The Ten Largest, No. 8 by Hilma af Klint Art Print

The Ten Largest, No. 8 by Hilma af Klint Art PrintUnlike most abstract art, this doesn't wait for approval. It announces itself in soft pink, pale blue and warm yellow, then quietly insists on being looked at properly. Put it up and a flat wall starts breathing. The looping shapes give the eye somewhere to wander, and the colours warm a cool room without making it sweet or twee. It wants daylight. A bedroom wall opposite a window, a wide hallway, or the bit of a living room that always feels a little

creating an atmosphere of relaxed elegance

Before anyone mentions vintage poster art

The room gains a focal point that doesn't need anything else doing the work

sunlit feel

a clay pot of something green

Don't crowd it with busy pattern or dark heavy furniture — the calm is the point

then the flowers do the rest

Skip anything else loud on the same wall: a second statement piece

It loves a slightly farmhouse setting but won't fight a more modern room either

Put it up and the room reads like somewhere with a story — west coast

or along a galley kitchen between cabinets

Eye-level or just above furniture is the sweet spot