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.

Sending Kisses

Petra Schott

Painting . 40 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

This is the world of a happy you #2

Helen Burkova

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

€835 €751

Esfumato

Rosa Cruz

Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€500 €400

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

Painting . 61 x 48 cm Painting . 24 x 18.9 inch

€500

Abstract 2132

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,048

Safe harbour

Susan C

Painting . 53.5 x 53.5 x 4 cm Painting . 21.1 x 21.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,138

Alchemy of Light

Harold Richter

Painting . 130 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Hoopoe

Irina Sazonova

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€897

Playa as Polas-4

Julien Jubault

Painting . 120 x 110 x 0.01 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€2,100

Torsione

Giorgio Carluccio

Sculpture . 21 x 16 x 12 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 6.3 x 4.7 inch

€500

Laguna Madre

Sam Soles

Painting . 45.7 x 91.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 18 x 36 x 3 inch

€1,945

My Orange Sky

Qais Alsindy

Painting . 213.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 84 x 84 x 2 inch

€16,064

Rhapsody of a summer dream

Alla Grande

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

€2,400

Yeti Rattle

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 2 inch

€2,109

Into the Horizon

Vian Borchert

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

€2,244

Coral Reef

Victoria Kloch

Painting . 66 x 182.9 x 7.6 cm Painting . 26 x 72 x 3 inch

€1,077

One

Alfredo Pizzi

Painting . 160 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63 x 82.7 x 0 inch

€1,300

Erosiones VII, Found objects in wood box wall sculpture

Fernando Otero

Sculpture . 52.1 x 72.4 x 10.2 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 28.5 x 4 inch

€2,244

Lavender Storm

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€1,346

Violatte viloes

Tanya Silva

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

€750

Sir Bastian

Christian Büffel

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,700

Sans titre n°013

Laurence Granger

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

€900

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

Emerald Meander

Sean Knipe

Painting . 101.6 x 203.2 x 10.2 cm Painting . 40 x 80 x 4 inch

€6,731

Revolution

Eliana Sá

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

€1,300

Paradis

Emily Starck

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

€1,660

Summer Heat II

Jane W

Painting . 21 x 27 x 4 cm Painting . 8.3 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch

€470

13 V 2018

Étienne Jacobée

Fine Art Drawings . 40.6 x 29.7 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 11.7 inch

€700

The Lines That Gave Support

Julia Shilo

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

€763

Colectivo 2

Victoria Río Hermoso

Painting . 98 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Think pink

Inez Froehlich

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

€2,400

And All at Once

Wietzie Gerber

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4.6 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.8 inch

€1,526

H1#2023

Stephan Laplanche

Painting . 33 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Conscience

Ana Costov

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,301

Les coraux fraîchement sortis de la mer

Amphora

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

€350

Un Poco Más

Helen Frankenthaler

Print . 70 x 92 cm Print . 27.6 x 36.2 inch

€6,000

Cherry punch. Diptych | Pink Beige Abstract Diptych

Galina Gataullina

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

€529

January Contemplation

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting . 120 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€1,300

I Dreamt Big

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 4.44 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.7 inch

€3,400

Infinite Energy (Metaphysics series)

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€515

Diana

Daniel Timko

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

€855

The forehead cries

Kiril Kolev

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€450

Slow Current / Series Color and Silence : Gentle Flow Abstract Artwork | Blue, Turquoise, Sand & Wine Tones | Contemporary Masterpiece

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,167

Famille de Butterfly Hill

Sourena Parhizkar

Painting . 35 x 27 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Talking About Love

Beata Kmita

Painting . 90 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€9,047

Montagne enneigée

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 92 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,450

Gathered Light | Textured Abstract Expressionist Artwork in Beige, Dusty Pink and Espresso Brown

Viktoria Daneva

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

€888

Les illusions

Hugo Leboeuf

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

€1,100

Fleeting Moments: Vibrant Deep Blue Abstract Artwork, Expressive Acrylic on Canvas, Art Investment, Modern Decor

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 82 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,122

Autumn fire 2

Reiner Heidorn

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,409

Outside The Rain

Niki Stearman

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.3 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.3 inch

€3,141

Turbulence,

Vibha Kapur

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 4.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,947

Sunny Horse

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 125 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€987

Territorio Desconocido 9

Joaquín Lara

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

€1,200

Miroir

Reinhoud d'Haese

Print . 22 x 14 cm Print . 8.7 x 5.5 inch

€200

Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting)

G. Campbell Lyman

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1 inch

€4,406

Eternal Recurrence #16, deiNERI Pedestal Sculture

Natasha Zupan

Sculpture . 119.4 x 55.9 x 1.3 cm Sculpture . 47 x 22 x 0.5 inch

€5,385

Coastal Veil of Light – Contemporary Coastal Abstract Painting

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 90 x 120 x 0.2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,230

Velvet Illusion

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,168

Impresiones II

M Villanueva

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

€2,500

Reverberation, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Sara Gardner

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

€1,186

The scenery

Nazik Aslanyan

Photography . 14.5 x 19.5 x 0.01 cm Photography . 5.7 x 7.7 x 0 inch

€500

Abstraction Concrète 18

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Frames l

Sofia Barroso

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,021

The essence of life

Ella Prakash

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Monet Talks - Abstraction Concrète 122

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,400

Presentiment-XIV

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€200

«19?15» - 1

Senia Baloyan

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

€628

Ancient Symbols

James C. Leonard

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

€5,564

From chaos to harmony

Olga Afanasiadi

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€853

La Vague (The Wave)

Francis Besson

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,400

Contemporary French Abstract Expressionist

Christian Manoury

Painting . 25 x 27 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Composition

Pierre Mantra

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

€3,250

Reliance

Youthone

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

€1,030 €824

Sea foam 6

Anna Peserico

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

€900

Untitled - Expression

Jackson Pollock

Print . 58.5 x 74 x 0.2 cm Print . 23 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch

€38,000

Aptère VI

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 118 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 46.5 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

€5,900

Dog lives here

Josee Graybill

Painting . 76 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Genèse 1 / 82511A

John3seven

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

€1,800

Where Light Settles | Grey Blue Minimalist Textured Quadriptych

KatriTa

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

€888

Original Gouache II

Asger Jorn

Painting . 52 x 72 cm Painting . 20.5 x 28.3 inch

€8,900

The Emotional Creation #311

Carla Sá Fernandes

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,787

Victoria

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€690

Axis of Still Waters – Contemporary Neutral Abstract Painting

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 85 x 85 x 0.2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.1 inch

€951

Romeo and Juliet

Emily Starck

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

€3,400

Some like it pink

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€980

Coup de foudre

Annemarie Laffont

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.7 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch

€450

The mind's nowhere

Poovi Art

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

€1,435

Terra nova

Hugo Leboeuf

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Indomptable nature

Marie Line Robert

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

€580

Wisdom in Blue

Ashley Irizarry

Painting . 22.86 x 17.78 x 2 cm Painting . 9 x 7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Light Interrupted

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.78 inch

€1,200

Shadow

Darlene Watson

Painting . 203.2 x 292.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 80 x 115 x 2 inch

€16,144

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