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.

B&W III

Rudolf Wiesinger

Painting . 64 x 54 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.2 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€350

Seascape N°33

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 40 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€550

In early spring (A closer look)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 124.5 x 86.4 x 1.8 cm Painting . 49 x 34 x 0.7 inch

€4,162

Emerald Panorama (Gold intrusions)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 127 x 83.8 x 1.8 cm Painting . 50 x 33 x 0.7 inch

€5,510

The Closer I Get

Lisa H Ridabock

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

€774

The moon light

Le anh Tuan

Painting . 119.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€2,723

Auturm

Le anh Tuan

Painting . 79.8 x 84.8 x 3 cm Painting . 31.4 x 33.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,732

Spring sunshine

Le anh Tuan

Painting . 99.8 x 179.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.3 x 70.8 x 2 inch

€4,358

Lottery winner

Leon Devenice

Painting . 101.6 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 45 x 1 inch

€2,313

Untitled

Ethan Newman

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

€683

The bales of timothy

Bill Stone

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

€5,556

The fields of timothy

Bill Stone

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

€5,556

Timothy's dreaming

Bill Stone

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

€5,556

Rising

Bill Stone

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

€5,556

Snapdragon

Bill Stone

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€4,417

Tipping point

Bill Stone

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€4,417

Slade tree

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Lush

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Breaking point

Bill Stone

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

€4,417

Seeing red

Bill Stone

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

€4,417

Eggplant

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Down and out

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Out of control

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Siblings 4

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Turbulence

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Siblings 3

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Flinch 6

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Roundhouse

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Leaf Eddy

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

Towers

Bill Stone

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

€4,144

376 The sea near Sorrento

Anne B Schwartz

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

€4,554

407 Cliff Houses Near Amalfi

Anne B Schwartz

Painting . 114.3 x 106.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 45 x 42 x 1.5 inch

€4,645

Smile or scream? (A065)

Atom Hovhanesyan

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

€47,362

Spring dance (60-120cm)

Le Hai Linh

Painting . 59.7 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting . 23.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,787

Ice on fire

Ivana Olbricht

Painting . 80 x 119.4 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47 x 0.8 inch

€1,749

Abstract expression-8

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 69.9 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch

€1,822 €1,639

Recouvrement N° 11

Jean-Marc Teillon

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

€2,800

Pink Paradise

Bebler

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

€1,600

August

Inga Makarova

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

€3,600

Evening in the city.

Iryna Kastsova

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

€1,870

CoCreate 03

Angelica Tcherassi

Print . 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Print . 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,004

Trait d'union

Dam Domido

Painting . 50 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€1,550

Pendulum

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 45.7 x 35.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 18 x 14 x 0.75 inch

€474

Catch My Drift?

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 69.9 x 92.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27.5 x 36.5 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Fun House

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Consider It Done

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

What Happened Next

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

I'm So Glad You Asked

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Make It Happen

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 74.9 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Sounds Like a Plan

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 45 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Scenery

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 80 x 125 cm Painting . 31.5 x 49.2 inch

€4,900 €4,312

Do svidaniya | Blue Pink Conceptual Text Mixed Media Artwork

Lena Langer

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€729

Send me | Contemporary Typography Gold Leaf Artwork

Lena Langer

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€729

Dripping

Tomo Sakurai

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

€500

Oil abstract painting with brown strokes

Leonid K.

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

€369

Oil abstract painting "Perception"

Leonid K.

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

€368

Oil abstract painting with cosmos

Leonid K.

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€368

Oil abstract painting with color stains

Leonid K.

Painting . 59 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil abstract cityscape with old square

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting with stationary button

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil absract still life with pink bouquet

Leonid K.

Painting . 40 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€179

Oil abstract painting with Lviv street

Leonid K.

Painting . 45 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€275

Oil abstract painting "Dragon battle"

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painitng "Stains"

Leonid K.

Painting . 37 x 58 x 2 cm Painting . 14.6 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€275

Oil abstract painting with evening city

Leonid K.

Painting . 33 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€275

Oil abstract painting "Goldfish"

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting - Gold

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting with fantastic animals

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting - Dragons

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting with dragons

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting - Pegasus

Leonid K.

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

€275

Joy as a Foundation

Fatima Erkenova

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€410

Oil abstract painting with caricature man

Leonid K.

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

€245

Oil abstract portrait with man

Leonid K.

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

€245

Oil abstract painting - Perception. Gold

Leonid K.

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

€269

Oil abstract painting - Fantasy

Leonid K.

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

€229

Waves abstract. Diptych

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 30 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€364

Round pink abstraction

Svetlana Saratova

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

€319

Couleurs #42

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€580

La Palma

Zsolt Bukta

Painting . 29 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€650

Claim 144

Mark Hellbusch

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

€750

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 29.5 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€250

Stillness Stays

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch

€499

Sans Titre 13

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€550

Campagne 01 - série voyage et paysage abstrait

Isabelle Janier

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

€475

Sans titre, série Franscisco de Goya

Clara Crespin

Painting . 21 x 26 x 2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€350

Vibrant essence of spring

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€400

Haikus that Leave you Breathless

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€6,430

People in love

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 180 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€7,000

Claim 20

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 110 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€1,320

Claim 21

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€950

Complementary Patterns 8

Tiberiu Soos

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

€790

The Beauty of Abstraction II

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 35 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.5 x 0 inch

€700

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