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."

Pink Queen

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,700

Colours of April

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 140 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch

€1,800

Flowed

Eliana Sá

Painting . 102 x 156 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 61.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,700

In The Green

Greet Helsen

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

€1,033

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Bright sky, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€2,263

Tu cara me suena

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 114 x 146 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0 inch

€3,850

Untitled(N° COL0722P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 41 x 33 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 inch

€5,200

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,304

Un vent fort

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Les petits matins

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€769

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

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Els arbres ploren II

Tatiana Blanqué

Painting . 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Create From Your Heart

Darlene Watson

Painting . 203.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 80 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€3,408

Méditer

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€260

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

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

Painting . 173 x 103 x 0.5 cm Painting . 68.1 x 40.6 x 0.2 inch

€990

Le souffle créateur

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

ORVEN

Morko

Painting . 137 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 53.9 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€1,090

Sans titre 13

Arsène Odin

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

We've Got You

Victoria Horkan

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

€1,754

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

Der Besucher

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,490

January Contemplation

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 120 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€1,300

Arlésiennes bleutées

Juan Benito

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

€690

Ahmar

Said Ouarzaz

Painting . 36 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€790

Révélation nocturne

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 100 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,200

Landscape 4

Gina Vor

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

€800

Wonders undreamt, Mixed Media on Canvas

Christian Valentine

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2 inch

€3,620

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

Brume

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,342

Hide & seek II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,358

Peinture 200925

Gérard Pairé

Painting . 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 57.5 x 76 cm Painting . 22.6 x 29.9 inch

€8,500

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

€1,400

Sans titre

Thibaut de Reimpré

Painting . 39 x 25 cm Painting . 15.4 x 9.8 inch

€1,500

Shore break

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€680

Bleu intense

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,800

Paysage bleu artificiel

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Un livre ouvert

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,646

Les Pas de Deux 1

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Summer Tales

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Felicia

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

Painting . 94 x 94 x 1 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 0.4 inch

€850

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

Imagination play-IX(Homage to Jean Dubuffet)

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,800

Still Life

Laura Newman

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

€6,988

Carré rouge

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

Painting . 120 x 150 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 inch

€4,797

Square and no limit

Philippe Hautenauve

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

€4,900

Flower Queen

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€3,500

New life

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch

€850

Exotic Birds

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,250

The blue one

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€1,720

Plaque de métro 7

Kareem Bonus

Painting . 45 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Anna III

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€800

L'âge de couleur

Âme Sauvage

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

€300

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

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

€2,500

Eclats de lumière

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2.4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.9 inch

€320

Or blanc (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

Pays de lumière

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,000

Sea Beasts

Tic

Painting . 120 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€1,350

Mester de Juglaria

Carlos Velilla

Painting . 195 x 250 x 4 cm Painting . 76.8 x 98.4 x 1.6 inch

€50,000

Velvet chaos

Ole Hedeager

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

€1,360

Ava

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.2 inch

€120

Whispers under the Olive Tree - II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€800

Japon Times

Bald

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

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

€740

Le plaisir de butiner - tableau multicolore

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 73 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€1,000

No Plans For Love

Cosmos

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3.5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.4 inch

€7,400

Composition (1)

Antoni Amat

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

€1,700

Sans Titre 9 (Prophéties d'un monde qui fuit)

Arnaud Gautron

Painting . 111 x 111 x 3 cm Painting . 43.7 x 43.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,320

Dark time

Âme Sauvage

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

€150

Keni

Sunny Jim

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Pink Fun

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€3,500

L'esprit du peintre

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

€950

Myriam

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Art water - Grand tableau bleu

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Force of Nature

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

€1,222

Coloris et plastique

Filip Pavlik

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

€1,700

Ezec 36:26 / 82610

John3seven

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

€1,800

Coastal Calm diptych

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 35.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 28 x 1 inch

€905

Modern spectra and lights (With Teal)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,113

Virages

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 58 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 22.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,300

Meridian curl

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Vie de vitesse

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

sans titre

Harrison Prignet

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

€2,300

Objets et formes

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

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