Polyphonic Architecture by Paul Klee Canvas Print

Somewhere between Paul Klee and Bauhaus, this layered cityscape refuses to behave. Overlapping squares of warm brown, mustard, slate blue and near-black sit under a fine drawn line of little towers and arches, so the whole thing reads as both a wall of colour and a small city. Put it up and a flat room gains structure without gaining noise the muted tones keep things calm while the grid gives the eye somewhere to go. It works above a low sideboard, on a study wall behind a desk, or along a hallway where you pass it daily. Pair it with mid-century timber, wool or linen seating, stoneware and warm off-white walls. Keep busy pattern away from it; competing grids and strong florals fight the geometry. As a canvas the woven surface suits the painting’s soft, matt colour blocks.