oclov Doicescl,

Ir
9351 Dolcescu,
Morce lcnco, Oclov I r e35l
exiension. ln Pcrrs, for inslonce, there
wos on cnnucl overoge growth rote of 6,000 vehicles behrveen 1 B9O oid
- -- nimic nu poortd mdsuro vietli cocotiiocre o . ., - coniimporon. :-: zbuciumul ero mci odonc, cond ?nlunericu]
: =-e
r-ente or impolrivo creslerii orosu ui in ino fime --''.r, exproprierl nelnsemnote peniru drgirec
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
the Europecn copiiols, not only for Pcris; they
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moi nepdlruns, zgomotu oroge or moi insuigieno si conforlu imposibi e, estelicc com si urbcnismul prizonier, lumino gdndilorilor cr deschis cdi nebdnuite si minunole orcselor
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
';rploi intro mdsurd si lo noi si desigur co in - r se vor imp inl cu vorf si indesot.
om urmorilin oroseie mcrri
oe occidenlu ui s-
-:-e cd Bucuresti moi mult foro voio Bucurestilor, schimbot firec si cine il = )Zi dupo o lipso de 20 oni, oproope ccr nu-l
-' : n nepricepere, 9 c
-:,
-: 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 -- :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.
- -.ll
CoLlei
nooste. Hotoroi, orosu nostru c opiot peniru
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

,po.,eo.e
r
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 ,
tcie economicd de o urmori cu ucrdr le ediJilore ccedetollu, orhitecturo insdsi o oplol peniru siilul nou. C o r-O 5.-li o(O or , golfor- O O a5ir . sri'georetr ic nedecorolrv, sobru cu violo meconizold in core cu totii ne miscdm crslozi ? Cine vcr moi consirnti lo oltfe de viotd ccrnd o cunos cui uii itoteo forme or simplificcte si cr conforiu ui core nu e un ux, cu[n s-cr pdreo, dor core se orcrid o nevoie imperiocrsd in fe ul nostru 'urgent' de c troi? A iubi ireculu nu inseomnd o porolizcr victo. A cer-^ o orhitecluro romernecscd, nu insecmnd o o fobrico, cum s o incercol in diferite ronduri. Numoi odoptond
se
-lolio ^potblo o. o6^'|a,e o,^...^ irf,r ocu5.oZ .lr ^ roo-e T,.doo . npo..bl_
n
oslo inlindere. Trecem ozi, urbonisiic vorbind, printr-o grecr criza.
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. (o-no or od or o ,root )^ ^toda p :)onar -l o r odor r tniT . e'r nignliql- tpd ro-"tA r te , pa ao or o \,. d. t' p o5pa, I lot ,^" ies o ,nel . .e
uo viL.n9 -Lor
b
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, 'ort v I ere wo. ô woy o, ,rner iê ir, - o se 3:
. .
We t^ r
o- ow't (o r- tv. ord it ô
o c -o. Los roppero! ;e

it
los ol,ôo) oêl a,pe er e! [. ur' o r r
hcpoor5 o v ..- oLo WorYyôs,o- noo,, -. ' ,,e Cb;io. ly ou , -y ororred o ^^* e lor-.o .o o o o , l;i^ I e Cio ov^ lool "/A rge, "o Geo go ChL,,ch ord Colieo -o*^ -l o o. o :
oroe sao e Aliosf ogoinst its own will ond less due to its c. wordness Buchoresl hcs chcnged its spirit; who:.-
s -^ 16 ^ e. \-V 5oo
\o p r'ao t,rir^ sir ro-ronor,
Ior-ole ri 1or,o o 5 p.ere" t,clg, .po, i-ce o e o lui, se vc noste prinlro lungo experienld ceeo ce
O nOO O rf O Os ^-'OpaOT. Oro.ele \t t O/ n In oi . a1,-e d^ de lo, al orc O.o ducliei regionole, dor moi runt io.r, l" l"-*f-lrll! " volorior spirituole inire popoore, ceec ce fcce co ele
Deocomdold constoidm cal oce eosi condilii lehnice, economice, oceleosi sirucluri socio e, oceleosi mofe'Oe O ooO,i -"r j'OO a Oe ,O,OTrOr .r e O ateo, sporluri si poceri, oceleosi ecturi si imbrdcdminfi, ccelecs slrri si oce ecrsi speciccoie, foc dln metropo
o lu" o-ove'y'. tLo o, oir :. if,o. oT.rt" .iol ^^l.e q oW l gt cr o,ol q1e ro1d rconro lcrble L o.rros rol e oo.r- io, e 'blockhouses', whl e the very few courlyords ond :_
We tnde go o soqa
dens vcrnish everv minule f we move on oi th" sorne poce set cfter lhe wor, --= we ll find ourselves burdened with the shorlcor, - _ of ihe Western clties bui without lheir monumenis onc _ ua,-i6a SO ,v^ O o lii.e o IOr ^ he .o.l o C
embellished
ir.
so oibo oproope simullcn toi oce e prob eme si lipsuri.
Cuodeosebire cnoi.
Bucurestri ou norocu] de
Tne. oor-po.'lg
it elf
e^cr,e\s r-ot'i. o. r oen--.. o. .. o lhe probler ol erd]^,c o',r g wir^ ir rir ',e ,,oo .. de-sccs, ossocioted with the lcc"k of economic meo.: 'eru b,n lô .r,, v ,v. c't ove, 5L, 1o vob.rtr ri-o.)
Jr
'
oo e. heorv
of
rqr
lu .formorii sole urbcne, ferit de suprodezvolioreo
o fi un oros tonor, lo incepu-
'nose re iow
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gre s.
defectuoosd orhilecionico, nehiqienlcb si suproooouoid o seco ului lrecul din centrele mori occidentoie. Este oore obsolut necesoT sc irorm lnireoqo filiero de
3o
o,e
o ioon'.
-o
noi cevo?
fo. r .o ,E rvoro-n
Troim ozi ziiele
noslTu ne foce so dorim evitoreo oceslei evolulii crstdzi inutile. Numoi si numoi o timiditcrte urbonisiico vo permile co orosu nostru so devie unu] model, un o os minune.
Grijc si drogosieo ce o purldm orosu ui
de odevorofdr formotiune:
drrectivei. ncd nu esle forz u. Asocicrtio prieienilor Bucuresiilor si noi, orhitectii de crzi ne osumclm o tosput 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 oscluro, bozo g-ômelrico, linio de continuitole penlru dezvoloreo urbond o Bucuresliior. Unde esle mOno de fier, minteo vlzioncrrd si pulerec
Cecsul
ond choices 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: ,, -
od ,evo'o' re. Wl-o ,re riqr I looe :. .lr .o.re o,.o .e e'fî ol o.oTC: .o5r 6 6! . lir q ir^lir,o,u lo ^t:,o pe ,r. o.o .
o ter o
o louc'no posrooe5r l-"teor -o po.olyzo he.-o,-. .l 7o. o e ror o Poro.io- crr, l -o , o ll door^'r ^ thotyou should fobricoie it out of the blue, os it hos i:=poror io, ,1 le
,
Wl owor opva colsel, oodiirerc"wol 61 1;rg he ho. o.,oo e rt ) o' ';rplit od o,rs o-ro-. . : lif- rot re.e,sc'ilv lr 6 r5 oS ora rgl .l ,. ^. 'roe o i/ely' how rq or ' , gar I' woy of ,,rrq ?
:
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19 ol lri, g^6al"
lo qoeso sve c[..i:.Ar, r ;l.rV".. Wro 16r- 1 lell -l-c a ,,,
o' ro1-oo, otot vd \ootr 1e odo\
some news cnd shows moke our cooitol c

