View of Collioure by Henri Matisse Art Print wildlife and the walls

and the walls

Best above a low bookcase

woven feel

cream and yellow doing the heavy lifting against a soft mint background

Skip it in cool

View of Collioure by Henri Matisse Art Print wildlife and the wallsIn 1906, this would have felt radical. It still does. Matisse cut loose with colour here warm sand, soft green, dusty blue and a few flashes of warm red and the painting still carries that easy energy more than a century later. Put it on the wall and a quiet room warms up. The colours are gentle, but the brushwork keeps things alive. It draws the eye without dominating. It's at its best on a wide wall above a sofa, sideboard or low bookcase. Eye level