The Snail by Henri Matisse Art Print Size:28x35cm / 11x14in warm and unfussy

warm and unfussy

Give it a bit of breathing room — this piece does not want to share a wall with another statement

sandy hills and a soft cream sky

and nothing else competing

The Snail by Henri Matisse Art Print Size:28x35cm / 11x14in warm and unfussyRooms go quieter when deep red is this sure of itself. The Snail is Matisse's late cut paper masterpiece bright blocks of green, purple, orange and blue spiralling inside a confident red border, with his name set in plain type below. Put this on a wall and the room finds a centre. Other colours in the space stop competing and start supporting it. Quiet sofas, plain rugs and pale walls suddenly look intentional instead of bare. It hangs best as a