Even the linen in here starts looking expensive next to deep green. That one strip of colour across the arm of the chair does the heavy lifting, and everything soft in the room reads more considered because of it. Hang it where people sit and slow down: above a low armchair, beside a bedroom window, at the end of a hallway with panelling. It works with painted walls in off-white, chalky grey or the faintest blue, dark wood furniture, and old cotton or linen in soft colours. Keep the wall around it fairly quiet busy wallpaper or a crowded shelf will fight the loose brushwork and flatten it. On canvas the thick paint marks feel closer to the original painting.