F,
.O il rol Vo Jes ill . r
) ir'es or- o- o'r y n o .e,. -o -i-e .ec oodr, lor b'olro plo.es o pootf As' a/ no, l
'odoy -l-'^
n
.ooeon .
culezdloore
de core ore ocum imperios
nevo e
bort. ord,lo''. orir q'o,'r oSi .,."t ''lo1oo,:,. I owev^ t\p " s d'is'^^ ^ * l- ).
o.eq
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,l 6 c -Lg gr_ -
, . ,:- gd in onful dezvo tdrii economice
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-=
:: viotd o omului 'in co eclivifofe. Mu te cu . - -::r: e de cdnd omul lrdieste in orose, do" . , - :r bine irecutu din ounci de vedere urbo,
--'tidm co formoliie
ordsenesli erou foorte
-
sr
: renirii o cvut repercursiuni imedicie osup-
r rrre ponc in seco u noslru. Crose e cunos . - -l:eu mct geomeiric si mcri ogic oltodotc, - - -':. - inso toldeounc in morgineo drumuri or, ', - .'1r cunoscute in Pompei. 1n ce privesie 9i = ' - - ::-onii si Grecii ou cunoscul forme de more
-
-L' ti v Brcl-o-esl i:oyo' ,g :-. '-: rrbo^ g owih or d-t rs .pco... . ,: rr or rilec-r'o oe e opt or --'o t^r '- . . . .: . - overcrowded Wesiern towns durirc '-: l:- --- ,-. Should we pick up ogoin ihe ,.-i --. - ,: -.-1.:thot the Wesiern countries o Teocv -->.aa' --',:t l- l I rolly l-oe o eo t ltei- e: ot ) Cur love crnd coring for the city mc(e: ,s'-. -: :.: l
i is on y our ov./: s:\,-es: o-a hesrlotlon in urbon-pcnning ihot couc <eec ts tTcmoking Buchoresi o mode ciy, o wonoer city. We o witness ils lrue shoping. the hour of lhe Direcilve l.cs come. i's nol too lcte. The Associolion of Buchorest s friends ond us, the crchilects of todoy, ossume cr rnore serious responsrbility since we hoven'i deboied on lts mosler plon even ot lhe elevenlh hour. Whoi we con do in Buchoresi iodoy, ii connol be cchieved in lhe future Modern siyle demcrnds modern urbon p onninq The e evenih hour hos come ond we shou d determine the ci! bockbone, its geomeirico frome, ihe prospeciive line of iis urbcn deve opment Where sho we find thot iron hond, thot visionory mind ond the defylng force lhoi our c ly imperotive y needs? Eoch ock in ihe economic crnd socio deve opmeni choin offecied ot once mcn's woy of livinq inslde the communiiy. Ever sLnce mon hos lived in towns lots of chonges_ occurred; however, if we corefu y exomine the post from ihe urbon plonning viewpoint, we find thot humon sefilemenis were uery much o ike unti ouT centu ry. Cnce they fo owed o more geometricc ond oqicol pcliern, yet, the houses o woys were p oced c ong lhe roods ihere were sidewolks in Pompeii os we . The Romon ond ihe Greeks hod spectoculor pub lc
this use ess expenence.
sq uores.
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=- :iirmc cd orose e evu ui medtu pe core ,=" e moslenesle azi, cu u iciooree intune- . :-:pr etdfi inghesuite, chicr in proporlii e o' - ,= ::eomdnd in conceptre unor scte mori, os . --- semi urbe. Dezvoltoreo in indllime si ino. - r -, ccrtiere sumbre, inso ubre si curli infecie " - '-- l-ose, cu toote po ole e si coledrole e lor, , - r . -eo noud orientore. lncd suniem in linio . 't- :aiesli. '" - -': ::ire iumololeo secoiului lrecut, bctrono : = : zdruncinoto din teme ir, de mosind. -- ::. -e preo slrdmio, populofio inmuiiid se - '.: -- .echie cortiere, cenlru otroge lot comer
.-
::- -e.inteles. : =.' ilmp code epoco insloloiiunilor edilitcre ' = :.., ccnol, lumino si telefon, trenu subur ,-.:i.ll e eclric, ouiobuzu], in fine ironsporluri .,-,- cu o dezvoltore supdrdioare. -: :e lechnicc, ouiomobi ele, electriciioieo,
r'-ct.i$i
= ::ninrslrcliile ;i viofo pu seozd
un riim c o
. ' ''
impuneou cuceririle zi de zi, planu :-:eciiuneo orizontold o proprlelcrtilor rcmo . . . ; Bo r lin p .s poro lcr 11 -'ro-'rtrr- prop :.droo oveo ore1. J^' coro 1,s01e ,nino, nici circulolio, nici oeru orosu ui, ' ,:- io oricdrui bun simt se 'ingcrduie fcromiio: : -: nii sl de unde pond ieri sotu more (semi ' - cesfiinlo nici o polecd mdccr, ocum se
- r'- :e more sufocoi de technico mosinii cu ' : , t-,muri intortochlole si imposibi e penlru cir - , . zzd,n-o infeies sd odopte formcr cuvenild
: .-':zt noi si fundoluri o mie prin pcrcelori mori.
moy olso odd thot the medievol cities, inherited by the West, with their dcrk ond nor ow o eys ond crowded housing eslotes, even if they were lol ored on o lorge scc e, their concepl wou d roiher po nt io o bigger villoge pollern, ihey were ho f,towns. Their hrqher buildings deve oped ogoinst o crowded bocl ground, their gloomy, unheothy districts with fi thy courtyords how oly new o ieto ior 6s'p -e 'le - po o e
We
didr
- ' -,c si lo noi formele sotu ui. i .- r-:rsld formo uzcrlo devine imposibilo cu - -"-?. ' ' -::tibi iloteo'inire formo sdieosco de ieri cu .. . .e si o'osul de no ne . - este ccelo ccre trebuie sd prevcdo r::.l toreo, sd intompine roul cdl moi e timp - -. . cu p indlctec mdsuri or. : , - r -: creeozd inco o slrodd, se mdreste o '-:dor se lorgegle o slrodd cu 2 metri, : -OCe SenS Un ,' :, -- )Jnlopere de urbcnisl.
C
: .,-eo respiro 9i primi o dezvoltore conformd "r -l-e ic promovoi progresul. S-ou conlinuor
vil oge type deve oprnenl ihot prevoi ed. A of o sudden, in ihe midde of the lost ceniury the od ho f lown is shoken by ihe mochine The sireei becomes fcr too norrow, whi e the increosed populotion is crow ding in the old districts ond ihe cenlre otlrocts o the com-
ond cothedro s. lt wos lhe
mercic ociivitres; ihe enlire odminislrotion crnd the rhythm
of
ife pound intensely, yel nol comprehended
During the very scrme period lhe towns were provided wiih utiliiies, such os woier pipes, seweroge system, llght ccbles ond phone iines, ircins ond eleclric tromwoys, buses, bul the pub ic ironsport turned up to be o reo nuisonce.
Whie lhe new lechnicol devices, lhe cors, lhe elecirrci v ihe eirlorced .ot, o e wo'^ .leoo ly rpos "g heir
loiest inveniions, ihe iown plon, the hor zoniol pro jeclion
of ond properties,
remoined unchonged. Whi e the
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so schimbe slstemu soiesc inrr rnr ribon
Urbonism e orhileciuid c' c:. I-ecuie plonu conducolor so fie c n ve u sp rii,c cerui, cc sc prevcdo penir u coievo generot :o ui i necesore si suficienlo
leczd o dezvoltore socrolo ideo d.
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Core or fi principiul urbel moderne ? .in Suce inl se poole spune cd congrese e de crhiiecii si urbonisii inlernoilonoli sc ofirmol, dupo diferite s to,e O dO o oîiêr-e .O i.t,^ ptiveste economio si conforiul oro:u1ui, el :e poote recli
orqe dimension of privote estoies hcrs never obsi- iohl o '-ol' o ho o g o-'.A owl o* oqo ô'rnor te".o I e erdle.. o v's or of props 1 ,veo. Whil" v^sierdov c o ggtrr vi .og^ ' 1. o woudrlgverpor yir ,l.o-ol row.ew r66'
zc numoi pr ntr-un progrom de conslrucfiilno te

ino time dsond terenu liber grOdini orosu ui.
si oce
csto in ropori cu preful terenurilor. Coso se ridico in
.. -de.o., ore oe 1q *ide-oo or' ryoy o r ond ihouscnds o otments. Io I t^cr' -he o qgel r rl66e - o^g Ad os Tl e -'^r-orgoo'-6e .^'.. Iobylre10, re w .paô .r,,, lo. l: o.ces oqo dld" , ,ol " ,p Iopo thot wo o |ora oowô io,ortr o.
.
or in
spoce ond deve opment, occording lo ihe scre-:p on o-ed 50 fo oro rhey rr " cre. Todoy such on obso ele form is no onger prc: , -: r o n oler wtor I ir d or -ofo r wo r gl- cpp ,
mij ocul
',d-.d ir p'ooo.. 'le

b-or
oggor v oqc
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Ceeo ce esle insd coroclerislic pentru
oceste
constructii concenlrcle core evocueozc pcrterul nevoi or circu]otiei si qrodini or este co e e, cu col se ridico in inliime, cu clct moi muli spotiu iber vor oveo
impreiur.
'TeoT t-6 lcye'ordoy.'"lloqeor r rr-
Siudil
orhilectului Perret
cc si
proiecte
ui
Corbusler oiung in centrul comercio o un procent de 5 o suto suprofoio c odito, oblinond totusi 3OOO de oc. de ho (Po isul ore in ocuri e ce e mci concen trote B5O si Bucuresi i 2OO lo hc ) Dupd ocesle siudii, corlierele de locuinfe centro e vor trebui sd ocupe I 2 eloie si ln periferii Z Toole ocesle dcrle se refero Lcr pretul meCiu ol ierenu ui in strdrndlcle si numoi in mori e melropole. Lo noi studiul vo stobi i norme si regu cmenie specio
e.
Aceste conslructii concenlrcte coleclrve (si sd nu ne spere ccesi cuvdnl, orosul insusi e colectiv), oceste cose brne oronduite pe sirozi orgi, 4a-7a metri, cu grcd ni imense inlre e e cdci nu ccoperd decot mcxi
o 'or-,ee e. e. Oty Ord .r ui, t^l ' Cord:l o qe'erol o'r oh"od ord -o -r -' lre lrcrl s/ ^^ bor o' o oo e -o ^r 'F or oecr roc o de.. Whot princip e shou d modern lown fo low? Briefly, o orchiiects' ond urbon-plcnners' inre--congresses moinloined thct ofter vorious ex:--- .
wilh tomorrow s town. Urbon plonning is colled upon to mogtcolly for:.=deve opmeni ine ond duly prevent ihe disos,e' ' oboul lo hoppen, by icking some sound mecs,-:: In voLn one more street is cut ond o souore .s: ned, in voin onother slreel is rnade 2 m wide' onewoy sireels ore beincl cul. An urbcrn'p onner hos nothing io do with such e. = Urbon plonning mecns direcfed orchiteclure - -' olor .f o 'id ue -o s lo o6-..ol .pir'--o e.
o sulo din suprofotcr, dou. 1 posibi itoteo de lorqire cr drumurilor 2. reducerecr sircrzilor inut e
mum
de
l5
o,oricoi .io-u. ir lr^, -hro gl tre l'gr- e b- cri'g o.d

