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.

I'm dreaming a paradise

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 137.2 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 54 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€2,783

Feathers

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€1,670

Cloak & dagger

Newel Hunter

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€3,233

Raining with sunshine

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€2,751

Coral gardens

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 137.2 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 54 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€3,844

Alchemy

Max Yaskin

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

€2,500

Wonderland

Maria Esmar

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

€750

Abstract_015

Bernhard Lang

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

€450

Abstract_014

Bernhard Lang

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

€450

Abstract_012

Bernhard Lang

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

€450

Abstract_013

Bernhard Lang

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

€450

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

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 68 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.8 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Mask (The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, 2007)

Stanislav Bojankov

Print . 64 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€1,500

Octopus

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€273

Love is blind

Kayava

Painting . 112 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 44.1 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,026

Playground

Marta Zawadzka

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

€4,100

That lazy summer

Harrie Sijbers

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€2,250

Still Life With Palette (Peinture Semi-abstraite)

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 116 x 81 x 0.3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.1 inch

€5,400

Oil abstract still life painting - Figures

Leonid K.

Painting . 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€319

Oil abstract painting - Apocalypse

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract landscape painting - Evening city

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil landscape painting - Evening street

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract landscape painting - City street

Leonid K.

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

€275

Quantum of Blue

Borko Petrovic

Painting . 110 x 90 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 inch

€2,900

City Road

Abashidze Marusya

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

€410

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 14 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 5.5 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€200

Untitled 50

Eva Pacheco

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

€2,500

Untitled 49

Eva Pacheco

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

€2,500

Untitled 26

Eva Pacheco

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

€3,000

Untitled 17

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Untitled 16

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

413 The Aura of Summer

Anne B Schwartz

Painting . 124.5 x 106.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 49 x 42 x 1.5 inch

€5,966

Empowered modesty

Natalya Mougenot

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

€500

Floral vitality

Natalya Mougenot

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

€500

Lines of Fate (series The Illusion of Tomorrow #2)

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€950

Element

Strashevich Alexander

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

€635

Theorem 2

Max Yaskin

Painting . 100 x 250 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 98.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,580

Abstraction #21

Kristina Mallen

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

€500

Front Row Seat (Views & Vantage Points)

Theresa Vandenberg Donche

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

€2,482

Snowy River

Suz Shippey Borski

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€2,004

Francis

Daniel Timko

Painting . 65 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€725

Live It Up

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 45.7 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18 x 31 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

Reflections of Colors 2

Nestor Toro

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 0.7 inch

€3,857

One crazy dream (Colorful panorama)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 86.4 x 68.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 34 x 27 x 0.7 inch

€2,760

Under the northern lights

Nestor Toro

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€3,106

Endless secret night,

Nestor Toro

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€3,160

Reflections of Europe 3

Nestor Toro

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€3,151

Torrential purple storm (A closer look) 3

Nestor Toro

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€3,616

Torrential purple storm (A closer look) 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Nestor Toro

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€3,616

Golden splendor (Over red)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€3,589

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #01052023,

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,648

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #01072023,

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,648

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #01192023

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,648

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #04142023

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,648

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #04192023

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,648

La terra in fiamme

Claudia Cabboi

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

€400

La Venue du Printemps

Charles Carson

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

€12,387

Pink cherries

Bill Stone

Painting . 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,869

Spring forest 2

Bill Stone

Painting . 91.4 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€3,416

Winter grip

Bill Stone

Painting . 76.2 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 36 x 0.8 inch

€2,641

Autumn vortex

Bill Stone

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€3,233

Columns

Bill Stone

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

€3,233

Summer 12

Bill Stone

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

€3,142

Not so still life

Bill Stone

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

€3,256

Fire echoes

Nestor Toro

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.7 inch

€3,643

Harvest shadow

Bill Stone

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.8 inch

€2,732

Confetty

Bebler

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

€1,090

2019 NO2R.

Yang Liming

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

€35,000

A good monster (4 pieces)

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€230

Perspective

Jean-Luc Veret

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

€700

Silence in Color/ Series Layers of Presence: Abstract Acrylic Artwork in Violet, Gold, and Yellow on Paper

Helen Zuskina

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€301 €271

Acrylic abstract painting - Summer colors

Igor K.

Painting . 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€309

Couleur versus gris 1

LN Le Cheviller

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

€620

4797 Aligned

Andres Vivo

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€592

Esprit ardent

Léa Damaggio

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

€520

Eveil flamboyant

Léa Damaggio

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

€720

Dance in the Night

Tomo Sakurai

Painting . 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€500

Incandescence

Tellyn-M

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€350

Heartbeat 2

Tiberiu Soos

Painting . 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€360

Joc d'equilibris

Francesc Soler Claveras

Painting . 38 x 56 cm Painting . 15 x 22 inch

€600

Sans titre 3

Marie Pernet

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Echo. Series: Inner Ocean

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 40 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€619

The Mystery of Ice

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€501

Authentic Desires/9

Helen Mount

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

€700

Sky flowers

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 21.6 x 14 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch

€85

Piece of sky 5

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 21.6 x 14 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch

€70

Sans Titre 15

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.2 inch

€700

Small purple fog: Kordeliz Abstract Oil Artwork | Childhood | Contemporary Art Decor

Kordeliz

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

€546

Clouds over cypress

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€350

Living Freedom

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€350

Liberated strokes

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€350

New beginning 3

Olga Balaeva

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

€729

Nothing to Sneeze At

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 46 x 1 inch

€4,554

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