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."

3h du matin ne répond pas

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,300

Kreuzberg Blues No. 2

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€810

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

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

€768

A Gathering of Innocents

Newel Hunter

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

€1,219

Landscape 2

Gina Vor

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

€800

Couleurs et lumières

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Joy factory!

Marta Zawadzka

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

€5,500

Waves

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,400

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,351

Azure Horizons: Where Sea and Above Collide 1

Tiny de Bruin

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

€850

Untitled

Noa Gosley

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

€1,626

Marie M

Sunny Jim

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

€1,200

Yipee-ki-yay

Mr Garcia

Painting . 113 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€700 €630

Abstract 2555

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 80 x 210 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 82.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,388 €1,911

Rays Of A Morning Light

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,250

Sans titre n° 38

Thibaut de Reimpré

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.01 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,000

Rouge incandescent

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 65 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€850

Pollock’s Dream

Caroline Vis

Painting . 90 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Kalara

Eric Robin

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

€6,000 €5,400

Dancing in hues

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€4,606

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€5,600

Winter

Max Yaskin

Painting . 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€850 €680

Tales We Carry

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,900

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,617

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

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

€975 €780

Puissance vitale

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,360

Intuition

Muriel Deumie

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

€890

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€2,350

In The Green

Greet Helsen

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

€1,036

Ocean

Rafael Sliks

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

€6,500

Untitled(N° COL0722P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

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

€5,200

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

Sacred Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,193 €1,755

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

Tetraptych Blue Orange & Green

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,355

La légèreté III

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 150 x 110 x 2.2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch

€1,400

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Discussion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christian Valentine

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,761

Els arbres ploren II

Tatiana Blanqué

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

€450

Blume VI

Mark Hellbusch

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

€2,700

Rêve ou vision ?

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

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

€3,296

Paesaggio poetico XXIV

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,264 €1,012

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

ORVEN

Morko

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

€1,090

Lake of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,950 €1,560

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

€2,258

Stillness in motion 1

H-Nguyen

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

€2,980

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

€1,750

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

Capsule Reflets d'automne à New York - Lumières en mélancolie

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€350

Raspberry Beret

Darlene Watson

Painting . 304.8 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 inch

€5,701

Arlésiennes bleutées

Juan Benito

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

€690

Une nouvelle histoire

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

Histoires du monde

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Le bonheur en couleurs

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

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

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

Fleurs d'un jour

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

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

Still Waiting

Susan L

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,254

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

Bleu intense

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,800

Hidden Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,600 €1,280

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

Pink dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,631

Sans titre

Thibaut de Reimpré

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

€1,500

L102 - Densité vibrante

Jean-Jacques Marie

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

€1,280

Mondes en création

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

Shore break

Michel Castanet (Mica)

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

€680

Evening with Mia

Marta Zawadzka

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

€4,100

Energie spirituelle

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Dreamscape - Two Tone Painting

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1 inch

€5,238 €4,191

Les fleurs du cerisier

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2.4 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.9 inch

€150

New life

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

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

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

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

Consolation

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,300

Still Life

Laura Newman

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

€7,007

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

Pink Butterfly

Marta Zawadzka

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

€5,500

Rhythm

Gina Vor

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

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

€4,787

Frozen Dreams

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,193 €1,755

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

€3,613

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

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