Cypresses and Houses at Cagnes by Modigliani Art Print

Cypresses and Houses at Cagnes by Modigliani Art PrintBack in 1919, this Mediterranean village scene belonged to another kind of home sun warmed walls, shutters half closed against the afternoon, two cypresses standing guard. On a wall, it brings warmth without shouting. The ochre fills the room with a soft glow, the dark green cypresses ground it, and the strip of blue sky keeps it from feeling heavy. It likes a calm wall chalky off white, soft grey, pale plaster and a bit of height. Between windows,

Hang it above a sofa

a changing table or a reading chair

Skip pastel-pink florals and busy alphabet prints nearby — this one already brings the personality

The vertical pull suits narrow walls and between-door spaces

a deep teal ground — and lets the dog do the staring

Hang it where you make coffee

With the print up

The frog ballerina does the rest — a tightrope

or on a narrow stretch of kitchen wall

a kitchen tin

Don't crowd it with other busy graphic prints — this one wants the room to itself

Don't crowd it with other travel posters in the same eye-line — one strong place per wall is enough