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.

Blue January

Emily Starck

Painting . 57 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 22.4 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€950

Bunker sidéral

Patricia Daluz Galego

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

€2,200

G12#2024

Stephan Laplanche

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

€2,800

Imagination - triptych (stretched)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 40 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€780

Red Poppies (2)

Theresa Vandenberg Donche

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

€1,361

ST202403242

Emily Starck

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

€800

Ultra Red 02

Simone De Rosa

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

€190

Sans titre (TAC160386)

Hervé Ringer

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

€950

Diversion

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Blue Abstraction III

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Victorian Place III,IV

Ron Halfant

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.5 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.6 inch

€1,222

Série Noire 2

Pierre Calogero

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Heat Of The Day

Jane Munro

Print . 42 x 100 x 1 cm Print . 16.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€800

13 V 2018

Étienne Jacobée

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

€700

Thumbs Up

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 116.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 46 x 0.1 inch

€4,583

Series Depth: Depth | Serene Blue-Green Abstract Oil on Canvas Artwork 70x50cm | Elegant Contemporary Decor

Katrin Rymsha

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

€779

Interrupted Horizon

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Sans-titre rouge

Tania Carrara

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Positioning 1

Janet Adebayo

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 8 x 1 inch

€412

Eau et fusain 9

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,450 €1,305

The Path to You

Piotr Butkiewicz

Painting . 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Lights 3

Lena Langer

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,375 €1,237

Nebula of Silent Echoes

Nora Shade

Painting . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,008

Euphoria

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

The Spark of Life

Anna Selina

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

€2,200

Grey Symphony

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€825

Untitled 64

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

The Ocean is Rising

Flora B

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

€1,995

Melody of the Painting III

Milada Dureckova

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

€830

Motion To Strike

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 90.9 x 150.1 x 6.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 59.1 x 2.4 inch

€4,466

Nature's Burst: Breakthrough

Uliana Sal

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

€642 €577

Orange sun

Saho art

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

€3,000

Expressive Hands

Artyom Basenci

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

€1,100 €880

Alma

Maria Hernandez

Painting . 99.1 x 201.9 cm Painting . 39 x 79.5 inch

€22,000

Not A Time To Be Afraid

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€1,833

Abstract express

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 78.7 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31 x 40 x 2 inch

€1,919

Piccole impronte

Nino Pizzimenti

Painting . 18.5 x 12.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.1 inch

€100

Tornado 2

Bill Stone

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 2 inch

€2,108

Magical

Maria Esmar

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Canvas 067

Cy Seymour

Painting . 129.5 x 66 x 3.8 cm Painting . 51 x 26 x 1.5 inch

€3,712

Emerald Flow VI | Abstract Ocean-Inspired Round Oil Artwork

Yana Dmitrieva

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

€458

Elle illumine ma vie

Nathanael Koffi

Painting . 55 x 22 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch

€400

Ophelia

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 205 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Untamed Garden

Litta Soheila Sohi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Balance of Light. Diptych | Modern Textured Abstract Oil Canvas

Viktoria Daneva

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

€1,054

Minimalism

Tomo Sakurai

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Symphonies of big space 4

Vera Klimova

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

€1,512

Silhouettes 4

Anastacia Kevich

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

€1,421 €1,279

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 60 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Cosmos

Irina Danilova

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

My daughter’s flowers

Lea Karvala

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

€1,100

Ruminations

Rani R

Print . 20 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.9 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€411

Spiritual Immortality

Emily Starck

Painting . 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€9,500

Ruby red

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€900

Revival

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€800

Graphite Sun

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 123 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 48.4 x 0 inch

€1,400

Life's Surge

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,008

Blue Lagoon

Simona Sedlakova

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

€1,450

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs X.

Christian Manoury

Painting . 96 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Confess to you

Emily Starck

Painting . 125 x 86 x 0.2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 33.9 x 0.1 inch

€2,100

December

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Spring Energy

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€2,800

Explolfora Series Feminine florals

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 117 x 152 x 0.1 cm Painting . 46.1 x 59.8 x 0 inch

€2,590

Vert

Frédérique Bernard Fab

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

€940

Maelstrom nebula

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 121.9 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 18 x 2 inch

€1,810

Composition

Michel Cadoret

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

I choose peace 01

Poovi Art

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

€724 €544

Un coin de ciel bleu

Emily Starck

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Everything's gonna be allright

Emily Starck

Painting . 58 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€900

Lumières florales

Emily Starck

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

€1,000

Spring colors

Emily Starck

Painting . 51 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.1 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€900

ST20240324

Emily Starck

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

€800

Composition Mars 2024

Emily Starck

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

€1,000

Joy

Emily Starck

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

€800

Warm lines

Emily Starck

Painting . 45 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

Luci nel buio

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 56.5 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22.2 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

L'inconnue

Emily Starck

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

16 septembre 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 92 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,550

Let's play

Emily Starck

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

€900

Énergie en rouge et noir

Emily Starck

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

€900

Gratitude

Emily Starck

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

€900

Winter water lilies

Emily Starck

Painting . 75 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Smile, there's rose

Poovi Art

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

€550 €412

I believe in pink

Poovi Art

Painting . 88.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 36 x 1 inch

€550 €412

ST20230724

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 88 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,300

Traces of you

Poovi Art

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€642 €481

Dreamscape 1

Ethan Newman

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 3 inch

€4,583

Ocean's Heart

Bozhena Fuchs

Painting . 71.1 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 51 x 1 inch

€2,567

Blue soul

Vern Rollin

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.8 inch

€632

On the Goryunskiy lands

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 55 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,017

Solor

Alessandra Bisi

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

€1,800

Blue Sign 1

Gina Vor

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

€800

Attention: Dynamic Red Line Abstract on Pink Field

Ekaterina Dutkevich

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch

€568

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