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."

Feu sur la glace

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,200

Before Sunrise, After Silence

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,650

Les bois

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Bleu et or 2 (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

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

€2,400

Ode - Composition of 7 Oval Paintings

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€2,330

Chasing the Echo

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,166

Here Comes the Sun

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,950

Bellissima

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Douceur

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,160

Sans-titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 10 x 15 x 0.2 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Silence

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,324

The blue one

Christian Valentine

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

€1,703

klein's Allure

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,047

Autumnal mood-VII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Ocean drift

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€5,377

Objets et formes

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,050

Landscape 4

Gina Vor

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

€800

Whispers of the Earth

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,166 €1,733

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Rosentor

Greet Helsen

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€1,204

Green is all you need

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Paysage rosé

H-Nguyen

Painting . 75 x 115 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 inch

€1,400

Anything you lose comes round in a different form

Tracey Adams

Painting . 122 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0 inch

€8,184

Timeless

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,750

Untitled(N° C0223P4)

Kyung-Ae Hur

Painting . 12 x 12 x 2 cm Painting . 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Champêtre

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,890

Pop Flowers 3

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€1,650

A Symphony of Hidden Depths

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,926

Claim 153

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,320

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

City 4

Yichao Sun

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

€2,500 €2,250

Sans titre

Kitty Sabatier

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Lapis lazuli melody

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,600

Explosion

Francesco Martini

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

€1,200

J'ai su et cédé au goût de ta langue égarée.

Margaux Salvador

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

€1,000

Joie

Chrystele Ferron (Nasca)

Painting . 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,280

Luna

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€2,900

Tidal poetry

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€7,662

Genèse 1 / 82510A

John3seven

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

€1,400

Lumenis 43

Tracey Adams

Painting . 61 x 61 cm Painting . 24 x 24 inch

€3,250

Vortex

Gina Vor

Painting . 180 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

The Day We Missed The Train

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,192

I climb every mountain

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Summer flowers 3

Max Yaskin

Painting . 150 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€890

Sea Beasts

Tic

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

€1,350

Abstract 2132

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,046 €1,637

Oasis

Thomas Jeunet

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

€890

Gold rain

Arsène Odin

Painting . 115 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€900

Renouveau

Aude De Voc

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

€1,500

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Diagram

Laura Newman

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

€3,250

Le vol des âmes

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 60 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,140

Sans-titre

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 102 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€3,500

Iliana

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Paisaje 33

Antoni Tapies

Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€22,000

Elements n°15

Alice Maier

Painting . 145 x 104 x 0.5 cm Painting . 57.1 x 40.9 x 0.2 inch

€890

Timeless Nature vibes

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting . 121.9 x 172.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 68 x 1 inch

€6,721

Waves

Juliana Haggoo

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

€2,400

Gola 2

Philippe Cognée

Painting . 65 x 92 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 2 inch

€22,000

Sinfonía Natural

Tatiana Blanqué

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

€1,000

Biopholy 7

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,200

Abstract J. Pollock style painting by M.Y.

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100.1 x 199.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€1,600

Untitled(N° COL1122P3)

Kyung-Ae Hur

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

€2,000

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

Claim 137

Mark Hellbusch

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

€850

Chute libre 8

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€3,310

Jazmin del cielo

Gabriela Lavezzari

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

€3,400

Fugato

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Sans titre

Philippe Cognée

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

€2,800

Flowed

Eliana Sá

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

€1,700

All Night Long

Cosmos

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

€7,400

Drizzles symphony 8 (multi 3 canvas) Triptych

Nestor Toro

Painting . 50.8 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 0.7 inch

€2,267

Autumnal mood-VIII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,000

The night of love

Eric Robin

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

€3,000

Chaos in this World

Francesco Martini

Painting . 110 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Inspiration one

Jo Sada

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€50

Evolution of color

Christian Valentine

Painting . 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 2 inch

€941

Composition

Antoni Amat

Painting . 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Bygone Era

Kris Haas

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

€3,271

Friends

Caroline Vis

Painting . 90 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€4,900

Winter blaze

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€4,250

Abstract 2398

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,106 €1,685

Reka

Veronika Rokashevich

Painting . 140 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Blossom Word

Isabelle Pelletane

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

€2,350

Colorfull landscape

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,310

Fragments of Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,926

Water Flowers

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Monocrom 01

H-Nguyen

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

€1,860

Troie

Franciszek Starowieyski

Painting . 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€600

Eclat Intégral

Jérémie Rebourgeard

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

€110

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #2 — Deconstructed Identity

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,400

L'or oublié des océans (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

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

€1,600

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