Expectation by Gustav Klimt Art Print

Expectation by Gustav Klimt Art PrintOnce the warm gold enters, the whole room stops apologising. A robed figure stands in profile against a wall of soft cream and rolling golden swirls quiet, certain, and oddly modern for 1905. The colour does the work. A flat off white background pulls daylight around the room, while the patterned robe gives the eye something rich to settle on without shouting. Walls that felt blank suddenly feel composed. It sits beautifully on a hallway wall, beside

A reading lamp warms the orange in the evening

Works best on a study wall behind a desk

It also holds a hallway end-wall well

Furniture you'd stopped noticing has something to sit against

The gentle hues of pink and blue hydrangeas create a calming atmosphere

and the green of his mossy hair settles the whole thing down

with two smaller flowers leaning in below

this is the kind of picture that quietly changes the temperature of a room

The colours sit comfortably with off-white walls

and lifts a sofa wall that has been feeling a bit flat

even the rug can sit back

Portrait shape means it suits a tall