Woman on Rose Divan by Henri Matisse Canvas Print

Open the curtains at late afternoon; the dusty pink will handle the drama. This is a warm, low-lit kind of picture, and it turns a flat wall into the softest corner of the room. Hang it above a sideboard, a low bookcase or the head of a bed, where the wide shape has room to stretch. Rooms with warm brown or walnut wood, velvet or linen seating, patterned rugs and stoneware take it best. Chalky off-white and warm clay walls let the reds and pinks do the talking. Keep cool grey-blue accents and cold white lighting away from it, and avoid hanging it beside sharp black-and-white graphics that fight the loose brushwork. As canvas, the weave suits the oil-paint texture and the surface stays matt under lamplight.