This cabinet is inlaid with 67 imitation marbles in different colours. It was once used at the Élysée Palace, the French president’s official residence. Arlecchino is part of the Les Aliénés collection, Mobilier national.
©Eline Willaert
©Eline Willaert
©Eline Willaert
©Eline Willaert
Pierre-Yves Morel
- Decorative painter
- Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
- Rising Star
Contact
French, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+32 485963910
+32 485963910
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Painting illusions
- • Pierre-Yves specialises in marbling and woodgraining
- • Castles and palaces inspire him
- • He started off by working on a major film set
After following traditional painting studies at a fine arts school in his native country France, Pierre-Yves Morel came to Brussels to study decorative painting. “I wanted to continue in painting, but was looking for a different approach,” he says. He acquired new skills, like marbling and woodgraining, and a taste for 19th-century trompe l’œil techniques. Soon after graduating in Brussels, he started working as a set painter and on building restoration projects. After a stint at a decorative arts company in London where he worked on luxurious residential projects, he returned to Brussels to start his own studio. Pierre-Yves loves to create extravagant decors and enjoys extraordinary settings. “Spectacular palaces and castles for example give me a feeling of freedom that sparks my imagination.”
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Photo: ©Eline Willaert
Arlecchino (bookcase)
Photo: ©Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of a Tea Ceremony
These are alcoves in imitation marble. Their interiors are painted in different colours. Pierre-Yves Morel based his paintings on the interior of the Austrian Schloß Hollenegg for Design, for which this installation was intended. The creation is the result of a collaboration with artist Nel Verbeke.
Photo: ©Eline Willaert
Servant serpentine
This piece is part of a set of furniture painted in imitation marble commissioned by the Camondo school in Toulon, France. The painting aims to be an imitation of typical marble from the Var and neighbouring regions, to give this furniture a didactic and decorative aspect. It is the result of a collaboration with Emilieu studio.
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Arlecchino (screen)
The Arlecchino screen is a variation on the harlequin theme, a motif that Pierre-Yves Morel favours for its symbolic and decorative aspects. The paintings celebrate Belgian marbles exclusively.
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