Gestural abstraction
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Landscaping on Jazz-LII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 45.7 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 25 x 0.1 inch
£373
Improvisation-LI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
£332
Day & Night 4 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
£2,755
Perfect summer day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
£3,733 £2,240
Wonderful moments
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 125 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
£2,222
S U N S E T in the style of Claude Monet Art: 130123
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
£2,000
Campo di grano dorato
Marco Saporiti
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£178
Hidden Light - Pantone Peach Fuzz
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
£2,156
Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
£1,327
Unpredictable past - Paesaggio Poetico
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£2,073
El gran vacio
Gabriela Lavezzari
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£3,999
A la recherche de couleurs II
Yichao Sun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£400
A closer look (Strange garden) 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 175.3 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 69 x 78 x 1 inch
£15,425
Strange spectra 6 (Over Red)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 72 x 0.7 inch
£5,805
Fiery song (over teal) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.7 inch
£4,603
Overnight Realization (Becoming Clear) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.7 inch
£4,599
Dulling the Blade
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£5,971
Garden in blue mood
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 228.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 90 x 0.7 inch
£13,700
Sequel of a dream 2 (Gardens) - Triptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 0.7 inch
£8,314
Hide & seek Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
£6,303
No time for reflection
Newel Hunter
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£4,934
The Inevitable Conclusion Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
£9,330
Face to Face Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
£6,386
Sequel of a dream 3 (Starry night)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 0.7 inch
£8,160
Under a microscope (Golden sand)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch
£10,636
Peinture 210101
Gérard Pairé
Painting - 114 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
£6,221 £5,288
Peinture 990820
Gérard Pairé
Painting - 117 x 239 x 3 cm Painting - 46.1 x 94.1 x 1.2 inch
£18,663 £15,863
Ville après la pluie
Yichao Sun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Passage d'Energie
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£98 £84
Abstract Statement #2
Volker Mayr
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£4,278
Grace Under Pressure (Hemingway)
Volker Mayr
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,618
Celebration Of Colors
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,882
Face The Future And Act Now
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,618
Puissance de la Terre
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£98 £84
Le Visage du Viol
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£98 £84
Résolution des Matières
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£98 £84
La Jungle de la Folie
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£98 £84
La Génuflexion Eternelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£267
L'Entité des Eloges
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£98 £84
L'Action de l'Esprit
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 26 x 0 inch
£98
Erection Lumineuse
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£98
Eclat Dans le Voyage
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£98
La Coulée du Temps
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£98 £84
La Glisse Transmetrice
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£98 £84
Energie Universelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£98 £84
Arrivée du Présent
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
£98
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."