Gestural abstraction
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Glass Sapphire
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$7,700
Every Shade of You - Smeraldo
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$8,400
Embracing the Moment
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 155 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$2,719
Whispers at the edge of daybreak
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,331
Eternal symphony of love
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,274
Sea of the soul
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$7,700
The sea remembers (Bi?n nh?)
H-Nguyen
Painting - 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,509
Summer tenderness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$4,995
Perfect summer day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$4,995
Living in colors - Composition of 56 paintings
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 54 x 1 inch
$6,500
Recovery of the weary spirit
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 120 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$4,218
Gratitude for the every moment
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 125 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$2,775
Golden view
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,800
Super special offer - 30% - The best day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$2,564
Heart(black and white)-IV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Dreamscape - Two Tone Painting
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
$5,800
Exploring minimalism and vibrant contrast in brown, grey, and white
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 160 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,382
Emergence - Ultimate Grey
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 9 x 1 inch
$350
Island Vibes - Magenta
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$3,600
Hidden Light II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 2 inch
$3,400
Disparition dans le Vide
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$122
The line between night and day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$533
Via Crucis II
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,036
Via Crucis IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,036
Via Crucis VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,036
La vague IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$58,896
La vague VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$41,184
Show must go on VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$18,585
Show must go on VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$24,493
Show must go on IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 40 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$18,585
Show must go on VIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$24,493
Résilience BW V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$58,896
Résilience BW II
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,114
Résilience BW IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$37,074
Résilience BW I
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$62,522
Levons l'ancre I
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$39,808
Levons l'ancre XII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$62,522
Levons l'ancre IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$47,114
Levons l'ancre V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,114
Jugement de Paris IX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$48,170
Jugement de Paris VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,495
Jugement de Paris VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,495
Jugement de Paris VIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$40,495
Invitation au voyage XXVI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 70 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$40,495
Invitation au voyage XXIII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$58,896
Invitation au voyage XX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$29,350
Invitation au voyage XXII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$29,350
Droites II / XI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$55,294
Droites II / IV
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$34,707
Droites II / VI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 110 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$37,074
Droites II / IX
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$47,114
Droites I / III
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$34,707
Droites I / V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$55,294
Droites I / XI
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$48,669
Droites I / XII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$37,074
Out of body experience V
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$41,184
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."