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![Painting, Abstract 2205, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609146_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2203, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2202, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607766_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract 2202
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 120 x 100 x 100 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$2,246
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INNER GARDEN - II
Sophie Mangelsen
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,062
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One more blessed day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 150 x 115 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 45.3 x 0 inch
$2,851
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Sweet summer (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$872
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Colorado River (Erosion), Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch
$1,030
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Contemporary twenties - III
Sophie Mangelsen
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.9 inch
$961
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Dance Chromatique
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 39 x 39 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$537
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Irradiations n°1
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 39 x 39 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$537
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Collection BUTTERFY N°1249
Patrick Salamone
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$2,739
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Abstract 23108
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,379
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Peace and joy of summer days (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
$1,174
![Painting, The perfect day, Christian Valentine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2044896_1_grid.jpg)
The perfect day
Christian Valentine
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$3,000
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New York City Second Avenue
Cosmos
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$8,720
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Untitled(N° JP112BP2)
Kyung-Ae Hur
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
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Yellow Blossom
Aloyzas Smilingis
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,913
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Square In Blue
Aloyzas Smilingis
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,913
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Poetic landscape - White on white
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,400
![Painting, Dans la lumiere, Rita Vandenherrewegen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974825_1_grid.jpg)
Dans la lumiere
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$436
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Magie colorée 2
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 39 x 39 x 2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$436
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Trait d'union
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 39 x 39 x 2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$436
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Un simple instant
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$436
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Un monde à part
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$436
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Visual Poetry X
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,500
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Un si joli petit village
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$380
![Painting, Un autre regard, Rita Vandenherrewegen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169832_1_grid.jpg)
Un autre regard
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$436
![Painting, The very moments (stretched), Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160487_1_grid.jpg)
The very moments (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$525
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Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$525
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Passion estivale
Stephanie Rivet
Painting - 76 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,795
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Butterfly "Eclosion" N°1259
Patrick Salamone
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$894
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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."