Gestural abstraction
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Landscaping on jazz-XCIV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£402
Caprice-XXIV (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch
£223
Nocturne CXCXXI
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£67
Nocturne CXCXX (Chopin)
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£67
Musical abstractions-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
£63
Nocturne CCXLVIII (homage to Chopin)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Caprice-XVII (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Landscaping on jazz-XCII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£232
Landscaping on jazz-XCI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£232
Caprice-XVI (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Caprice -XII (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Caprice-X (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£214
Caprice-VII (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Presentiment-XVII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Presentiment-XVI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Caprice-VI (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Lonely trees XXVIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£232
Lonely trees XXIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£286
Caprice-V (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Caprice-IX (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Presentiment-VIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Caprice-IV (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£223
Presentiment-VII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Caprice-II (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£214
Presentiment-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Caprice-I (Paganini)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£214
Abstract landscape-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Print - 32 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£134
Abstract VI (autumn)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 29 x 29 x 2 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch
£125
Abstract II (autumn)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 29 x 29 x 2 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch
£152
Landscaping on jazz-LXXII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
£214
Landscaping on jazz-LI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 46 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£250
Landscaping on jazz-XLII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 46 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£250
Abstract landscape-XIV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
£107
Abstract landscape-X
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 24 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.4 inch
£143
Abstract landscape-VIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 25 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£121
Abstract landscape-IV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 32 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£125
Abstract landscape-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 32 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£134
Landscaping on jazz-II
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 41 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£223
Eva -III
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£268
Mask
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£223
Rainy sketches-III
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£71
Musical abstractions - XVIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
£63
Musical abstractions - XV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
£63
Abstract landscape-VI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 32 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£125
Abstract landscape-V
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 32 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£134
Presentiment-XIV
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£179
Presentiment-XIII
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£152
Presentiment-XI
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£179
Foisonnement
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 100 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
£2,233
Smooth and rich
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 50 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£2,501
Jardin secret
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,948
Richesse et nuances
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
£2,858
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."