Monkeys and Parrot by Henri Rousseau Canvas Print tiramisu watermelon

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Don't park it next to another loud painted scene or a busy patterned wallpaper — give it room to breathe

Don't bury it next to moody landscapes or heavy gilt frames — the joke gets lost

or a reading chair — and let one good lamp do the lighting

Monkeys and Parrot by Henri Rousseau Canvas Print tiramisu watermelonWe like jungle scenes best when they come with a little abrasion. Rousseau's foliage isn't decorative wallpaper it's dense, slightly off, with monkeys peering out from behind orange fruit and a small parrot watching from the right. What changes when it goes up: the room gets a layer of depth it didn't have before. Walls stop feeling flat. A neutral sofa or a tired bookshelf suddenly has something to push against. Where to hang it: above a sofa, behind