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.

Claim 35

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,340

Fragmentations

Dam Domido

Painting . 95 x 95 x 0.01 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€1,800

Golden Pulse

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 100 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,525

Emeral dios

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€900

Close Your Eyes And Fly

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 91.4 x 122 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,600

Kindness is good for your health

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Yellow gesture

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

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

Gold Birch

Cory Ciona

Painting . 50.8 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,400

Untitled September

Emily Starck

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

€2,100

Abstract Garden

Artyom Basenci

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

€1,166

I choose peace 01

Poovi Art

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

€709

Purple Spirit

Emily Starck

Painting . 97 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Sea foam 10

Anna Peserico

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Positive vibes

Emily Starck

Painting . 80 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Abstract self portrait

Emily Starck

Painting . 92 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Twombly

Emily Starck

Painting . 80 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Smile, there's rose

Poovi Art

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

€538

I believe in pink

Poovi Art

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

€538

Self portrait fall 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 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

€628

Dont give up No.2

Bea Garding Schubert

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch

€1,480

Eyes on us

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 86.4 x 137.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 34 x 54 x 1.5 inch

€2,467

Ocean

Suz Shippey Borski

Painting . 99.1 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€987

Camaïeu de rouge

Emily Starck

Painting . 76 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

OSONS LA VIE

Sophie Petetin

Painting . 26 x 36 x 2 cm Painting . 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch

€290

Exploflora Series 96

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 116 x 116 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.7 x 45.7 x 0 inch

€1,700

Composition 283

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€1,700

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

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

€500

RT28

Anouck Botteron

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

€2,400

Fire Orchid: Original Abstract Floral, 16x20in Fluid Acrylic | Intense Colors, Modern Interior Art

Irene Peysakhova

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch

€449

Optical illusion | Geometric Gray Marble Abstract Artwork

Daria Kalinnikova

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

€762

Blue Beige Abstract Seascape Painting on Canvas 50x70 cm-Light Breaking Over Deep Waters

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€646

Vortex: Deep Blue & Teal Textured Abstract Artwork | Acrylic on Canvas

Jane Ti

Painting . 25 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€350

Circulation - Série Trajectoires

Clément Ogiela

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€440

Eclats de Passion - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

Painting . 46 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€625

L'Émergence de la Couleur

Marc Beaufrere

Painting . 120 x 160 x 7 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 2.8 inch

€7,200

Quiet Motion

Liza Altman

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€2,153

Carnaval - Abstraction texturée

Jouane

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

€600

Never say never

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,480

Smoke Tree at Dusk

Flora B

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

€1,144

Falling Leaves 02

Poovi Art

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€314

Time and Space I

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 94 x 68 x 24 cm Painting . 37 x 26.8 x 9.4 inch

€1,200

Paysages imaginaires

Joséphine De Saint Seine

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Fragments of life

Emily Starck

Painting . 95 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Le vivarium

Laurent Proneur

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2 inch

€26,820

Color Skating

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,940

Pleasure

Melezhik Olga

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

€605

Coastal

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,507

Coastal Vision,

Sam Soles

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,366

Messages from the universe

Emily Starck

Painting . 58 x 51 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€900

Let's cultivate our weirdness

Emily Starck

Painting . 60 x 54 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€1,300

We will be able to rebuild

Tetiana Ocheredko

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,973

Vision oceanique

Charles Carson

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

€9,329

Tornado 3

Bill Stone

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

€2,063

Crazy love II

Ansgar Dressler

Painting . 101.6 x 81.3 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 32 x 1.2 inch

€1,202

Composition

Kajazun (Kajo) Avetisyan

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

€700

Finis Extra 48767

Duilio Forte

Painting . 31.8 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 12.5 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€420

Ophelia

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€5,800

Endless Impact D06

Minseok Kang

Painting . 89.5 x 154.9 x 3 cm Painting . 35.2 x 61 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Symphonies of big space 1

Vera Klimova

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

€1,480

Winter Morning

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,256

Light and shadow

Anna Selina

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

€2,000

I colori del mondo

Dam Domido

Painting . 95 x 95 x 0.01 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€1,800

Patchwork #4

Kateryna Malomuzh

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

€233

Vida

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

Painting . 100 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,046

Sans titre n°2049

Laurence Granger

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Élan musical

Marie-Laure Romanet Prin

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

€800

Starck Power

Emily Starck

Painting . 215 x 134 x 0.2 cm Painting . 84.6 x 52.8 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

What's up in the studio?

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Echoes of Form, Diptych

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 70 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€1,346

Clown curve

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 inch

€1,090

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

Raw pleasure

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Violin

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

The unspeakable

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Sunlight Dances on my Skin

Wietzie Gerber

Painting . 54.1 x 65 x 4.6 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.8 inch

€1,794

Rostros sin rostro 11-2

José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro

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

€3,000

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

Blue II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€807

Gleichzeit 1/19

Ernst Wolf

Painting . 110 x 170 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 66.9 x 2 inch

€6,000

November 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Happy pig

Christian Valentine

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

€583

Abstract #4

Chris Ritter

Painting . 44.5 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,153

Solor

Alessandra Bisi

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

€1,800

Mineral Silence III: Abstract Art with Sculptural Texture in Earthy Grays and Browns

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch

€2,512

Cool lavender

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€1,190

Élan Doré

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Vision

Arturas Lapajevas

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

€3,500

The Lines That Made Me

Julia Shilo

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

€718

Golden storm unique piece 1/1

James Chiew

Painting . 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€16,000

Fishermen’s small boat harbor backside

Lea Karvala

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

The language of the soul 9. Diptych | Vibrant Abstract Diptych in Green, Gray & Gold

Anastacia Kevich

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,346

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