Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway It carries a portrait wall

It carries a portrait wall on its own and doesn't need a busy room around it to make sense

and the eye is pulled to the water and that single bright sun

set against a soft taupe ground with classic exhibition typography underneath

so it likes a bit of vertical room above and below

The big yellow sun and clean snowy peaks pull the eye the second you walk in

Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway It carries a portrait wallStart with the bold red; it'll wake every wood and leather surface around it. This is a Richard Baringer exhibition poster from 1963, hard edged blocks of red, blue and purple held together by the original gallery typography along the bottom. The wall stops being polite. A room with a lot of beige, walnut or oak suddenly has a focal point, and everything else reads warmer next to it. The red does most of the work; the blue and purple keep it from