The Zouave by Vincent van Gogh Canvas Print

The Zouave by Vincent van Gogh Canvas PrintNot because it's grass green, but because it refuses to fade back. The green wash behind this Van Gogh portrait pushes the red cap and blue jacket straight into the room, and the print holds that energy at any sensible size. Once it's on the wall, the room stops being polite. A neutral study or hallway picks up a clear focal point, and softer furnishings around it suddenly read warmer. Hang it at eye level above a console, a writing desk, or a low

The green softens harsh light

The coral pink and deep green push warmth into the room

mustard and dark green sit lightly against the warm cream ground

Avoid hanging it next to anything earnest — beige botanicals or moody landscapes will fight it and lose

Best at eye-level on a quiet wall where the vertical lines of the buildings can lead the eye up

It pulls the eye into a soft middle distance

Skip anything chrome

or a quiet hallway where you walk past it slowly

Also good behind a desk if you fancy a window that doesn't exist

and the pink ties it to softer textiles and walls

Framed in oak or black for a clean travel-poster finish

and the wall stops feeling like a blank rectangle