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."

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

Stripes

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 81 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,700

Garden secret

Tanya Vasilenko

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

€3,132

Claim 35

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,340

Peinture 200803

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 146 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Les reclus

Charles Lapicque

Print . 37 x 27 cm Print . 14.6 x 10.6 inch

€125

Abstract 2160

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,317

Autumnal mood-VIII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,000

Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

Print . 24.7 x 20 x 1 cm Print . 9.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

The Old Man and the Sea - The Fall

Salvador Dali

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,500

Weather Woman

Salvador Dali

Print . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Theorem 2

Max Yaskin

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

€2,631

L'Académie de Paris

Salvador Dali

Print . 55 x 76 x 1 cm Print . 21.7 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Pastel Dreams 3

Gina Vor

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

€800

Pilgrim's Journey

Salvador Dali

Print . 74.5 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.3 x 21.5 x 0 inch

€3,859 €3,474

Ballon Animals

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 39.2 x 34.9 x 20.9 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 13.7 x 8.2 inch

€35,000

New life

Âme Sauvage

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

€800

Abstraction Concrète 179

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.7 inch

€1,450

Abstract 22124

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,829

Sans titre

Apo

Painting . 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.05 cm Painting . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€1,100

Rorschach

Bald

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Alsace, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 300, Frank Hunter Authenticated

Salvador Dali

Print . 94 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 37 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€8,195

Tristan und Isolde (Set of 21 Prints, framed)

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 32.3 x 2 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.7 x 0.8 inch

€19,800

Emilia

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Love 16

Isabelle Pelletane

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,350

Alla deriva

Marco Saporiti

Sculpture . 24 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch

€990

Sinfonia di Luce

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 inch

€3,551

Henry V, from Much Ado about Shakespeare

Salvador Dali

Print . 17.1 x 12.7 cm Print . 6.75 x 5 inch

€2,732

La bénédiction

Salvador Dali

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 26 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 10.2 inch

€12,000

Sans-titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 10 x 15 x 0.2 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Untitled

Noa Gosley

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,639

Implant

Tic

Painting . 135 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 53.1 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€950

Eléphant de Triomphe

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 53 x 25 x 14.5 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 9.8 x 5.7 inch

€35,600

Layers of Serenity

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,951

Too much ribbons for a birthday

Harrison Prignet

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€2,500

Or blanc (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

€900

Evolution of color

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 2 inch

€956

Small Maelstrom (Ref 855)

Jaanika Peerna

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 18.1 inch

€2,744

Voir le tempête

Yichao Sun

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

24 sur 17

Antoni Tapies

Print . 76 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€2,180 €1,962

Dali's Inferno

Salvador Dali

Print . 76.2 x 54.61 x 2.54 cm Print . 30 x 21.5 x 1 inch

€3,642

King Solomon - drypoint, etching

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.5 x 55.5 cm Print . 29.7 x 21.9 inch

€1,500

Gold diggers - Keep Climbing

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€450

Récréation agitée

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 140 x 73 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 28.7 x 0 inch

€1,190

Morning Steam

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Formes et couleurs

Âme Sauvage

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

€800

Laure

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

Kalara

Eric Robin

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

€6,000

Anna et la feuille 3

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 90 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Cracked Egg (Red)

Jeff Koons

Design . 10.16 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm Design . 4 x 3 x 3 inch

€3,280 €2,952

Autumnal mood-I

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 1 inch

€1,457

L 1977-3

Hans Hartung

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

€3,000

Bacchante 3

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Résonance obscure A027

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 61 x 83 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 32.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,280

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

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

€850

Suspension

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,902

Abstract Wall Art Drawing

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,647

Reflections of Europe, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Nestor Toro

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€3,642

Starlit Starry Night

Darlene Watson

Painting . 289.6 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 114 x 60 x 2 inch

€13,932

Guna II

Tracey Adams

Painting . 91.4 x 66 cm Painting . 36 x 26 inch

€3,354

Couleurs d’Automne

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Abstraction concrète 15

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€890

Elements n°15

Alice Maier

Painting . 145 x 104 x 0.5 cm Painting . 57.1 x 40.9 x 0.2 inch

€890

Pays de lumière

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€880

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

€1,639

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #11 — Emotional Architecture of a Face

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€3,200

Awakening

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 160 x 2.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

Hidden Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,951

L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide, La Déesse de Cythère

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 54 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 inch

€3,500

Oasis

Aloyzas Smilingis

Print . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Print . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Coeur de Fraises

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€4,800

Le jardin abstrait 1

Stephanie Rivet

Painting . 76 x 152 x 4 cm Painting . 29.9 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Rome, l'orateur

Charles Lapicque

Print . 65 x 48 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€850

Revolution

Eliana Sá

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

€1,300

Abstraction Concrète 170

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,200

Flow

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,750

Primary styles 66

Cren

Print . 37 x 37 x 2 cm Print . 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€600

Rêve ou vision ?

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch

€1,100

Keni

Sunny Jim

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

€1,200

Le Tricorne - Comment vivaient alors les gens

Salvador Dali

Print . 32.2 x 22.4 x 0.3 cm Print . 12.7 x 8.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,160

Gold rain

Arsène Odin

Painting . 115 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€900 €810

Abstract 2562

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,378

Tetraptych Blue Orange & Green

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,366

Air #1

Michèle Laurence Prévost

Painting . 85 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Genèse / 82606

John3seven

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

€1,800

Myriam

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Mestres de catalunya 6

Antoni Tapies

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

L'Illusioniste

Salvador Dali

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

€1,100

Three Poems II

Robert Motherwell

Print . 53.3 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 21 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€2,003

Abstraction Concrète 169

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,200

N° 20.97 Blue too

Isa-L

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

€4,500

Sacred Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,195

Le plaisir de butiner - tableau multicolore

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 73 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€1,000

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