o,
undergone in ihe ilnzo conlinenfs,
Co. oe or p og.or -ra -
o comforlc: :
3. grodini inlre ocuinle e concenlrote in indltime
4. reducereo suprofeiei orosului, prin indesire 5. conditiuni economice, soniiore si de confort necu noscuie in zile e nooslre. Dor cum vo ordlo ocest oros idecrl dupo Corbusier?
lrcrliv
Crosu se compune din centru comerciol si odmlniscpoi rozc locuinlelor centrole, rczo locuinle or
nected with the ond oric-^ The house is higher ond higher, mokrng eno,: for gordens in lhe lown centre. Whct chorocterizes such condensed buidirclegro. olloo.isler-oo o sreel . -r.ol oder S i: I O- ire . 9, et rloy g O v ^^ ^.tord
creote.
Perret s (l)
ieftine si corliere induslriole elc
ideorri )\po .toti-olcrî.Do^deî p ' lo ,.d^r o,o -jero. lo. 1 Drumuri e pielontlor or strdbote oe. ip rbo o.e c po rrri.
bozi o do . o- or ldngo ocuinto so.
r
lolurile loromole dispor si propreiotec comund vo ingodui orosu u so l e un more porc semdrnol cu ocui
ond Corbusier s sludies succeedec dwe inqs per hcr on o 5% built c.:: commerciol orec (Poris hos B5O dwellings pe, -: most congesled creos, whlle Buchoresl recc--.
nrng 3OOO
centro o, birour e, odminislrcrftie, societdti e, comertu, in fine ocul de muncd iniensd sr concenlroid. Acesle lurnuri sunl osezole lo mori distonle com 4OO melri - si vibrecrzc de curso oscensoore or ropide si de violc inlensd, fiecore fiind dupo specio i-
ln inimo orosului in osemeneo pcrcuri se vor ridico crcele cose lurnuri ccre in 60 de etoie cuprind fieco re oproope 30 000 suflele. Aici e creierul orosului,
per ho ). According to lhese studies, ihe ceniro resider- : - . wi hove to rise I 2 floor buildings, ond ZJ oo : ore onlicipcled in ihe oulskirts. These dcto ore bosed on lhe overoge lcrnd c- -= cd, porticu orly in the big cities. o. ro ,r I y soe o :-o.doro s16 cg tioi ' estob lshed. These co ective cnd condensed buildings (we .be ofrcid io speok this word out, slnce ihe cii. '., olle. ir o er t ) t cra -esl Lo r5e' l'-eo tp ) orqP .l ca'- ,v i^ vo go oet r oehvee
.
- - r -rs pentru slne. : : - le circu olle ote pdno lc ZO metri sunt elo- - - l- nd in subso circu cfio greo, o porter ci' : -:rmo d 9i lo eto j circulofio rcpido. :': sunl lo 4OO metri, lcr o 2OO metri iniol -' : c nive ul circulcijei medli, gosele de 3O 40
suntinloorse cu spote e cdlre cir. - -r'e si cu fofo spre grddini inlerloore si for-. -.-. .' rir o dispoziiie ingen ocrsd cu relrogeri sl '- ,: un efect plosiic deosebil, ogcr incdl strodo , - -rr cu ocr cnodin, cj o clee inire grddlni. ,:-e periferii sunt iocuinfe e efline in b ocuri . - r: 4OOx2OO m., coTe cuprind 25 000 de sul :::-: inchizOnd lo rindu lor grodini cu umbro. , ,' de spori 9i de p imborl oproope cdt
l5%oI't a
I.
oo
5.
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creoled
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:
roods to be wiCe'e:
:-
' - ..obilelor =
t'-:.
: :::-3 !oro cenlro d este oeroportu orcsului. , : -- :-'ecnd esle inlrcreo irenurllor si lol sub- --:::d 'in fieccrre porc dlntre oce e cose sunl - . ie$irile melrourilor ccrre eogd in viiezd : - - l .Jrmezl:u si de- o ungul orosulut perlferii,-:: esle o grddino mirocu oosd unde omu : -: .-- de om foro so se ingromodeoscd, unde - ---, co ectiv isi lo formo ui ceo moi superio ':= confortu si sdndlctec, economio si esieii '=-: si sporiu vor do ocele forme de viclc = :-j coTe inirunesc perfecfiuneo moterLc d si - :::j sunlem de ocord co orcgul nostru nu o - : u iime or imbunolcrliri posibi e de ce n-om
- .'171d
: - ostru. - -::rele obundc in lot locu. Vozduhu sulero - , : e usoore core se grdbesc spre ceniru
-.'.''
r - r-.indrepto creslereo
:
Lrl
cdire un osemeneo
..:::lunile? - le foci cu noi e conslrucfir? Ce focl cu prop- : :pOrtiie 9i m i de porce e sucite ? Cum foci : :- ? Cu ce boni ? Ce fccl cu senlimeniul - :' ? Ce fcrci cu Conslrtulio ? Ce foci cu ' - r : 3 ? Ce foci cu pitorescu ? Ce foci cu politl :::l cu cenluro de verdeolc? -. -; s o mono de fier, cum ou moi cunoscul -.- si utopio vo deveni recLitole. -. ::s cdr nu e vorbo sd cerem idec u . Un inI : o orlentore sdndloosd vor schimbo fundo - ,-:sului 9l op icdnd dupo put nfo cuceriri e . : -J mi se pore nlmic! Greutoli vor fl multe de . ::- -eomd mi-e de un sngur bc our core o noi ' - = de copete (politce). ForO sd om preieniiu - r rr indrumcri (noi stim docr sd proiecicm) voi : cdlevc gonduri prcclice. : :-, cere orhiiecturc dtr]1crto. I -: :reulole ln rec rzore esie mico proprietoie
-r
-dproznic, vom fi deschis co ec unui moi 'nore viitor ol urbei.
There won'f be cny frcqmenieC ors c1c '-!s -fe co' ective properly will turn the cl! inio c vosi po'k spreod with ploying ond sport grounds, slolues ond fountoins Every nhobiiont wilL hove poo s ond beoches reody crt hcnd. The pedesir ons wi I woll. through such porks to occess vorious p oces. ln ihe heort of the cily 6OJLoor tower buildings rnhcb ted by 30 OOO sou s wi rise. Here lies ihe broin of the cify, is heodquorters, ofllces, odminlstrolion, compcrnies, os we I os iis commerce, ond flnclly, lhe iniense ond ollobsorbing worklng p oce These tower buildings ore spoced 4OO m., oui, throbbing with the e evolors rocing up ond down, with the intense life in lhem; ln foci, ecch 's r'., | 'oti hov r9 ii- owr p . pore. o There wiLL be ZO m wide e evoted highwoys, wilh heovy truc[s driving in the underground, normo lrofflc on the ground eve, while speedy cors wi run on ihe firsi evel. Crossings wi I be estob ished every 4OO m., cnd every 2OO m. for medium lroffic eve; the highwoys wi be 3O4O m. wide. The oportmenl bul dlngs wi look over inlerlor gordens, thus ovoiding lhe lntense slreet lroffrc; by o skillful dls p oy, they creote o spec ol ondscope effecl due io the rhvihmic pottern of recessed ond protruded elements. Th" streei w ll no lono--r ook llke o dull corridor but c.rs on olley crossinq throigh gordens Towords ihe outskirts 4aax20O m huge opcrrtmenl buildings will rise, with 25,000 souls eoch; they will o so encomposs gordens,
o Cob;s,e c'r . :. : :. ê ily ortoirs re o - I - : I l)(enleonolnenooe.o ce-''t :.)='' ) | ; : ) )." -' be o ow-Q oc, lo g 'e'c
W,
Morce lcncu, Conslrucile,

1925 Morcel Jonco, Conslrrclion, 1925
sporl grounds, ond promenodes, os lorge os our

Ci[migiu Gordens. The oir is fresh ond lhe sun shlnes olmost everywhere. The oir is filled with nimbe drogon f ies hcsting to the town centre where the oirport is just beyond lhe centrol
roilwoy stolion. The lrcrins ccces: lhrough underground tunnels ond

lhere cre olso underground enlronces ond exits in eoch porl be\.veen ihe cpo lment bui dings for subwoy iro ns thot ropidly connect ihe centre to the periphercr zones. This cily is o miroculous gorden, where men come clo ser lo men wlthout lhronging the slreeis, where the communrly co leciive feelings reoch the loftiest level, where heo th, comfortoble lrfe, economy, ond oesthetics, a 6's-' th6re perio olo g w -h .p"eo o.d ,oot ife forms lhot con ottoin molerio ond spirituol perfec lion. lf we ogree thol our town hosn'l obsorbed yei the otest mprovemenls n this respecl, why shou dn'i we direct lis
,v
e? oevetop^ ^- owo d 't' l' " - Iê o o- yoro o,o-rd wlo so/" "oy?
?37
le. Nu esle nevoie de com'lrisr pentru cr le desfrinlo. Nu esle nevoie de schimcdri Ce conslilutle. Privltl ']n iuru nostru. De cotivc oni s ou creol si lo noi prop .in rietdfi comun, unde individu vede din ol Z-eo etoi locu grddinii core ii opcrline si ui, in comun cu c ii 6o de loccrtori Ccre pcrrte e o ui? Nu o vedel Dor minlec lul inte ege co ln ocesl fel, cu toolo sdrdcio ui, crre beneficille unel economii comune si pocte ocui pe bu evorde. Are curte si nu o poole ingrodi Are cosd si nu poote donlui pono diminecrlo. E o ui
sl e o iuluror Si orogul e ol lui si e ol luturor. Si slrodo e o tuturor Liberioieo e ingrcd ld pentru binele colectiv. lcld o propunerel Conform cu noul plon ol orosului, se vo concepe spre exenp u de cotre comund, cu cjutoru unor socieidfi boncore, ridiccrec unui corp cu l2 etole, cu ce e moi
o [o -ordr or o 'qol soT cl o-.? -low )or'o oe êc'p'opr.cro I .' i Whot obo' ^-l e - o-ra) ? Wl o w yo, oo o: oiiochmenl to his property? How will you l':-, I
d^9,dW[o * yo do66err rfic

