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.

Claim 159

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,320

Momentum in Color

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 150 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Live Life

Abashidze Marusya

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

€980

Green washing

Cyril Destrade

Painting . 78 x 107 x 1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 42.1 x 0.4 inch

€6,300

Explosion

Taia Akulova

Painting . 91.5 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Harmonious Turbulence

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,000

N°1119

Jean-Daniel Salvat

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

€7,468

Emoción intensa

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 75 x 102.5 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 40.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,188

Neige en pleine chaleur

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€75

Reflets suspendus

Sophie Dumont

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

€7,340

Sans titre bleu

Shigeru Izumi

Print . 55 x 40 x 0.01 cm Print . 21.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€500

Abstract - Phoenix Within

Poovi Art

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,526

Where You Stand

Poovi Art

Painting . 182.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 72 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,526

Pinata

Allan P Friedlander

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,795

Abstract-121

Nivas Kanhere

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,256

Fancy Odds XXXV

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€1,032

Le saule pleureur

Emily Starck

Painting . 140 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,000

Seen and Unseen #415

Kris Haas

Painting . 61 x 45.75 x 0.25 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€950

Sunny winter days

Anamaria Cepoi

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

€2,163

J+ la Marque jaune

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 162 x 111 x 4 cm Painting . 63.8 x 43.7 x 1.6 inch

€4,700

Série Noire 2

Pierre Calogero

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

€580

I was never lost

Michelle Hold

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

€2,500

Autumn Flowers

Melezhik Olga

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

€550

Série Oiseau

Clara Harbadi

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€400

Sans-titre rouge

Tania Carrara

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

€1,400

Azure Divide in Neutral Tones

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 85 x 120 x 0.2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,391

Observing the frogs

Emily Starck

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

€3,400

Empathy

Emily Starck

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

€3,400

Soft edges of memory

Poovi Art

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

€583

Fragment nocturne

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Burst of color XXIX - Winter warmth, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€2,388

Eve of destruction - medium - bois #8

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 76.5 x 76.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 30.1 x 30.1 x 0.2 inch

€925

Mineral rush

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€960

Electric Bloom

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Oil abstract landscape with hills

Nina L.

Painting . 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€977

Just Like A Woman IV

Petra Schott

Painting . 200 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 0 inch

€10,340

Red Sunset

Katrin Rymsha

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,244

Entitat biológica

Francesc Soler Claveras

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,000

Un posto al sole

Clara Crespin

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

€1,250

Evening Violet

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 100 x 135 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch

€6,200

Current

Procach Olesia

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,295

Rebirth

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

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

€1,750

Waves of Emotion

Artyom Basenci

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

€2,423

Harmonie urbaine

Sophie Dumont

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

€4,590

Outside the box

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 205 x 105 x 0.1 cm Painting . 80.7 x 41.3 x 0 inch

€3,800

Invincible summer III

Sophie Mangelsen

Print . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€290

Série "Between the lines" - Oeuvre n°305

Pierre-Luc Poujol

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€7,100

Because hopes are high

Poovi Art

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

€1,077

Ocean up close

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 135 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 53.1 x 0 inch

€1,600

Colorful Whimsy | Contemporary Gestural Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€2,378

Ecosystem of Becoming (1)

Harold Richter

Painting . 110 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Barefoot walk in the garden

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Burning No 2

Anna Muravich

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

€1,795

Mistery 1

Alessandra Bisi

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

€2,600

Endless force XXXII

Minseok Kang

Painting . 50 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Soft Collision

KatriTa

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€269

Echoes of the desert wind

Aryn Garden

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

€1,212

Urbano

Victoria Río Hermoso

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

€2,900

Lush damp 2

Reiner Heidorn

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

€3,132

Pura Vida

Simona Sedlakova

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,025

Prairial-1

Julien Jubault

Painting . 120 x 100 x 0.01 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,850

Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie (from A Journey To Death)

Tracey Emin

Print . 94 x 74 x 0.01 cm Print . 37 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€11,000

Sans titre n°966

Laurence Granger

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

€1,000

Contemporary French Abstract Expressionist

Christian Manoury

Painting . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,320

Untitled

Vahan Roumelian

Sculpture . 25 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch

€3,400

New Sunrise

Beata Kmita

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

€3,500

Message From The Univers.

Arsène Odin

Painting . 75 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€900

Printemps

Rongge Zhu

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€600

No life without whimsy

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€1,391

Somewhere On Mimban I

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 121.9 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,544

Lacanau beach

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Madame Butterfly Sculpture

Yunior Marino

Sculpture . 149.9 x 129.8 x 39.9 cm Sculpture . 59 x 51.1 x 15.7 inch

€10,769

Antichrist

Jan Deconinck

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

€1,100

Stay Together

Poovi Art

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

€808

Suya düsen tomurcuk - Le bourgeon qui tombe dans l’eau

Amphora

Painting . 29 x 42 cm Painting . 11.4 x 16.5 inch

€120

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

€3,590

Umami

Emily Starck

Painting . 125 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Paysage dynamique

Eric Winzenried

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

€1,390

Acrylic abstract painting "Perception-20"

Leonid K.

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

€369

Nature #2

Nazik Aslanyan

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

€5,500

Square in square 2

Svetlana Saratova

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

€808

Mi sombra quema

Pedro Guerrero

Painting . 120 x 240 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 94.5 x 0.4 inch

€4,561

Muddy forest

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€990

Max Monet

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€990

Gold mines

Sumit Mehndiratta

Sculpture . 64 x 104 x 5 cm Sculpture . 25.2 x 40.9 x 2 inch

€1,270

Hypnotic discs

Sumit Mehndiratta

Sculpture . 64 x 94 x 4 cm Sculpture . 25.2 x 37 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Fractured Ground

Movses Poghosyan

Painting . 80 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,950

Stairs Up

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€890

Best Moments

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Ego sum

Pedro Carrasco Garijo

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

€2,000

Untitled 4.22.23

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€510

Loose Ends

June Johnson

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

€1,615

Solaris

Mary Romanova

Painting . 100 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€897

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