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."

Arlésiennes bleutées

Juan Benito

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

€690

Grottes des océans

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Golden Chaos

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,945

Cliffs

Greet Helsen

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

€1,033

Sator

Salvador Dali

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

€2,200

Femme au Clown

Salvador Dali

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

€2,200

Sagittarius

Salvador Dali

Print . 35 x 26.2 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.8 x 10.3 x 0 inch

€3,000

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

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

Sunny

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€12,000

Divine Erato - 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 €800

Pilade aimait Hermioné - 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 €800

La déesse de Cythère - 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 €800

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

€26,869

Le Corbeau et le Renard

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000 €1,700

Le Portrait de La Fontaine

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Pieuvre galactique

Âme Sauvage

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

€85

Portrait de La Fontaine

Salvador Dali

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

€800 €640

Waves

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Mouvements en tempête

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 24 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€90

L'âge de couleur

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€300

L088 - L'insaisissable

Jean-Jacques Marie

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

€1,280

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 €6,156

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

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIII

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 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 XX

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 XIX

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 XVIII

Salvador Dali

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

€1,750

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIV

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 XV

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 XIV

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 XII

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 XI

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 X

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

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVI

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 I

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

Behind the Image XI

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,567

Mer et désert

Âme Sauvage

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

€350

L'éclate totale - tableau abstrait moderne bleu

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch

€720

Vertical Silence

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,945

Ombres du ciel (monochrome bleu)

Âme Sauvage

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

€2,125

Englouti dans le marasme du monde

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,250 €1,063

Imagination

Gina Vor

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

€800

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 €6,156

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 €6,156

Le Cracking Du Petrole

Salvador Dali

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

€3,680 €3,312

Miserable Flat from The Marquis de Sade

Salvador Dali

Print . 52.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.7 x 16.7 x 0 inch

€3,860 €3,474

The World of Currier & Ives

Salvador Dali

Print . 83 x 63 x 1 cm Print . 32.7 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

€990

La Lettre from Vermeer

Salvador Dali

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

€1,200

A plate, from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800 €1,620

Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000 €1,700

Le Cerf Malade

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000

Le Chêne et le Roseau

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,000 €1,700

Sans titre

Antoni Tapies

Print . 64 x 45 x 0.02 cm Print . 25.2 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€4,500

Détail

Kitty Sabatier

Print . 53 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.9 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€190

Formule du divin

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€85

D'eau et de feu 2

Âme Sauvage

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

€350

D'eau et de feu

Âme Sauvage

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

€350

Les artistes volants

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Abstract 2101

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

The sound of disagreement

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€4,863

Emprisonnés dans la glace

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

Femme à la chaussure

Salvador Dali

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

€3,000

Caballero

Salvador Dali

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

€7,860 €7,074

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 €6,156

Scorpio 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 €6,156

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 €6,156

The Prison from The Marquis de Sade

Salvador Dali

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

€3,860 €3,474

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 €3,582

Abstract 2353

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

Abstract 22140

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

Abstract 22134

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

Twilight Whispers

Alex Senchenko

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

€4,255

A Small Heart Iconry-VI

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€3,500

Abstract 2108

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

Golden Echo

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,945

Abstract 2574

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,128

Abstract 1186

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,067

Iris of Dali's Youth

Salvador Dali

Print . 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€3,860 €3,474

Kniphofia Aphrodisiaca

Salvador Dali

Print . 75 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€2,980 €2,682

Shaple Pompoulaine SHPL220

Marcel Speet

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,450

Vendredi

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Le Monde XXX

Caroline Vis

Painting . 200 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€12,500 €11,250

Doux et dynamique

Âme Sauvage

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

€650

Urania

Salvador Dali

Print . 51 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€5,700

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