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."

Air #1

Michèle Laurence Prévost

Painting . 85 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

La fausse ingénue

Charles Lapicque

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€200

Seeking Light

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€1,931

Three Poems II

Robert Motherwell

Print . 53.3 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 21 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€2,011

I climb every mountain

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Untitled(N° C0223P4)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 12 x 12 x 2 cm Painting . 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Emotion

Philippe Hautenauve

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Paysage vert bleu

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€75

Peinture 201118

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Aquatic Dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,931

Abstract 2562

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,354

Imagination play-IX(Homage to Jean Dubuffet)

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,800

Abstraction concrète 15

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€890

Mestres de catalunya 6

Antoni Tapies

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Confrontation 3

Max Yaskin

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

€1,143

La danse aquatique

Âme Sauvage

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

€800

Dusk Memories II

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€549

Life Journeys

H-Nguyen

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

€1,960

Playful Reality #260

Kris Haas

Painting . 61 x 48 x 0.25 cm Painting . 24 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€850

Le blanc-bec

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

In The Green

Greet Helsen

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,026

Azul

Antoni Amat

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

€2,850

New York City Second Avenue

Cosmos

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€7,800

Volcanique

Bald

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Virages

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 58 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 22.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,300

Llambrec material

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,950

Signals and signs

Filip Pavlik

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

€1,500

Morning Steam

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Sans titre

Apo

Painting . 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.05 cm Painting . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€1,100 €880

Untitled

Noa Gosley

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,291

Le grand final

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Lapis lazuli melody

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,600

Force of Nature

Newel Hunter

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

€1,234

Waves

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,400

New Born

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Twilight Hues

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€4,114

Sakura Blush

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€1,931

Metaphysical Nocturne in Stardust

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 150 x 170 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch

€9,000 €6,300

Abstract landscape-XXXII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,371

Blue Abstract No. 5

Gina Vor

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

L102 - Densité vibrante

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,280

2091 Pixels

Gaëlle Wagner

Design . 130 x 269 x 3 cm Design . 51.2 x 105.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

Invisible landscape

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 101.6 x 157.5 x 20.3 cm Painting . 40 x 62 x 8 inch

€11,428

People - 05

Eric Brocherie

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

€2,000

Sea Beasts

Tic

Painting . 120 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€1,350

Aura en mouvement - Série Haute vibration, plein de lumière

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

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

€440

Lumière

Yichao Sun

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Eclipse

Rafael Sliks

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Omaggio a Lionello Venturi

Emilio Vedova

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Abstraction Concrète 105

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€990

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,662

Abstract 2555

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 210 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 82.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,366

Opposites attract - Upside Down

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

The Fire

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 180 x 300 x 0.1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 118.1 x 0 inch

€9,800

Explosion

Francesco Martini

Painting . 130 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

Bang !

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Kalara

Eric Robin

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Balancing Act 1

Tracey Adams

Fine Art Drawings . 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 20.1 inch

€1,569

Flowed

Eliana Sá

Painting . 102 x 156 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 61.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,700

Série 4 couleurs

Kitty Sabatier

Print . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€190

L'esprit du peintre

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

€850

The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Salvador Dali

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

€1,000

A dedicated sunset for you

Nikolaos Schizas

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€690

Une promenade avec toi

Stephanie Rivet

Painting . 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,180

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

Painting . 173 x 103 x 0.5 cm Painting . 68.1 x 40.6 x 0.2 inch

€990

Egg-VI

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 65 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€280

Suspends Ton Vol #4

Michèle Laurence Prévost

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

€2,100

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

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

€966

Cercle II

Antoni Tapies

Print . 55 x 74.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.7 x 29.3 x 0 inch

€2,200

The way flowers look in the sun

Christian Valentine

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 2 inch

€1,874

Haute vibration

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 40 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

État du tendre

Margaux Salvador

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€3,800

Silent Tide

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1 inch

€7,680

sans titre

Harrison Prignet

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,300

Sans titre 13

Arsène Odin

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Three Poems II

Robert Motherwell

Print . 53.3 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 21 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€2,011

Claim 142

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Sel & Lumière

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

ORVEN

Morko

Painting . 137 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 53.9 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€1,090

Frames

Laura Newman

Painting . 56 x 38 cm Painting . 22 x 15 inch

€3,017

Abstract 2551

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 210 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 82.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,354

Naissance

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Ailleurs n°201 (la solitude ou 2 sans 1)

Molok

Painting . 76 x 58 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Lemon and Strawberry

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,500

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

Vie de vitesse

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,100

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Special DeLuxe Edition

Antoni Tapies

Print . 61 x 87 cm Print . 24 x 34.3 inch

€1,390

The Fire - Vertical

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 300 x 180 x 0.1 cm Painting . 118.1 x 70.9 x 0 inch

€9,800

Rimembranze diptych

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 142.2 x 345.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 56 x 136 x 3 inch

€22,857

Shaple Pompoulaine SHPL220

Marcel Speet

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,450

Anything you lose comes round in a different form

Tracey Adams

Painting . 122 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0 inch

€8,207

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