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."

Singin’ in the Blue Shower

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€980

Claim 165

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey - Drypoint etching with stencil

Salvador Dali

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

€2,500

Primary styles 66

Cren

Print . 37 x 37 x 2 cm Print . 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€600

Vent du Nord

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.9 inch

€75

Origine(s) n°1

Alice Maier

Painting . 60 x 43 x 0.4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch

€600

Patchwork 2

Max Yaskin

Painting . 79 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 31.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,150

Les 3 joueurs

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

Le lion délicat

Âme Sauvage

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

€170

Euterpe - Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

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

€3,500

Terpsichore - Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

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

€3,000

Abstract 2580

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,168

Abstract 2578

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,409 €1,927

Abstract 2577

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,348 €1,879

Abstract 2573

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,108

Abstract 2570

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,348 €1,879

BlackJack

Cosmos

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

€3,400

Energies rouges

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 60 x 30 x 2.2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.9 inch

€300

Ocean

Rafael Sliks

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

€6,500

Too much ribbons for a birthday

Harrison Prignet

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€2,500

Celebrity

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Popeye (after Jeff Koons)

Jeff Koons

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

€2,950

Scène taurine

Juan Benito

Painting . 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€690

Abstraction Concrète 179

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.7 inch

€1,450

Fleurs noires

Âme Sauvage

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

€700

Abstract 2561

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,108

Abstract 2558

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,047 €1,638

Abstract 2557

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,288 €1,831

Abstract 2555

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,361

Vendredi

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Portrait de Calderón (from Calderón: La Vie est un songe)

Salvador Dali

Print . 65 x 51 x 1 cm Print . 25.6 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Recueillement

Âme Sauvage

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

€400

Chevalier à Genou

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,200

La Fée (The Fairy)

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,200

Fleur en Lys

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€950

Abstract 2564

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,108

Abstract 2551

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,348

Abstract 2550

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,047 €1,638

Farandole 18

Hans Hartung

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

€2,000

Extraordinary World

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,850

Fondu sous le soleil

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

The Blood of Yin and Yang from Conquest of the Cosmos II

Salvador Dali

Print . 96 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print . 37.8 x 26 x 0 inch

€7,680

Gala Mon Seul Désir (La Dame La Licorne)

Salvador Dali

Print . 53 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.9 x 26.4 x 0 inch

€6,840

Caballero

Salvador Dali

Print . 101 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.8 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€7,860

Abstract 2559

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,047 €1,638

Don Quichotte

Salvador Dali

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

€3,860

La Cogida y la Muerte

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.9 x 0 inch

€1,480

Joie des papillons

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€350

Oiseaux de mer

Âme Sauvage

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

€89

Eclipse

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

L'Ouraboros

Salvador Dali

Print . 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print . 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch

€8,518

The unicorn laser disintegrates the horns of cosmic rhinoceros

Salvador Dali

Print . 96 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print . 37.8 x 26 x 0 inch

€6,840

Sator

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,200

Vieux Faust

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€1,600

Femme au Clown

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,200

Tete de Veau (Calf's Head)

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€2,200

Abstract 2549

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,047 €1,638

Sagittarius 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

Pisces 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

Abstract R 2512

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 180 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 70.9 x 0 inch

€2,409

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXI

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XIII

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche VIII

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Featherlight Dreams

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,288

Abstract 2545

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,288

Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire

Salvador Dali

Print . 50.8 x 66.04 x 2.54 cm Print . 20 x 26 x 1 inch

€26,452

The Woman Taken in Adultery

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€1,000

El Arcabuz Produce Monsters

Salvador Dali

Print . 23.5 x 17.2 x 0.2 cm Print . 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Comédie

Yichao Sun

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

€4,000

L'or du pays froid

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

Femme à la chaussure

Salvador Dali

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

€3,000

Aquarius 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

Libra 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

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XII

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Pilgrim's Journey

Salvador Dali

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

€3,859

The Old Man and the Sea - Portrait

Salvador Dali

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

€1,500

The Old Man and the Sea - The Rod

Salvador Dali

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

€1,500

The Old Man and the Sea - The Struggle

Salvador Dali

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

€1,500

YEN DHELL

Morko

Painting . 110 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,020

24 sur 17

Antoni Tapies

Print . 76 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€2,180

Tangle 17

Tracey Adams

Painting . 76.2 x 56 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€3,854

2091 Pixels

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€5,900

Capricho de Goya n°63

Salvador Dali

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.2 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,800

Untitled - Berlin Suite

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,900

Déformation du réel

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

Le Chimère d'Horace (Horace's chimera)

Salvador Dali

Print . 68 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€5,100

Entremêlés

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 50 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€750

Energie du coeur - Série Haute vibration, plein de lumière

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

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

€440

Abstraction Concrète 226

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€2,650

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche I (23)

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche IV

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche VI

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXV

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

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