Artwork
Flori
Flori is an unspecified painting by Petre Iorgulescu-Yor. It dates from 1924 and is held in the collection of the Octavian Moșescu Râmnicu Sărat Municipal Museum.
About this work
Overview
Created circa 1924, *Flori* is an oil painting by Romanian artist Petre Iorgulescu‑Yor. The work belongs to the Expressionist current that the painter helped shape in interwar Bucharest. Today the canvas is part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography, where it is displayed among other early‑20th‑century Romanian artworks.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on a bouquet of multicolored blossoms—yellow, pink, red—arranged in a vase that rests on a flat surface. Set against a saturated blue background, the flowers dominate the picture plane, conveying a sense of immediacy and vitality, as if the natural forms are poised to leap outward from the surface.
Technique & Style
Iorgulescu‑Yor employs bold, gestural brushwork and a vivid palette that intensify the painting’s kinetic energy. The strokes are loose and expressive, allowing petals and leaves to appear in motion. Thick applications of paint create a subtle impasto, giving the surface a tactile quality that reinforces the work’s emotional intensity.
History & Provenance
Born to a Jewish‑Greek family, Iorgulescu‑Yor worked primarily in Bucharest until his death in 1939. *Flori* entered the Museum of Ethnography’s holdings sometime after the artist’s passing, becoming one of the few examples of his floral subjects preserved in a public institution.
Artist & collection
Artist
Petre Iorgulescu-Yor (24 December 1890, Râmnicu Sărat – 29 April 1939, Bucharest) was a Romanian Expressionist painter of Jewish and Greek ancestry.
Museum
Octavian Moșescu Râmnicu Sărat Municipal Museum
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