Boy with Butterfly Net by Matisse Art Print

Open the curtains at mid-morning; the bright green will handle the drama. This 1907 portrait puts real colour into a room without any pattern or clutter to manage. The green hillside, deep red path and navy sky read clearly from across the room, so a plain wall suddenly has a focal point. Hang it above a sideboard, a low bookcase or a writing desk, where the tall shape has room to breathe. It sits happily with mid-century wood, aged leather, linen and simple ceramics, and it lifts a dark green or navy wall. Don’t crowd it with small busy pictures or a heavily patterned wallpaper the colour needs quiet either side of it. On premium fine-art paper the flat blocks of colour and soft brushwork stay clean and matte.