Interior țărănesc
1924
unspecified
From the collection of Brukenthal National Museum
1924
unspecified
From the collection of Brukenthal National Museum
Interior țărănesc is a 1924 unspecified by Petre Iorgulescu-Yor, held at Brukenthal National Museum.
This painting shows a dim, cluttered room with rough walls and a low ceiling. A red armchair sits empty in the left corner, its fabric worn. Nearby, a small table holds a vase with a few flowers and a dark lamp. On the right, a person lounges on a bed, half-hidden by a red blanket. The walls are uneven, with a window draped in a faded curtain, and a coat hangs on the wall above a wooden bench. The brushstrokes are thick and textured, almost like the artist scraped paint in places. It feels messy but intentional, like they wanted the room to look lived-in. Look up impasto to see how this thick paint technique works.
Petre Iorgulescu-Yor (24 December 1890, Râmnicu Sărat – 29 April 1939, Bucharest) was a Romanian Expressionist painter of Jewish and Greek ancestry.
See the richer artist page