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.

Contemporary Aboriginal Inspired Abstract

Menno Modderman

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

€520

Kindness is good for your health

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Yellow gesture

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs X.

Christian Manoury

Painting . 96 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Explolfora Series Feminine florals

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 117 x 152 x 0.1 cm Painting . 46.1 x 59.8 x 0 inch

€2,590

Untitled September

Emily Starck

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

€2,100

Lust

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 180 x 135 x 3.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 53.1 x 1.4 inch

€5,100

Sea foam 10

Anna Peserico

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Happy pig

Christian Valentine

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

€593

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

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

€500

Water Archive | Minimalist Turquoise Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€2,462

Energy of Becoming, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Color, Texture, Gesture, Expressionism, Modern, Painting, Dynamic, Composition

Harold Richter

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

€1,600

Veins of silence

Litta Soheila Sohi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Endless Impact D04

Minseok Kang

Painting . 97 x 193.8 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 76.3 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Anticipation Summer

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€821

Abstract 2512

Olga Mozul

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€903

Layers of memories

KatriTa

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€1,185

Untitled 1097

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch

€4,875

Sans titre 24

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 80 x 180 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 70.9 x 1 inch

€4,600

Echoes of Form, Diptych

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 70 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€1,368

The Blue Skin of the World

Flora B

Painting . 60 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,156

Falling Leaves 02

Poovi Art

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€319

Time and Space I

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 94 x 68 x 24 cm Painting . 37 x 26.8 x 9.4 inch

€1,200

Spring Energy

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,800

Autumn in montauk

Darlene Watson

Painting . 154.9 x 223.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 61 x 88 x 2 inch

€9,933

Imagination - triptych (stretched)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 40 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€780

We will be able to rebuild

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€2,006

November 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Éternel été # 2

Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Painting . 159.8 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 62.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch

€3,647

Magical n'Sense

Ron Halfant

Painting . 50.8 x 121.9 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 0.6 inch

€820

Série Noire 2

Pierre Calogero

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Earth Memory III: Luxury Textured Abstract Artwork | Faded Crimson & Chalk White for High-End Interiors

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€4,559

Thumbs Up

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 116.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 46 x 0.1 inch

€4,559

Intimate Moment

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 205 x 154 x 2 cm Painting . 80.7 x 60.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Becoming Landscape

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Sans-titre jaune

Tania Carrara

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Ember Notes | Contemporary Red Abstract Motion Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€2,462

Sunshine Lemon - inner child playing by the sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

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

€1,850

The Lines That Gave Support

Julia Shilo

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€775

Grandmama Maitta’s flowers

Lea Karvala

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

The Spark of Life

Anna Selina

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

€2,200

Down by the Water

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting . 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

L4/L5

Milena Makani

Painting . 30 x 42 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 inch

€578

Petri dish

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Onda lieve

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€600

Emeral dios

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Starck Power

Emily Starck

Painting . 215 x 134 x 0.2 cm Painting . 84.6 x 52.8 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

What's up in the studio?

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Purple brush strokes

Emily Starck

Painting . 108 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 42.5 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Raw pleasure

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Violin

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

The unspeakable

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Gold Birch

Cory Ciona

Painting . 50.8 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,400

Coastal Vision,

Sam Soles

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,421

Time and Consequences

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€2,052

Blue II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€821

Above and Beyond

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€550

Divine

Poovi Art

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€456 €296

Composition 276

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 114 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,100

Technicolour

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

Earth Memory V: Contemporary Textured Abstraction, Earthy Greige & Ochre Hues, Sculptural Mixed Media Art

Natalie Egorova

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

€4,651

Fragments of Matter VI: Dynamic Textured Abstract Artwork in Grays, Browns & Cream | Modern Art for Sophisticated Interiors

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 98 x 83 x 3.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 32.7 x 1.4 inch

€3,647

Per Aspera…

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Interrupted Horizon

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Acrylic abstract genre painting "Impresa"

Ivan T.

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

€669

Émergence de la Couleur N°2

Marc Beaufrere

Painting . 120 x 160 x 7 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 2.8 inch

€7,200

Claim 161

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,560

Quiet Motion

Liza Altman

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€2,188 €1,970

Carnaval - Abstraction texturée

Jouane

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

€600

Blue Bird

Weronika Dylag

Painting . 100 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Clown curve

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 inch

€1,090

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs VIII.

Christian Manoury

Painting . 95 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

La dolce vita

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 69 x 49 x 10 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.3 x 3.9 inch

€1,200

Sarang

Emily Starck

Painting . 98 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 38.6 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Winter lights

Emily Starck

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

€2,850

Melody of the Painting III

Milada Dureckova

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

€830

Fragments of life

Emily Starck

Painting . 95 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Jisoo

Emily Starck

Painting . 95 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Color Skating

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,940

Coastal

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,532

The playful power of water

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,641

Just do it

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Sea foam 9

Anna Peserico

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Fugato

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€3,500

Mauve

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Touching, Touched

Remi Delaplace

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

€2,990

Danse interieure

Christine Barth Mroz

Painting . 130 x 192 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 75.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,500 €4,400

Mini 4

Emily Starck

Painting . 23 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.1 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch

€280

Ophelia

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 205 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Endless Impact D06

Minseok Kang

Painting . 89.5 x 154.9 x 3 cm Painting . 35.2 x 61 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Balagan Heart

Esther Cohen

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€1,800

Untitled 641

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

Sans titre n°2049

Laurence Granger

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

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