er
Utopion thinklng, whoi will you do oboui ihe
-.
or
-der ir
dpor.
Constiiuiion in this mctler? Whol cbout the s L,-.. will you do oboul the o d good piciuresque o- r: Whot crbout politics? Whol wi you do oboui--: belt? All you need io mcrke Ulopio come true ond on iron hond, os lhere wcs one in
re.
rs
--
de.:-'
Buc':-=
Cf course, we do nol osk for the ideol thlr-c 'A o' d qL,idir g I're ,vill ^ .'p' slly o
.
conforicbi e si moderne ocuinie intro oripo, so zicem, cr Cismigru u. Acesle ocuinfe luxuoose si con'o.tob e a,c) \ Lirbo d-,o a o-n,, o obigolo contrc unei seril de proprieioli expropriole 'in cenlru, conlorm p onului de s slemolizcrre. Densitoleo de
.
moreoveri if we put inio proclice, crs rnuc- t: : the oiesi deeds of stormy lhinking, we r,,, :-' ' . wide open for o better ond greoler fulure. con see nothing impossible obout rlL T.--= . hcrrdships ohecd for us to overcome, yel .' one sing e multi-hecded politicc mons':designers), yet om going to droft some p-r- Urbon-p onn ng needs direcied orchitec---: The f rst obslocle is the smoll lcnd p'-:=being end ess y s iced. We don't need o communisl reg me tc :
ho. vo ellbero un loc de douo ori mci more cu densrtcie de l50 oc. pe ho., ccoperind cheltuielile de conslruclie cu volooreo ui si permilcrnd prin v0nzoreo resiu ui ridicorec unui nou poieu de ocuinfe si oso moi depcrte. Nu plongefi Cismigiul, cdci fiecore poteu vo copoto un C sm giu in inimc lui. Un consi iu de economisli si ovoccli vor lrebui so pund desigur o ordine'in co cu-
300500 oc pe
inleniion
to give
directrons (we
o'e -,'
:-
ihem, or lo moke chonges in lhe Consi - -o o. ^d. la e o a ori few 7or: . perties hove been crected ond the perscTth l oor ccrn see the gcrrden he shores vr -Whrch shcre is his? He ccn'l see il cl mind con understond lhcrl no mclier how :
'OOevi,z|O. 2. Ldrgireo strdzilor de circu ofie more, indreploreo lor vo do riveroni or in schimbu pcrf i expropricle si
forO ploto, so sl pund in voloore terenu prin'indlfcrreo
eS 1eg
COrO
cose or dupo o orhitecturo indicoio. Este o conirovo, loore ccre trebuie socolild osc precum or fi o depre ciere de vo oore ccrnd nu e permisd rld ccrecr moi mullor elole. 3 Apoi desfilntcreo strdzr or inuiile circu oliei, vor da lreplul riveronilor scr p imeoscd cportcmenle in con irovo ocreo exproprleri or, chior in oce e constructii
con benefit from ihis kind of shcred ecc-,ond ive in o wide bou evord. He hos c. r - yel he connol build on enclosure He h"o-. : ond everyone else's. The town ltse f be c. :. 'O olro ,. loo. 'to ) ree o^ o g o a.6 dom is imited for ihe soke of the commu-: Here ls o proposo -t-a. ot. 1 J1e o, otdi.g -o -l e.o^ o^ ossisled by some bcnks, will moke c pr. : ' floor building provided wiih modern cnc , I
o - . - . .
roro /e a
or 10-
do^ o 'ere
o'
oeeecoqroon.
oeL.prdo.,ri e^popr ola ores^.o
olo,
lo
cuinfelor dln ceniru orosulu, vo deveni proprielcro pe ce moi vcrioros teren pe ccre il vc vinde socie tdrli or ce vor voi scr refocd centru comercic dupo plonu impus. Beneficii e oceslor operciii vor servi lo lucrorile morl edi itore cerule de cutosirode, metrouri elc. Circulollo se vo desconqesliono cdnd lromvoie e vor fi trimise.in subso ul orosu ui, dond oslfe un moi ropid mij oc de miscore muncitoru ui. Aulostrodele vor tre bui proiectoie in oso fel co sd lege cu ceo mor more ropiditote coriiere e indeportcrte c e orosu ul, core vo fi redus si in suprofold, prin densitcle. Si ocum o9 spune co docd toote exemplifrccri e mele rdmdn 'in siudiu", uno or trebui ropid reo izol-r. Tronsformcreo mohcr c e]or bucuresiene cu pitorescu Mcrce
oncu, Conslruct e,
Astfe comuno, prin concenirareo 9i mulcrec
oporlmenls, p oced, et s soy, on one : -Cgmigiu Gordens. The commune will ex:--- -orlo toblo or o r, ior . o ,ilo ^9 r
r^r- der ] ol 150 ir toc cnd free o doube surfcrce of lcnd More:.-
oreo, occording to ihe moster pon. The c:-, to 500 inhobitonts per ho will hove the ::.
expropricted ond properiies ocoted
' '-
do,blo
["
ding expenses wi I be covered by lhe esic-= . once lhe resl is so d, some new oporlmen' :
be built, cnd so on.
Do noi weep over the Cigmigiu
Gorce-.
ecch unlt will hove ils own 'cismigiu gcro=of cwyers ond economists will lLove to ::: cc culoiion ond revise lhe leois oi on.
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1924
r--r neo ferit de moreo mizerie din cenlru - .::hi, opoi ne o hdrarzit crcele suburbii fdrd - -:-olizore sl umino, cu sumedenio de co - -' si cose de emn ccoperte cu corion, ce
=:
og^lered le -roo-or -, . ^.,Ls.gefor the o.oooice:r::. o orilo o. )es Jrde ro'-o sl
2. Wh-^n ihe streets wth heow
--l-: r-- .'. r---r r l --: .. : - :-. r-l r:
'oosird in olo slrd in i o r. .-r''rose ordinii cr dsot, cu locie protestele sd se intlndo p ogo porce drilor mohof
ing. This shoud be consdeiec .s ::,-:- .r -: os devoluctron in cose no mu i s;c-:: -:-::r r-:
: pcleu de 400x200 m. cu grodini frumo ,,- de odrhno in core sd gozduiosco o . -'-::go de 25 30.000 suflele, expropriin -,=: Contro unei cociocbe cu trel chi ii, ford - . t:'a oer, se vo dcr un oportomenl de 3 scu =.= ,, bucdtdrie sr co orlfer, spolotorii comune, ,=: cpd lo rob'inel 9i qrddino minunold. -j-zi sd creodar cd vreuno din ocele fcmilii - ,i-e se ingromcrdesc ozi 'in co ibe inso u
'=t,:e schimbu. $i opoi
pentru
-:
.'eo I. 01 ao rp'op-iee rilo :^ - lo prop' o e ol loclirtelo' eL
wed to be built. 3. When useless irof{ic lones discppec' '-: --r. tr--: wi get oportmenls in exchonge ior ire' axc-:c'ciec properly, on ihose very premises, wricr- vu,i conio'n
gordens too. By successve concenlrcrton ond moving of the iwe ings owcy lrom ihe town cenlre, the commune wr own the most volucb e ond thot wi L be so d to vorlous conr pcnres thot occepi io refurblsh the commercio cenlre under on imposed p on. The proflts obtoined from such operotions will be used for the uii ity system, highwoys, subwoy troins elc. The trolfic will be mode ecsier when lhe lrcms run ln lhe underground, offer ng o more ropid meons of trcrnsporl to workers The highwoys will be designed to shrink the disicnce be\,veen the forihest dislricis of the town, which wll be crlso reduced due to the growing densly. lf o my suggeslions ond exomples ore sii I 'under study', ot leost one of them hcs to be qurckly to[en. The chonging of Buchorest slums ond their piciuresque
scenery. lf we hove been spored the filthiness of the old city cenl res, we hove been "b essed' wiih those slums ihct hove neither kerbs noT sewers or ight but insteod they do hove o muitiiude of cloy bLind wc ls ond wooden houses covered wilh ccrdboord thot mo[e us fee oshomed in fronl of forergn vls lors. Thot kind of pollcy lhot overru es order, ond cgclnst lhe slrong proiests from urbon ponrlers, it ollows the curse of end ess lotiinc ln the s ums. There is o so ution lo it. wrlh iis own fund"s the commune wLll creole o lorge oreo of 4OOx2OOm for low price dwe l ngs. lt wr contoin beoutiful gordens cnd resling ploces cnd the enlire slum
--
.- sieo.in cdmcse de noople Duminiccr o - :e cceio i crs trimrle 'inlr-o comuno lo 20 - -esli. -- '-ebuie sd doreoscd gr sd suporle prog,-= lin p onul Bucuresli
:
--
oce ce vor
-:>- or.
.rne
::,relrlc croiio si cJtele. ' .: irebui sd pdstreze 9i pefee brserrcllor, ' : ---:et trebuie sd focdr lumino sl cer in cenl - -=i" sd sufere de congestie r:-: vom puleo privr cu mondrie vrltoru, ::-j pentru decenii, oslfel vom fi cormuit cu
.
e porceldrri de suburbie, desigur co , -:dern vo p-rslro vechi e sp endori ole l sos Kisse]ef, bu evordele nol si prec - - '= cuTn vor ordto obio dupc cdfivo oni, -,-ei in olle proporiii si cdl se pooie mor
r,
or vor dispore slrodo
= = :-esfereo orogu ul nosiru, numoi osfe vom : sdndtoteo urmosilor notlr in ceosu rds -: -e pondegte ocunr. -.:ru hotdrdl e peniru infe egereo timpu ui - :*. Geomelrio 5i inio drecptd sunt unice,
- , : -esiune cr finlei clcre si vornfei omenegli. - : siru esle penlru conslructio noud core ,:, expr md vie, eslelico funcfiono d c seco' ..: - si deschide coleo industnolizorii cotre r: -'reogo economie o tlmpu ut. . -:siTll esie pentru ordndulreo, col mol esie - :: -oiei tdrii nocsire lo pos cu vtemeo, cu =. =:eri e posibrle, cu toote consecrnfe e sl lu
.= i 'dcd
numoj e e sunl opcnolul crtei $i lnle-
souls, whose property wos expropricled, will fit into ii. ln exchonge for o three room window ess hui ihey w get 2 or 3 rooms, o kltchen, pub ic loundry, bclhrooms, loi eis, running woler ond cr wondedu gorden I con i believe thot one of ihose poor fomilies, thronging in unheoLthy huis, wou d turn down such cn offer Well, os for lhose who wou dn t give il up wecring iheir pyio-
of oboui 25 30,000
mos, eoning ogoinst their fence o 1 Sundoy long,
wou d send lhem lo c villcae, 20 km off Buchoresi. The inhcbrtonts of Buchorest shou d wish for ond suffer
Buchorest's progress.
: r- -r.r oros fericrt si sdndtos, un orog grodlnc ,- .; pclole, iordsi un orog grodind cum se = - : mei nooslre. Fiecore iimp ore pilorescu
- ,-conismu modern. - -. r une sonilord sou de circulofie, orice usu ; - -i prin economie de timp sou preocupote - -- - estelicd, trebuie sd prevoleze o 'inloc'- , :i director. Bucurestri ostfel refdcut vo fl ln
Should Lipsconj street ond some suburbon lots discppeor due to this p on, lhen modern urbon p onning will prese^/e the old sp endor s of the cily, such os Kisse eff Avenue, ihe new boulevords ihoi wl cppeor norrowy iorlored, quite soon, Coleo Victoriei, ond others, yet, on o o uo or I \.o e o-o geore-treotlT .l b,, o'' r eot r.
The urbon-p onner shou d [eep the church squores; however, he hos to oir the town cenire thct begon to
c, :i o :rescu ruine cr, noi opiom peniru pitorescu vier core oie deslu d cu o ore. Nu e timpul sd bocin lrecllu, cvem dolorio so
sdu si oriccrtdeinduiosoto'
pregdtim viltorul E ceosu focem opero

.
M ]NOCISO.
..sd
de rrbon
W^ ,l oll be obl^ ofo.o ô' r e Oro c : ,vo o. ld oi o"ro-'oA ono Lore r / noncile of the city crnd the hecrlth of ou hJi,, now, c-'l=
venth hour which meosures ouT own commilrie -
overcrowd.
sm, profetico
si
We ore delermined lo undersiond our time i- :mislic monner. Geometry ond stroight ine c-: ond beoutifu becouse lhey o one be ong c -nle igence, os re evonl expressions of lhe c::
Calre o c:rhileclurd o Bucurestilor, Bucuresli, f o ll 9351, pp.7 20

*
Textele au {osf seleclctte si grupofe de Nico/oe
Lascu. S a pasfrat in more
gl
o"d Lr o^ ^ r ^r, We ore for lhe new conslruclion lhoi
pc:le ortografic:
si punctuatict ort
inc:lu
lu
Weo'eoAATrrao
uses = expresses the functionol oeslheiics belonqino "- '-l tr -"ro, rA o o oo.r .ll o y 6I "r,o, o iion, on ideol for the who e economy of our c:=
o-
presenl cch evemenls, wiih necessory pro\ effects of lhe new siy e in modern urbonisn
-oro eo o
luoorol re
Ary pov,or .o an q Iôl h o( . 'O O' OA Or \eO 01 O/ Ai- et l'"tF O. C ,O ,a o' o^\r ^-COl Ord -1ooa t \O.\e remenis shoud prevol in lhe concepton ci'mosler p on. Thus in 50 yeors, Buchcresi w ---hcrppy, hec thy town with gcrrdens, porks, suils our climcie. Every own picturesque ondscope, crnd no motter
,'l tre.
:.
o.: :
o gcrden-cily os il
lic ihe ruins mcy ook ike, we vote
.oo,r
'l
lite
ccrn
do obout futu e t's high time we creoled o prophetic onc
o.o I p. -r esq. - o'r oaJ ce /. sro, tooo._ oL_d / _o
-:.. for--: : -
c:=
.-i'
-
nism.
Towards on Architecture of Buchcsres, ,

f
o [1 9J,'
Nicolae Loscu
The lexls hove been selected ,:nd cc - ;, -
'
: -: -spre ortd. Morcel oncu, crilic de orlo, o . ^ :'er a oproooe e, I volerro ' oporo _ :6ndireo sc eslelicd reprezeniOnd o con r )'ooJo s nlslcge co 5 p o-no\oreo ,-ei
-
t= JCiiviioieo so p oslico, Morce lcncu s_o - : impresionontd uciditote si in considerotii
. - Contimporonul, c,t pri elul oporitiei numoru _ . r ar. o . T, orevo rrozo o-n. ,loore. '\oi - :- :ici, om simlil si om gondit c fel, om ovul , ,cului, unii despre o o buno pdrere, co. '.. j oo'o 'o odr'ro, e. lii, Ni-rc, o o g.rpo eo -r -oos'rd oveo o'rd ep'cr'^ s, u't s, op. = :: cici om vrut, penlru fiecore, o violo si o . = cerd si deplino. Din oceosld ofirmore om ' -:: o infe esuri in forme si cuvinfe, coTe nu --: ole nocslre, ci o e iimpu ui si ole oomeni -,, c-^noi -:i deci pe jmeni, nu om si obisil si repetol -- n
'=
t-rtriole in serviciul ccuzei pe ccre fondoto_
woy, cnd from the storl, we opprec o-iec oni e,ren odmired eoch other. This e,,,p oini whv our erouo ond ociion hcrd o good r"oson io exisl ond oim"ed ct one
:i_, l, :- : :- : l -:. oesiho.'.ll'ri'nq'owo..1/co'.:.:.'_ sord,'g o'd p o-otior o- l- l i r ho serv,ce of lre co, 5e o - e . . .*: )founders summed up on the occos or c: --: ' I l-issue, os fo lows W" ( ) fell ond iho,;gti ir -r-- 53rs
.
'o l-,-5^,i w:,n o, o\e w 'tr "l c ot Tretto'y or o t. r's t o ro-- eqLo s l.. rn79 o, o c,j
|
oo olel
l : o, -v ,/ o) o po'-e
,TAR.CEL I'.NCU S'

