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.

Rhapsody

Ana Costov

Painting . 82 x 71.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 32.3 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch

€2,867

Summer Etude

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€800

Time Span

Karen Hale

Painting . 30.5 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 12 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,344

Abstract Minimalism. Between top and bottom.

Sve Gri

Painting . 86 x 61.2 x 0.05 cm Painting . 33.9 x 24.1 x 0 inch

€640

Like an angel XL 1

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,490

What is left to say

Maria Esmar

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

€990

Morning Mist

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 50 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Now and always

Maria Esmar

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

€900

Sunny morning

Maria Esmar

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

€1,800

Rhythms of colour

Maria Esmar

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

€1,800

Days like these

Maria Esmar

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

€1,800

Dreamscape 1

Ethan Newman

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 3 inch

€4,479

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

€3,583

Metropolitan Rhythm

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€1,650

Mystery of Horizons

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Vision oceanique

Charles Carson

Painting . 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 2 inch

€9,317

Space games

Samvel Atasunts

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,075

Sky sea / abstraction sea

Natalie Shiporina

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

€2,350

Closeness

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€4,479

Extase, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Emily Starck

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 2 inch

€1,657

Waiting for Summer

Emily Starck

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 2 inch

€1,657

Retour du Midi

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,377

Another pink day

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

21 août

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Dream on

Emily Starck

Painting . 102 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

La vie en rose

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Summer symphony

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Floaral cascade

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,900

Contours of the subconscious

Maria Esmar

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

€2,800

Figurated forest

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 137.2 x 170.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 54 x 67 x 1.5 inch

€8,316

I wanted to leave

Emily Starck

Painting . 48.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,612

Symphony of dreams

Behshad Arjomandi

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

€1,021

Reality is a dream

Maria Esmar

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

€3,300

Abstract reverie

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,990

A small reminder of home

Maria Esmar

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

€750

Early October

Geoff Howard

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

€3,347

Sleeper Hold

James Gordaneer

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 2 inch

€9,317

Morbus

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

French summer

Emily Starck

Painting . 107 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 42.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,700

Bluebell Fields

Geoff Howard

Painting . 39.9 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,347

Don't pay attention

Emily Starck

Painting . 109.2 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43 x 31 x 1 inch

€2,135

The Emotional Creation #311

Carla Sá Fernandes

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,780

With strength and grace 02

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 2 inch

€672

Stormy

Behshad Arjomandi

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,424

Phoenix

Ana Costov

Painting . 89.9 x 74.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,867

Turbulence

James Gordaneer

Painting . 76.2 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 23 x 2 inch

€6,808

Odyssée

Emily Starck

Painting . 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 47 x 1 inch

€3,278

Eyes wide shut

Emily Starck

Painting . 116.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,612

Un peu de douceur

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,612

Composition II

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,612

Conciliabule

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,612

Societal divide

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,594

Blue swirl

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,594

Vertes fougères

Emily Starck

Painting . 111.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,920

Summer 12

Bill Stone

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

€3,091

Seoul

Emily Starck

Painting . 124.5 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49 x 29 x 1 inch

€2,612

Unveiling illusions

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch

€6,400

Life-Force

Geoff Howard

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€3,325

The beginning and the end

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch

€6,400

Cabin Fever

Ethan Newman

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

€4,031

Exotic Land

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,612

Poussières de sable du Sahara

Emily Starck

Painting . 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 47 x 1 inch

€3,278

Praise God

Emily Starck

Painting . 88.9 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45 x 1 inch

€2,612

L'inlassable quète

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,517

Brise napolitaine

Emily Starck

Painting . 208.3 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 82 x 49 x 1 inch

€4,574

Butterflies are back

Emily Starck

Painting . 114.3 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,663

Sissi

Emily Starck

Painting . 104.1 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 37 x 1 inch

€2,789

Emerald Coral Reef

Olga Nikitina

Painting . 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Breeze #3

Geesien Postema

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 1 inch

€1,720

Join me to heaven

Emily Starck

Painting . 94 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 78 x 1 inch

€5,329

Ocean Wave

Bozhena Fuchs

Painting . 45.7 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18 x 43 x 1 inch

€1,792

Trees, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Geoff Howard

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€3,325

Photographic acknowledgements

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

CP-001

Ethan Newman

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

€4,031

Summer 2021, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Emily Starck

Painting . 94 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 78 x 1 inch

€5,240

Le bonheur est dans la couleur

Emily Starck

Painting . 109.2 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,550

Poésie picturale

Emily Starck

Painting . 119.4 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 78 x 1 inch

€6,180

Fields of hope

Emily Starck

Painting . 119.4 x 195.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 77 x 1 inch

€6,180

20 mars 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 200.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 79 x 1 inch

€5,467

Touches of love

Emily Starck

Painting . 104.1 x 200.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 79 x 1 inch

€5,759

Dancing in the rain

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

A Walk Documented, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Geoff Howard

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€3,392

Dance around a shared spot

Barbara Kuebel

Print . 152.4 x 144.8 x 2.5 cm Print . 60 x 57 x 1 inch

€1,961

Day in july M 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 83 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 32.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

Toxic Positivity

Ethan Newman

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

€4,031

Release energy L 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,290

Maria

Marta Zawadzka

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

€6,900

Magenta blue energy L 2

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,190

Blue Trees Orange Fields

Geoff Howard

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.4 inch

€3,392

Be alive

Emily Starck

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

€5,136

Ca va durer encore longtemps?

Emily Starck

Painting . 109.2 x 188 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43 x 74 x 1 inch

€5,240

Anonimo pank

Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Painting . 116.6 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 45.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch

€3,583

Sunny summer day L 5

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,290

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