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."

Purple Forest

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 70 x 70 x 6 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 2.4 inch

€2,200

London Brightness

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,200

Natalie

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,000

Blue

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,000

Rouge 6

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 30 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

The Vanishing Gertrude Stein

Yichao Sun

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

€2,000

Linen Light, Mixed Media on Canvas

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 2 inch

€406

Kill devil hills

Kerry Horne

Painting . 147 x 127 x 5 cm Painting . 57.9 x 50 x 2 inch

€6,200

Linen Light III

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1 inch

€451

Time for fun

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Landscaping on Jazz-LVII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€450

Summer flower

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,200

Street in the Street

Muriel Deumie

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

€890

Bird market

Tanya Vasilenko

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€4,050

Douce Mélancholie(Sweet Melancholy)

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€490

To the Sea

H-Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€780

Fric

Muriel Deumie

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

€900

Détail

Kitty Sabatier

Print . 53 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.9 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€190

Llambrec 18

Antoni Tapies

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

€2,000

White light

Laura Newman

Painting . 102 x 76 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 inch

€7,009

Birds

Laura Newman

Painting . 183 x 142 cm Painting . 72 x 55.9 inch

€14,810

Flower III

Mark Hellbusch

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

€590

Shape of feminity

Harrison Prignet

Fine Art Drawings . 200 x 160 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 78.7 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€15,000

Deph

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 22 x 0.4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch

€250

Claim 152

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 125 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,150

Sailing

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€190

Martina

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Windswept Dreams

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,700

Love Affair 9

Jaanika Peerna

Fine Art Drawings . 137.2 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 36 x 0 inch

€7,558

Autumn in montauk

Darlene Watson

Painting . 154.9 x 223.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 61 x 88 x 2 inch

€9,827

La petite fille et son grand pére

Muriel Deumie

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 50 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€890

Melodie Monocromatiche - Shades of Champagne

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 9 x 9 x 1 inch

€451

Melodie Monocromatiche - Dark Green

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 9 x 9 x 1 inch

€451

Allá arriba

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€1,400

Two Scoops

Newel Hunter

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch

€1,804

ORI

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€390

An autumn composition

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€230

Contemporary twenties - VI

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€450

Contemporary twenties - V

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€450

Contemporary twenties - IV

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€420

Sunday Feeling on a Thursday: Inner Garden

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€450

Sunday Feeling on a Thursday: Inner Garden

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€390

Subjective - XIV

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€460

Kreuzberg Blues No. 5

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€350

Aéré

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€140

LLambre1

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,500

LLambre8

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,800

LLambre11

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,800

Symphony 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 90 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Blues' note

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€250

Liberté du Vent

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

Current State - I

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€420

Liberté rentable

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Man and fish-III

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 7 x 10 x 0.1 cm Print . 2.8 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€70 €63

Man and fish-II

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 10 x 11 x 0.1 cm Print . 3.9 x 4.3 x 0 inch

€80 €72

Man and fish-I

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 7 x 10 x 0.1 cm Print . 2.8 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€70 €63

Bestiaria-II

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 12 x 16 x 0.1 cm Print . 4.7 x 6.3 x 0 inch

€80 €72

Bestiaria-I

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 12 x 16 x 0.1 cm Print . 4.7 x 6.3 x 0 inch

€90 €81

Musical abstraction-VIII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 41 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€310 €279

Musical abstaction-VII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€330 €297

Musical abstraction-VI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€350 €315

Arrogance

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€790

The Garden Parlour -At Audrey Hepburn’s

Victoria Horkan

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

€4,144

Blue Flower

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,300

Haute vibration

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

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

€1,420

Phantasy

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€7,500

Kanelle

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,800

The Eccentric

Mark Hellbusch

Sculpture . 110 x 120 x 6 cm Sculpture . 43.3 x 47.2 x 2.4 inch

€4,900

Landscaping-CLII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€220

Caribbean waters (Cool Blue)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

€920

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12202022

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,613

Deep velvet indigo seascape

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Blue 1

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 50 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Roundabout

Kerry Horne

Painting . 127 x 147 x 5 cm Painting . 50 x 57.9 x 2 inch

€6,200

Jazzy mood-LXXV

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 21 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€150

Just rainy-LXXII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€240

Els arbres ploren III

Tatiana Blanqué

Painting . 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Landscaping on jazz-LXVI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€350

Just rainy XXI

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€200

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

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

€400

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

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

€400

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

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

€400

Interior with Paint Chips

Laura Newman

Painting . 183 x 142 cm Painting . 72 x 55.9 inch

€14,810

Room

Laura Newman

Painting . 142 x 152 cm Painting . 55.9 x 59.8 inch

€13,835

Touch

Laura Newman

Painting . 183 x 142 cm Painting . 72 x 55.9 inch

€14,628

Bonbon

Laura Newman

Painting . 142 x 183 cm Painting . 55.9 x 72 inch

€14,810

Beach house

Laura Newman

Painting . 183 x 142 cm Painting . 72 x 55.9 inch

€14,810

Aparicions 4

Antoni Tapies

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

€3,000

Aparicions 3

Antoni Tapies

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

€3,000

Lucky Clover I

Mark Hellbusch

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

€590

Flower I

Mark Hellbusch

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

€590

Edward

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,400

Horizon 1

Gina Vor

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

€200

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