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 Téléphone

Salvador Dali

Print . 67 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.4 x 18.7 x 0 inch

€3,800

King Richard from Ivanhoe Suite

Salvador Dali

Print . 75 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€3,960

The Immaculate Conception

Salvador Dali

Print . 60 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€4,980

Hide & seek II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,344

Sans titre

Pasturo

Painting . 115 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

The Kiss

Salvador Dali

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

€1,500

Spring

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€1,000

Peinture 200925

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Cornflower Meadow

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 51.5 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 20.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

The Thaw

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,166

Feu et eau

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

Pensées humaines

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

€700

Hommage A Hef

Cren

Print . 55.9 x 55.9 cm Print . 22 x 22 inch

€180

Fantastic Voyage

Salvador Dali

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

€11,000

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

Outside The Bull Ring: The Fruit Seller from Carmen

Salvador Dali

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

€3,860

#43

Tic

Painting . 110 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€950

Velasquez, Les Ménines

Salvador Dali

Print . 89 x 63 x 0.1 cm Print . 35 x 24.8 x 0 inch

€2,980

I Hope...

Chiharu Shiota

Design . 120 x 120 x 120 cm Design . 47.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€17,000

Abstract 22157

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 90 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,227

Edwina

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Peindre aujourd'hui

Philippe Cognée

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

€300

N° 20.95 Vue d'ailleurs

Isa-L

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

€4,000

Passion

Gina Vor

Painting . 120 x 104 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 40.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

La Lettre from Vermeer

Salvador Dali

Print . 89 x 63 x 1 cm Print . 35 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens

Salvador Dali

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

€6,480

Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter from La conquête du cosmos

Salvador Dali

Print . 99.5 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.2 x 27.4 x 0 inch

€4,260

Spectacles with Holograms and Computers

Salvador Dali

Print . 77 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.3 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€5,850

Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent

Salvador Dali

Print . 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.6 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€7,080

Rêve ou vision ?

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,050

Double regard

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,050

King John - Drypoint, etching

Salvador Dali

Print . 46.5 x 32 cm Print . 18.3 x 12.6 inch

€1,200

Holed Fruit from Flordali suite

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Consolation

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,300

Zebulun, from Twelve Tribes of Israel

Salvador Dali

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

€4,860

Autumn from the suite “The Seasons”

Salvador Dali

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

€3,890

Autumn from Four Seasons

Salvador Dali

Print . 53.5 x 67.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.1 x 26.6 x 0 inch

€5,680

Paixao

Gabriela Lavezzari

Painting . 100 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,600

Les 4 sages

Âme Sauvage

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

€300

Agglomération des couleurs

Âme Sauvage

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

€880

Claim 164

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 140 x 240 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch

€6,900

Don Quixote (The Dreamer) - Hand coloured drypoint, etching on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

Print . 78.5 x 58.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.9 x 23 x 0 inch

€12,460

L'Ange de l'Alchimie (The Angel of Alchemy)

Salvador Dali

Print . 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch

€5,860

Bloomings

Harrison Prignet

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Abstract 2566

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,166

Stripes

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 81 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,700

L'Ouroboros

Salvador Dali

Print . 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch

€5,860

La magie créative

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,500

Les reclus

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

Twilight Whispers

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0 inch

€4,213

Layers of Serenity

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,926 €1,541

Golden Chaos

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,926 €1,541

Henry V (a)

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.3 inch

€1,000

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Maria

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€850

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

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

€4,749

Blind

Laura Newman

Painting . 77 x 56 cm Painting . 30.3 x 22 inch

€4,935

Abstract 2160

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,287 €1,829

Nuée de papillons 2

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€350

Elefante-cicogna (Elephant-stork) - Coloured lithograph on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

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

€2,500

Portrait de Marguerite (Portrait of Marguerite)

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11 x 0 inch

€21,800

Coastal Calm diptych

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 28 x 1 inch

€896

Abstract 2509

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,287

Abstract 2501

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,805

Spring

Francesco Martini

Painting . 140 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

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

Plaque de métro 7

Kareem Bonus

Painting . 45 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Square and no limit

Philippe Hautenauve

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

€4,900

A Small Heart Iconry-III

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€3,500 €2,450

Tu cara me suena

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 114 x 146 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0 inch

€3,850

Clarté

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch

€150

Vertical Silence

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,926 €1,541

La Tête

Salvador Dali

Print . 38.5 x 28.5 cm Print . 15.2 x 11.2 inch

€2,500

Profondeur

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,000

Golden waterefall

H-Nguyen

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

€2,980

Love 16

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€1,350

La foule en concert

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch

€200

The Horse and the Wolf - drypoint etching with stencil on extremely fine Japanese paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 57 x 76 cm Print . 22.4 x 29.9 inch

€2,500

Civiltà Sconfitta(Civilization Defeated)

Salvador Dali

Print . 47.5 x 64 cm Print . 18.7 x 25.2 inch

€2,500

Special DeLuxe Edition

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,390

Confrontation 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 199.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€1,120

Le Vitrail

Salvador Dali

Print . 38.1 x 26.42 x 2.54 cm Print . 15 x 10.4 x 1 inch

€5,377

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

Painting . 66 x 55 x 0.5 cm Painting . 26 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Abstract 2101

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,046

Abstract 1186

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,046 €1,637

Le souffle créateur

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,250

Urashima Taro

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,800

Kumo (The weaver spider)

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,800

Shitakiri (The tongue-cut sparrow)

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,800

Mais o belle Dionee, from L'Art d'aimer suite

Salvador Dali

Print . 74 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€2,480

Hippofemmes (série Femmes et Chevaux)

Salvador Dali

Print . 44.5 x 31.2 cm Print . 17.5 x 12.3 inch

€1,000

Trilogia de la union

Antoni Amat

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

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