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."

Llambrec material

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,950

Les Pas de Deux 3

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Les suprenes de maillaise liliputiens from Diners a Gala

Salvador Dali

Print . 55.9 x 74.9 cm Print . 22 x 29.5 inch

€2,250

Eléphant spatial

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 94 x 43 x 14 cm Sculpture . 37 x 16.9 x 5.5 inch

€62,400

Vie de vitesse

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,100

The Colour Within

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,931

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

Agape

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,700

People - 05

Eric Brocherie

Print . 80 x 80 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 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

Balancing Act 1

Tracey Adams

Fine Art Drawings . 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 20.1 inch

€1,569

Abstraction concrète 2272

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,400

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,604

Omaggio a Lionello Venturi

Emilio Vedova

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

€700

Kalara

Eric Robin

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

€6,000

The Heart of Madness, from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha

Salvador Dali

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

€4,980

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

Winter and Summer

Salvador Dali

Print . 63.5 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Print . 25 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€26,547

Sel & Lumière

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

Quevedos Visioner, Planche I

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€4,200

Rose et deux plaques

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,200

Revolution

Eliana Sá

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

€1,300

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Une promenade avec toi

Stephanie Rivet

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

€2,180

Naissance

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Julie I

Rafael Sliks

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

€1,299

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

Abstraction Concrète 102

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

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

Abstraction Concrète 103

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Scène équestre

Juan Benito

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

€690

Twilight Hues

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€4,050

Silence

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,327

Ezec 36:26 / 82610

John3seven

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

€1,800

New Born

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,550

Frames

Laura Newman

Painting . 56 x 38 cm Painting . 22 x 15 inch

€3,016

Géométriquement

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,250

Fleurs d'or (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

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

€900

Special DeLuxe Edition

Antoni Tapies

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

€1,390

We've Got You

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,744

Ailleurs n°201 (la solitude ou 2 sans 1)

Molok

Painting . 76 x 58 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Le Legacy (rare hand signed aquatint etching on Japon paper)

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch

€3,037

Aquatic Dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€1,931

Life is a Gift

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch

€1,390

Born from the Ashes

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,400

Three Poems II

Robert Motherwell

Print . 53.3 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 21 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,980

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

N° 50.24 Nouveau monde

Isa-L

Painting . 110 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Shaple Pompoulaine SHPL220

Marcel Speet

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

€1,475

Leda

Salvador Dali

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

€12,800

Judgement, from Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha

Salvador Dali

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

€5,860

Opus en corps

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,600

L'unicorne laser désintégre les cornes de rhinoceros cosmique (from 'La Conquête du Cosmos')

Salvador Dali

Print . 97 x 66 cm Print . 38.2 x 26 inch

€4,500

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

Le grand final

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Hide & seek II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,350

Portrait de La Fontaine

Salvador Dali

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

€800

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

Magellan

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

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

€2,500

Taurus 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 XIV

Salvador Dali

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

€1,800

King Solomon - drypoint, etching

Salvador Dali

Print . 75.5 x 55.5 cm Print . 29.7 x 21.9 inch

€1,500

A Symphony of Hidden Depths

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€1,931

Dans Mon Jardin

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Opposites attract

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Clouds

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,450

Modish Memories

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Red hot

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Brooklyn

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Shards of twilight

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,390

Summer in a Flower Garden

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

La Pagode (The Pagoda)

Salvador Dali

Print . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€6,600

Fragments of Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,931

Emergence

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,931

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

€1,760

Balloon Venus

Jeff Koons

Design . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Design . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Cooling

Mark Hellbusch

Sculpture . 72 x 65 x 4 cm Sculpture . 28.3 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

I love you so much

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Far in the stars

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,700

Indian Summer

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

I want to shine for you

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Fairy Lights

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Dodgem Car

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Untitled

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

XO Crew 21

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

Vendredi

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Les songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel - Q-Jason

Salvador Dali

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

€6,000

Cancer 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

Le Picador

Salvador Dali

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

€5,100

Rome, l'orateur

Charles Lapicque

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

€850

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