Peonies
Unknown Artist
early 1900s
Medium
Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
175.8 × 364 cm · painting: 105.8 × 32.6 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D.
Accession Number
2022.59
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
By the late nineteenth century, peony paintings with bold designs and striking graphic stylization were increasingly produced and consumed by middle-class members because of its symbolic meaning: prosperity and wealth. This early 20th-century folding screen of peonies may have used for festive occasions such as weddings.