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.

Pearly Gates

Allan P Friedlander

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

€2,423

Profile of Abstraction

Sergey Khachatryan

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

€1,615

Gaza

Francesco Martini

Painting . 180 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Stormy

Behshad Arjomandi

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

€1,427

Let Me Count the Ways This Could Go Sideways

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 88.9 x 96.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 35 x 38 x 0.1 inch

€4,487

Galactic explosion

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€1,200

Contemporary Minimalism

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€590

A Summer Night

Alejandro Moretti

Fine Art Drawings . 22.5 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.9 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€180

Gestalt, le cadre fait figure

Remi Delaplace

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

€3,990

Optical illusion | Geometric Gray Marble Abstract Artwork

Daria Kalinnikova

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

€763

Génesis

Pilar Xercavins Casas

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

€3,500

Untamed Garden

Litta Soheila Sohi

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

€4,000

Magic of the Night

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,346

The Path to You

Piotr Butkiewicz

Painting . 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Violet Wave

Arturas Lapajevas

Painting . 70 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Sea wave and sun. Abstraction.

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€835

Rhythms of Energy

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€942

Color in the Mist

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€808

Nebula of Silent Echoes

Nora Shade

Painting . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€987

A2401

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 68 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€900

Envie d'autre chose

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

Angel's voice

Emily Starck

Painting . 80 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Truce with black

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 102 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,400

Corail Blanc

Frédérique Bernard Fab

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,070

Omega soto nebula (with LED lights)

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 inch

€2,087

The House on the Cliff

Natalya Mougenot

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

€1,350

Hard Way Home

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.6 inch

€1,256

Landscape abstracts

Le Hai Linh

Painting . 99.3 x 79 x 3.3 cm Painting . 39.1 x 31.1 x 1.3 inch

€1,696

La Trinita #3

Joseph Piccillo

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

€2,760

Gaia 48

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€1,023

Late summer n a square

Ingrid Knaus

Painting . 76.5 x 76.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30.1 x 30.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,647

Early Autumn

Geoff Howard

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

€3,353

Rhapsody

Ana Costov

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

€2,872

Summer Etude

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€800

Canvas 089

Cy Seymour

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

€3,051

Mirror

Karin Goeppert

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

€1,212

Stuck Soul II

Karina Matheus

Painting . 122 x 122 x 5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 2 inch

€3,900

Touching, Touched, "Ce Qui Apparait"

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,990

Party Time

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,500

Promenade romantique

Corinne Foucouin

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€800

Structure of Air

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€5,200

Streams of Light | Elegant Neutral Textured Abstract Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€2,872

Abstract no. 1324 black and white, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anita Kaufmann

Painting . 198.1 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78 x 51 x 1 inch

€2,731

Patchwork #10

Kateryna Malomuzh

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

€233

Boundaries of Light set

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 40 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€897

El foe dins dels espais dels sentiments

Francesc Soler Claveras

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

€1,500

Soft Tide Awakening

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€879 €792

Autumn in Vermont

Andrei Sitsko

Painting . 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€808

Blue Bird

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€1,247

Sans titre n°002

Laurence Granger

Painting . 89 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

The orange power

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Pourpre

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Cy Yellow Boat

Emily Starck

Painting . 70 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

L4/L5

Milena Makani

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

€572

Emerald Horizons

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€1,077

Chaos

Olya Kravchenko

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€720

Untitled 61

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Sunset

Weronika Dylag

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

€2,200

Monolanche

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 84 x 87 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.1 x 34.3 x 0 inch

€1,200

Fluid playground

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 121 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 47.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Perpetuum Mobile

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Shona queen

Lovemore James

Sculpture . 53.3 x 20.3 cm Sculpture . 21 x 8 inch

€5,474

Winter water lilies

Emily Starck

Painting . 75 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Raconte moi une histoire (Tell me a story)

Emily Starck

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

€1,247

Better off alone 01

Poovi Art

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

€808

Baroque

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,300

Blue Sign 1

Gina Vor

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Incantation

Jean-Luc Veret

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Claim 194

Mark Hellbusch

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

€550

Architecture of fluidity: Modern Abstract Oil Artwork for Sophisticated Interiors

Fatima Erkenova

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

€718

Espace Intérieur - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€675

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

Timeleap X

Minseok Kang

Painting . 96.7 x 164.8 x 3 cm Painting . 38.1 x 64.9 x 1.2 inch

€8,300

Minimalism

Tomo Sakurai

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

€4,000

Ilusiones perdidas

Pedro Guerrero

Painting . 190 x 300 x 1 cm Painting . 74.8 x 118.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,990

Symphonies of big space 3

Vera Klimova

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

€1,481

Euphoria

Emily Starck

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

€4,500

Ruminations

Rani R

Print . 20 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.9 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€410

Silent Horizons, earthy browns

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,095

Pure Emotion

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Paper cuts in my hand

Emily Starck

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

€2,800

My inner world

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Green Nature

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Sans titre 7

Jean-Charles Millepied

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

€3,900

Curved linearity

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 115 x 115 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.3 x 45.3 x 0 inch

€1,590

Above And Below I

Ron Mills-Pinyas

Painting . 95 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,900

Abstract in the desert

Luis Miguel Aparisi

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

€3,186

Yellow

Milada Dureckova

Painting . 130 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,195

Blue January

Emily Starck

Painting . 57 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 22.4 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€950

Roches sous marines

Frédérique Bernard Fab

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€875

Azae theta nebula (with LEDs)

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 91.4 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 18 x 2 inch

€1,840

Integration of Personality

Khachik Yeghikyan

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

€4,800

Bouquet

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 78.7 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31 x 40 x 2 inch

€1,795

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