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."

Feu sur la glace

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Whispers of the Earth

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,194

Winter blaze

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 146 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€4,250

Feu et eau

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Foule suspendue

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,000

Inner Garden - III

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€900

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

Print . 25.2 x 35.2 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.9 x 13.9 x 0 inch

€850

Douceur

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,160

Twilight Hues

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€4,047

Ourson love and joy

Âme Sauvage

Sculpture . 21 x 7 x 11 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 2.8 x 4.3 inch

€280

Sakura Blush

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,950 €1,560

Eclipse of colour

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,250

Blue skies, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christian Valentine

Painting . 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 2 inch

€1,259

Don't give up

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€7,068

Yris

Sébastien Allart

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

€7,900

L'or oublié des océans

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,600

Intuitive Balance

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,700

Couleurs d’Automne

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Original Lithograph

Antoni Tapies

Print . 76 x 55 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,490

Sans-titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 10 x 15 x 0.2 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Volupté

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,490

Absentia

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 55 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

L’heure bleue

Yichao Sun

Painting . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,500 €6,750

Pastel Dreams 3

Gina Vor

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

LLambrec 10

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,400

Les bois

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Farandole 3

Hans Hartung

Print . 49 x 74 cm Print . 19.3 x 29.1 inch

€1,500

Pink Flow

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 160 x 2.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0.9 inch

€5,500

New Born

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,500

L'éléphant d'art

Âme Sauvage

Sculpture . 9 x 12 x 6 cm Sculpture . 3.5 x 4.7 x 2.4 inch

€150

Gola 2

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 65 x 92 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 2 inch

€22,000

Sans titre

Franciszek Starowieyski

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€800

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

Print . 35.2 x 25.2 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.9 x 9.9 x 0 inch

€850

En pensée

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€500

Nemesis

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€690

Night Rainfall

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€3,417

Une autre histoire

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

Abstract 2566

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,194 €1,755

Flowers at sunset by M.Y.

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,250

Rose et deux plaques

Antoni Tapies

Print . 33 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

I do know

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,534

Spaces Of Privacy

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,300

El circulo de piedra

Antoni Tapies

Print . 56.5 x 45 cm Print . 22.2 x 17.7 inch

€1,200

Flex 2

Muriel Deumie

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 40 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€990

Double croix

Antoni Tapies

Print . 33 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€2,080

The blue one

Christian Valentine

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

€1,709

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 10.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 4 inch

€400

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€2,350

Implant

Tic

Painting . 135 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 53.1 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€950

Luna

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€2,900

Stillness in motion 3

H-Nguyen

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

€2,980

Autumnal mood-I

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 1 inch

€1,439

Beau geste pour Lucrèce 4

Robert Motherwell

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

€2,800

Festival

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,560

Plaque de cuivre et carborumdum

Antoni Tapies

Painting . 39.5 x 99.5 x 1 cm Painting . 15.6 x 39.2 x 0.4 inch

€23,000

Primevere

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Diagram

Laura Newman

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

€3,290

Agglomération des couleurs

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,000

Blume IV

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,275

Rome, l'orateur

Charles Lapicque

Print . 65 x 48 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€850

Pink Fun

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€3,500

Recif

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Gravure et carborumdun

Antoni Tapies

Print . 63 x 90 x 0.04 cm Print . 24.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€4,000

The night of love

Eric Robin

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000 €2,700

El bien

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,150

Sans titre 15

Arsène Odin

Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

€180

Green Fuse

Allan S

Painting . 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,718

Les 3 O

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Sculpture . 40 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 5.7 x 5.7 inch

€2,400

Summer morning

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€400

Porter un masque

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900 €810

Myriam

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print . 59.5 x 86.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.4 x 34.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Edgeland I

Susan L

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

€2,437

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Homage to Picasso

Antoni Tapies

Print . 59.3 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.3 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,800

Prussian Blue 14

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Black Concentrated (from the El Negro portfolio), Large Hand Signed Lithograph

Robert Motherwell

Print . 38.1 x 95.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 15 x 37.75 x 0.1 inch

€6,744

Portrait Heiner Friedrich

Gerhard Richter

Print . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€8,900

Volcanique

Bald

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

€1,850

Faces of nature 25

Nestor Toro

Painting . 61 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€2,266

Celebrity 2

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€980

New moon

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€3,800

Chat malin

Âme Sauvage

Sculpture . 18 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch

€129

Sans titre

Philippe Cognée

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

€2,800

L 1977-3

Hans Hartung

Print . 77 x 56 cm Print . 30.3 x 22 inch

€3,000

Poussy Cat

Karl Lagerfeld

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€2,800

Oasis

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

€890

Good vibes

Francesco Martini

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,525

Peinture 201118

Gérard Pairé

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

€3,500

Rosentor

Greet Helsen

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€1,219

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

Echoes of Identity

Ole Hedeager

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

€1,360

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