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.

Motion To Strike

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 90.9 x 150.1 x 6.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 59.1 x 2.4 inch

€4,343

Volcano of Colors

Artyom Basenci

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

€1,872

La Lumière du Soleil a Travers les Arbres

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 119.4 x 210.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47 x 83 x 0.1 inch

€3,833

Maelstrom nebula

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 121.9 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 18 x 2 inch

€1,761

Roza

Daniel Timko

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€595

Diptych abstract painting

Maria Esmar

Painting . 93 x 126 x 3 cm Painting . 36.6 x 49.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Every second matters

Maria Esmar

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

€2,200

We will be able to rebuild

Tetiana Ocheredko

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,961

Time and Consequences

Newel Hunter

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

€2,006

As it was

Maria Esmar

Painting . 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Uncensored

Maria Esmar

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

€2,400

Gleichzeit 1/19

Ernst Wolf

Painting . 110 x 170 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 66.9 x 2 inch

€6,000

Hidden behind layers

Maria Esmar

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

€2,200

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

Vision oceanique

Charles Carson

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

€9,271

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

€3,566

Slow motion

Maria Esmar

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

€1,500

Fusion

Maria Esmar

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

€2,000

I think of you

Maria Esmar

Painting . 61 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€850

Modern lines

Maria Esmar

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

€2,000

New World

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,150

Time travels

Maria Esmar

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

€900

Time Lapse

Maria Esmar

Painting . 80 x 128 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 50.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Tutti flowers

Sophie Petetin

Print . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€229

Unforgettable moments

Maria Esmar

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

€2,000

Finis Extra 48767

Duilio Forte

Painting . 31.8 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 12.5 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€420

African Tales (En route to Accra)

Manuela Karin Knaut

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

€6,500

Espectáculo Maravilloso 2

Ian Jones

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

€850

Le pourquoi pas

Luc Mora

Painting . 90 x 155 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Golden Haze

Ketki Fadnis

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

€2,139

Rhythmic Passion

Ketki Fadnis

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

€2,139

Shine through Blue

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 61 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 60 x 1 inch

€1,783

Feeling Alive

Ketki Fadnis

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

€2,139

Emotional_Fields_I: Textured minimalist composition on canvas

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€4,814

Echoes of the Unseen | Blue Copper Textured Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,337

Blue Drip Composition, Homage to Jackson Pollok, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Conceptual, Snail, Symbolism, Persistence, Growth, Blue, Gesture, Texture

Neo Bauchaus

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

€1,400

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,100

Harmony in blue haze: Dynamic Blue Hues Abstract Artwork

Natalia Sysoeva

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

€945

Keltic 2

Max Yaskin

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

€1,380

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

Once Upon a Time

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 150 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€856

Black And White M 2

Peter Nottrott

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

€1,390

Escale

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€1,000

Unknown Place

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs X.

Christian Manoury

Painting . 96 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Sarang

Emily Starck

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

€2,600

Raw pleasure

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Winter lights

Emily Starck

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

€2,850

Violin

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

The unspeakable

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Fragments of life

Emily Starck

Painting . 95 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Jisoo

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Lust

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 180 x 135 x 3.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 53.1 x 1.4 inch

€5,100

Untitled

Maria Esmar

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

€800

Blue II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€802

Music Reflections

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Sunset and lemonade

Maria Esmar

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

€900

Spring Awakening

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,150

Purple City

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 33 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Abstract #4

Chris Ritter

Painting . 44.5 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,139

Series The Source No.17

Bao-Hua Dang

Painting . 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€13,600

Fiori nel campo

Antonino Puliafico

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

€1,980

The map to your heart

Maria Esmar

Painting . 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Exit

2flui

Painting . 20 x 20 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€250

They

Senia Baloyan

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

€600

Une page

Luc Mora

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

€3,200

Light Fading in the Branches | Earth Tone Abstract Acrylic Artwork

Pugmatik

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,694

I just wanted a day off

Larissa Eremeeva

Painting . 122 x 152.5 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.6 inch

€4,840

In a State of Transition | Organic Mixed-Media Artwork with Earth and Limestone Textures

Pugmatik

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,961

Trajectory of Disappearance | Textured Organic Abstract Artwork in Green and Earth Tones

Pugmatik

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,605

Energy of Becoming, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Color, Texture, Gesture, Expressionism, Modern, Painting, Dynamic, Composition

Harold Richter

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

€1,600

Sir Bastian

Christian Büffel

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

€1,700

Yellow seagrass, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€2,150

Golden storm unique piece 1/1

James Chiew

Painting . 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€16,000

Untitled 4937

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 196 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 77.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€9,850

Foiled and painted 2

Sumit Mehndiratta

Photography . 76 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography . 29.9 x 35.8 x 0 inch

€990

Foiled stories 1

Sumit Mehndiratta

Photography . 76 x 91 x 0.1 cm Photography . 29.9 x 35.8 x 0 inch

€990

Nature adventure XL 25

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,390

Nature Adventure L 27

Peter Nottrott

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

€1,990

Palette 4

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 80 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Abstraktion schwarz XXL

Stephanie Raus

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€700

Petri dish

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Ruby red

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Emeral dios

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Revival

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€800

Tropical City #1

Angela Wakefield

Painting . 86.4 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 37 x 1 inch

€121,584

Starck Power

Emily Starck

Painting . 215 x 134 x 0.2 cm Painting . 84.6 x 52.8 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

Colorful Emotion

Emily Starck

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

€6,500

Contemporary Aboriginal Inspired Abstract

Menno Modderman

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€520

Time and Space I

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 94 x 68 x 24 cm Painting . 37 x 26.8 x 9.4 inch

€1,200

Spring Energy

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,800

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