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."

L'Illusioniste

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€1,100

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

Diagram

Laura Newman

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

€3,261

Objets et formes

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,100

Sans-titre

Antoni Tapies

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

€850

Renouveau

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

I hope... lamp

Chiharu Shiota

Design . 120 x 120 x 120 cm Design . 47.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€5,000

Abstract 2398

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,113

Future Rainbow (After the Storm)

Gaëlle Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€215

HC L-52

Hans Hartung

Print . 75 x 105 cm Print . 29.5 x 41.3 inch

€2,000

Die Katia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Sea Beasts

Tic

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

€1,350

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Jesus Gold 18 carat-Christ San Juan de la Cruz

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 11 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture . 4.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch

€25,000

Gola 2

Philippe Cognée

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

€22,000

Sinfonía Natural

Tatiana Blanqué

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

€1,000

Abstract J. Pollock style painting by M.Y.

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100.1 x 199.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€1,598

Untitled(N° COL1122P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Poise

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,623

L'officier

Charles Lapicque

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

€500

All Night Long

Cosmos

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3.5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.4 inch

€7,400

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

Jazmin del cielo

Gabriela Lavezzari

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

€3,400

Biopholy 7

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,200

Fugato

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€3,500

Sans titre

Philippe Cognée

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

€2,800

Hagoromo (The robe of feathers)

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€2,500

La naissance du monde

Michel Castanet (Mica)

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

€2,800

Le Jardin

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€500

Phantasy

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 130 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Space game

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 89 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,300 €1,170

Cracked Egg (Red)

Jeff Koons

Design . 10.16 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm Design . 4 x 3 x 3 inch

€3,280

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Flash elephant 2

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

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

Magellan

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,300

Inspiration one

Jo Sada

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€50

A Symphony of Hidden Depths

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€1,932

Claim 142

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,200

Chaos in this World

Francesco Martini

Painting . 110 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Composition

Antoni Amat

Painting . 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Evolution of color

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 2 inch

€940

Cloche tibétaine

Antoni Tapies

Print . 120 x 79 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.1 inch

€1,900

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,267

ORVEN

Morko

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

€1,090

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Vers l'exil

Charles Lapicque

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€400

The unicorn laser disintegrates the horns of cosmic rhinoceros

Salvador Dali

Print . 96 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print . 37.8 x 26 x 0 inch

€6,840

Paisaje 33

Antoni Tapies

Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€22,000

Reka

Veronika Rokashevich

Painting . 140 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Coupe Plate (Set of 3)

Jeff Koons

Design . 31 x 93 x 10 cm Design . 12.2 x 36.6 x 3.9 inch

€1,800

Fragments of Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,932

The 7 Hearts

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,300

La arquitectura

Salvador Dali

Design . 25 x 25 x 1 cm Design . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€290

Miléna

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,800

Peace Menorah

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 50.8 x 50.8 x 1 cm Sculpture . 20 x 20 x 0.4 inch

€25,000

Friends

Caroline Vis

Painting . 90 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€4,900

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,350

Nobility of Time

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch

€36,800

Le Corbeau et le Renard

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000

Abstraction Concrète 176

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.7 inch

€1,450

Monocrom 01

H-Nguyen

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

€1,860

Eclat Intégral

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

Water Flowers

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Colorfull landscape

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,310

Sans titre 13

Arsène Odin

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

€800

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

Abstract 2160

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,295

Dreamliner

Newel Hunter

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€6,131

Henry V, from Much Ado about Shakespeare

Salvador Dali

Print . 17.1 x 12.7 cm Print . 6.75 x 5 inch

€2,685

Alice

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Art water

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Untitled

Antoni Tapies

Print . 77 x 57 cm Print . 30.3 x 22.4 inch

€2,500

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print . 56 x 87 cm Print . 22 x 34.3 inch

€2,200

Frames

Laura Newman

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

€3,019

Autumnal mood-I

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,432

Screech of ice series 43

Jaanika Peerna

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.7 inch

€1,147

Le jardin abstrait 1

Stephanie Rivet

Painting . 76 x 152 x 4 cm Painting . 29.9 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Alchemy 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,580

Dali's Inferno

Salvador Dali

Print . 76.2 x 54.61 x 2.54 cm Print . 30 x 21.5 x 1 inch

€3,580

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel

Salvador Dali

Print . 85.09 x 81.28 x 2 cm Print . 33.5 x 32 x 0.8 inch

€4,475

Le blanc-bec

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #2 — Deconstructed Identity

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,400 €2,040

Balloon swan (magenta)(2)

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 24.9 x 20.9 x 39.2 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 8.2 x 15.4 inch

€15,000

Quintuor

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

A Sky Full of Sparks

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Judgement (rare hand signed aquatint etching on Japon paper)

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch

€3,323

Genèse 1 / 82510A

John3seven

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

€1,400

Eléphant spatial

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 94 x 43 x 14 cm Sculpture . 37 x 16.9 x 5.5 inch

€62,400

The Day We Missed The Train

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,188

Marine melodies

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€4,296

Winter blaze

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€4,250

Abstract 2108

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,053

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