Abstract expressionism

Abstract Expressionism established itself as one of the major turning points in twentieth-century art, emerging in New York in the 1940s around what would become known as the New York School.

Driven by figures as diverse as Jackson Pollock and his gestural dripping technique, Mark Rothko and his meditative fields of color, or Willem de Kooning and his energetic compositions oscillating between figuration and abstraction, the movement marked a decisive break with European traditions by placing spontaneity of gesture, monumental scale, and a direct physical relationship between painter and canvas at the heart of artistic practice.

Drawing on Surrealist explorations of automatism and the unconscious, it transformed painting into a space for experimentation in which color, material, and movement ceased to serve representation and instead became an autonomous language carrying an unprecedented emotional and existential intensity.

This shift in the center of gravity of Western art toward New York also represented the affirmation of an American cultural identity on the international stage, whose impact would resonate throughout contemporary artistic creation.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that extend this foundational legacy through lyrical abstraction, gestural energy, and chromatic explorations, reflecting the enduring vitality of a movement that profoundly transformed our understanding of what painting can be.

Earth Memory I: Dynamic Textured Abstract Artwork, Oxidized Reds & Earth Tones

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,188

Abstract composition with silver | Powerful Manifestation of Spontaneous Creation

Olga Afanasiadi

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€638

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape

Christian Manoury

Painting . 31 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Composition

Pierre Mantra

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

€3,250

Grey And Silver Symphony

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€1,368

Original Gouache II

Asger Jorn

Painting . 52 x 72 cm Painting . 20.5 x 28.3 inch

€8,900

Doing The Right Thing Isn't Free

Omar Obaid

Painting . 170 x 300 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch

€2,539

When It Rains In The Heart

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Aptère XII

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 49.5 x 49.5 x 3 cm Painting . 19.5 x 19.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Fleeting Moments: Vibrant Deep Blue Abstract Artwork, Expressive Acrylic on Canvas, Art Investment, Modern Decor

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 82 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,140

Outside The Rain

Niki Stearman

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.3 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.3 inch

€3,192

Light Within / Series Color and Silence: Exquisite Abstract Artwork for Modern Interiors | Cream, Gold & Blue Aesthetic

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,185

Violatte viloes

Tanya Silva

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

€750

Abstract 2551

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,358

Poésie 4

Luc Andrieux

Painting . 140 x 140 x 3.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.5 inch

€2,352 €1,882

Naissance

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Forest Lights: Contemporary Abstract Artwork (130x100 cm) – Nature's Light in Warm Hues & Blues

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,085

We've Got You

Victoria Horkan

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

€1,767

Two Kinds of Life 2

Dunmade Ayegbayo

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

€866

Spree Waves

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€980

Dog lives here

Josee Graybill

Painting . 76 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Storie di mare con balena

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 76 x 56.6 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,150

Time after Time

Elen Karapetyan

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

€2,300 €2,070

Abstract

Noa Grayevsky

Painting . 122 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Sans titre

Thibaut de Reimpré

Painting . 39 x 25 cm Painting . 15.4 x 9.8 inch

€1,500

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,200

Making sense

Franziska Raffaël

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

€1,400

Canvas 159

Cy Seymour

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,416

Good morning

Sheila Grabarsky

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 4.6 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.8 inch

€2,462

Ancient Symbols

James C. Leonard

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€5,654

Spring II

Pedro Rodríguez Garrido

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,500

Uplifted Chaos

Henrik Gjerstad

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Square - based on Wassily Kandinsky

Viktor Konotopsky

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Forgotten melody

Anastasia Vasilyeva

Painting . 150 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Echoes of the Ocean, ocean inspired painting, chameleon effect art, iridescent painting, luminous artwork, rhinestone art, ocean energy, fluid motion, ocean aesthetic

Irina Fedorova

Painting . 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Etendue spontanée - grande # 13

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€850

Visage bleu

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 120 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€8,000

«19?15» - 1

Senia Baloyan

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€638 €511

Can We Just Make Love?

