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."

Oasis

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

€890

Fluid 3

Jo Sada

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€110 €99

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

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

€850

Genèse 1 / 82607

John3seven

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Koons Book

Jeff Koons

Print . 44 x 33 x 8.5 cm Print . 17.3 x 13 x 3.3 inch

€4,500

Hommage a Picasso (Cannes / Cote d'Azur) Signed Etching, F. Hunter Authenticated

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Print . 26 x 19.62 x 0.1 inch

€5,471

In the distance

Christian Valentine

Painting . 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 2 inch

€1,094

Gabylla

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,200

Sans titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Future Rainbow (After the Storm)

Gaëlle Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€215

Chute libre 8

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Linen Light, Mixed Media on Canvas

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 2 inch

€410

Jeu de Paume

Antoni Tapies

Print . 174.5 x 112.5 cm Print . 68.7 x 44.3 inch

€5,000

Claim 164

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 140 x 240 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch

€6,900

Jesus Gold 18 carat-Christ San Juan de la Cruz

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 11 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture . 4.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch

€25,000

Las risas en mis sueños

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€4,500

Sans-titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 102 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€3,500

Fusilamientos

Emilio Vedova

Print . 70.5 x 50 cm Print . 27.8 x 19.7 inch

€900

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Pastel Dreams 3

Gina Vor

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

€800

Pop Flowers 3

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€1,650

Le Veau d’or

Salvador Dali

Design . 25.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm Design . 10 x 10 x 0.4 inch

€450

I hope... lamp

Chiharu Shiota

Design . 120 x 120 x 120 cm Design . 47.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€5,000

Gola 2

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 65 x 92 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 2 inch

€22,000

City 4

Yichao Sun

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

€2,500

3h du matin ne répond pas

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,300

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,328

0118.15

Tracey Adams

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

€1,581

Silent Spring

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,554

Titolo: fai la tua mossa

Marco Saporiti

Sculpture . 35 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€1,000

Flex

Muriel Deumie

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€990

Green is all you need

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,250

Split

Tic

Painting . 152 x 215 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 84.6 x 0 inch

€1,450

The 7 Hearts

Juliana Haggoo

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,300

Composition

Antoni Amat

Painting . 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Tandem

Newel Hunter

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€4,103

Joie

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

Balloon Dog (Magenta)

Jeff Koons

Design . 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm Design . 10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inch

€10,000

Aftershock Energy

Nestor Toro

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

€939

Eclat Intégral

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

Création A371

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 97 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.2 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€2,800

Splash Me Blue - Abstraction Concrète 227

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.7 inch

€2,400

New life

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch

€800

Pink flow

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€4,866

Movement | Bronze Sculpture

Aloyzas Smilingis

Sculpture . 33 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture . 13 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€8,500

Raspberry Beret

Darlene Watson

Painting . 304.8 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 inch

€5,756

Biopholy 7

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,200

Odon et Eva

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€500

Untitled UT40

Marcel Speet

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€1,700

Love

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€4,100

Bassin de Saint Marc, la nuit

Charles Lapicque

Print . 58 x 77 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.3 inch

€1,350

Homage to Newton (bronze sculpture)

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 37.1 x 16 x 7.1 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 6.3 x 2.8 inch

€13,336

Nobility of Time

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch

€36,800 €31,280

Skeletons

Franciszek Starowieyski

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 16.5 inch

€1,300

LLambrec 10

Antoni Tapies

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€1,400

Fluid 2

Jo Sada

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€110 €99

Untitled(N° JP112BP2)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€6,400

Beau geste pour Lucrèce 4

Robert Motherwell

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

€2,800

Abstraction concrète 176 - upside down

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,450

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 10.6 inch

€1,400

Graze

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 65 x 44 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 17.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Genèse 1 / 82604

John3seven

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

La naissance du monde

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Reka

Veronika Rokashevich

Painting . 140 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Come, swim with me

Greet Helsen

Painting . 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€4,562

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel

Salvador Dali

Print . 85.09 x 81.28 x 2 cm Print . 33.5 x 32 x 0.8 inch

€4,559

Alchemy 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,580 €1,264

Arc Blau

Antoni Tapies

Print . 58 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.5 x 0 inch

€2,000

Play-Doh Coupe Plate

Jeff Koons

Design . 31 x 31 x 3 cm Design . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch

€900

Lacet de Corde

Antoni Tapies

Print . 58.4 x 76.2 cm Print . 23 x 30 inch

€1,824

Autumnal mood-VIII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,000

Good vibes

Francesco Martini

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,525

Flordali - Les Fruits : Fruits troués

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 37 cm Print . 22.2 x 14.6 inch

€4,500

Alice

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

L 1977-3

Hans Hartung

Print . 77 x 56 cm Print . 30.3 x 22 inch

€3,000

The Day We Missed The Train

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,248

Still Life

Laura Newman

Painting . 102 x 76 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 inch

€6,994

Liberté _ In the mood for 2026 _

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 35 x 27 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Friends

Caroline Vis

Painting . 90 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€4,900

The Thaw

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,190

Coastal Calm diptych

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 28 x 1 inch

€912

Colorfull landscape

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,310

Hidden light- Gold - Composition of 3 paintings

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,641

Marie M

Sunny Jim

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Still Light By The Light of The Moon - Nature Morte au Clair De Luna Tapestry

Salvador Dali

Design . 137.16 x 90.43 x 2.53 cm Design . 54 x 35.6 x 1 inch

€16,869

Phoebus, Ce Dieu Couronné De Laurier - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide (Edition originale Chevalier & Navarre)

Salvador Dali

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000

Blue silence

H-Nguyen

Painting . 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,360

Winter is Gone

Nikolaos Schizas

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€690

Rose et deux plaques

Antoni Tapies

Print . 33 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

A Sky Full of Sparks

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Le Spectre et la Rose

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Theorem 2

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100.1 x 249.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 98.4 x 1 inch

€2,635

The King from Shakespeare (24 carat gold finished over pure silver)

Salvador Dali

Design . 3 x 3 cm Design . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€350

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