Search ?
  • Street art
  • Abstract Painting
  • Landscape
  • Bronze Sculpture
  • Portrait
  • Surrealism
  • Street art
What are you searching for?
  • Street art
  • Abstract Painting
  • Landscape
  • Bronze Sculpture
  • Portrait
  • Surrealism
  • Street art

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."

Read more

Saved search

Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches

Unsaved search

A problem occurred

Painting, Sutil, Nikolaos Schizas

Sutil

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 110 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

€4,515

Print, AL 2, Hans Hartung

AL 2

Hans Hartung

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

€2,800

Painting, 0118.3, Tracey Adams

0118.3

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 inch

€1,565

Painting, Gradient 7, Nikolaos Schizas

Gradient 7

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,250

Painting, Emergence, Nikolaos Schizas

Emergence

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,250

Painting, Razor claws 2, Tiny de Bruin

Razor claws 2

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,310

Painting, Scaffold, Laura Newman

Scaffold

Laura Newman

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

€3,732

Print, Cordill, Antoni Tapies

Cordill

Antoni Tapies

Print . 78 x 60 cm Print . 30.7 x 23.6 inch

€5,500

Painting, Claim 159, Mark Hellbusch

Claim 159

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,320

Painting, Landscape 1, Gina Vor

Landscape 1

Gina Vor

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

€800

Painting, Split, Tic

Split

Tic

Painting . 152 x 215 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 84.6 x 0 inch

€1,450

Painting, Shambala 2, Max Yaskin

Shambala 2

Max Yaskin

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

€2,150

Fine Art Drawings, Panselinos, Nikolaos Schizas

Panselinos

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€690

Fine Art Drawings, Porque ?, Nikolaos Schizas

Porque ?

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€690

Painting, Endless, Nikolaos Schizas

Endless

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€2,709

Painting, Electro, Âme Sauvage

Electro

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch

€150

Painting, L'herboriste, Âme Sauvage

L'herboriste

Âme Sauvage

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

€170 €136

Painting, Liquide, Âme Sauvage

Liquide

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch

€750 €638

Painting, YEN DHELL, Morko

YEN DHELL

Morko

Painting . 110 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,020

Painting, 0118.2, Tracey Adams

0118.2

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 inch

€1,565

Painting, Porch, Laura Newman

Porch

Laura Newman

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

€3,732

Print, Sans titre 89, Yichao Sun

Sans titre 89

Yichao Sun

Print . 16 x 16 x 1 cm Print . 6.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

€120

Painting, Visions, Nikolaos Schizas

Visions

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 114 x 146 x 1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch

€5,417

Painting, Street Art, Muriel Deumie

Street Art

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,000

Painting, Claim 157, Mark Hellbusch

Claim 157

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 90 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,320

Painting, Rem, Nikolaos Schizas

Rem

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 146 x 114 x 1 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.4 inch

€4,876

Painting, Memento, Nikolaos Schizas

Memento

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€4,575

Painting, Blessings, Nikolaos Schizas

Blessings

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,769

Painting, Timeless, Nikolaos Schizas

Timeless

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,769

Painting, Passion, Gina Vor

Passion

Gina Vor

Painting . 120 x 104 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 40.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Mâyâ, Tic

Mâyâ

Tic

Painting . 210 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 82.7 x 63 x 0 inch

€1,950

Print, H-23, Hans Hartung

H-23

Hans Hartung

Print . 56.5 x 76 cm Print . 22.2 x 29.9 inch

€1,800

Painting, Worries, Nikolaos Schizas

Worries

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€6,441

Painting, Floating Light, Yichao Sun

Floating Light

Yichao Sun

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

€2,800

Painting, Agape, Margaux Salvador

Agape

Margaux Salvador

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

€3,500

Painting, Slide, Laura Newman

Slide

Laura Newman

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

€3,732

Painting, 0118.13, Tracey Adams

0118.13

Tracey Adams

Painting . 48 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€1,565

Painting, The Dreamer, Marta Zawadzka

The Dreamer

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Painting, No matter, Nikolaos Schizas

No matter

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€4,575

Painting, Next to you, Nikolaos Schizas

Next to you

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€4,575

21/49