What is action painting?
Action painting is the term which describes the physical act of painting as an essential part of creating an artwork. Action painting includes gestural use of painting tools, splashing and dripping paint, or dancing and moving while applying paint to a work of art.
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Karel Appel
About a Cat, 1979
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 970
Karel Appel
Frightened Cat, 1979
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 970
Karel Appel
Walking Cat, 1979
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 970
Karel Appel
Innocent Cat, 1979
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 970
Karel Appel
Pink Cat, 1979
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 970
Karel Appel
Untitled, 1966
Drawing / Watercolor
Mixed Media
USD 12,500
Willem de Kooning
Rainbow: Thelonious Monk Devil at the Keyboard, 1972/76
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 3,750
Willem de Kooning
Clam Digger, 1966
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Sam Francis
In, On and Of paper, #1, 1977
Drawing / Watercolor
Mixed Media
USD 32,000 - 36,000
Joan Mitchell
Trees (Black Yellow and Blue), 1991
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Currently Not Available
Sam Francis
Web (SFS-136), 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
USD 17,800
Karel Appel
Personnage et cheval, 1971
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 3,100
Karel Appel
Dancing Man, 1970
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Currently Not Available
Karel Appel
Once I Was The Sun, 1978
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Karel Appel
Couple in Wood, 1975
Sculpture / Object
Wood
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Karel Appel
Flower with Blue Eyes, 1977
Sculpture / Object
Wood
USD 6,450
Depending on the artist's intention, body print may be executed in different ways that include smearing of grease or margarine on the skin, hair and clothes or by pressing oneself against a piece of paper then dust the oiled imprint with the pigment on the ground. The artist's body acts as the common printing plate, the "body print" however, does not work or act as a self portrait. It rather explores 2 competing identity conceptions.
Pen and ink is a traditional drawing technique using a dip style pen with India ink on paper. The fine tip on the old-fashioned pen is excellent for drawing varied lines and shading details. Some artists use a fountain pen with ink reservoir.
Found objects, objet trouvé in French, are items which an artist finds and incorporates within a work of art. Collectors have been displaying aesthetic objects in collections for centuries. But modern art uses objects with non-art functions, such as recycled or repurposed materials.