DESPP.E
cAtzva eAxount
ARIA
Roclics Marei MAR.GEL /.ANCO
ABOU| ARf
fHoueHfs
AND SOME
: j tr''dece,eo . r
lcl dr e (e .ora ot r oico- rrocq1, {...1. ei deoc rJ r-eeee""-r orono;^rp: ' - i'r' i r Otc n O itr ri- COpr,vi rre r_lL,r_i : r , o e/ot ,li ro :e loc pellrL i, s tJri not, : - Ne procomdm in stcre de revolulie per ' tl o oe ot ceeo .o dû re pro.ede' s,
: _ 't
:::..riuri. Nu om rospuns o nici un opei om
'o.r- i :--oroto,ep.
ours bul were shored by our generolion ond ihu peop e we educoted. Thus we neither lmitated onVone, nor did we soel out ond repeoi onythrng ol o L From the slorl lhe nomes you con ,reod here were ufiered crlong with those who mode the first s1 lirst steps obrood. ll wos nol us lcr respond io ony oppeol in Europe we were omonq rope omong those who roised the bonner (. ). Todoy we do not wlsh io be lept coptives by onyone, nol even by our own pcrst. ln pol tics revo utions ore storled to estoblish new insiilulions, whlch never
hoppens in lhe reclm of orl. We procloim our permonent revolutionory slole ogoinsi onything thol iurns inlo TrO'r' er syc-trT. e . pe ord ohO"y e, pre\ , O- n Ori ro mo' e tl-e,:^querce. or lrozor reo i5^ -o ot- ng surreolisms; they o con be burled under lhe scme eoi'oo\ ot i"tccooci / oT o elt or ) on. On y the inquisilive spirit, the one ihol we comes wol
Wo r, Led overyo, e eriOyol .re .lO ore.ty' O.ro eyp-6( \ed tin'elr lleo]t. Tr s o"se - or lco r. r o,,ro ly, to words ond meonrngs lhof were no onger
common gool.
--= r si gorgord'in orto, indiferenl de ordinec lor : -i de o reclismul osificcrt pono Io suprore- = ^- cutrefoclie, lolu se poote'inchide ,rb o."
- -: urmdrrind cu infriqurcre dezleqoreo ieore . : :::icdr o proble.me or pe core le puneo proq - -':liie si dezvolloreo ptclurii in cenerol, prin : : :le, Morce loncu o losol un d-ocument de : :--,:lltote sl de o deosebito voloore csuprc - r- l'/ongordd de core se leoqc moi mult de =-' d ioio,.lrrooo161:^6s5-p ^-ev . ---'-ooronuf cilitoru poote foce cunostinld cu . -::::cl moi pulin stiut ol bogctei sole octiviioli. ' - -::i seecfio gonduriJor despre crto ole lui : :ncu pub icote in ocecsidr revisld 'in douo : ' crmo, NSFMNARI DESpRE ARTA, ce re' - :-::cup-rrile leoretice c e orlislului, insumeozd : --:cre compoziiie, culocre, curenie crlislice; ' -- r douo, CRONICl PLAST CE, concentreozd - ' : perttnente, orrgino e, prin core pictorul, : - r- r orlo conlemporoni or soi, se defineste in : -: TD pe slne.
..: I. oirie le'
:.'
iL.l
neputinlel si islovirii. de cercelore, sinqurd intdmpincreo mi-
der wil endure ' Morcel Jcnco, c ucid ortist, who leverish v souqhl lt'_, 'l eo ^'cor'y ord p-o r.\ Ct ry c\o,ve -a" O-oE , "'-, poseo b1 h \ owr' ' ,ec,,or or-d oy r.a ooVoflrarrpr
ot po t rg I qate o eL o wo lv ot o alllenA / lopico wrillen Jocument on lhe ovoni-gorde orl, thot covered over lwo decodes of cuhurof history in our
counlry. He who recds the Contimporonu/ moqozine
.
o viry ilrl^ r'rowl qo lo We hove grouped lhe se eclion of Morcel Jonco's lhoughts crbout ort published in ihe Conlim'porctnul mlgjlzlne into lwo ccl-^gories. The [irst cotegory,
NCTES
will get acquointed with this ospect of his exiensive
CN ARI,
ches of lhe ortrst, conlcins hrs noles on composttrorr,
including ihe theorerico op!,oo
somehow defining his own orl os we
CHRCNICLES, focuses on lonco's orioinol ond compelent ludgmenis on hrs fellow orrilrs work,
L
colour, ond trends; the second coiegoiy,
ART
241
,. ,NSEMNARJ
DESPRE ARIA*
Illofe de piclurd
Absiroctismul, denumit si c.rc srr ce cei core qresesc, inseomnd intoi llberorec pic,rr;i oe cspecieie"viefii si de semnele din oforo Pcno lo e, orto iniei si o cu oli, desenul si ptcluro, se
L AIOIES
OIU ART*
ond exlerior signs.

[-.]11i
1
Ab 'o. ri ^ w orgr\ ton ^d . ro, -1 ov \ome oT I n ecr-s Ia .:6o:6ti6r ot oo rg t,on i'^ c
Illoles on painting
-"ro!,reo',
'dal
l^
o ^p,e_r.e, l,o:. oa,oa,o,,

..oi.tOOTa6 pi .,
.roo
O,eO O.oÔ.rO,i
gO
'i. -o' .l e .r'od
imogineo reprodusd fusese condvJ sinquro preocuoo'^ Mo at t t oi. D. .i o r-goo , ,ol, ,^, pr" _r" 'o o b6 od. o o ri1 ,1c pe 5o.o c o ,,. , i'o.. A,er oro'oo rio,do e.o p -,o 5, ,o o,o fo,oq.c,',or.
,
si
oeo70\ latee J yol^ a6rre.o ro. i o,oe.ori-.to o role .i'o'oos' o p ,,ro ob tro ti 'o o, Ou.^ ,te 16F\, Cr]Or,leit\aOA.eO,, r,.e/,-O,O a OeOf O
n
linie :i culoore co de lo volori obsolule intocmoi cum muzico pornesle de lc sunei. Si precum muzicc gru-
tele'g ' re h, ,.e r pi.1, ,o. \. noi e , ^p'Fio6o ]rri dir o,o,o,i, r,.orio,.1 p ". r do oii,' ,- eo. I o'.t,' :, pe,,oro. Po.r^ re O^ ro
lio' .roo i,e , P,lo t o oe. , o' ., di o a-, reg do \ lt,. ô or I ro o /, r'r]o. ,,o,oii a coo-ora vorieioleo s surplzc ]or deconcerlotd. txpresionismu o renunioi lc deto iu penlru c degc; ,o r c-o .a rtr,/L To avoro io-r pi r- _ ,t ir o ,, o_ lor procedeu de o reliefo inlreg obrectu cu oir rbuti ile, osezorec si ndzuintc so" (Vezi ,,Dontul,,-de Arn pencol Abstrociismul .in sforsit, nesocoleste modelul, ospec
,
luire subieclivd o lumii lmpresionrsti cu och ul lroged
vibrolie, ormonie. ", De lo romonlicr incooce putem urmdri sforioreo ince otc o .oi i' r, de o ,^ oego o oa o. ..roiqe eo 'ao r'o , De^lr I o ot ro, ,bo,o a,a,pra o si or.o
o .o p. r oo ); o o,o,o .-'
.,
ios.
'or,i -' l^ io. lo p, , ip,.e o p,.t , D,

, O. e. Od OoO,,.t ,i . o
Picluro, ostfe liberoto, devine o conslruclie obslroclo, co o ,imfonie neprogromctico. Jmr pore deci co obs
OAr,r, Dt_
O;.1
o; ' . oco6 ro,o /c o. ,,or- d^ pono ,o -. ^, ob,;,^ Se f Lrmor de o e lmilo. lst urmeozd co]ec lui creoloore.
Contrmporanul, nr.4, 1922
momenlul cond n sufletul omenesc s_o fdcul un oc .inlelegereo penlru ei o inceput, penlru simtireo ei mor ldrziu. C .o' ro'o o ub... ..Li: ^ pe d- o,.-eq., co,r:rr,r r.
O O o5 o' O to
opo.r,oo;,odo'. oro-,,oaoo;
olrve pcrth.
g'lnignyole .or r\ov^.rrre'l oe :a / -'o' or h ng pe, L.o.eo -ro coio eo Ond ,l o;' rO,o V Or O \. Or -e,r'1g ,,pri o L Oror. o'i.^ go e Lp rl.o dc'O, r o oc. -l o1 ;l r q " o- -p to-n./ar oao oro.a -th o,on o, n po 'rq -no,Ttr ^ ao'ti to on' o'- obio I or CJ rr5 olrio te I crri.to c, _ "or. (Sê r^ Do..^ gu A,t;o"n.n1 " ri ql , {9s- O list O re,roo. \ It tr 1- oOA, : Or ,61;ra '1A Oro prate.r, ir poi^ti.tO. | r'- p-^'o,;on o- te o. oo wo lo o] r torc .ô h ror o a-6 er e oo, | , o-no-.,, o O OAr)O1O t, o' erred. r slo.t: n r- : ( olo t o c,bso,r'e ,/orrc\ 'r r 1 6 v\o/ ^ ,nzl o.o.A9 .,,1 e,ro,^L .o .. o"o:- l Ct '"tot v - to ol c po,' O -o. poirt 10 f o'o es :o ''to. oad , o o ro .t ly hcrrmonious effect. 'h. '.be o'od po r "i q oe. o-ntr oo .o \e'/ T' r ,L^ Or U,pOgrolt60 Ô' Abs,ro." ^r r wo .,d o7 't o lo a ,.o iO' OOir,,rg , C. Ol o. "1q, O OO n' "O to'Ct 51 ..o.,o''1.)o,t ,a;,o oa-oleI ob'e ro o^ pleleno I o.o -Lo, o ê C-o o.oit) O Lbi.^:,'i. o1 .,pr, .9, ol 'ntl odrior \e trati tr.'o.5 l -d , o ooA\ ir oA' \ tr a O,aviouq o O ', cr'6'r. I o^ ^.1 -ot;1g tn^-r-;..jo*
,
' o'l5,ro r-: r o de 16 i ,or, "'e p,o, oô creoie lhe world The lmpressionists, with ihe- : _
oo,'[-, e'o,r -1ot oo..,9 oot o q-. lio
represeni m,ovemenl, vlbrolion, hormony. Ever since the romonlics we cor woicl-L ihe
-1c geo ,ne ol or ir e iro co'o,r orc.. In teo i',etr ro q ,.e ,ono oo_ ' ,1-l le Son tr re ooo ,ne to ,.. Jaroo.r 6 o.'ori,ol ,^ oge o-d rl e rp ooLuô or ^ roc ffa.6'^ ot efl. roigr 6r, tr ^ Ooitrer o to\\ec lo rnterprel, i.e, to hcve his own vision of thinos . l resembionce wos ihen socrificed ond l"fr rl -l o ool o fl e ooi.rar wo: r"ri,g -o cop _
or d _oo'rtirq
:
slc..
oo
13
Cor
'^
po o".
ês.
4.
2. Inleligenic e un fc,cior negcrliv cno rt c, orto unu poziliv conslruciiv s nleiic. j. l ,^.''cr 6 o oo r'-ore 'ol 'e,/.o o , reo,e.
lnsemndri de olfid I.f Ino\1 , o"ocoo-^-oe
o-o.
orice virluozilote oudiiivo si vizuolo. 5. Artist oriizon - crrtificiu, lrei sensuri deosebite cu cpcrenle de osemdnore
\a itre.'ot ooo ota .r ro,e e
edo
lo
o^
o.
yel seemingly similor
Llh",9^6 rL,)neao,el roi e,o.. 2. 'ol io^r, e .s o ,ego \tr o1o , , o -l oo lrve .1rtl ^' ol . O' . ',.e ore. i-nog , o.o. J "'e, 01 Teo, - ob r r\ / Morr de . i es lova oael .,Fora l\ 'eo'Oo,. e Or ) s.j,riyo O, O \ .C _o 5 A"' ' .slrsn or o.- r: e n-ê o le _
:
Art noles
-lcr copillor, orio popuord, orlo

