Woman Beside the Water by Henri Matisse Canvas Print Size:75x100cm / 30x40in or in a bright bedroom

or in a bright bedroom where the morning light hits

The exhibition typography adds gallery polish without trying too hard

this wants something simple

Because Matisse knew restraint

A relaxed ginger cat

Woman Beside the Water by Henri Matisse Canvas Print Size:75x100cm / 30x40in or in a bright bedroomSeen beside linen, the portrait loses nostalgia and gains grit. The loose brushwork and broken colour stop reading as museum and start reading as a real, lived in painting on a real wall. What changes when it goes up: the room picks up warmth without turning sweet. The deep pinks, dark greens and cream patches catch daylight and shift through the day. It gives a quiet wall something to talk about. Where to hang it: a bright living room above a low