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.

Loisir

Michel Cadoret

Painting . 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Great Ebony

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 180 x 350 x 0.3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 137.8 x 0.1 inch

€5,200

Storm of Thoughts

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 58.4 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23 x 35 x 2 inch

€1,175

Ex Natura I

Diane de Cicco

Painting . 97 x 292 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.2 x 115 x 1 inch

€5,000

Composition 283

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 114 x 109 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 42.9 x 0 inch

€1,700

Horizon chromatique

Luc Mora

Painting . 90 x 155 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 0 inch

€1,500

Light in Reflections / Diptych: Contemporary Abstract Blue and Turquoise Water Reflection Canvas Artwork

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 80 x 160 x 1.9 cm Painting . 31.5 x 63 x 0.7 inch

€2,305

Dark time

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€150

The Blue Horizon

Gor Abrahamian

Painting . 100 x 130 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€2,712

Dog lives here

Josee Graybill

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

€3,600

Untitled

Vahan Roumelian

Sculpture . 25 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch

€2,800 €2,436

Yellow dawn

Andriy Klishyn

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

€940

Red hot

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,390

Brooklyn

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Sweet Dreams

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,000

Shards of twilight

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€1,390

Summer in a Flower Garden

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Lake of Hope

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,946

Trying to read between the lines

Larissa Eremeeva

Painting . 110 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,440

Sea Harmony in Pink: Textured Modern Ocean Sunrise Artwork

Natalia Sysoeva

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

€994

Audible horizon: A contemporary abstract work exploring silence and focus

Daria Vergina

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

€904

Aptère XII

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 49.5 x 49.5 x 3 cm Painting . 19.5 x 19.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Violatte viloes

Tanya Silva

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

€750

Untitled

Moko Khachatryan

Painting . 100 x 170 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch

€8,000 €6,800

Visage

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 90 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€10,000

Red Ground | Bold Red Abstract Expressionist Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 102 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€2,260

Italian Summer Garden: Large Abstract Mediterranean Canvas Artwork with Blush Pink, Olive Green, and Warm Terracotta Earth Tones

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,076

Stillness | Textured Earth Wabi-Sabi Artwork

Pugmatik

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,491

Wisdom in Blue

Ashley Irizarry

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

€1,300

Èyò

John Kayode Omidiran

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

€1,499

Dein see, was du siehst

Chris Kamprad

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

€4,000

Untitled q609

David Padworny

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch

€687

Dynamique

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Morning (Sky and Sea)

Giuseppe Zumbolo

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

€1,500

Genesis de la materia

Josè Ortega Coronel

Painting . 128 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 50.4 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Carnaval

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

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

Miroir ancien

Danila Menshikov

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Lasting (Black Edition)

ZES

Print . 90 x 77 cm Print . 35.4 x 30.3 inch

€1,201

The Battered Witness: Large Colorful Neo-Expressionist Abstract Artwork with Bold Red Eyes on Black Background

Serhio Lichi

Painting . 210 x 182 x 0.1 cm Painting . 82.7 x 71.7 x 0 inch

€1,446

Ancient Symbols

James C. Leonard

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

€5,604

In search of silence-2 (green)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 305 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting . 120.1 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€6,800

Twin Rust

Rita Reychler

Painting . 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

New Hip

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 129.5 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 51 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€4,519

Bullfight | Passionate Red Contemporary Abstract Artwork

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

Painting . 65 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,347

Emotional_Fields_V: Atmospheric Crimson Textured Abstract on canvas

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,260

Den Haag 09-02-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 14.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch

€878

Der Pelikan und das MÃ¤dchen, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 71.1 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,012

The scenery

Nazik Aslanyan

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

€500

January Contemplation

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€1,300

Unpredictability of Change.: Original Acrylic on Linen Abstract Expressionism Canvas

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 110 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,537

Azure

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 180 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Intrecci rosa

Marco Saporiti

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€250

Everywhere No. 2021004

Cheryl Johnson

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.3 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 0.5 inch

€5,048

Coloris et plastique

Filip Pavlik

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Victoria

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€800 €680

Still Life

Paul Nicholls

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Echoes of the Ocean, ocean inspired painting, chameleon effect art, iridescent painting, luminous artwork, rhinestone art, ocean energy, fluid motion, ocean aesthetic

Irina Fedorova

Painting . 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

May rain | Contemporary Abstract Green Minimalist Oil Artwork

Elya Reshetnikova

Painting . 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€877

Rising Sea. From the series Polyculture

Gregory Robin

Painting . 79.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,712

Untitled 48

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€900

Vague Sequence

Henrik Gjerstad

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€550

Flower Gardens

Tanya Swirl

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

€542

Esfumato

Rosa Cruz

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

€500 €400

Virages

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 58 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 22.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,300

Chef and fish

Shine Huang

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

€2,169

Untitled SF 221

Sam Francis

Print . 70.5 x 108.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.8 x 42.7 x 0.1 inch

€4,900

Volcano | Dynamic Abstract Acrylic Artwork

Alina O’Dwyer

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

€1,067

Behing the color 8 | Contemporary Purple Black Abstract Artwork

Olga Balaeva

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

€1,582

Storm: Modern abstract canvas art in earth and gray tones

Jane Ti

Painting . 70 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,356

Aptère VI

Frédéric Halbreich

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

€6,200

Shudders

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 85 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Naissance

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

Dazzle me !

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,300

Dream

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 106.7 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 42 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€5,391

Present

Sophie Dumont

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

€4,900

Hidden Light

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,600

Forces of Nature 001

Richard Solstjärna

Painting . 46 x 36 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Success - Blue Fracture / le succès selon Soulages et Klein

Tellyn-M

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

€1,000

Stream of Thoughts: Vertical Current: Cascading Blues & Silver Abstract Artwork

Ekaterina Zaznova

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€172

Sombre - 17 XI 2022 15h43

Étienne Jacobée

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.3 inch

€575

Infinity Movement III

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 61 x 82 cm Painting . 24 x 32.3 inch

€1,500

The Shame

Anna Paloma

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€452

Nature's Burst: Breakthrough

Uliana Sal

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

€633

Green Energy

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.3 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.9 inch

€976

Abstract Garden

Artyom Basenci

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

€1,175 €940

Enchanted Glade

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,100

Emerge

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€3,500

Winning freedom !

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,300

Indian Summer

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€3,100

I want it for myself

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,800

Fairy Lights

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

XO Crew 21

Gaëlle Wagner

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

€2,900

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