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."

Le Picador

Salvador Dali

Print . 24.7 x 20 x 1 cm Print . 9.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Paesaggio poetico XXIV

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,277

All Night Long

Cosmos

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

€7,400

ORVEN

Morko

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

€1,090

Wild Flowers 4

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€950

Coeur de Fraises

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€4,800

Emotion

Philippe Hautenauve

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

La danse aquatique

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€800

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

Untitled(N° C0223P4)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 12 x 12 x 2 cm Painting . 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

le souffle d'une vie

Muriel Deumie

Photography . 28 x 38 x 1 cm Photography . 11 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€899

Peinture 201118

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Abstraction Concrète 167

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,200

Agape

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,700

Llambrec material

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,950

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

Diagnostico

Francesco Martini

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Imagination play-IX(Homage to Jean Dubuffet)

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,800

Garden of my dreams

Tanya Vasilenko

Painting . 90 x 130 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 inch

€4,550

Seeking Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,946

Recif

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Le Tricorne - Comment vivaient alors les gens

Salvador Dali

Print . 32.2 x 22.4 x 0.3 cm Print . 12.7 x 8.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,160

Un Généreux Coursier - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide (Edition originale Chevalier & Navarre)

Salvador Dali

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000

Dark time

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€99

Peindre aujourd'hui

Philippe Cognée

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 4.7 inch

€300

Flow

H-Nguyen

Painting . 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,260

Le blanc-bec

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

Farandole

Hans Hartung

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

€2,200

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

The Old Man and the Sea - Dolphins

Salvador Dali

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,500

Balloon Dog (Blue)

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 40 x 48 x 15.8 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 18.9 x 6.2 inch

€38,000

Plaque de cuivre et carborumdum

Antoni Tapies

Painting . 39.5 x 99.5 x 1 cm Painting . 15.6 x 39.2 x 0.4 inch

€23,000

Playful Reality #260

Kris Haas

Painting . 61 x 48 x 0.25 cm Painting . 24 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€850

Sans titre

Emilio Vedova

Print . 70.5 x 50 cm Print . 27.8 x 19.7 inch

€900

Les petits matins

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Aquatic Dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€1,946

Abstract 2562

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,372

New York City Second Avenue

Cosmos

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€7,800

Azul

Antoni Amat

Painting . 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,850

Volcanique

Bald

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Virages

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 58 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 22.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,300

Abstraction Concrète 105

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€990

Signals and signs

Filip Pavlik

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Dusk Memories II

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€547

Le grand final

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Sans titre

Apo

Painting . 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.05 cm Painting . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€1,100

A Gathering of Innocents

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

€1,231

Untitled

Noa Gosley

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,283

Rosengarten Ice Cream Sundae

Gianfranco Baruchello

Print . 56 x 90 x 0.05 cm Print . 22 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€750

Waves

Juliana Haggoo

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Brume

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,350

Silenci en blanc i negre i vermell per avui

Tatiana Blanqué

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€160

Portier de nuit : Max & Lucia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€950

Whispers of Heaven

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,311

Les suprenes de maillaise liliputiens from Diners a Gala

Salvador Dali

Print . 55.9 x 74.9 cm Print . 22 x 29.5 inch

€2,280

L'esprit du peintre

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

€850

L’arcangelo (The Archangel)

Salvador Dali

Print . 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€2,700

George Washington

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 27.8 x 1 cm Print . 15 x 10.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Abstract landscape-XXXII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,368

Cloche tibétaine

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,900

Small Sign No 14 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Gina Vor

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch

€100

Balloon swan (magenta)

Jeff Koons

Sculpture . 24.1 x 16.4 x 21 cm Sculpture . 9.5 x 6.5 x 8.3 inch

€15,000

Les Pas de Deux 1

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Invisible landscape

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 101.6 x 157.5 x 20.3 cm Painting . 40 x 62 x 8 inch

€11,398

People - 05

Eric Brocherie

Print . 80 x 80 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€2,000

2091 Pixels

Gaëlle Wagner

Design . 130 x 269 x 3 cm Design . 51.2 x 105.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

Copper breath

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Lumière

Yichao Sun

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Eclipse

Rafael Sliks

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

€6,500

In The Green

Greet Helsen

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

€1,034

Claim 35

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,340

The Fire

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 180 x 300 x 0.1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 118.1 x 0 inch

€9,800

Omaggio a Lionello Venturi

Emilio Vedova

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

€700

Blue Abstract No. 5

Gina Vor

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #10 — Figure Dissolving Into Light

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€3,200

Cercle II

Antoni Tapies

Print . 55 x 74.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.7 x 29.3 x 0 inch

€2,200

Abstract 2555

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 210 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 82.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,384

Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

Print . 55 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.7 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€3,860 €3,281

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,652

L102 - Densité vibrante

Jean-Jacques Marie

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,280

Winter and Summer

Salvador Dali

Print . 63.5 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Print . 25 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€26,900

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€5,600 €3,920

Kalara

Eric Robin

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

€6,000

Balancing Act 1

Tracey Adams

Fine Art Drawings . 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 20.1 inch

€1,581

Le Jeune Icare - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide (Edition originale Chevalier & Navarre)

Salvador Dali

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000

Vie de vitesse

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,100

Abstraction Concrète 156

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,100

Sea Beasts

Tic

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

€1,350

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,649

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