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.

La sève

Josette Dubost

Painting . 54 x 45 x 4 cm Painting . 21.3 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch

€400

Limpalong

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 104.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 inch

€4,457

Blue Moon

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,457

Lighthouse

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,457

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 157.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 62 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Catch as Catch Can

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 157.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 62 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Red-Hi

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 80 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Jabberwocky

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 170.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 67 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Oh Shucks!

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 83.8 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 33 x 42 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Wormy

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 104.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 41 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Up Periscope

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 104.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 41 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Ghost of a Flea

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 58.4 x 110.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23 x 43.5 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

They're Busy in the Backyard

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 68.6 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Autumn Mist

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 104.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 41 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Willy Nilly

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 108 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 42.5 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Harum Scarum

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 83.8 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 33 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Crossing Lines

KatriTa

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€267

Le scarabée comme animal totem

Marie-Laure Romanet Prin

Painting . 116 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,400

Patchwork #6

Kateryna Malomuzh

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€232

Patchwork #3

Kateryna Malomuzh

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€232

A2005

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€650

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 29.5 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.6 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€250 €210

A2001

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

€650

Red impulse - Evocative Abstract Oil Artwork

Olga Afanasiadi

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

€446

SCA - 2

Julien Jubault

Painting . 120 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Peace of Mind

Beata Kmita

Painting . 90 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

€6,326

Gen #1, #5 and #4, Triptych

Alec Franco

Painting . 49.8 x 104.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,674

A New Life 01 and Below 01, Diptych

Angelica Tcherassi

Photography . 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography . 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,388

Quelques Nuages

Amalya Nané Tumanian

Painting . 130 x 130 x 2.4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.9 inch

€8,600

Abstract landscape-XX

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€357

Awkward Wants a Friend

Anita Clearfield

Painting . 20.3 x 25.4 x 1.3 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 0.5 inch

€490

Abstract 10

Vera Hoi

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

€700

Lapland's lights

Burhan Amer

Painting . 130 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€6,200

Ink and Blood

Olga Balaeva

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

€713

Autumn mirage

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€560

Flowers

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 50 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€505

Migrant

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€505

Gemini

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€505

White dream

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 75 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€595

Flowers

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€550

Water

Ed Potapenkov

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

€2,000

City 4

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 28 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€400

Feeling 5 - colorful abstraction expressions

Nataliia Krykun

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

€1,750

From the series The A Lightness 2 - minimalism monochrome gray, silber, white, black minimalism abstraction, expressionism dropping inspired by Jackson Pollock

Nataliia Krykun

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

€1,500

P O

Jochen Cerny

Photography . 118 x 110 x 2 cm Photography . 46.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,750

From the series „The A Lightness“ 3 - minimalism monochrome gray, silber, white, black minimalism abstraction, expressionism dropping inspired by Jackson Pollock

Nataliia Krykun

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

€1,750

Fishing

Pinar Akbaba

Painting . 27.9 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€178

Untitled

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Untitled

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

To energize (2)

Tiny de Bruin

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

€1,310

N3

Noa Grayevsky

Painting . 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€400

Oceania celebration

Vik Schroeder

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

€500

Component.0323

Kris Haas

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.5 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.6 inch

€312

Gaia 25

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€544

Jackson Pollock style

Max Yaskin

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€450

Vivaces, inspiré des Racines de Van Gogh

Catherine Clare

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

€1,600

Immersion 1

Fortunée Noël

Painting . 152 x 204 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 80.3 x 1.2 inch

€8,200

Noche

Victoria Jáimez

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch

€400

Tinker, Chef, Fish

Shine Huang

Photography . 61 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€2,139

Impulse 13

Dam Domido

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

€560

Islande III

Ken Denning

Print . 20.6 x 28 cm Print . 8.1 x 11 inch

€150

Sharp Elbows

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 48.3 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19 x 39 x 0.1 inch

€2,318

2107.

Alejandra Quintanilla

Painting . 135 x 180 x 0.3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

€7,132

Masquerade

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Here's What You Need to Know

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Let me say this about that

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Brae Loch

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

BW 20

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€360

Bw 17

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€360

Inspire

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€190

Movement 5

Galina Gataullina

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€446

Etendue spontanée - small # 12

LN Le Cheviller

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

€250

Etendue spontanée - small # 11

LN Le Cheviller

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

€250

Blue velvet

Manuel Martín Cabrera

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

€500

Walk in the Forest

Melezhik Olga

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

€460

Three blue stripes abstraction No. 2

Kat Zhivetin

Painting . 77 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€624

Summer Night

Helen Burkova

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

€464

The Party

Helen Burkova

Painting . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€464

Floración

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 76 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€470

Red and White II and III, Expanded Metal Painting. Diptych

Clemens Wolf

Painting . 149.9 x 239.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59 x 94.4 x 1 inch

€24,961

10 Imprints. From the I Am Yourself series, Art wall sculpture installation

Casey Waterman

Sculpture . 182.9 x 431.8 x 3.8 cm Sculpture . 72 x 170 x 1.5 inch

€21,395

Abstract landscape-XIII

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 30 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€200

Abstract vision-V

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€400

Route

Abashidze Marusya

Painting . 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€650

Peach Blossom

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 69 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 27.2 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

€750

Quiet Meditation

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€560

Build yourself a house

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€650

Patchwork

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€560

Delicate Orange Scent

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 50 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€560

Montenegro

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€655

Young Wine

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€560

Taste of Caraminera

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€560

Cross Country

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

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