Crockery on a Table by Matisse Canvas Print

Seen beside aged leather, the still life loses nostalgia and gains grit. Put it up and the room stops feeling polite the deep red cloth and dark navy corner pull warmth out of brown wood and matte painted walls, and the whole wall reads richer by lamplight. Hang it in a dining room above a sideboard, or in a study where you sit close enough to see the loose brushwork. Pair it with stoneware, glazed jugs, aged leather and heavy linen; a clay or chalky off-white wall gives the red something to push against. Don’t crowd it with glossy metallics or cool grey-blue schemes the red turns muddy next to chrome and pale steel greys. As canvas, the woven surface leans into the thick, worked paint.