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."

City 4

Yichao Sun

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

€2,500

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

Double regard

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,150

Whispers of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,600

The Circle

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,100

Yipee-ki-yay

Mr Garcia

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

€700

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

Marie M

Sunny Jim

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

€1,200

Dancing in hues

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€4,601

Kalara

Eric Robin

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

€6,000

Velvet Illusion

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,800

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

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

€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

Puissance vitale

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

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

€3,360

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,344

Rouge incandescent

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,350

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

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

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,613

Avatar

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100.1 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59 x 1 inch

€1,488

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Untitled

Noa Gosley

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,248

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

Monotype2

H-Nguyen

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

€1,040

Untitled(N° COL0722P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

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

€5,200

Seeking Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,950

Discussion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christian Valentine

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

€1,759

Pink dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€4,632

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Tetraptych Blue Orange & Green

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,353

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

Els arbres ploren II

Tatiana Blanqué

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

€450

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

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

€2,255

#43

Tic

Painting . 110 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€950

Dreamscape - Two Tone Painting

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€5,242

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

€3,293

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Intuition

Muriel Deumie

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

€890

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

Abstract 2551

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,377

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Pink Butterfly

Marta Zawadzka

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

€5,500

ORVEN

Morko

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

€1,090

We've Got You

Victoria Horkan

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

€1,748

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

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

Sans titre 13

Arsène Odin

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

€800

Raspberry Beret

Darlene Watson

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

€5,694

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

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

Rhythm

Gina Vor

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

€1,500

Intensité

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€850

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

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

€8,500

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

Sacred Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,194

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

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

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

€850

Cryptic Concrete

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 40 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€690

Peinture 200925

Gérard Pairé

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

€1,000

Bleu intense

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,800

Der Besucher

Mark Hellbusch

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

€2,290

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

Exotic Birds

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,250

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

Paysage bleu artificiel

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

All Night Long

Cosmos

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

€7,400

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

Un livre ouvert

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,400

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

Space

Gina Vor

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

€1,500 €1,200

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

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

€3,608

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

Lake of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,950

New life

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

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

€6,992

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

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

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

€4,790 €3,832

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

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

Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,657

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

Mester de Juglaria

Carlos Velilla

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

€50,000

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