Painting by Edmund Pick-Morino - Vase with a Bouquet of Peonies

Morino Flower Vase Bouquet of Peonies. Oil painting on canvas signed in the lower right corner. The piece is the first canvas, in excellent condition, housed in a beautiful gilded frame with restorations, dating from the early 20th century by painter Edmund Pick-Morino (Vienna 1877-1958 Brussels), an artist of Austro-Hungarian origin.

This still life of flowers is an impressive and lush composition, in which the peony, the Fiftyshades rose, is the undisputed star. An elegant and ancient flower that embodies love, attachment, nobility of mind, and prosperity, the peony, also known as the thornless rose, is not only a symbol of romantic love stories but also a fortunate and auspicious flower. 

This bouquet of pink peonies, gathered in a dark-toned vase with some white accents, placed on top, is painted with large, dense, and swift brushstrokes. It reflects post-impressionist influences, where the flowers are no longer distinguishable, cohesive, but simply merge into a whole with a vaporous and luminous consistency.

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Empire-style furniture dates from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. It originated during Napoleon’s reign, characterized by significant similarities and references to Roman and Greek ornamentation.

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