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."

Portier de nuit : Max & Lucia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Abstraction concrète 230

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

Abstract Wall

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,670

Dreamscape

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

Carré rouge

Âme Sauvage

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

€550

Cliffs

Greet Helsen

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

€1,035

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

Black Sand 2

Eric Robin

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Terre Indigo

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

Consolation

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,300

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 €1,620

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

€3,345

Pink Flow

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 160 x 2.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0.9 inch

€5,500

The orange cube

Max Yaskin

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

€779

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

New life

Âme Sauvage

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

€850

Ahmar

Said Ouarzaz

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

€790

Blume IX

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Gentle warmth

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€390

Elements n°16

Alice Maier

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

€990

Create From Your Heart

Darlene Watson

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

€3,450

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 €1,020

Opposites attract

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Paesaggio poetico XXIV

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€1,283

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #10 — Figure Dissolving Into Light

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€3,200

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

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

€3,665

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

We've Got You

Victoria Horkan

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

€1,776

ORVEN

Morko

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

€1,090

Els arbres ploren II

Tatiana Blanqué

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

€450

Cartographie d’un rêve d’hiver

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€980

A Sky Full of Sparks

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Sans titre 13

Arsène Odin

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

€800

I love you so much

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

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

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

Arlésiennes bleutées

Juan Benito

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

€690

Subtle Elegance

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,800

Eclats de lumière

Âme Sauvage

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

€320

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

January Contemplation

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,300 €1,170

Dazzle me !

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,300

Brume

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€900

In the distance

Christian Valentine

Painting . 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 2 inch

€1,100

Broussailles

Philippe Cognée

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

€8,500

Hide & seek II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,375

Peinture 200925

Gérard Pairé

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

€1,000

Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,653

Laure

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

Blind

Laura Newman

Painting . 77 x 56 cm Painting . 30.3 x 22 inch

€4,992

Abstraction concrète 15

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€890

Shore break

Michel Castanet (Mica)

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

€680

New moon

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,800

Porter un masque

Muriel Deumie

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

€900

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

Abstraction concrète 109

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

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

Abstraction Concrète 105

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€990

Faire campagne

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Monet Talks - Abstraction Concrète 122

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

Dive in Pi

VeraD

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

€1,800

Winter

Max Yaskin

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

€850

Summer Tales

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,200 €1,080

Felicia

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Sea Beasts

Tic

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

€1,350

Sakura is blooming

Tanya Vasilenko

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

€4,857

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

sans titre

Harrison Prignet

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

€2,300

Morning Steam

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

Abstraction Concrète 107

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€990

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

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

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

€2,500

Abstraction Concrète 103

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

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

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

Las risas en mis sueños

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€4,500

Abstraction Concrète 102

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Opposites attract - Upside Down

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Japon Times

Bald

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

€2,400

The blue one

Christian Valentine

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

€1,741

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

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

Ezec 36:26 / 82610

John3seven

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

€1,800

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

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 €720

Abstraction Concrète 226

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,300

Imagination

Gina Vor

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

€800 €720

The song of the waves

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€390

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