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."

Whispers of Heaven

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292 €1,833

Abstract 2544

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

Abstract 2541

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809

Abstract 2540

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809 €1,447

Abstract 2539

Alex Senchenko

Painting . x cm Painting . 0 x 0 inch

€1,809 €1,447

New Jerusalem from The Harbinger

Salvador Dali

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

€3,680

Abstract 2533

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

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

Hidden light- Gold - Composition of 3 paintings

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,615

Abstract 22116

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,085 €868

Endles IV

Lia Van Leeuwen

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

€2,100

Flordali - Les Fruits : Révérence du groseiller

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 37 cm Print . 22.2 x 14.6 inch

€4,400

Méditer

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 35 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch

€260

Pink Frida

Âme Sauvage

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

€105

Urania

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Dieux des mers

Âme Sauvage

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

€680

Pamplemousse érotique (Erotic Grapefruit)

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Don Quixote Pear 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

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

Abstract 2537

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809 €1,447

Le Cracking Du Petrole

Salvador Dali

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

€3,680

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

Sans titre 15

Arsène Odin

Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

€180

L’Apothéose

Salvador Dali

Print . 66.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.2 x 19.9 x 0 inch

€3,260

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

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 91 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€965 €772

2091 Pixels

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€5,900

Between heaven and earth 2

H-Nguyen

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

€2,980

New moon

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€3,800

Eternal Sunshine of the Quiet Mind - Abstraction Concrète 185

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 120 x 120 x 4.4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.7 inch

€3,200

Rage Against The Machine

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch

€3,200

L'arbre de la plage

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€79

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

Kniphofia Aphrodisiaca

Salvador Dali

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

€2,980

Abstract R 2514

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,774 €2,219

Abstract 2508

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,050 €1,640

Abstract 2534

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

Abstract 2532

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

Abstract 2531

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 122 x 91 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,050

Abstract 2530

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809

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

Abstract 2517

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809 €1,447

Pink Soul

Marta Zawadzka

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

€5,500

La Cour du Lion

Salvador Dali

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

€2,000

Le Singe et le Léopard

Salvador Dali

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

€2,000

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

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 Cheval s'étant voulu venger du Cerf

Salvador Dali

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

Untitled - Berlin Suite

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,900

Still Life

Laura Newman

Painting . 102 x 76 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 inch

€6,935

Farandole

Hans Hartung

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

€2,000

Jack

Mark Hellbusch

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

€990

Odon et Eva

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€500

Morning Steam

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Abstraction concrète 15

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€890

Dreams Growing in the Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€7,839

Dragon Apple 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

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

Hamlet, Complete text and set of 10 color etchings

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 40.3 x 5 cm Print . 22.2 x 15.9 x 2 inch

€48,600

Abstract 2528

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809 €1,447

Abstract 2527

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,869 €1,496

Abstract 2526

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809 €1,447

Abstract 2525

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,352

Abstract 2523

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 15 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 5.9 inch

€2,292

Abstract 2522

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,050 €1,640

Abstract 2503

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809

Abstract 2501

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809

Le Monde XXX

Caroline Vis

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

€12,500

Terpsichore, from Les Muses

Salvador Dali

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

€3,000

Ponte de Rodillas

Salvador Dali

Print . 41 x 29 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.1 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€1,100

Homage To Mercure

Salvador Dali

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

€3,460

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

Endlessness

Gina Vor

Painting . 120 x 180 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même

Salvador Dali

Print . 84 x 63 x 0.1 cm Print . 33.1 x 24.8 x 0 inch

€2,980

Abstract 2358

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,050 €1,640

Sam, the delightful diva

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€850 €765

Cordill

Antoni Tapies

Print . 78 x 60 cm Print . 30.7 x 23.6 inch

€5,500

Lunettes

Apo

Painting . 14.8 x 21 x 0.05 cm Painting . 5.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€100

D’Eux 2

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€720

Guerre de 1914–1918 (The 1914–18 War)

Salvador Dali

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

€3,460

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

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Small Bay

Greet Helsen

Painting . 40 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€1,447

Révérence du groseillier (Curtsying Gooseberry Bush)

Salvador Dali

Print . x cm Print . 0 x 0 inch

€5,700

Abstraction concrète 230

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,400

God, Time, Space, and the Pope

Salvador Dali

Print . 65.4 x 50.4 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.7 x 19.8 x 0 inch

€3,000

Abstract 2515

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,050 €1,640

Abstract 2514

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

Abstract 2512

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292

Abstract 2510

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,050

Abstract 2506

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,292 €1,833

Abstract 2502

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,809

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