Pattern Painting
Pattern paintings, often referred to as motif paintings, are a captivating genre within contemporary art that revolves around the repetition of shapes, colors, and patterns to create visually impactful compositions. These works explore the rhythm and energy of design, where repeating elements, whether abstract or figurative, evoke emotions, build narratives, and create a sense of harmony. From geometric shapes to floral patterns and organic forms, pattern paintings offer a rich visual experience that engages the viewer on multiple levels.
In modern art, motif paintings bridge the world of abstract expressionism and decorative art, often blending aesthetic beauty with conceptual depth. Renowned artists like Yayoi Kusama, known for her iconic polka dots and infinity nets, and Bridget Riley, celebrated for her optical geometric patterns, have helped elevate this style to international acclaim, inspiring a global audience.
Pattern paintings are versatile and diverse, ranging from bold, large-scale works to delicate, intricate designs. These works often explore the relationship between form, symmetry, and space, incorporating influences from minimalism, optical art, and conceptual art. Perfect for modern interiors, these artworks add texture, dynamism, and visual interest to any environment, making them ideal for those looking to make a statement with their art collection.
On Artsper, you can discover a wide range of pattern paintings and motif artworks from talented contemporary artists, offering endless opportunities to explore this innovative and dynamic genre. Whether you're a seasoned collector or new to the world of contemporary art, motif paintings are a must-see for those seeking to engage with the intersection of art, design, and modern culture.
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Crosslight, Mixed Media on Canvas
Peter Foesters
Painting - 61 x 61 x 8.9 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 3.5 inch
CHF 1,740
Rainstorm,
Peter Foesters
Painting - 79.8 x 99.8 x 8.9 cm Painting - 31.4 x 39.3 x 3.5 inch
CHF 1,740
Cypher number 48
Federico Cortese
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 365
A journey to Italy, Acerenza
Federico Cortese
Painting - 34.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.7 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 318
A Thousand Roads Passed, Just Waiting To Be Explor
Sean Ward
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,836
Contemporary Love
Rachel McCullock
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 398
Tipping Point (cadmium red medium / cadmium orange) #4
Bryan Lavelle
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 988
Pearly Gates
Allan P Friedlander
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
CHF 2,349
Boiserie Baroque Rouge et Ivoire
Sophie Duplain
Painting - 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,954
Rojo y negro (red and black)
Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,888
L'oiseau
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 18.5 x 18.5 x 2 cm Painting - 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 171 CHF 163
The Angle of Repose II
Sheryl Westergreen
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
CHF 3,741
The Angle of Repose IV
Sheryl Westergreen
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
CHF 2,871
Canvas 146
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 109 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,696
Canvas 138
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 104.9 x 130 x 4.1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,696
Canvas 131
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 99.1 x 121.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39 x 48 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,489
Canvas 145
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 108 x 131.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 42.5 x 51.6 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,699
Canvas 147
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 109.2 x 128 x 4.1 cm Painting - 43 x 50.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,696
Canvas 144
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 104.9 x 130 x 3.8 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,695
Canvas 142
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 109.2 x 132.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43 x 52 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,695
Canvas 1
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,283
Canvas 2
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 100.1 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,844
Canvas 139
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 106.9 x 130 x 3.8 cm Painting - 42.1 x 51.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,696
Canvas 135
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 112 x 114.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 44.1 x 45.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,589
Canvas 125
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 130 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,679
Canvas 148
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 106.9 x 137.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 42.1 x 54.3 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,777
Canvas 121
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 119.9 x 119.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,678
Canvas 18
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,319
Canvas 112
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 148.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 58.6 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,797
Canvas 110
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 130 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,794
Canvas 150
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 102.9 x 134.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40.5 x 53.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,783
Canvas 108
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,885
Canvas 107
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,884
Canvas 104
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 119.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,577
Canvas 94
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 110 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,795
Canvas 152
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 102.1 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40.2 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,792
Canvas 155
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 112 x 106.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 44.1 x 42.1 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,676
Canvas 157
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 109 x 137.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 42.9 x 54.3 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,741
Canvas 160
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 119.9 x 148.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 58.6 x 1.5 inch
CHF 2,063
Canvas 162
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 117.9 x 149.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 46.4 x 59 x 1.5 inch
CHF 2,114
Canvas 169
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 117.9 x 147.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 46.4 x 58.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 2,043
Canvas 172
Frantisek Florian
Painting - 119.9 x 147.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 58.2 x 1.5 inch
CHF 2,064
La nuit avant le jour
Daniel Cayo
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
CHF 2,814
The thing you have to accept at the end of the day
Andrew Weir
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 977
Ukrainian Bride
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,827
The dance of opposites
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 29.7 x 42 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
CHF 147
So happy to see
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 78.7 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 1,218
Kitten in fig tree #3
John Kilduff
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,096
Borders, who needs them?
Rinat Goren
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,931
Después de la Data #8. Aprender a Caminar y Salir del Pozo Gravitacional Series
Ivan Castiblanco
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,305
Después de la Data #7.
Ivan Castiblanco
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,305
Variations cinétiques 1
Piero Cipolat
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,143
Fancy Odds XXXII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
CHF 2,088
Field of Color III
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
CHF 853
Sweet Shades of Memory XXII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,566
Field of Color IX
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,609
Field of Color - West VI
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,366
Homage to Vincent
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch
CHF 1,762
Cercles entrecroisés
Piero Cipolat
Painting - 59 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,305 CHF 1,175
Playing all day long
Ivana Olbricht
Painting - 65 x 119.4 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 47 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,123
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Victor Vasarely
Painting - 101.6 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 66 x 1 inch
CHF 391,499
N°30.60-26 19A (NG106)
Nicolas Galtier
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 684
Abstract Expression
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 37 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
CHF 586
Portrait de compression de drapeaux Français
César Baldaccini
Print - 76 x 59 cm Print - 29.9 x 23.2 inch
CHF 733
Nailed it Series No.81
Sumit Mehndiratta
Sculpture - 84 x 84 x 4 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 33.1 x 1.6 inch
CHF 977
Fancy Bait for Fancy Fish
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 41 x 51 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 782
