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![Painting, Waves in the sky 2, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963104_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange mix, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949727_1_grid.jpg)
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Jungle flowers 4 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,570
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Merci vert et blue
Darlene Watson
Painting - 152.4 x 177.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 inch
$6,078
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Le pin dans la forêt
Darlene Watson
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$6,078
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Eventide Echoes, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Darlene Watson
Painting - 223.5 x 203.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 88 x 80 x 2 inch
$9,717
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Libra love forever, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Darlene Watson
Painting - 170.2 x 203.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 67 x 80 x 1.5 inch
$6,077
![Painting, Expression 10 by M.Y., Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758903_1_grid.jpg)
Expression 10 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,035
![Painting, Expression 8 by M.Y., Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699074_1_grid.jpg)
Expression 8 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,977
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![Painting, Abstract acrylic painting, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472724_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract acrylic painting
Max Yaskin
Painting - 90 x 140 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,396
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![Painting, Mysterious city, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447293_1_grid.jpg)
Mysterious city
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,919 $1,535
![Painting, Abstract J. Pollock style acrylic, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447257_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract J. Pollock style acrylic
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,570
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Fury Future
Benjamin Vitrol Vautier Alvarez
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$465
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Athena of Liberty
Benjamin Vitrol Vautier Alvarez
Painting - 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$523
![Painting, Puissance de la Terre, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170411_1_grid.jpg)
Puissance de la Terre
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$128
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Le Visage du Viol
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$128
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Résolution des Matières
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, La Jungle de la Folie, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145889_1_grid.jpg)
La Jungle de la Folie
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, La Génuflexion Eternelle, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145880_1_grid.jpg)
La Génuflexion Eternelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$349
![Painting, L'Entité des Eloges, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145877_1_grid.jpg)
L'Entité des Eloges
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, L'Action de l'Esprit, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145871_1_grid.jpg)
L'Action de l'Esprit
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 26 x 0 inch
$128
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Erection Lumineuse
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, Eloges Elogieuses, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145844_1_grid.jpg)
Eloges Elogieuses
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, Eclat Dans le Voyage, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145838_1_grid.jpg)
Eclat Dans le Voyage
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$128
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La Coulée du Temps
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$128
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La Glisse Transmetrice
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$128
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Energie Universelle
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$128
![Painting, Arrivée du Présent, Jérémie Rebourgeard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1099098_1_grid.jpg)
Arrivée du Présent
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$128
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Beyond The Rain Drenched Streets #1
Michèle Laurence Prévost
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,908
![Painting, Abstract Statement #2, Volker Mayr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749384_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Statement #2
Volker Mayr
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,599
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Grace Under Pressure (Hemingway)
Volker Mayr
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,735
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Celebration Of Colors
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,080
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Face The Future And Act Now
Volker Mayr
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,735
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Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
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$1,600
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Manga French
Muriel Deumie
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 20 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,244
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Scandal. Collection « Mirror, Mirror »
Sandra Szaja
Painting - 88 x 68 x 3.5 cm Painting - 34.6 x 26.8 x 1.4 inch
$5,815
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Collection Bleu d'été - "Hamptons"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 30 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
$1,105
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Collection Rêveries d'automne - "Keep climbing"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 120 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,512
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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."