''Portrait of a Girl'' (Romanian: ''Portret de fată'') is a picture by Romanian painter

Marcel Janco Marcel Janco (, ; common rendition of the Romanian name Marcel Hermann Iancu ; 24 May 1895 – 21 April 1984) was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Const ...

from 1930.

Description

The picture was painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 110 x 85 cm. The picture is part of the collection of the in Constanța, Romania.{{cite web , url=https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2063601/_2A81B629148F4DE3B3AED49CDF0F9F52.html , title=Girl Portrait, Marcel Janco , website=europeana.eu , language=en , access-date=27 April 2016

Analysis

The painting presents a young girl sitting in a chair. In her left hand she holds a book titled "''Vie''", as her hands touch the armrests of her chair. The face, hair and clothes of the girl have a strong geometry, highlighting the contours and details. Behind the chair is a monkey who plays with the hair of the girl. Objects in the room blend into the background, yet are well defined. Gray, ocher, brown, and black dominate the color scheme, highlighted with yellow, white and red. The style of the work can be assigned to cubism and

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References

1930 paintings Romanian paintings Constructivism (art) Cubist paintings