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."

Equilibre

Sunny Jim

Painting . 19.8 x 46.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.8 x 18.4 x 0.1 inch

€800

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

Painting . 120 x 150 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 inch

€4,825

Les songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel - Q-Jason

Salvador Dali

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

€6,000

L'unicorne laser désintégre les cornes de rhinoceros cosmique (from 'La Conquête du Cosmos')

Salvador Dali

Print . 97 x 66 cm Print . 38.2 x 26 inch

€4,500

Leda

Salvador Dali

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

€12,800

Abstraction concrète 2272

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

€2,400

Confrontation 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 199.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€1,138

Jack of Clubs from Playing Cards

Salvador Dali

Print . 65.5 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€9,680 €8,712

Plaque de métro 7

Kareem Bonus

Painting . 45 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Solaris Mythica

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€980

A plate, from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel

Salvador Dali

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

€1,760 €1,584

Océan végétal

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€300

Quevedos Visioner, Planche II

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€4,200

Quevedos Visioner, Planche I

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€4,200

N° 50.24 Nouveau monde

Isa-L

Painting . 110 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Abstraction Concrète 226

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€2,650

Art water - Grand tableau bleu

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,344

Richesse et nuances

Philippe Hautenauve

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

€3,200

Fleurs d'or (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

Dog art 2 - sculpture bouledogue

Âme Sauvage

Sculpture . 20 x 9 x 14 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 3.5 x 5.5 inch

€420

Life is a Gift

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch

€1,390

Born from the Ashes

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,400

Japon Times

Bald

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400 €2,160

Balloon Dog X Bernardaud

Jeff Koons

Design . 27 x 27 x 13 cm Design . 10.6 x 10.6 x 5.1 inch

€11,000

Henry IV

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.5 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.4 inch

€1,000 €800

Peindre aujourd'hui

Philippe Cognée

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 4.7 inch

€300

Hommage A Hef

Cren

Print . 55.9 x 55.9 cm Print . 22 x 22 inch

€180

Composition (1)

Antoni Amat

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

€1,700

Madrid

Emilio Vedova

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

€900

Sans Titre 9 (Prophéties d'un monde qui fuit)

Arnaud Gautron

Painting . 111 x 111 x 3 cm Painting . 43.7 x 43.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,320

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

Painting . 66 x 55 x 0.5 cm Painting . 26 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Vent du Nord

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.9 inch

€85

La Pagode (The Pagoda)

Salvador Dali

Print . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€6,600

Stillness in motion

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€5,189

Berlin Suite

Antoni Tapies

Print . 55 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print . 21.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,800

L'Éléphant et le Singe de Jupiter

Salvador Dali

Print . 57 x 78 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€1,940 €1,746

The Old Man and the Sea - Portrait

Salvador Dali

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

€1,500

Force of Nature

Newel Hunter

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

€1,229

N750

Michel Castanet (Mica)

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

€1,500

Opposites attract

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390 €1,290

People - 02

Eric Brocherie

Print . 80 x 80 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€2,000

Magellan

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 91 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€973

Le sens de l'espace

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€990

Coloris et plastique

Filip Pavlik

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

€1,700

Flordali - Les Fruits : Poire Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

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

€4,500

Holed Fruit from Flordali suite

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Modern spectra and lights (With Teal)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,120

Chasing Monet

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€390

The Bureaucrat

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Print . 22.2 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch

€3,000

Bleu et or 2 (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

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

€2,400

Géométriquement

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,250

The Circle

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,100

Modish Memories

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Lemon and Strawberry

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,500

Red hot

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,390

Brooklyn

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Sweet Dreams

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€990

Artichoke

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€990

Le village hanté

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

Abstraction concrète 158

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€960

Shards of twilight

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Summer in a Flower Garden

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Edwina

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Life Journeys

H-Nguyen

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

€1,960

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Michael Verlangieri

Fine Art Drawings . 63.5 x 77.5 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 30.5 x 0.3 inch

€7,278

Birds

Laura Newman

Painting . 183 x 142 cm Painting . 72 x 55.9 inch

€14,772

H-20

Hans Hartung

Print . 60 x 50 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 inch

€1,000

Color drypoint etching on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50.5 cm Print . 26 x 19.9 inch

€1,200

King John - Drypoint, etching

Salvador Dali

Print . 46.5 x 32 cm Print . 18.3 x 12.6 inch

€1,200

Sursis

Thomas Jeunet

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

€690

Misty landacape with golden sun

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,760

I love you so much

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Clouds

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,450

Far in the stars

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,700

Indian Summer

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Summer Etude

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 35 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch

€800

I want to shine for you

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Effervescent

Kerry Horne

Painting . 120 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 1 inch

€5,600

Fairy Lights

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Dodgem Car

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Carnaval

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

XO Crew 21

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Dans la machine

Muriel Deumie

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

€550

Small Sign No 12 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Gina Vor

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch

€100

Quevedos Visioner, Planche V

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€4,200

Double regard

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,100 €990

Le Legacy (rare hand signed aquatint etching on Japon paper)

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch

€3,072 €2,766

Judgement (rare hand signed aquatint etching on Japon paper)

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch

€3,380 €3,042

L'or des mers 2 (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,600

Henry V (a)

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.3 inch

€1,000 €800

Victoria

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€690

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