Gestural abstraction
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The essence of life on mars
Filip Pavlik
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Glass Sapphire
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$7,700
Embracing the Moment
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 155 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$2,735
Whispers at the edge of daybreak
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,344
Eternal symphony of love
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,293
Sea of the soul
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$7,700
The sea remembers (Bi?n nh?)
H-Nguyen
Painting - 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,523
Summer tenderness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$5,023
Perfect summer day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
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Living in colors - Composition of 56 paintings
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 54 x 1 inch
$6,500 $5,200
Recovery of the weary spirit
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 120 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$4,242
Water lilies
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 53.1 x 0 inch
$2,623 $2,308
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Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$2,579
Heart(black and white)-IV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
Dreamscape - Two Tone Painting
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
$5,800
Exploring minimalism and vibrant contrast in brown, grey, and white
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 160 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,419
Emergence - Ultimate Grey
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 9 x 1 inch
$350
Émergence IV
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200 $1,650
Island Vibes - Magenta
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$3,600
Hidden Light II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch
$3,400
Visual Poetry
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$3,000
Disparition dans le Vide
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$123 $105
The line between night and day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$536
Via Crucis II
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,212
Via Crucis IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,212
Via Crucis VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,212
La vague IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$59,231
La vague VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$41,418
Show must go on VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$18,691
Show must go on VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$24,632
Show must go on IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$18,691
Show must go on VIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$24,632
Résilience BW V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$59,231
Résilience BW II
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,381
Résilience BW IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$37,285
Résilience BW I
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$62,877
Levons l'ancre I
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$40,034
Levons l'ancre XII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$62,877
Levons l'ancre IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$47,381
Levons l'ancre V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,381
Jugement de Paris IX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$48,444
Jugement de Paris VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,725
Jugement de Paris VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,725
Jugement de Paris VIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,725
Invitation au voyage XXVI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 70 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$40,725
Invitation au voyage XXIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$59,231
Invitation au voyage XX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$29,516
Invitation au voyage XXII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$29,516
Droites II / XI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$55,608
Droites II / IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$34,904
Droites II / VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 110 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$37,285
Droites II / IX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,381
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."