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 76 x 57 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€1,500

Terra Rossa di Puglia

@lisa.scarl

Painting . 36 x 28 x 1 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 x 0.4 inch

€1,700

Hide & seek II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€1,368

Yellow shadow

Lukasz Kujawa

Painting . 70 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,450

Series The Image Of Mountain No.1

Bao-Hua Dang

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

€900

Untitled A01

Ta Rui

Painting . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,094

Aptère VI

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 118 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 46.5 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

€6,200

Deeper

Ana Monnaco

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€775

Wisdom in Blue

Ashley Irizarry

Painting . 22.86 x 17.78 x 2 cm Painting . 9 x 7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Full moon

Olga Ponomarenko

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

€821

And there was light

Annette Schmucker

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Época Complicada

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 100.3 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,924

Misty Lavender

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,094

Map of Spring

Anna Selina

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

€2,200

Echos du silence

Eric Ruelland

Painting . 72 x 93 x 5 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.6 x 2 inch

€2,400

Mauern brechen (breaking walls)

Conrad Westpfahl

Painting . 44.2 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 17.4 x 22 x 0 inch

€8,000

Fire From With-In

JonOne

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1 inch

€18,500

SW-2025-Drilling-3

Lucas Stolz

Painting . 56 x 96 x 4 cm Painting . 22 x 37.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Some like it pink

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€980

Sans Titre 18

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,400

Adriatic

Mary Romanova

Painting . 85 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€912

Pink leaves

Andrei Sitsko

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

€900

Rising in light

Francesca Borgo

Painting . 120 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€3,875

Agua

Victoria Jáimez

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

€1,550

Shadow Plane | Black Brushstroke and Blue Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 102 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€2,188

Noir Miroir, jaune 207

Kardesch

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,600

Under the red light

Nathanael Koffi

Painting . 75 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Dreams in the Mist – Minimal Abstract in Beige

KatriTa

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

€2,097 €1,888

Cy Yellow Boat

Emily Starck

Painting . 70 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Terra nova

Hugo Leboeuf

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Versions, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ethan Newman

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 3 inch

€3,375

Round Hole, Square Pegs

Brent Hanson

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 4.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.9 inch

€3,192

Libre comme l’air

Maria Esmar

Painting . 190 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting . 74.8 x 90.6 x 0 inch

€7,800

Avatar

Max Yaskin

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

€1,505

Storm of Thoughts

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 58.4 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23 x 35 x 2 inch

€1,185

Desire

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 80.6 x 74.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.75 x 29.25 x 1 inch

€1,176

Flow of Light (dyptich) - Golden Amber & Rich Purple Abstract Artwork, Textured Movement Art with Gold Leaf

Ludmila Gorbunova

Painting . 50 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€912

The Space Between Us

Janet Adegoke

Painting . 125.7 x 113 x 5.1 cm Painting . 49.5 x 44.5 x 2 inch

€1,824

Rising Sea. From the series Polyculture

Gregory Robin

Painting . 79.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,736

Reflets suspendus

Sophie Dumont

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

€7,340

Abstract R 2506

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 140 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 90.6 x 0 inch

€2,902

The Shame

Anna Paloma

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€456 €410

Verdant Radiance – Contemporary Green & Gold Abstract Landscape

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 100 x 140 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,614

The Linear Dance

Seyran Gasparyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€821 €657

Sopra rosso

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 76 x 56.6 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,150

Dance of energies

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 100 x 140 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€330

Untitled q609

David Padworny

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch

€693

Perpetuum Mobile

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

I miss the Red Clay

Andrew Kinmont

Painting . 77 x 77 x 3.5 cm Painting . 30.3 x 30.3 x 1.4 inch

€1,838

Velvet Moss

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,539

Lake of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,934

Secret Codes

Michelle Hold

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

€1,300

Whispers of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,934

The Colour Within

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,934

Harmonious Chaos. Composition #2: Vibrant Contemporary Abstract Artwork | 18x36 inches

Daria Borisova

Painting . 91.44 x 45.72 x 3.81 cm Painting . 36 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,368

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