-::orelor
-
,,-:slve, flind dln cdcncimi orgonice, ford
psihopofiLor, o primitive sunl ortele ce e mci vi , ce e mci

cu turo
6. The ort oi chl oi-e- -r 1 r-' --: r-- r'ihe psycho poths, lhot of pr mi've cE:c es .-e ihe ve iesl ond mosi expressive ones be ng Ceep y orgonic ond oc
king the cu ture of the becuiifr Z. Primltive peop es do noi crecle pr milive orl. 8. There s no pr mitivsm ond no degree of developmeni in orl Due to the growing didocticism, the lost century romonlic ortists po soned the minds of the nexi
-:su
t:pocrele prmrtive
ui.
orid nu existd primllvrsm, nu exisid grodolie in c iore. Romonlicii seco ului irecut cu cvul pri ei, - :idccliclsmul core se dezvotc olunci, sd otrdve, -: nrnlec genercfLilor ce e'ou succedoi cu tomon- frumosulul din ldeolu grec. : l:iicd, osirlond, romonicd, coldeionc, indicc, per
nu foc orlcr primitivo.
,-
roi puternice in suf etul umcrn decdl "closicismul". : - .-rl cu loiul necunoscuie chior de critlci si oriigti.
egipteond, etruscd, sunl orle cu repercusluni

cot creotorul stie sd fie moi dego jot, isi postre-
generotion with the romoniicism of the beoutiful from the Greek ideo 9. The Gothic, Assyricrn, Romonce, lndlon, Persicn, Egypiion, ond Elruscon crrls impress on lhe humon soul more effectively thon 'cossicism' They cre lotcrly unknown, even omong ort crrlics ond crrtisis.
lr
-t : ,].
:rospdtoleo, se feresle de obi itol, cu otOt expre:--stlcd e moi violento, mol iscusitd. ehnicc nu ore nimrc comun cu vlrluoziloteo si
lO The freer on orlisl behoves, ihe more he preserves his freshness ond ovoids iricks, ihe more violent ond resourceful hls orlislic expression wil be. I 1 Technique hcs nothing rn common with virtuosiiy
ond ortiflce I 2 The schoo of ort, os it is prociiced nowodoys, kills fontosy, encouroges lugglery, virluosify, ond moro secondory quolities. 13. Sensitivrty roots oul Like o noil out of the f esh i4. Sensitivity is o woys the some, the on y volue through time ond spoce in crrt. I 5 Folk orts - lhe rveliesl inslonces of sensitivily ston dords. The oxe never foi s to creote from the scroich, on tobulo roso. l6 New orl rs in seorch for inlensily by ony woys crnd
Conltmporanul, no. 45,
"a-'
Morce :r r
t93
r
l:oo c oriei, cum se procficd ozi, ucide fontezio, .-.,- to preslidigiictio, viriuoziiolec, morolo, colitdli
: jensibi itotec creste dln nou co unghio din corne. re - -': -, b I to Ao e .re.in eL o(eeo)i ,'guro co^
-
iimp si spcfiu. din creofio orte ce e moi putern ce exemple de :-::rd cle sensrbjlitolir. Toporul creeozd mereu dln
Morcs :-:
.'le e populore:
=:-i pe tobulo roso - -'-o noud urmdresle lntensiloleo

Conlimporanul,
prin orice mii o-
nr 45, 1924 9.7
1924 p.7
Cubism
---:
l:
ce numim frumos nu e 'intoldecuncr
Cubism
frumosul
Whct we col beoutiful does nol o wclys

p osiic becutifu
.
imp
the
:.
- :.-.ll e ultimul ine in evoluiio picturii de potru se - oo(e I ' o oL" problemo construcdiei plos' :e .lmoi in momentu] oceslo s o cerul cunooslerec : ?mentelor plostice ' : .c umul, cu ocrreo sunt elemenie plostice si nu se -,.=.: decdl sub infoiisoreo dezorgonizotd, incon ---: in ncturd. - ,-:Ee s o orgonizo
eemenlee plosllce consliiuie
Cubism is the lost rinq wrihln the evolution of pointing for four centuries. r pJts the problem of plosiic construction L or,y row ll or l e l ro*'edoe ot plos-
tic elements wo: der o'd^d.

Line, voLume, co our ore p osiic e ements lhcrl ore found only under disorgonised, unconscious forms in
noiu re.
: :mo ortelor p ostice.

- r oe o v ./ . re o -o e.o, o reolitodi plosti. ::o,rc e de i .ziorore (v,,,rêo r ot. o o).
To gother ond orgon ze ploslic elemenis is lhe very issue of fine orts.
::
Iron lr p . lt:ivo
Siori ng with vision, crt creotes plostic reolities freed
{ro
cr visior
).
exlerjoord, existd penlru noi 9i o re"olitoteo plostic6 C ropie o ro r i n- inp to --nosul plostit ôr.l'o ôli ô o teo iote po'ii o ::clitoted plosticd ep cio o rlee "zir o o co'r,- r ^.- numol c simlirii omenesii. Trebule sd contno - :,-erislico ucru ur compus, ordonoi, pur. Reolito
- r-gq reolltoieo
Aport from exleTror reo ly, there rs onolher one for us. olostic reqlifu. A coov of nolure does not invove lhe
illosti. b"oriiful
,',e rol 'e is ro-po t

rnie
rôli\.
ling o one, but it ls on
Plostic reolity is not on y c producl of the humon fee-
lectuc conslruction. t
243
ieo p osticd e o ume ir.c.isd cporof emoliv. \'COio rroir rO.r.9O5
corsi.uc ie ibero,
un
a.aroaoaOr
should contoin lhe fecriure of the composed, pure thing. Plostic reolity rs o word n ltsef, c slruction, on opporoius to coplure emoiions.
c :f.:-
c .,dCO
reo iioleo exteriooro nu e rezullclu inie igenfe si simli rii nooslre. Gresesc deci cer ce contrnud so confunde mereu orto sl violo, reolitqteo ombiontd neovond nimic ldenlic sou csemdndior cu inientiunile frumosu-
lui plostic
Compozitio unui lcbou e inchegoreo volumului din jurul moiivu ui principol, os"roreo in ccdru (lnchlde rec) cr ceeo ce se recl tzeozd prin pdlrundereo inlre viziune si co ecluro egi or p ostice. Toiu este clodit
Nowl e ^ r lolr la .o, wa 'oce in.,ron. e oo iu i5 10 o proor L o. o qe1.a o1o i^^, q. lro o wô l^-p or to. : -le o e ry o-g: re.-olity of the ombient ootr ctr ott,t'rqide't,.o or 5ryio 'o't'^ 1,e,'c plostic bedutiful
bo o' e e..e io
oe Lr ton coloristic i, , .'o to,r- olor oo o'ro
.'oo -eô .o to ro e i : d or o'-e o r o-
repulsiuni ole iniregului cporol co orislic. Conttmporanul, nr.7l
of colour bu o tro o.g .rornloogo

Conlimporonul,
co.re,.ro, ol
Composllion represenis the condensollon of rhe oround the moin molif, the setting into o frcme : of whot is ocheived ihrouqh the interp oy of v. .
o- o, ond dishoromonies, offinities crnd reieciions n c,

,
o.-. lo* ."-ue,y, , 9 is o ,i . ,

no
:
_
-:
, 1926, p 4
7l, lQl-
''npra:or c-bsrr pe^ | o ru oo'o COmPUne CUlOOreq D, -o , 6 ^ por o ic 'r -O A O(a I ep^ a \ a.aci /67e r i loo ol^.
D po hoo.L
Lumeo co orilu ui esle moi exprestvd, mol misierioosd decOl oceeo o sunelelor, 9i moi bogctd. De oici, difi-
Golorit
Colovring
o
For the firsi lime, ofier lhe impressionist composes the colour . 1e po rltrr ry'o
ryl
choc,
n
o fe *o ooirg oagor o otgat ,/a

d of .o o' r
'-'
Lo r.ro
r o'^ o.p
culloleo de o grupo si ordonc sumedenrc or.
rious lhcn thot of sounds, cnd for rlcher difficu ty to qroup ond set iheir multitude in
^.sir" ' !e-= :--:
Orice opere vechi, chicrr sr ce e lolce (de e'emplu ce e din scoolo flomondc) erou ucrori de otelier compuse dupd ccrnoone co orisllce. S in lumeo culorilor e o diferentd fundcrmento d inlre o lo lror ot . o .,e.eo or qrtisticd {^.p ^,.r'.
I
Any of the o d works, even the secu cr ones t, ce, the F emlsh Schoo ) were studio works :-- cccording lo colour conons.
"zi. toteo
io difference between iheir physico esse-:: ond their ortistic force (expressiveness)
Even inside the wor
d of colours ihere ls c t,-
loola ro. a -or. oo,ro pri p oO, 1^ - ql[tl )i oo o . o go .^ or^ o't negfUl eo lo eo olor 'Ca o .olo tu de.rr i re O ô:tO.
Se spune co din cele lrei cu ori fundomenlole, rosu, golben, o bostru (core onume?), se poi compune loole celelolte n reo iiote cu orile pomcrntii nu se Dot obline din cele melolice, ior cele orgonice nu se poi combinc din ce e vegelo e scru mine"rol-^. Unii piciori, dintre cei moi de seomdr, isi zdmislesc o 'ormonie" pe core o epetc mereu, crezOnd o-sl fr for mulol o lndviduo itcie. Noi le puiem recunoosle un
do ionism nou
Pe cond
fizicionu ne vorbesle de speclrul solcr unde
W|,
,_' ^ re p. y., pô. s ot 16 .o o pe o olor\ -r^ga o poo. ^ tlewhite lwo hormonico ly opposed colours produce -- - b : :, tr ^ plo, , eol ty o, .h- olo,-, o^r o:
:
.
They soy ihci o lthe other colours ccn be ._ out of ihe lhree fundomentc co ours, red. ,,,: {wl t or c?J S6 l6,y.olo, -or . . 'l ^reo or A O.ro 1Ao-gcl; o e\ Cout of lhe vegeto ond mineio ones.
s oldio lol.
t--: lo-nor, ,r1 ,, - oy.o.p 'o 'lo^ 'L ey' I olo r ooo .p re' or 1 .ro . ror o 11 -ae o Âw to-t o- oo or -n j.
Some pointers, some of the most fomous There is no c ecr cul in the world of co:_-: mes red shows rother b ue, ond green .c--:A syslemotizotion of co ours is possib e b'" :., number ond o grode on one, lwo, or moie . : opercrtion, recenty storted by o chemis- ,-
O obso uldr demcrcolie 'in ]umeo cu orilor nu exislo 'incd; odeseo un rosu e moi degrobo clboslru, sou un
Morce oncu. llno eum, 1925
Mcrce .]onco, Linoeum, 1925
verde moi degrobo golben
o culori or e posibilo prn cifrcrrec s grodoreo or pe o scord, pe doud scru moi mute.
sistemolizcrre
:-.- de cdlre nouo genercfie de pctori
cn mtsT ltebu
e lnso
con-
occomplished by the new .=-_--.

