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.

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

€1,978

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

€1,619

New Codes

Michelle Hold

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

€2,500

Oil abstract landscape painting "Night"

Vadim O.

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

€1,799

Cyberpunk dance | Pink Blue Glitch Figure Abstract Artwork

Alina Razmakhnina

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 78 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€809

Sir Bastian

Christian Büffel

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

€1,700

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

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

Celebrate Every Day XXL 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,890

Powdery Caramel

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 100 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 57.1 x 0 inch

€944

Layers of memories

KatriTa

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€1,169

Izmir

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€510

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

Surf

Nash

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Colours of Nature XL 3

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,370

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

Tropical City #1

Angela Wakefield

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

€121,868

Dew drops

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 71 x 104 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 40.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

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

The Feeling of Love

Areg Vahramyan

Painting . 67 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 26.4 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,600 €1,440

Birds Above the Sea

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Strange Weather

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 111 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 43.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Complementary Patterns 11

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€250

G12#2024

Stephan Laplanche

Painting . 114 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€2,800 €2,520

Color Skating

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,940

Minerva Euro Eyes over Blue

Carlos Pun Art

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,169

Symphony No. 6

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Symphony No. 5

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Roadside Attraction

Newel Hunter

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

€1,933

Struttura

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Sea foam 9

Anna Peserico

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Closeness

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€4,496

Odyssée

Emily Starck

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

€3,290

Eyes wide shut

Emily Starck

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

€2,622

Un peu de douceur

Emily Starck

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

€2,622

Composition II

Emily Starck

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

€2,622

Conciliabule

Emily Starck

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

€2,622

Societal divide

Emily Starck

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

€2,604

Don't pay attention

Emily Starck

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

€2,143

Blue swirl

Emily Starck

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

€2,604

Vertes fougères

Emily Starck

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

€2,931

Seoul

Emily Starck

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

€2,622

Al Mercato delle spezie

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 115 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.3 x 57.1 x 0 inch

€1,900

Asfalto bagnato

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 115 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.3 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€2,300

In body and soul

Jose Manuel Solares

Sculpture . 53 x 28 x 8 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 11 x 3.1 inch

€450

Heat Of The Day

Jane Munro

Print . 42 x 100 x 1 cm Print . 16.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€800

Disappearance | Minimal Abstract Gradient Artwork with Soft Color Transition

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 105 x 85 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,978

Wuthering Surge I | Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 102 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€2,068

Color Event, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionism, Color, Gesture, Texture, Dynamic, Modern, Painting, Emotional

Harold Richter

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Savage Rose

Litta Soheila Sohi

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

€4,800

Gilded Driftline

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€495

The oniric bird

Dr. Love

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€50

Abstract roses

Anna Selina

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

€1,650

Sans Titre 8

Jean-Charles Millepied

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

€4,500

Campagne 03 - série voyage et paysage abstrait

Isabelle Janier

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

€475

Sunset

Weronika Dylag

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

€2,200

The Ocean is Rising

Flora B

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

€2,011

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

Christian Manoury

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

€3,800

Dance of Joy

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,500

Waves of Emotion

Artyom Basenci

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

€2,428

Rostros sin rostro 11-2

José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro

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

€3,000

Summer Dreams

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 105 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 41.3 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Green summer

Emily Starck

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

€8,500

I choose peace 01

Poovi Art

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

€710

Emanation

Zakhar Shevchuk

Sculpture . 53 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch

€2,500

Montagnes

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,250

The playful power of water

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,619

Crazy flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 190 x 165 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 65 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Postcard From Ira

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 116.8 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting . 46 x 50 x 2 inch

€5,216

Audacieuse

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€7,800

Green landscape

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 195 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

L'attachement

Emily Starck

Painting . 190 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Embrace

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,500

Summer garden

Emily Starck

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

€8,200

Smile, there's rose

Poovi Art

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

€540

I'm fine, thank you

Emily Starck

Painting . 125 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€8,400

I believe in pink

Poovi Art

Painting . 88.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 36 x 1 inch

€540

Pas de faux semblant

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Mysterious Forest

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 70 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€2,700

Montre moi le chemin

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Traces of you

Poovi Art

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

€629

With strength and grace 02

Poovi Art

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

€674

Fly Away, Fly Away You Golden Dragon

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 100.3 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,856

Eruption

Bebler

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,090

12:00

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,800

Red Sun

Aram Yengibaryan

Painting . 98 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Fight

Aram Yengibaryan

Painting . 98 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Mystery and substance 14

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Mystery and substance 9 (1)

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580 €1,343

Freedom in my thoughts 7

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580 €1,343

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