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."

Abstract 2537

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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

L'Ouraboros

Salvador Dali

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

€8,583

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

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

€964

Dans la machine

Muriel Deumie

Photography . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€550

Melanie

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€850

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

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

Black Metal

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Le piège se referme

Âme Sauvage

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

€450

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

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

Abstract 2541

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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 2528

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

Abstract 2527

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,867

Abstract 2526

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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

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

€26,653

Echoes in the light

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€2,891

L'innocence se rêve

Âme Sauvage

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

€700

Imagination

Gina Vor

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

€800

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

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

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 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 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 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

Abstract 2530

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

Doriane

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,800

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

Les étages supérieurs

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€600

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

Le Cracking Du Petrole

Salvador Dali

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

€3,680

Abstract 2503

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

Abstract 2479

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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

#12092020

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,600

Abstract 2325

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,446

Abstract 2237

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,084

Special deLuxe Edition

Antoni Tapies

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

€890

Urania

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Small Bay

Greet Helsen

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

€1,446

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

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

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

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

Mondes en création

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Désintégraion solaire

Âme Sauvage

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

€800

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

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

Le fracas des vagues

Âme Sauvage

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

€680

Abstract 2501

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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 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

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 2182

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,084

H-20

Hans Hartung

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

€1,000

La pianiste

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€400

Dreams Growing in the Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€7,831

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

Danse infinie

Âme Sauvage

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

€800

Consolation

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,300

Abstract 2502

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

Abstract 2482

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

Abstract 2481

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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

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

Homage To Mercure

Salvador Dali

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

€3,460

Abstract 2417

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,807

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

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