Gestural Abstraction

The phrase gestural abstraction refers to a way of making art - not what necessarily gets painted, but how it does. By abandoning the application of paint to a surface in a controlled and premeditated way, gestural painters apply paint intuitively, physically, by dripping, splattering, pouring, smearing or throwing it at the surface itself. What matters to the gestural abstraction painters then isn't the paint but the physicality, honesty, intuition and deep personal expression. This in turn leads to the artist abandoning a focus on subject matter, turning inward for inspiration. As such, the act of painting itself becomes the subject. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and Franz Kline led this movement from the 1940s onwards, with Jackson Pollock undoubtedly being the most notable with his pierced paint tins, dripping across the surface of Number 1A, 1948 (1948). Abstract gestural painters explore their deepest emotions and they express that part of themselves during the physical act of painting. Pollock would later note that he had no fears about making changes to a painting, because, he said, the work has a life of its own. The painting itself is a relic of the action, it is a recording of the gestures made. Still influencing artists today, the likes of Caroline Vis and Sebastien Desnos (s3b desnos) both reference Pollock in their work, either echoing the expression of emotion or indeed as Desnos puts it, “action painting."

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

Print . 25.2 x 35.2 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.9 x 13.9 x 0 inch

€850

Slide

Laura Newman

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€3,768

Jardin éphémère

Bonus

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,500

Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos

Salvador Dali

Print . 97.8 x 69.9 cm Print . 38.5 x 27.5 inch

€4,119

0118.2

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 inch

€1,580

Stillness in motion 1

H-Nguyen

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,980

Storm

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Croisement

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€75

Farandole 18

Hans Hartung

Print . 56 x 87 cm Print . 22 x 34.3 inch

€2,000

Razor claws 2

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,310

Les artistes n°2

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

€350

L'arbre vert

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2.4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.9 inch

€300

Création B030 avec ou sans cadre

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,080

Abstract 2278

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€729

Abstract 2277

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€729

Patchwork 7 by M.Y.

Max Yaskin

Painting . 89 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 35 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

Musical abstractions-IV

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€550

Claim 163

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,560

Objets volants

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

€350 €245

La bataille des lumières

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€170

So easy

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,857

Créatures marines

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

Tumulte au pays des roses

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€75

Beauty rose

Eliana Sá

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Hard Way Home

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.6 inch

€1,281

Evergreen Garden (Silver lights)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

€1,190

Bridge

Laura Newman

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€3,768

0118.13

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€1,580

Found without looking for 3

H-Nguyen

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,980

Haute vibration

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

Translucide

Yichao Sun

Painting . 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Crimson Horizons

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 1 inch

€458

L'été revient

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€75

Drôle de monde

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

Black And White Abstract No. 4

Gina Vor

Painting . 140 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Le skieur cubique

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

Not sure what I am looking for

Francesco Martini

Painting . 170 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Recueillement

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

€400

Composition 2

Antoni Amat

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Quatre carrés

Antoni Tapies

Print . 120 x 77.5 cm Print . 47.2 x 30.5 inch

€2,200

Special Edition Lithograph on Japan paper

Antoni Tapies

Print . 61 x 87 cm Print . 24 x 34.3 inch

€1,980

Energie pourpre

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 22 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€90

The World

Cosmos

Painting . 145 x 113 x 3 cm Painting . 57.1 x 44.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,700

Paysage pur

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€85

Création B029 avec ou sans cadre

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,080

For Ever, Together (Triptych)

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 80 x 240 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 94.5 x 0 inch

€5,166

Like nothing else (Experimental garden)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

€1,190

Couleurs et lumières

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

€550

Gratitude

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€5,349

Peinture 200914a

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Musical abstractions-III

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€570

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #7 — Deformation of Presence

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€3,500

Claim 161

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,560

Velvet embrace

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 114 x 146 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0 inch

€4,072

Verdant whispers

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 114 x 146 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0 inch

€4,072

Beauty of Stillness II

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1 inch

€458

Apparition

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€85

Style flash

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.9 inch

€320

Entrée maritime (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€250

Visitation

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

€1,281

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12022022,

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,665

Jette 3

Laura Newman

Painting . 76.2 x 55.8 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€3,525

0218-11

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 inch

€1,580

Beauté de l'univers

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

Imagination de lumières

Yichao Sun

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Serenity

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 2 inch

€549

La neige de retour

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€75

Monocrom 01

H-Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,860

La plume

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300 €225

Imagine!

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,221

Les eaux profondes

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€85

Douceur des neiges

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

Evening Violet

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 100 x 135 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch

€6,200

Assemblage

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 19 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 7.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€80

The silence under the water

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 120 x 180 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 70.9 x 0 inch

€6,929

Visual Dance - White and Silver

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1 inch

€458

Yayoi

Gina Vor

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Sable du désert

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2.4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.9 inch

€300

Motion

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€6,321

Ti Sento

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

€4,133

Oiseaux de mer

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€95

Éclats d'énergie

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€85

Nocturn panorama 5

Nestor Toro

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

€943

Abysses 72

Michèle Laurence Prévost

Painting . 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Vague céleste

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

€350

Città vecchia

Greet Helsen

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€1,337

Tourbillons

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€150 €105

Surreal paths

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€6,382

Perturbation

Jérémie Rebourgeard

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€110

Screech of ice series 41

Jaanika Peerna

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.7 inch

€1,155

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print . 56 x 87 cm Print . 22 x 34.3 inch

€1,800

Musical abstractions-II

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€600

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #4 — Portrait in Collapse

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€3,500

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