pc iniers.
.-
iereo de expresie o culorrlor nu trebuie -= --1 ldoco suni] grupcie in ocorduri. Ele s, '=: -npdrli in mciore (citron-cobcr lveronese . = r'.nin) cu putere reioricd si as zice "con : r cele minore (crom-rosu cinabru verde, - , r : cu puteri moi mu]t rnieriocre,"convexe".
Contimporanul, nr.73,
- ; l
l92Z p.7
Conttmporonul, no. Z3, 1922, p. Z
Honul de foamnd - :e toomnd o fosl trist. C injghebore
Ihe aulvmn saron

The ouiumn sc on wos very sod indeed. A blurring, disoriented potchworl Whtthin the g oomy offlct6i ho-inosr. .ore verie -t p e-eoi oreo olienpr5 r .lng w I node r\1 o e.o-'ttq JO.
nepre r=-rrtentoid. ln nebulooso sumbro o oficio itclii, , .ori ,etie ropre" ed to-e co e . ocl o
,t. cRoiltc,
PLASI'lCE
nodern smr] : :rlsiic poote vizo o osemeneo injghebcre? :- de o foce cu o socielole de o ul,tr mutuo : :iori, scu plori etc. : : o inovotie sub formo unei coo ilii notrono:- "portideior" crlistice? Crne sr c osumol rds: . ritt 'i? Jldeco.d o .DO t-( o- ic p.6,ri61o . ^n irdo o\ p o /oacep i'o. . o,zor _ J
Wroi
-_ -
'.-
_..: )o, ro.,l ,)se, l,r. - --r- o mullime de lucrori deo dreoiul imorole si : Fro ,.^ tr pr r.r t Solon. Am ,pL '" str1-- co de-or ,tpooroi -o'cr .: I o l oso d-. ro
oo.odo oe r ,o.o r ed;o. ro'e . ol" a,"o"t -: : rnico pornogrofie in ortd core lrebuie evltoto. '' : lo cd Co org Bo'o oo evo r eozo oe oo e'oozi ie ir r J^te e o' e r o-ienpo o-
o.t de o,rc,o de olib do corpo.,i,e lc o o o ctloo e. I'e'ri. de, o oliue o.-rrioro :;- o or: lpso o^ vctoo e n r poora.;, o'o,
4.
Should it be o lind of inovotion disguised under o notioncl coolition of cll ort pcrrties"?Who hos ossu red rl-^ l-ry raspo . o iy? j roq -q o,,e. ll ^ p.z^d worl , *e ho,e r o douors os tJ.ne r deo. ord l-or
.i doo-s,p posêo]o:' ôpo(rwo. por.b7 or c? A a pe tol r g ooot o -"l't,-o od :o' ie y fo po i e \ :c, lp-o eic.?
I'. ARf
CHRON'CLES
i3f ,nr,on.", I remember c
10 o ow rg or colo-,' ye- obu o 15 y oecoro-ve. ve p zed ,rzLose lo. . or 'uo -A co.r'ro oe r ro.crclerized os l:olong,-9 o rne poirter Dojo, l ] lf,alavvs e o so lo->o,iro gl tlLly,rro o ord _r oc-
hvbrid composition. with
:,' :l
=
: :rului cdutcnd o orientore
on nu poote decot sd proiecleze in minteo

imooineo unei hoo
slo
- -:cstre promisiuni crrlislice (vorbesc de cceo . -. :o col o to do p'^co-iro') re 1o p e -'-- o lL." : Lr seio., oo.to.o, po, eo eo
--= cdevdrole. Contribulio
.. -'
-:=zordinr. --- :ur cd oslfe conceput, Solonu este penlru
cepioble works exhibited tnlhe forefroni of the Solon. By berng immorol, I imp y o totol lock of tolent ond gross evidence of peiiiness, which, we think, is the o'r 7 po'|r og op\7 tl o o tho' ro o,o d. When Borlcd, Cotorgi, Bcsorob ore disployed in the exhibition in the nome of coniemporo,y o,i, surrounded by quiie o number of underdeveloped oppren tinces, this So on con bul induce lhe imoge of chcotic disorder in ihe mind of the viewer seor-hing for gui
donce.
As for the hopes of our feeb e ort (l om relerrinq to thot J'rL o(.ii-o o o eco or 5 -o el s) -^" Solor o. t is, represents lhe mosl childish invitotion to work ond o
to
(onwnrca*ru
unor to enie co Pdiros:lihericde, Bd dcescu, O. Greceonu, d no Mi - M io Do- oscr ol' . e-c. rt lo'oeco si n o' t -zi ctmosfero destu de nec ord si oso c ocesle
.ni
ne pe lorgulescu-Yor. D. orgu escu Yor ne-cr iin frumooscr 9r p ino de oveniuro co dtorie lo : ,.-,:c, intocmci unei trufondo e, o mostrd de costilo : -:i nd. t= : scle de o picto Roguzo se oseomdnd leit cu r-,o^ d- o p.o Bol,icul '^ oso lel i.co o r
--
'--economlsi bonii de voicj, so picteze Roguzo de - :: cic si vice verso.
serious obstocle for the creotlon of o true work of ori ohogether. The contribution of such to ents crs PdtroscLr, E eutheride, Boidcescu, O. Greceonu, Mrs. Mlrocovici, Ml ilo Pdlroscu, etc. odds on odditiono nole of confusion to ihe blurry otmosphere of this exhibition. lorgulescu'Yor s po niings ore olso shown. From h s wondrous ond odvenlurous voyoge rn Roquso, Mr. lorguescu-Yor come up with o sompe of- the litte Do notion .oo . . ,oreth r q êw rdoeo. The monner he points Rcrgusc ls ldenticcl wrth his monner of pointing BoJclc, so he wouJd hove bet 1er soved his irove expense ond poinled Roguso f rom Bo cic, ond vice versc. For us Mr. Lorgulescu rs that kind of the ortlst frozen n
fMorcel loncu, Linoleum, 1924 Morce lonco, Linoeum, 1924
245
D. lorgule..LJ o'ez;r 'o pe lr o 'pe. o gr.1, 6.,'s11r;i inchistol in proprio obsesie, c ortistului siiuoi in oforo umli din core isi e\iroge moiivul insplrolor. Din oce
osld couzd, oceeosi viziune se formuleozd lo infinit indiferenl de imprejurdri, reolizdnd operc monotonc,
vesnic oceeosi.
Ariistul, odevorclu , esle ctct de rnu t sub
his own obsession, of the ortist sloni -: wor d he tc[es his inspircrtion from Th s , '. v \ O'l \ c ôl"d erd ors \, 'to To ra -- ' so -"r ^c. l lA lua oê sion of the outsrde world thot the s ic-'=,. o lorc,,, ope sto ,lo o'od o o g ',
lâ o
his meons ond lechnique.
lôd
rg o o rolo'or oL wo'r o
'
imperiu
exlerioore incot din fieccrre schimbore de buie so rec:lizeze o lolcrlo ve if core o m iocce or sole jog.61o5eS O r tr9::Oe.O'tCpr o-t i.e. ln solo Hcsefer om reusrt sd vedem primo expoziie
umii peisoj fre
'r
Poscin
c nor o unui Poscin sinieiic. Bucdti reprezeniotlve dln toote epocile, mcrrcdnd o oproximolivd evolulie o operei ocesiui senzucrl si pur lcrlent, ccre o fosl
Posci n.
from
ol his periods, somehow esicC :- - r ': or of h" \tr1qLo or o o re lol-torgh

