Gestural abstraction
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Perfect summer day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$4,719
Wonderful moments
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 125 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 49.2 x 0 inch
$2,809
S U N S E T in the style of Claude Monet Art: 130123
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
$2,528
Campo di grano dorato
Marco Saporiti
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$225
Naturalesa en suspensió 5
Tatiana Blanqué
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,124
Naturalesa en suspensió 3
Tatiana Blanqué
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,124
A la recherche de couleurs II
Yichao Sun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$506
Hidden Light - Pantone Peach Fuzz
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
$2,600
Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,600
El gran vacio
Gabriela Lavezzari
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,057
Ville après la pluie
Yichao Sun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,742
Unseen - Disjointed reality #19
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 102 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 40.2 x 0.1 inch
$3,989
Chaotic Memories - Disjointed reality #20
Kris Haas
Painting - 94 x 68 x 0.25 cm Painting - 37 x 26.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,865
Seen - Disjointed reality #18
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 114 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 44.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,989
A closer look (Strange garden) 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 175.3 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 69 x 78 x 1 inch
$18,600
Strange spectra 6 (Over Red)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 72 x 0.7 inch
$7,000
Fiery song (over teal) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.7 inch
$5,550
Overnight Realization (Becoming Clear) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.7 inch
$5,545
Dulling the Blade
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$7,200
Garden in blue mood
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 228.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 90 x 0.7 inch
$16,520
Sequel of a dream 2 (Gardens) - Triptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 0.7 inch
$10,025
Hide & seek Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,600
No time for reflection
Newel Hunter
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,950
The Inevitable Conclusion Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$11,250
Face to Face Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,700
Sequel of a dream 3 (Starry night)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 0.7 inch
$9,840
Under a microscope (Golden sand)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$12,825
La Coulée du Temps
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$124
Just rainy-XXVI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$472 $425
Passage d'Energie
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
Abstract Statement #2
Volker Mayr
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,409
Grace Under Pressure (Hemingway)
Volker Mayr
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,574
Celebration Of Colors
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,908
Face The Future And Act Now
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,574
Puissance de la Terre
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
Le Visage du Viol
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$124
Résolution des Matières
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$124
La Jungle de la Folie
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$124
La Génuflexion Eternelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$337
L'Entité des Eloges
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
L'Action de l'Esprit
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 26 x 0 inch
$124
Erection Lumineuse
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
Eloges Elogieuses
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
Eclat Dans le Voyage
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$124
La Glisse Transmetrice
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$124
Energie Universelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$124
Arrivée du Présent
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$124
Peau de Mur 15
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,663
Peau de Mur 14
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,663
Peau de Mur 16
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,326
Dispersion 14
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,326
Dispersion 13
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,214
Dispersion 12
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,326
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."