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.

Impulseared

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 132 x 108 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 42.5 x 0 inch

€1,800

Long road

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 59 x 45 cm Painting . 23.2 x 17.7 inch

€900

Inner View

Milada Dureckova

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

€1,175

Drip couture

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 99 x 168 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39 x 66.1 x 0 inch

€3,200

Time after Time

Elen Karapetyan

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

€2,900

Green summer

Emily Starck

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

€8,500

Contemporary painting II

Maria Esmar

Painting . 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€580

Contemporary painting I

Maria Esmar

Painting . 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€580

Abstract painting I

Maria Esmar

Painting . 47 x 57 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18.5 x 22.4 x 1 inch

€580

Rajon

Irina Dopont

Painting . 80 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€850

Integration of Personality

Khachik Yeghikyan

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

€4,800

Black Sea

Kat Zhivetin

Painting . 92 x 122 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 48 x 2.4 inch

€713

Crazy flowers

Emily Starck

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

€7,500

Spring sunshine

Le anh Tuan

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

€1,515

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

Untitled

Ani Qananyan

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

€5,000

Fugato

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€3,500

Summer garden

Emily Starck

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

€8,200

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

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

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

Abstract reverie

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,990

Sky sea / abstraction sea

Natalie Shiporina

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

€2,350

A small reminder of home

Maria Esmar

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€750

Windy Space

Irit Epstein

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

€3,235

Bluebell Fields

Geoff Howard

Painting . 39.9 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,330

Odyssée

Emily Starck

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

€3,262

Eyes wide shut

Emily Starck

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

€2,599

Un peu de douceur

Emily Starck

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

€2,599

Composition II

Emily Starck

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

€2,599

Conciliabule

Emily Starck

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

€2,599

Societal divide

Emily Starck

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

€2,582

Blue swirl

Emily Starck

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

€2,582

Vertes fougères

Emily Starck

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

€2,906

Symphony of dreams

Behshad Arjomandi

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

€1,016

Phoenix

Ana Costov

Painting . 89.9 x 74.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,853

Seoul

Emily Starck

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

€2,599

Nine O’clock

Maria Esmar

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

€650

Red

Maria Esmar

Painting . 26 x 26 x 4 cm Painting . 10.2 x 10.2 x 1.6 inch

€600

Structural Primitive 1

Dunmade Ayegbayo

Painting . 101.6 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 29 x 1 inch

€758

J+ Sérigraphie 1

Gaëtan de Séguin

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300

Time to Fly

Maria Esmar

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

€700

Abstract_008

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,990

Abstract_010

Bernhard Lang

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Abstract_009

Bernhard Lang

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Illusion of existence

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€802

Figure Noire

Doïna Vieru

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

€3,800

Contact

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.125 inch

€1,426

Break the ice

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Spectrum

Maria Esmar

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

€700

Shine on

Maria Esmar

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

€600

Find your way

Maria Esmar

Painting . 112 x 127 x 4 cm Painting . 44.1 x 50 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

December Sunlight II

H-Nguyen

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

€980

Gestural abstraction

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

Abstraction XII

Kosta Morr

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

€300

Map of Lost Routes | Textured Neutral Fiber Abstract Artwork

Lada Bozhina

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

€6,240

Autumn II

Petra Schott

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

€3,120

Sans-titre blanc bleu

Tania Carrara

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

€1,400

Warm Flow | Beige Minimalist Abstract Oil Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€802

Balance of Light. Diptych | Modern Textured Abstract Oil Canvas

Viktoria Daneva

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

€1,025

287 Tyrrhenian Vista, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Anne B Schwartz

Painting . 106.7 x 99.1 x 3.8 cm Painting . 42 x 39 x 1.5 inch

€4,279

Los dias que no pesan

Paco Requena

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

€850

Endless Impact D06

Minseok Kang

Painting . 89.5 x 154.9 x 3 cm Painting . 35.2 x 61 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Balagan Heart

Esther Cohen

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€1,800

Urban Pulse

Movses Poghosyan

Painting . 91 x 129 x 0.2 cm Painting . 35.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,350

Quiet Motion

Liza Altman

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€2,139

Colors of summer

Elya Reshetnikova

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

€1,070

Dreams in the Mist – Minimal Abstract in Beige

KatriTa

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

€2,050

Erosion

Mieke Baak

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

€9,500

Untitled 1097

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch

€4,875

Sans titre n°002

Laurence Granger

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

€2,500

Fragments of Infinity

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 90 x 165 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 65 x 0 inch

€936

Untitled 37

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 40 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Mira Sway

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 24 x 0 inch

€800

Stick: Magenta Elegance 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 75 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,390

Mon reflet

Sourena Parhizkar

Painting . 50 x 39 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Abstract 1

Mykola Bodnar

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

€1,495

G10#2024

Stephan Laplanche

Painting . 57 x 57 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.4 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€1,500 €1,350

Friends 78

Veronica Vilsan

Painting . 58.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23 x 60 x 2 inch

€880

Hope Springs Eternal

Theresa Vandenberg Donche

Painting . 143 x 77 x 4.6 cm Painting . 56.3 x 30.3 x 1.8 inch

€2,465

Coastal

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,498

Sun Fish

Sam Soles

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

€4,708

I choose peace 01

Poovi Art

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

€704

Terra blu

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 194 x 203 x 0.3 cm Painting . 76.4 x 79.9 x 0.1 inch

€4,400

Stella terra

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 160 x 210 x 0.3 cm Painting . 63 x 82.7 x 0.1 inch

€4,000

Underwater daylight M 3

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 85 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

Purple Turquoise Blue M 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 85 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

Drift Wild

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 inch

€5,170

City Parks III

Andrei Sitsko

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

€900

Beyond the horizon

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

Smile, there's rose

Poovi Art

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

€535

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