it
-lorele- hol ,"e.ollo:ee l-^ s work in our country. Rep':.=
'-
wete snown
lser, for instonce) the exhibition ,=: work ond commitmenl of lhe oroc- --' to show Pcscin for lhe first tlme
Conltmporanul, * Al
deo w''r o tr.e
Desi creotor, in sensul co o iosot conlinuotori {o no lser), o irebuit munco si sccrificiu orgonizolorului de io Hcsefer, pentru co sd ovem in sforglt o primd expoz I e foscrn
rc. :: -'-
Conttmporanul
nr 1Ol, 193 l, p. l3
Hojos lNota red.)
Perhops the oulhor refers to ihe
tor's note)
" Probcrbil cd
esle vorbc: de pictorul
N NA ARBCRE o expus onul ocesto icrdrsi ortd vie. Desenu dur desioinuie o vointd de obiectiviiote.
Piciurile sc e sunl grele de luptc cu formo. Culocreo rdsund moi des in lonuri minore de un irlsm stroniu si nou. Docd ne moi omintim oceo "Feiild" cu fondu de cicoore sou "Piofc leolru ui" din onii lrecuti vom ofir ^ o co D o A-bor" o p.r. olooê puternice lo r,ismului" crrlei nooslre Lo ocodemio crtelor decorolive expune putine bucofi M tllA PATRASCU ln ciudc reclizorilor otci de personole o e scu pturr or so e, D-no Pct cscu este de porieo conceplii or closice. Adevorul mcteriol, vo umul inchis sunl premizele operei sole. Un lemperomenl inerpugnobil reuseste sd creeze cu lo e ronole o n leco e pos-1l ro m rrivi <' noi, de o sensibi itcte puro 9i de o gondlre inediio. Astepiom expozitic viitoore cu noi e so e
LJ.rari
Expozilii - 1928
N NA ARBCRE hos exhibtted ::wo.s "i- yoo. The iough drowing unvei s o wi , pciniinos cre heovy due lo her : :.o o r, -oJA ol'o't roso ds ' new ond sironge lyricism. f we .' Little girl", with its chicory bc'.:
:
Exhibitions
- 1928
::
'Theolre squore" exhibited some .:r.: 'ov il ol M , A oore 1o5 5er strong
'fcuvism
"
At the Acodemy of
PATRASCU exhibtts
l':: ai:! ra':a t-c.
G'cvrr- pe
WoodcLrt
lemn
io'i e 50 A oe 'o-npoz-e o g p o.pe n tro e/pr 1o' .i mg o es vivocitcieo liniei scrle p ine de un boroc sen
srfr'
LUCIA BATACESCU DEMETRIAD e serioosd si senli mentclcr. E cioi de ciudoto inso inrudireo dinlre 'on o^ti-r- o opo'e- o orecdo,,e o gt,reoro.
oting, with uncrospoble forces, ne.. : imbued wiih pure senslivity onc :- : every new work. We ore look rc i-'
'- '. o,oo vol-r ^ o e ile p e1,so Hoving on unyie ding nclure, s.: : - ::
Pdtroscu stcnds on the clossic. Tl-e
persono ochievemenls of ihe:: ,,.
Decorc' .: c few pieces )=,: -
-,
l'or ',eo -,1
1,9a
Re ' roo. cn 'o ro toleo qoro'
lc.
r7
TUCIA BALACESCU DEMFTRIAD
However, there is
o strcnge '=.,"
cnecc:'= - -
S.:'
romoniicism ond on crpporenl
We recoqnize
or l-er
De ce insd oce bo som veiust 9i prcfuit peste otdlo emotre de .oliicrle p ostico nouo ? Cri e lecrmo oe bonclloteo core o mond in visurl cochele de o burn de fomilie lmi poreinsd cd or fi ctoto loc penlru D-no Demetricd de o ne dc o picturc in codrul probe me or ploslice cctuo e sou cel puiin in oloro de oli-
tudineo senlimento d. Mor c es nu 'infe egem cond
D so
vreo sd ne certifice
^ | orgod n lcor'l .eo wt,, il-e.^ .o r_ :. bor po. eo ove 'f iq rer po; 'oo o' ll e boro - o- dr ,e hedc,yo,ecrn r ! ovc 16-'y o b. r D"rol od I o' qo n cL roo- :' tf6 cpoirlirg rir 1^', iiooo o: -'. o, o loos-. [oyord rne \e1t -r e-'c .: We con't rnderslcnd why she s-: ,
u
,
.
ud
os:
ll o'lr^
her compositionoi .lo | tr I o5T a\p o
c,: --
--
-: .:
. . .co, lr lîr r'r 'r odevorol o,,er,s^t sopo r ': :u miiloocele cele moi reduse un mesiesug - , --eeczd o lume pititd in ironie si sensibilitcte -i::Jg genetos Ce Ominlesle lehnico p ino d n
, -:'.,-LlA BABIC DAN
EL
DANIEL esle un primilivin sensu more ol nof '..esinchisil in orto so de c lcevo decdt de slne, -=::i cu o diobolico perseverentd o ume din ce ,: ncl bogoio in emotii si senzuo ism plostic.
HENR DANIEL is o prir:;.= - -:3 t - - ,*",, ihis term. Disregording eve.\r-he creotes, by woy of diobo c :e-::,.e c r cner ond richer wor d of emolion oro c cs'c sensuciism. A
builder coged inlo o worid of genuine oscetism, he wiih few meons, thoi crofi cbre to crecle o wor d hidden in irony ond sensitivity.
mosiers,
- -: ,-. --tr-.r.-r a, ':-:e
A gcle'6 s Lrol-,""rcrs1 p ll of re.o , ro occorpl . hed lechnique of the porce o n cnd minioiure of the
,- e specific spelel ocesteio de colorisii senzuoli . = ::.i osimllot de D no Bobic Doniel - : -: prezinto inso o lcluro "expresionisio" din r :l Jnor neinfelegeri inlre formd si cu]oore core . -=Teo or trebui sd disporo sou sd devind o =--:'. Am fccui inso inloldeouno ce e moi sird'=
:.evestiri si cel moi more credit orlei sc
e.
este un pictor de roso.
oreot epochs of creotion. CORNEIIA BAB C DANIEL is o pointer of nobe roce. Everything ihoi is specific to sensuol co ourists hos been perlecily cssimiloted by Mrs. Bcbic Donrel to*evo he' cr d rp ay. o'l '^^p es. o, s ' 5 oe becoure ol rone ron i, l: octweer [o n ord , oo ', thct wil hove to be done owoy wiih in time, or become c 'licence' effect. I olwoys onticipoted ihe bright outcome of her ort ond gove it full credit.
Conttmporonul, no.77, 1928,
Conlimporonul, nr.77, 1928, p. I
Morcel oncu, Conslonlin

Br0ncusi, I 925
8r,ncugi
Morce .]onco, Constonlin Brdncusi, I 925
, :, :
-
popor vdnios si senzuo puteo

^:n
do
umii pe
=-
- :-esci de rec omd, ddnsul nu figureczo inco in :: :reclorilor orlei noi pe cngo Picosso, Broque, . i:-llor Totugi dupo Rodin, impresionismu sculp
nou. El trebuie so fi stngot umii mdreiio 9i 9ti_ r--a negre :-: o l: , c Bo,rde le Moilo \oole', 0 rer :.l prerdul in cercetdri de sti izore, Brdncugl cr r,rTU core o pricepui senzolio de c plosmui cu : ui Dumnez-oLr. , - -rdd inielepciune pentru simp ificoreo formei,
'; rposibi Bror u'i orosl oceo cora o ::ndul c oddncimi e simiirii penlru o gosi -,
, - : rtermediui inte ectuolului) din ortele primillve ., -'ninoi o drogosle neidrmurild peniru mreiele si -': ti BrOncugi zguduie pe ce ce vine in foto ei, :' . :redincios, cc in fofo nolurii. - --i--so n-o iubit noturc decdt prin chipu redus, ' , stupid ol crpusurilor cromolitogrofiote din cdrti . .': : ccelo nu posedo pslhicul, emoiivitoieo nouc , .:ie decot go icruneo. ; I '::osleo sc nu esle extoticd, posivd, romonticd. -::-'vd. : = =', ui esie o urmore o loborolorului noturcrl. ll '' - - ui, co un ' :-= -rolerio e e,urio9, std vro jitorul. inslrumenlofi toole esenle]e, ioote : :' -ic inireogo il servesle. Cdnd crede sd urme :. - --oi sd oscu te numoi egi e cosmice, el le puse:-- , .cmpune deseori o iele moi slobi e, mo orgo- -ci drepte. ,, -- ncgrcion, e1 o poiruns ce]e moi iscusrie vroli
----:-. iubeste violo si noturo cu o'infe epciune
vir
--'.
' ; -, dintr un inceput in cduioreo expresiunil direc-:iurii.
:,-:
sensibi ilote peniru plosticiloteo moteriei
l-cru
sensuous peop e could hove produced Broncusi. Being iotol y dlsinteresed in odvertising his work, he is nol in lhe top of lhe new crl creolors, of the prophets, olong with Pjccsso, Broque. However ofier Rodir, lhe scu piuro impressionism wos no onqer possib e. Brdncusi wos ihe one who turned lo ihink over the depths of feelings to find the new truth. He hod to cry out the grondeur ond science of the Negro ort for the whoie wor d to heor ii While the others, like Bourde le, Moillol, Nodler, Hc ler, Fiori, goi lost in sly izoiion pursuits, BrOnocusi wos the on y one to hove experienced lhe sensoiLon of ,roo-rqwil God,qf '. I ron lho s o â .ro5 oeeT g, d-o by 1p lcep w S. dom os to form reduciion, the vosi sensilivity for lhe plosticiiy of ihe molter, ihe pursuil of stroiqhtforword
On y
BrGnousi c rJbust ond
e^p^(,or {wit-o.t 1ao9er ,}ot hc nco6-) 6l pr mltive cri, ond oi the some lime en ighted his lnfinile ove for nolure s cws ond lrops. Broncugl's work deepy louches the one who cppro
r:
oches il wilh pure ond devoled feelings, il e those you experience in fronl of ncture. However, he who oves nolure in iis simplified, sim p eion, omorphous forms of posiol cord sun sets does nol hove the psychic force, connot fee ihe new emo tion cnd thus wil see mere nckedness in it. Brdncusi s ove for ife ond ncture hos viri e wisdom in it. His love is nol cn exiotic, possive, romontic one. Quite the conlrory. Flis studio is on extensjon of noture's own loborctory.
Al
wizord ike o olnnt. the moteriols, essences, instruments, thi whole sclence ore reody lo serve hlm When he sets his
n the middle lhere stonds the mlnd lo it, cl he hos to do is lo fol ow ihe cosmrc ows;
247
liltrond sufleteste cceo emoiie s mp d, senrnd core te .. or'nde lo ,ede eo r ' '. tre e îel Ô-oOe ltrOoa/loi Olr ^ .Oot oo' ut esle o slhostruLul core s o inchlncri icte. Munco qondireo e emenie or filndco stie cd ceo moi deplino soilsfoctie o gosesti ccnd te misiu e putereo creofie ln cludo civilizollel 9 o cu lurii sterpe, el este singurul
' ob e ,owr. rro a Aqr 'rob.e ord o ooî ' [o petc'c J ^ 'i e o -r rorle worre ho I'l-o rq - li' o. ' = \ereS' or *. crof'r
serene emolion thoi pervodes you in f ron;
^r
ho
:'
wonder.
'p-or 'oteo eo'zo' oot -'oetlotoo"o n-'' t,, .tCr o^ O bote L l 1l,r rpi'-lol ,/o - lJ.e de o J sou bronz, sfero de mormurd, moierie vesnic vie, oli mentold de lumincr. lntrevdrd mdrimeo u Broncr.lgi ocolo unde o liberot insilncte noi, emofti moderne $l o refccui megteguguri nemoiinlolnite de multe secole in plcslicd.
Conlimporc,tnul, nr.
However, his vctory is noi bosed on de'-' works Ll[e c hermit who comm tted his wl-: = lo elemenls, becouse he knows lhot you c:- -
the mosl iniense solisfoction when the pc. = olion consumes you. D-^sorte civi izoiion ond borren cu ture, he - ,--toro . o ov6 o. r orpr'shed oerorio O .e^ -1. . O )p I ,Ot ,/oCI L l'noe OO,O' ' wonder, morb e sphere, toitet living foreta- '=:
52, 1925 P
roon
*
Pr"rent'ar-oc,
si
seleclio texlelor. Rodica
Matei
,l tre^/l qooer new instincts, modern emotions cnd ree.-:
lchi.
oT)6eBo'.s'
ihose crcrfts thoi hoven'i been used rn flne

lu
c-'_
'
ries.
/ )./ I a"'-pa o^ t. ra. -i
5e ector o{
btts onc ' noerb,Po,.:

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Ano Mcrio Zohoriode George Dumitriu

Adino Relch, Tel Aviv

de arhileclurd: Bogdcn lonescu

Adino Nonu, Buchorest

Andreeo Cel More Mihoe o Mlrcecr

Muzeu Lilercturil Romcne

Librory of lhe Romonion Acodemy, Buchoresi Mrseum of Romcnion

Soonsors: Tlie Federction of rhe lewlsh Communilies of Romcnio Embcssy of sroeJ ln

Cenlrulur SOROS pentru

Coto og lipcrrit in 2OO0

Copyright Un unec A hltecl or din Romonlo

Marcel Jqnco Cenlenaty

Roxana Theodorescu Cuvdnl inointe Foreword

Morce Jonco - Ronk cnd Scope

136 l40 174

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

Grofico ui Morce loncu si metomorloze e limboju

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Morce Jonco's essoys on crchllecture

oncu: Texte despre orchiteclurd Texts on crchiteciure

Mcrce cncu Morce

gonduri despre orio

Morce Jonco ond some thoughts cbout orl

Morce Jorco: lo.ls or

Provenienio i usirctiilor Source of i lustrolions

ln )992 lhe Unlcr.:1-,- :-. l^e^'^brl o io ; : l:.

cnd ortisiic phenorre.c' bore y studied

w - - e \o'io.ol M ,.ou-r or Art ol Romonicr

o l '' ow - oQo oqoire #o

prin griio unui co ecliv de posionofi cerceldtori ci criei

*^elle ode o" o,/ope'oedo11^ oe.

:rie or ploslrce, muzrcr, efc.