Matisse-Inspired Abstract Figure Art Print Lemons Back in the 1940s

Back in the 1940s

Hang it where you actually want a smile — above a kettle

linen runners and stoneware pots

set on a warm cream ground

Matisse-Inspired Abstract Figure Art Print Lemons Back in the 1940sWhat it adds isn't clutter. It's hard edged shape tension in the right places. A seated figure is suggested by a few large cream cut outs against a near black ground read it as a body, read it as pure shape, both work. The wall stops being background. The cream shapes lift the room's lighter tones linen, oak, plaster while the dark ground gives the wall something to settle against. Good in rooms that feel a little too quiet or a little too matchy.