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.

Perpetuum Mobile

Gagik Ghazanchyan

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

€1,500

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

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

Dein see, was du siehst

Chris Kamprad

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

€4,000

Reflets suspendus

Sophie Dumont

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

€7,340

Pilares

Hziar Padilla

Painting . 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,300

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

Mistery 3

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,600

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

Life is a Gift

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch

€1,390

Between Light and Silence: Calming Blue and Gold Abstract Diptych, 100x170 cm

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 100 x 170 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,644

Dreams Frozen in Clay | Warm Neutral Contemporary Artwork

Pugmatik

Painting . 80 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€2,280

Desire

Ketki Fadnis

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

€1,176

A longed for Indian summer

Larissa Eremeeva

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

€3,750

Behing the color 5 | Expressive Pink Abstract Drip Artwork

Olga Balaeva

Painting . 90 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,003

Secret Codes

Michelle Hold

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

€1,300

Morning (Sky and Sea)

Giuseppe Zumbolo

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

€1,500

Genesis de la materia

Josè Ortega Coronel

Painting . 128 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 50.4 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Miroir ancien

Danila Menshikov

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Happy Nature

Milan Sopko

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

€4,000

Körper im Werden II: Achse

Christian Büffel

Painting . 101 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 39.8 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

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

The Linear Dance

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€821

Swirls of summer greenery | Contemporary Green Landscape Oil Artwork

Elya Reshetnikova

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

€894

Explosion of Energy

Marieta Martirosyan

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

€1,505 €1,204

Flower Gardens

Tanya Swirl

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

€547

Twin Rust

Rita Reychler

Painting . 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Emotional_Fields_III: Contemporary Red Abstract Mixed Media Artwork

Natalie Egorova

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

€4,559

Noir Miroir, jaune 207

Kardesch

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

€5,600

Festivités - Série Projections

Clément Ogiela

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€1,750

Sailing into the sunset, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 72 x 0.1 inch

€1,229

Carnival

Alexander Dobrodiy

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

€900

Abstract 2366

Alex Senchenko

Painting . 91 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€973

Coloris et plastique

Filip Pavlik

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

€1,700

State security

Amarkine Amarteifio

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 inch

€4,468

Diaphanum VI

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 29 x 29 x 4 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.6 inch

€950

Harmonious Chaos. Composition 1: Lyrical Abstract Artwork, Acrylic, 24x36 in, Vibrant Pink, Blue & Earthy Tones for Modern Interiors

Daria Borisova

Painting . 60.96 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,641 €1,477

Untitled 48

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€900

Evolución

Fanny Arro

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

€550

Soothing Turquoise

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 101.6 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 40 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€2,188

Gaia 28

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€1,040

Summer rhapsody XL 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch

€2,890

Reflect

Chelsea Davine

Painting . 115 x 390 x 4 cm Painting . 45.3 x 153.5 x 1.6 inch

€15,245

Summer Garden

Ketki Fadnis

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

€1,094

Behing the color 4 | Urban Abstract Acrylic Artwork in Purple, White and Magenta

Olga Balaeva

Painting . 90 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,003

Mistery 2

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,600

Nina Avakian

Nina Avakian

Painting . 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€3,000

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

She held the cage gently

Vanessa P

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,283

Opposites attract

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Black Sea

Kat Zhivetin

Painting . 92 x 122 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 48 x 2.4 inch

€812

Dream

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 106.7 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 42 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€5,439

Abstract expressionism No.7

Zenan Fu

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€25,800

Red hot

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Brooklyn

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Sweet Dreams

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€990

The dream garden

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 180 x 0.2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

€5,600

Shards of twilight

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,390

Summer in a Flower Garden

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Au dela du silence

Christine Barth Mroz

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

€1,100

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

Layered Silence | Minimal Color Field Abstract Canvas

Ana Ozz

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

€529 €476

Arborescence VI - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

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

€1,250

The awakening of nature

Aryn Garden

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

€1,094 €985

Naranja

Nicolas Maray

Painting . 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€20,000

Rebirth

Rosa Cruz

Painting . 30 x 22 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch

€600 €540

Fire From With-In

JonOne

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

€18,500

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

Painting . 48 x 61 cm Painting . 18.9 x 24 inch

€500

Colorful dialogues

Stanislav Lazarov

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

€850

Heavenly and earthly 1: Evocative Mixed Media Abstract with Bold Coral, Azure, and Fuchsia

Vera Klimova

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

€821 €739

Oil abstract painting "Spirit"

Vadim O.

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

€939

Summer Garden

Mary Taffanel

Painting . 86 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 33.9 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Abstrakt schwarz weiss XXL

Stephanie Raus

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

€990

Sans titre XXIV

Elvire Ferle

Painting . 35 x 26 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch

€800

Far in the stars

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,700

Indian Summer

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,300

Out of the Box

Kevin Brewerton

Painting . 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 28 x 1 inch

€1,755

Summer Etude

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 35 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch

€800

Effervescent

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

Fairy Lights

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Carnaval

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

XO Crew 21

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,100

Fire In The Darkness | Contemporary Blue and Crimson Abstract Art

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,188

Soñar

Pilar Xercavins Casas

Painting . 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,250

Venetus leo ad opus

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch

€7,300

Allusion

Daniel Gaciu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€4,000

House near the Water-2: Bold Golden Yellow & Deep Blue Abstract Artwork, Contemporary Decor (70x90 cm)

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€729 €657

Der Vogel im Nest

Christian Büffel

Painting . 80 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€1,740

Infinity Movement III

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 61 x 82 cm Painting . 24 x 32.3 inch

€1,500

Sea sunset

AS_ART

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

€1,140

Sunny winter days

Anamaria Cepoi

Painting . 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,198

Gimme a smile

Jacqueline Doyle Allison

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€748

Victoria

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€690

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