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."

Rorschach

Bald

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Oasis

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

€890

le souffle d'une vie

Muriel Deumie

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

€899

Agape

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,700

Ode - Composition of 7 Oval Paintings

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,383

Peindre aujourd'hui

Philippe Cognée

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

€300

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

Les reclus

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

Sans titre

Emilio Vedova

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

€900

L'ange triomphant

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 50 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch

€32,880

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

Le souffle créateur

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.9 inch

€1,400

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Sans titre

Apo

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

€1,000

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

Primary palette-V

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 16 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print . 6.3 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€70

The Fire

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€9,800

Azul

Antoni Amat

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

€2,850

Planetary and scatological visionlithograph

Salvador Dali

Print . 99.7 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€3,980

Signals and signs

Filip Pavlik

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

€1,500

Movement | Bronze Sculpture

Aloyzas Smilingis

Sculpture . 33 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture . 13 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€8,500

George Washington

Salvador Dali

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

€1,900

Flow

H-Nguyen

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

€2,260

La Pietà nera (The Black Madonna)

Salvador Dali

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

€2,700

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Les bois

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€2,400

Farandole

Hans Hartung

Print . 59.5 x 86.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.4 x 34.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Un livre ouvert

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.9 inch

€1,400

Festival

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

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

€2,560

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

Rosengarten Ice Cream Sundae

Gianfranco Baruchello

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

€750

Love's Labour's Lost - Drypoint etching on Rives paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 46 x 29 cm Print . 18.1 x 11.4 inch

€1,200

Kreuzberg Blues No. 2

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€810

Vers l'exil

Charles Lapicque

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€400

Bang !

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,600

Waves

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,400

Marie M

Sunny Jim

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Sinfonia di Luce

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 inch

€3,574

Am new start

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,262

H-21

Hans Hartung

Print . 66 x 55 x 1 cm Print . 26 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Eclipse

Rafael Sliks

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

€6,500

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

Untitled

Noa Gosley

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

€3,299

Étoiles

Yichao Sun

Painting . 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Omaggio a Lionello Venturi

Emilio Vedova

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

€700

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,350

Presentiment-XIV

Stanislav Bojankov

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€200

Bright sky, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€2,291

Special DeLuxe Edition

Antoni Tapies

Print . 61 x 87 cm Print . 24 x 34.3 inch

€1,390

Les songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel - Q-Jason

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 54 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 inch

€6,000

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

Abstraction concrète 230

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

€2,900

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,670

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

Carré rouge

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

€550

Cliffs

Greet Helsen

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

€1,035

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Balloon Dog (Magenta)

Jeff Koons

Design . 26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm Design . 10.5 x 10.5 x 5 inch

€10,000

Black Sand 2

Eric Robin

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Explosion

Francesco Martini

Painting . 130 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Consolation

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Colours of April

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 140 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch

€1,800 €1,620

La Pieta Nera (Black Madonna), hand signed lithograph

Salvador Dali

Print . 64.8 x 47.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 25.5 x 18.75 x 0.1 inch

€2,749

Julie I

Rafael Sliks

Print . 100 x 71 cm Print . 39.4 x 28 inch

€1,286

Untitled(N° COL0722P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 41 x 33 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 inch

€5,200

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,345

Pink Flow

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 160 x 2.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0.9 inch

€5,500

Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

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

€3,860

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€779

Suspends Ton Vol #4

Michèle Laurence Prévost

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

€2,100

Time Stillness of Time

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.5 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.7 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€18,900

Benjamin Franklin

Salvador Dali

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

€1,900

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

Rose et deux plaques

Antoni Tapies

Print . 33 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Capricorn from Signs of the Zodiac

Salvador Dali

Print . 73 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 28.7 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€6,840

La parola divina (The Divine Word)

Salvador Dali

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

€2,700

La trasfigurazione (The Transfiguration)

Salvador Dali

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

€2,700

New life

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

Ahmar

Said Ouarzaz

Painting . 36 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€790

Blume IX

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

The Virgin and the Rhinoceros

Salvador Dali

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

€2,600

Gentle warmth

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€390

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Create From Your Heart

Darlene Watson

Painting . 203.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 80 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€3,450

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 €1,020

Révérence du groseillier (Curtsying Gooseberry Bush)

Salvador Dali

Print . 74.5 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.3 x 21.5 x 0 inch

€5,700

Opposites attract

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Space Elephant

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.5 x 53.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch

€11,680

The Kiss

Salvador Dali

Print . 40 x 25 x 0.2 cm Print . 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Paesaggio poetico XXIV

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€1,283

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

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

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