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.

Winning freedom !

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,300

Autumnal 01

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 71 x 2 inch

€2,075

Indian Summer

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€3,100

I want it for myself

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€3,800

Fairy Lights

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

XO Crew 21

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

XO Crew

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 165 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 65 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Punch

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€3,800

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

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

€500

Horizon chromatique

Luc Mora

Painting . 90 x 155 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 0 inch

€1,500 €975

Storm: Modern abstract canvas art in earth and gray tones

Jane Ti

Painting . 70 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,353

In search of silence-2 (green)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 305 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting . 120.1 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€6,800

Sans titre XXIV

Elvire Ferle

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

€800

Effervescent

Kerry Horne

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

€5,600

Sguardo a destra

Mimmo Paladino

Print . 61 x 81.3 cm Print . 24 x 32 inch

€1,356

Letters to Tomorrow

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 175 x 88 x 0.1 cm Painting . 68.9 x 34.6 x 0 inch

€2,200

Stream of Thoughts: Vertical Current: Cascading Blues & Silver Abstract Artwork

Ekaterina Zaznova

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€171

Sombre - 17 XI 2022 15h43

Étienne Jacobée

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.3 inch

€575

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

€1,353

Abstract -VI (six hearts)

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 89.9 x 139.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55 x 1 inch

€2,075

Coastal Showers

Sam Soles

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

€1,819

Fountain

Kevin Brewerton

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

€1,940

Sunny winter days

Anamaria Cepoi

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

€2,174

Gimme a smile

Jacqueline Doyle Allison

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

€740

Strange

Gina Vor

Painting . 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Un Poco Más

Helen Frankenthaler

Print . 70 x 92 cm Print . 27.6 x 36.2 inch

€6,000

Forces of Nature 001

Richard Solstjärna

Painting . 46 x 36 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

SW-2025-Drilling-3

Lucas Stolz

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

€2,100

Horizons 3 - Série Abstraction colorée

Nathalie Bergeron-Duval

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€525

She held the cage gently

Vanessa P

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

€1,286

Evolución

Fanny Arro

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

€550

Prayer

Xiaoyang Galas

Print . 50 x 50 x 4.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€442

Light Above the Water: Large Contemporary Abstract Turquoise and Blue Acrylic Artwork on Linen Canvas

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€1,245

Citrus Cocktail: Abstract Expressionism in Grapefruit Pink, Peach & Orange - Series Color as Taste

Katrin Rymsha

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

€767

Summer Tales

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Dialogue des couleurs

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,700

Naranja

Nicolas Maray

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

€20,000

Sea sunset

AS_ART

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

€1,128

Untitled

Vahan Roumelian

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

€7,500 €6,000

Behing the color 7 | Pink Geometric Contemporary Abstract Artwork

Olga Balaeva

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

€1,579

Blue clouds: Semi-Abstract Sky and Crimson Glow Artwork

Jane Ti

Painting . 60 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,173

The Linear Dance

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€812

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

Echos of Stillness

Weronika Dylag

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

€2,200

Black gold abstraction 1

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€586

Black gold abstraction 2

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€586

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

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

Abstract 2555

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,389

Monochrome Serie - Experimental Landscape 9 – Cobalt Blue

Wissam Beydoun

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Flow | Teal Blue Orange Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€1,985

Le champ des songes

Marc Leforestier

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Weaknesses: Textured Impasto Oil Artwork on Canvas

Alina Smuchinskaia

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

€1,624

Daydreaming

Omar Obaid

Painting . 180 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,425

Pollen - Série Projections

Clément Ogiela

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€1,875

Black gold abstraction

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€794

Colored loop on turquoise background

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€776

Brume matinale

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,100

Sunny

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 180 x 300 x 0.1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 118.1 x 0 inch

€12,000

Celebrity

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Hidden behind shame

Emily Starck

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Becoming: Original Mixed Media Abstract Art with Gold Leaf and Oil

Ludmila Gorbunova

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

€1,804

Find Your Own Way, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,380

Woman sketch II, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8 x 1 inch

€271

Deep | Blue and Gold Contemporary Fluid Artwork

Elya Reshetnikova

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 53 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 20.9 x 0 inch

€406

Harmonious Chaos. Composition #9: Abstract Movement in Blues, Pinks & Earth Tones – Original 36x36" Canvas Art

Daria Borisova

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

€1,985

El Camino

Pedro Guerrero

Painting . 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€881

Starfish, abstraction

Svetlana Saratova

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

€523

Round abstraction, blue mother-of-pearl

Svetlana Saratova

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

€523

Kaleidoscope 2

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€541

The Blue Morpho Butterfly

Wendy Smith

Painting . 86.1 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33.9 x 43.3 x 1 inch

€1,683

Miroir de la vie

Charles Carson

Painting . 40.6 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 16 x 16 x 2 inch

€5,773

She drives me crazy

Maria Esmar

Painting . 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Avalon Dusk

Brian Bartlett

Painting . 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,094

Vanishing Beauty V: Large Blue Abstract Canvas Artwork with Textures of Sand, Coffee, and Sculptural Paste

Natalie Egorova

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

€4,059

Dream

Aram Yengibaryan

Painting . 98 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Wildflower Season: Vibrant Summer Meadow Large Abstract Artwork, 130x100 cm

Kateryna Malomuzh

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

€1,074

Embracing the spectrum, Mixed Media on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€864

Summer Garden

Mary Taffanel

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

€4,500

Le souffle créateur

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.9 inch

€1,400

Volcano. Abstraction

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€595

Tibi Tire (Ying Yang) - Contemporary Abstract African Art (Let's play series)

Poloki Ogunte

Painting . 0 x 0 cm Painting . x inch

€2,255

N°1122

Jean-Daniel Salvat

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,558

Bleu océan

Noj Barker

Painting . 150 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€10,500

Zone Floue, série Libre Abstract - Abstraction expressionniste

Aurélie Jeannin

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.4 inch

€125

Abstraction concrète 160

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€800

Talking About Love

Beata Kmita

Painting . 90 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€9,047

Markas

Daniel Timko

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,085

Cotton Candy

Robert Musser

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

€925

Melody

Luc Mora

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€1,200 €660

Movement In Black And White 1

Simon Findlay

Painting . 184 x 306 x 2 cm Painting . 72.4 x 120.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Abstract Energy – Awakening: Vibrant Connection in Contemporary Fluid Abstract Artwork

Anastacia Kevich

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,037

Under the red light

Nathanael Koffi

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

€2,200

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