Pipkin with Mallows 

Constantin Artachino painted "Pipkin with Mallows" in an unknown year. Artachino was a Romanian painter, whose work often celebrated the beauty found in everyday objects. Here, we see a humble vase filled with bright yellow mallows, a common sight in the Romanian landscape. The flowers feel like a symbol of the resilience and simple beauty of rural life, in contrast to the turbulent politics of the time, marked by shifting national borders and social upheaval. Artachino’s focus on the intimate and personal can be viewed as a quiet act of resistance, a way of preserving cultural identity through the celebration of the ordinary. In its quiet way, this piece becomes an emotional refuge, a space to reflect on the beauty and simplicity of a world untouched by the chaos of history.