Moorish Woman by Matisse Canvas Print

Moorish Woman by Matisse Canvas PrintWhat it adds isn't clutter. It's vertical tension in the right places. A seated figure draped in cream and gold sits against purple florals and a slab of deep red calm at the centre, busy at the edges. Hang it where a room needs a focal point: above a sideboard in the living room, on a bedroom wall behind a low bed, or at the end of a hallway that runs out of interest. It earns its space next to velvet, brass, painted plaster and patterned textiles.

reading corner or hallway

It's a Matisse landscape from 1905

or above a painted dresser

Keep the rest of the room calm

then the dark half-moon holds it still

ideally where it can be approached head-on rather than glanced past

this piece brings a touch of nature indoors

The room slows down around it — pattern

Neutrals look more deliberate

It also holds its own at the end of a soft hallway

dark spots and sea-blue into a space that's usually under-used

You need one golden birch forest with teeth