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.

Night Owl

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 43.2 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Red Kiss

Nicole Leidenfrost

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

€3,400

Autumn Warm Day

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 70 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€950

Elements

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 73.7 x 73.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 29 x 29 x 2 inch

€807

Mix by M.Y.

Max Yaskin

Painting . 89.9 x 154.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 1 inch

€1,139

Beginning of Life

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 84 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€820

Ecstasy Feelings

Eliana Sá

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

€1,500

Submergence

Uliana Sal

Painting . 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€364 €328

In Within

Tejinder Kanda

Painting . 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€5,300

Not Impossible

Steven Miller

Painting . 111.8 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 44 x 44 x 2 inch

€5,693

Summer Dreams

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€3,000

Le bord de l'étang, au printemps

Dam Domido

Painting . 95 x 95 x 0.01 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€3,200

When the sun sets...

Dam Domido

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

€2,900

Stepping out, Reasons of life

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 110 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Plateau Visions

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

A summer morning

Le Hai Linh

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

€1,721

Grey

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 122 x 91 x 0.3 cm Painting . 48 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch

€5,600

Beyond the horizon

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

May be I rushed a bit

Eric Ruelland

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

€3,100

La grâce

Dam Domido

Painting . 94 x 160 x 0.01 cm Painting . 37 x 63 x 0 inch

€3,400

Miroir d'automne II

Charles Carson

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

€12,387

Gaia 46

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€410

Ankerwycke

Geoff Howard

Painting . 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18 x 14 x 0.2 inch

€3,426

Abstract landscape (1)

Dam Domido

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

€3,800

Remember

Maria Esmar

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

€3,300

Lempicka Unhinged

Zoran Crncevic

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

€4,463

Una mattina

Emily Starck

Painting . 121.9 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,947

Vertical city

Dam Domido

Painting . 120 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€2,700

Multicolored motion

Dam Domido

Painting . 95 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€3,900

Apesanteur

Bebler

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

€1,090

Impulse 2202

Dam Domido

Painting . 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€3,500

It Came to me in a flash of a light

On Hansen

Painting . 88.9 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 35 x 25 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Sans titre

Yang Liming

Painting . 75 x 60 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 inch

€7,500

Untitled 934

Françoise Nielly

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

€3,350 €3,015

Untitled 904

Françoise Nielly

Print . 110 x 110 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 inch

€3,350 €2,848

Desire II

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€4,500

Another day

Dam Domido

Painting . 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch

€3,300

La magie de la vie

Dam Domido

Painting . 100 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0 inch

€3,900

Reflections

Maria Esmar

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

€2,800

Series The Secret Garden No.21

Bao-Hua Dang

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

€6,600

Sui-Generis_IV

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,500

Keep this memory forever

Maria Esmar

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

€550

Pulsation of Inner Light | Warm Contemporary Abstract Artwork. Diptych

Viktoria Daneva

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€592

Layers of Diffused Light | Neutral Impasto Abstract Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€528

Oil abstract painting "Red and green"

Tetyana S.

Painting . 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€305

Oil abstract painting - Author's Perception

Leonid K.

Painting . 62 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€549

Acrylic abstract painting "Perception-22"

Leonid K.

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

€799

Goodbye to summer: Contemporary Abstract Artwork

Vera Klimova

Painting . 58 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€638

Black gold abstraction 1

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€592

Chinese Box

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch

€683 €615

Into Blue

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€70

Abstract No. 92

Gina Vor

Painting . 37 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€200

Abstract No. 91

Gina Vor

Painting . 37 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€200

Journey of Color. Moment 1

Kordeliz

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

€546 €492

Streamliner

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 121.9 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 48 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Decoding Our Last Conversation

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 116.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 46 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Preaching to the Choir

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 83.8 x 116.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 33 x 46 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Abstract oil painting - Seasons

Leonid K.

Painting . 38 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€235

Circle of Trust

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 132.1 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 52 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Velocity in Motion

Leon Devenice

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 inch

€1,412

Whispers of Earth abstract

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 70 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

€465 €418

Von Türkis nach Rot

Friedhard Meyer

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,950

Positive Energy

Leon Devenice

Painting . 91.4 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 45 x 1 inch

€2,241

Blue Highway

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 49.5 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.5 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€1,366

Shadow Wall

N.Nathan

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

The Sea Longs for Respect

Flora B

Painting . 76.5 x 76.5 x 1.75 cm Painting . 30.1 x 30.1 x 0.7 inch

€3,951

Transition To Light

Angela Cameron

Print . 71.1 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 28 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€1,066

Subconscious No.2

Angela Cameron

Print . 71.1 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 28 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€1,066

Self-portrait

Liutauras Grieze

Sculpture . 50 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€2,500

Lakes Of Cypress Mountain

Angela Cameron

Print . 71.1 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 28 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€1,202

Inland

Angela Cameron

Print . 71.1 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 28 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€1,129

Take a chance

Maria Esmar

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

€2,500

Suspension

Muriel Deumie

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

€800 €720

The golden volcano

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 60 x 1 inch

€1,796

Home Is Love No.7

Bea Garding Schubert

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€820

Plasticity of forms

Strashevich Alexander

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

€640

Apples on the table

Melezhik Olga

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

€950

Ciel d'azur

Dam Domido

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

€3,500

Là-haut

Bernard Métranve

Sculpture . 32 x 29.5 x 26 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 11.6 x 10.2 inch

€1,703

H4#2023

Stephan Laplanche

Painting . 140 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Source

Robert van Bolderick

Painting . 149.9 x 129.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 51 x 2 inch

€5,100

Gratitude

Milada Dureckova

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

€830

Émerveillé

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Eden

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 220 x 0.2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch

€5,900

Celebrity 2

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€980

Drips 12

Max Yaskin

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

€950

Come away with me

Maria Esmar

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

€4,000

9 happiest moments

Alla Grande

Painting . 85 x 85 x 5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 2 inch

€2,400

Elégance

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,300

Chaos 2

Max Yaskin

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

€1,250

Romance

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,150

Three brothers

Laurent Proneur

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 2 inch

€22,770

Vibrato floréal

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,300

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