South End Free Art Exhibition, 1895 Art Print

South End Free Art Exhibition, 1895 Art PrintOpen the curtains at evening; the near black background will handle the drama. This is a careful reproduction of an 1895 South End Free Art Exhibition poster, all cream petals, green stems and warm orange lettering. A room that was reading flat gets a real focal point. The dark ground absorbs a wall and the orange type lifts it again, so the print pulls the eye in without shouting. Best on a slightly narrow wall a hallway between doors, a stairwell,

or framed in oak for that holiday postcard feel

a busy gallery wall fights the lettering

Conversations slow down a beat

A jug of lemons on the counter is allowed

brushed brass and white ceramics

it sits flat and warm against a chalky wall

It's a serious old-world painting with a very modern attitude scrawled across the front

Hang it at eye level on a chalky off-white or deep green wall

a touch of velvet

linen bedding and white-painted walls

It also earns a spot in a hallway or a bright kitchen corner where the colour can do the talking

A travel-poster scene of a Rome flower market