Le Grand Nu by Henri Matisse Art Print

Le Grand Nu by Henri Matisse Art PrintBecause Matisse knew restraint, the inky black hits harder here. A single reclining figure carries the whole sheet, with the soft cream ground doing most of the quiet work around it. Hung up, a room feels more considered. Walls calm down, soft furnishings look more deliberate, and the eye is given somewhere honest to land. Try it above a low console in a living room, over a writing desk in a study, or on a quiet bedroom wall where the morning light is

off-white plaster walls

with handwritten captions and a plate of golden madeleines doing most of the talking

this one wants a quieter wall to do its work

and don't pair it with another loud colour print on the same wall

and on the wall it does the same — pulling colour into a room that has gone too quiet

the church tower and sailing boats — takes a quiet wall and gives it a holiday memory

soft cottons and pale wood

The room gets warmer almost immediately — cream

this illustrator knew how to charm a room — and how to cut

The coral pink blocks bring colour to a quiet cream space

a bright kitchen feature wall

or a dining wall where supper runs long