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.

Blue legend

Paul Landou

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€900

Down Under

Victoria Kloch

Painting . 137.2 x 127 x 0.8 cm Painting . 54 x 50 x 0.3 inch

€2,760

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12022022,

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,594

Fine Morning

Gago Chtchyan

Painting . 63 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

How'd We Get Here?

Sheila Grabarsky

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 4.6 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.8 inch

€1,705

Composition 101

Xiu

Painting . 120 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Untitled - Expression no. 2

Jackson Pollock

Print . 74 x 58.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.1 x 23 x 0.1 inch

€44,000

Espirituales

Pilar Xercavins Casas

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

€2,900

Series Depth: Depth | Serene Blue-Green Abstract Oil on Canvas Artwork 70x50cm | Elegant Contemporary Decor

Katrin Rymsha

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

€763

Almost a dream

Maria Esmar

Painting . 190 x 190 x 0.2 cm Painting . 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.1 inch

€7,500

Savage Rose

Litta Soheila Sohi

Painting . 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Silk and Flame

James Chiew

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

€14,000

Whirlwind of Reflections | Deep Burgundy & Ochre Contemporary Abstract Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€1,032

Determination

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Several Secrets

Piotr Butkiewicz

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Silhouettes 4

Anastacia Kevich

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,391

A1902

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€900

Sans Titre 6

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,900

Blue haze - Framed

Nadin Antoniuk

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

€4,300

Awakening Ember

Weronika Dylag

Painting . 120 x 95 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Impulsion

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€900

Concerto

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€900

Quiet confidence

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 120 x 200 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch

€3,800

The Soft Power of Light

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 95 x 165 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 65 x 0.1 inch

€2,600

Fire Matrix

Vesta Shi

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

€1,256

Sky is the limit 02

Poovi Art

Design . 21.6 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm Design . 8.5 x 7 x 6 inch

€897

What are you thinking about? (stretched) (1)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€1,850

Now’s the time (stretched) (1)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 150 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 38.2 x 0 inch

€1,850

Pure Happiness

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,800

Like nothing else (Experimental garden)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

€1,167

Zen-scape

Naoko Paluszak

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

€2,127

Dark Waves

Nadia NL

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€746

Bright and Beautiful Day

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,600

Clouds are floating

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 31 x 1 inch

€1,418

Today II

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,300

Bright days

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,000

Scenario

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 70.1 x 70.1 x 4.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,050

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

Trees by A Lake XL 1

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,450

Beautiful summer landscape XL 9

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,450

Nature Adventure XL 13

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,490

Awesome Daydream L 5

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 85 x 105 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,190

Daydreaming

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,500

Floral 12.21

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,300

Still life with summer flowers

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,500

Untitled. 23.11.21

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,300

Gestalt, la représentation comme theatre

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,490

Fallen Angel II

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,100

Limitless

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,350

Untitled No.2

Ta Rui

Painting . 46.2 x 55.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18.2 x 21.9 x 1 inch

€800

Storm in Sunset

Sergey Arustamyan

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

€314

Abstract no. 1124 XXL black and white, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anita Kaufmann

Painting . 152.4 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 78 x 1 inch

€3,482

Cave diving - Burst of color 34, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€1,770

Symphonies of big space 4

Vera Klimova

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

€1,481

Nature is Beautiful

Emily Starck

Painting . 200 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

My diary

Olga Marciano

Painting . 59 x 59 x 4 cm Painting . 23.2 x 23.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,230

Light and shadow

Anna Selina

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

€2,000

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 60 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Infinity VII

Karo Mkrtchyan

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

€800

Untitled

Mieke Baak

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Untitled 641

Maria Paola Coda

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

€4,900

Untitled 70

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Liberté instinctive, 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

Inner Balance

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 135 x 240 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 94.5 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Dance Me to the End of Love

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€1,300

Abstract II

Mykola Bodnar

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,125

Untamed Spirit

Wietzie Gerber

Painting . 71.1 x 50.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 28 x 20 x 1.8 inch

€1,912

Mystic Gatherings

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€341

Vibrant Amber

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,508

City by night 2

Yaki Li

Painting . 41 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€600

Unnatural Vein

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 121.9 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 46 x 2 inch

€4,667

Une pluie d'or

Sylvie Tual

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

€8,450

Winter charts

Stanislav Lazarov

Painting . 70 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,400

The Insane Always Loved Me

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 80 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,039

On the Goryunskiy lands

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 55 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,974

Floral

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,800

Serie The Landscape No.1

Qing-Chun Diao

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

African Tales (En route to Accra)

Manuela Karin Knaut

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

€6,500

Fragments of Matter V: Evocative Abstract Artwork with Earthy Tones and Rich Texture

Natalie Egorova

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

€4,218

Emerald Flow VI | Abstract Ocean-Inspired Round Oil Artwork

Yana Dmitrieva

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€449

Positioning 1

Janet Adebayo

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 8 x 1 inch

€404

Colorful Entanglement

Seyran Gasparyan

Painting . 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€287

Vague Downward

Tomo Sakurai

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

€4,000

Eban

Philip Kumah

Painting . 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.2 cm Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 inch

€11,487

The dance of the wind

Aryn Garden

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

€1,885

My daughter’s flowers

Lea Karvala

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

€1,100

Pensiero del mattino

Davide Angelillo

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€110

Shudders

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

The mother daughter connection is precious

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Buscando luz

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,156

Escale

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€1,000

Indian Summer

Trixie Pitts

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

€2,827

Low tide : abstract landscape

Luis Miguel Aparisi

Painting . 120.1 x 120.1 x 3 cm Painting . 47.3 x 47.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,647

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