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.

Embracing Chaos

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€1,043

Water Energy

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€1,010

From the Elements Series

Milada Dureckova

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

€950

Luces

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 44.5 x 63 x 1 cm Painting . 17.5 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

€883

Perpetuum Mobile

Gagik Ghazanchyan

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

€1,500

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12202022

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,570

Grey

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€5,600

Deep velvet indigo seascape

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Blown away

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 188 x 156.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 74 x 61.5 x 1.5 inch

€11,679

Paysage (Ref 21186)

Martin Reyna

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

€4,924

Untitled 69

Wissam Beydoun

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

€1,300

Ruisseau Holocene VIII

Mari Amman

Photography . 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,155

To the Sea

H-Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€780

Soleil

Jean-Luc Veret

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

€400

Instant

Jean-Luc Veret

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

€300

Radiance of the Inner Sun: Energetic Abstract Expressionist Canvas Artwork with Intense Red, Vibrant Orange, and Gold Accents

Nata Sakti

Painting . 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€446

Haunted Forest: Bold Abstract Oil Artwork | 70x50cm Statement Piece with Golden & Fiery Hues | Luxury Modern Interior Decor

Ludmila Gorbunova

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

€713

Sol vivant

François - Jérôme Bringuier

Painting . 21 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€440

Celestial Worlds

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 21 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€70

Urban Bloom: Weekend Outside the City – Modern Abstract Artwork in Soothing Pastels (Acrylic on Canvas)

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€678

Eclipse of Silence

Tatyana Bolivar

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 3 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Primordial Creation in the Fusion of Two Absolute Energies

Nina Avakian

Painting . 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€3,000

Dripping

Tomo Sakurai

Painting . 25.7 x 18.2 x 2 cm Painting . 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.8 inch

€500

Tender Spring Rain

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 95 x 130 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,150

Spring Rain in Light

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 80 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch

€850

Where Rain Turns to Light

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 95 x 130 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,150

Soft Lie Between Petals

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 95 x 130 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,150

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 70 x 68 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

€450

Whispers of Earth abstract

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€455

Eve of destruction - medium - carton #4

LN Le Cheviller

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

€875

Grenadine

Muriel Deumie

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

€890

Untitled 55

Eva Pacheco

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

€2,500

Eve of destruction - medium - carton #2

LN Le Cheviller

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

€875

Eve of destruction - medium - carton #1

LN Le Cheviller

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

€875

Etendue spontanée - grande # 8

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€850

Sans titre n°2045

Laurence Granger

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€4,500

Set table - (based on paintings by Olga Rozanova)

Viktor Konotopsky

Painting . 56 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 22 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€580

Floraison Suspendue

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,300

Monument-VI (The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2007, NY, US)

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Enchanting shores

Dam Domido

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

€2,900

Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Modern Art, Colour, Acrylic

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,674

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs IV

Christian Manoury

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

€6,000

Autumn Warm Day

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€950

The golden volcano

Andrada Anghel

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

€1,758

View Out Onto The Ocean / 14 Hours / An Aggregation Of Date Palms

Simon Findlay

Painting . 266 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 104.7 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Source

Robert van Bolderick

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

€4,992

Armenian Kochari Dance

Hayk Miqayelyan

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

€1,872

Énergie

Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint

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

€2,000

Solar Fire

Nestor Toro

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

€909

Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street

Le anh Tuan

Painting . 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting . 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,452

Fog of Julius

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 73.7 x 94 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29 x 37 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Piccole impronte

Nino Pizzimenti

Painting . 18.5 x 12.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.1 inch

€100

Bottle of Smoke

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 45 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Dark Bark

Geoff Howard

Painting . 55.9 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Painting . 22 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€3,330

Ancient ghosts

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 101.6 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,293

FlyOver

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,179

Exploration

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 55.9 x 55.9 x 4.6 cm Painting . 22 x 22 x 1.8 inch

€1,038

Alien planet

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,112

Endurance

Anders Hingel

Painting . 177.8 x 139.7 x 0.5 cm Painting . 70 x 55 x 0.2 inch

€847

Le rôle des cailloux

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 140 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,600

Turquoise way

Dam Domido

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€790

Varied ways M 1

Peter Nottrott

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

€1,390

Una mattina

Emily Starck

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

€2,885

Canvas 116

Cy Seymour

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€4,591

392 spring in Capri

Anne B Schwartz

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

€2,362

Fog No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€178

Landscaping on Jazz-LVII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€450

Landscaping on jazz-LXVI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€350

ZDZ1123

Thierry Zdzieblo

Painting . 60 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Just rainy XXI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€200

Magma

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 110 x 238 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 93.7 x 0 inch

€4,250

Luci Nel Prato

Antonino Puliafico

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

€700

Untitled

Sam Francis

Print . 63 x 89.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 24.8 x 35.2 x 0.1 inch

€3,500

Energie

Jean-Michel Cordier

Painting . 204 x 132 cm Painting . 80.3 x 52 inch

€4,800

Abstract Street Motion

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€401

Restart: Textured Blue and Gold Spiritual Oil Abstract Artwork

Nata Sakti

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

€446

Horizon of emotion _03: Textured Abstract Horizon in Blue and Ochre

Katrin Ka

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€205

I love you

Oksana K.

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

€269

I should leave now, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 43.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17 x 24 x 1 inch

€379

Mit Speck fÃ¤ngt man MÃ¤use, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 43.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17 x 24 x 1 inch

€365

Family Talk, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 43.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17 x 24 x 1 inch

€401

Polterabend, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 61 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 17 x 1 inch

€379

Trundwa, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 61 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 17 x 1 inch

€397

Ups and Downs

Christel Haag

Painting . 35.6 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 19 x 1 inch

€428

Oh Boy

Christel Haag

Painting . 48.3 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 14 x 1 inch

€437

Starting with a Dance, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 27.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11 x 15 x 1 inch

€392

Playful Days 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 30.5 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 8 x 1 inch

€160

Playful Days 3, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 30.5 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 8 x 1 inch

€160

Spuren im Sand, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€490

Happy Childhood, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Christel Haag

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 1 inch

€160

Fire Orchid: Original Abstract Floral, 16x20in Fluid Acrylic | Intense Colors, Modern Interior Art

Irene Peysakhova

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch

€446

Claim 194

Mark Hellbusch

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

€550

Série Noire 1

Pierre Calogero

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

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