31 - Pattern, Decoration and the Figure

31 - Pattern, Decoration and the Figure

List of artists I've found working with pattern and the figure:

Contemporary

  • Jocelyn Hobbie
  • Awodiya Toluwani
  • Francesca Dimattio
  • Nikoleta Sekulovic
  • Wole Lagunju
  • Robert Kushner
  • Chris Ofili
  • Peter Doig

Historical

  • Paul Klee
  • Gustav Klimt
  • Henri Matisse
  • Jean Miro
  • Niki De Saint Phalle

I have put some together on a rather over-whelming Pinterest board.

Pattern, colour and figure all in one image is a challenging combination. To harmonise or achieve a meaningul discord? 

I don't know if there is a recognised are movement currently, of artists using a lot of pattern in their work but I can see a thread. It's called Maximalist in design but I don't know if that extends to the art world.

Post 31 of 365

I've decided to commit to 365 days of social media continuity and publish 1 blog post per day for a year.

If you enjoy, learn from, share or benefit from any of the 365 please consider a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support. 

A penny per post, 10p per post or even a pound: every little helps! Thank you. 

Head over to my Just Giving Page for Macmillan Cancer Support

Back to blog

Leave a comment

Please note, comments need to be approved before they are published.