.myImage {
height: 200px; /* need to define height and width explicitly (to my understanding) */
width: 200px;
background-size: cover; /* cover or contain */
background-image: url('../../images/anderson-schmig-IayJpfDhj7E-unsplash.jpg'); /* load image */
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* dont tile */
background-position: center; /* center image | top, bottom, left, right, custom are also valid options */
border: 1px solid black; /* see edges of container for seeing if we got any errors */
}
<div class="myImage"></div>