Baigneuses by Henri-Edmond Cross Canvas Print

Baigneuses by Henri-Edmond Cross Canvas PrintThink of it as Henri Edmond Cross with less reverence and better instincts. The colour is built from thousands of tiny dots, so the whole picture seems to shimmer rather than sit still. Hang it and the room softens. The pinks and sea greens carry across a sofa or bed, and the broken brushwork takes the heaviness out of a wall that was reading flat. It likes a living room or bedroom with daylight, where the dots can do their work. Above a low sofa or a

or anything fussy

it wants to be the loudest thing on the wall

the sunflower study loses nostalgia and gains grit

dining nook or bar corner to lift a notch: above a console

and the pink check tablecloth almost vibrates under the plate

One strong portrait does more work than a wall of small prints

The eye lands on the village

yellow and green apples on a pink pedestal stand — sets a steady tone the rest of the room can lean on

The canvas gives the brushwork extra body and reads as a real painting from across the room

A plain sofa suddenly has a colour to bounce off

Skip anything fussy or floral right next to it

Hang it and a quiet room stops being quiet