The Postman Joseph Roulin by Van Gogh Canvas Print

The Postman Joseph Roulin by Van Gogh Canvas PrintNothing in this deep blue and warm cream palette whispers, even when the study does. Van Gogh's postman sits squarely in the middle of the wall and holds the room with a calm, direct look. A room with this print on the wall gets a quiet anchor. The deep blues pull the eye, the warm beard and hands soften the whole thing, and the loose brushwork keeps it from feeling stiff or formal. Hangs best at eye level above a desk, console, or low bookshelf

It pairs well with linen curtains

Don't crowd it with other heavy-coloured posters

It does its best work where someone small can actually see it

then the soft yellow start doing damage

a checked tablecloth

A cat in yellow sunglasses

chrome fittings and anything striped

Avoid hanging it next to busy tile patterns or other recipe prints — let it be the one food piece in the room

The room around it suddenly feels lighter and more cheerful

What not to do: don't sit it next to a sincere landscape or a pastel nursery print

The clean lowercase letters give a quiet room a clear focal point without crowding it

deep green or oxblood walls