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.

Fluctuat nec mergitur

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

My love

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Le ruban rouge

Emily Starck

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

€3,150

31 août 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

I want you back

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 41.7 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Un coup de maître

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Bientôt l'automne

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Don't give up

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Vegetal laces

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Stormy weather

Emily Starck

Painting . 108 x 108 x 3 cm Painting . 42.5 x 42.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Tasty peaches

Emily Starck

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

€3,150

The woman with the scarf

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

August flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 41.7 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Kiss me

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

The sun is shining

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Lucid dream

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Another pink day

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Emily in wonderland

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

21 août

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Dream on

Emily Starck

Painting . 102 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

La vie en rose

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Closeness

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€4,554

Figurated forest

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 137.2 x 170.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 54 x 67 x 1.5 inch

€8,455

Waiting for Summer

Emily Starck

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

€1,685

Retour du Midi

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,416

Fingernails

Christian Valentine

Painting . 91.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 12 x 2 inch

€638

Summer symphony

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Stolen Spring

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,500

Water Rebirth

Anastasia Vasilyeva

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

€800

Camélia

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 102 x 2 cm Painting . 41.7 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Abstract_008

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,990

Traum

Jan Deconinck

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

€1,500

Abstract_009

Bernhard Lang

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

On the Goryunskiy lands

Alexander Shandor

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

€2,004

Ruisseau Holocene IX

Mari Amman

Photography . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€1,155

Lignes directrices - Série Trajectoires

Clément Ogiela

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

€440

Almost a dream

Maria Esmar

Painting . 190 x 190 x 0.2 cm Painting . 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.1 inch

€7,500

Streams of Light | Elegant Neutral Textured Abstract Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€2,915

Storm in Sunset

Sergey Arustamyan

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

€319

Archetypes in Motion, abstract expressionism painting, red abstract artwork, gestural abstract painting, symbolic abstract art, contemporary expressionist painting, modern abstract

Harold Richter

Painting . 110 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Traces of Light | Contemporary Atmospheric Abstract Oil on Canvas

Viktoria Daneva

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

€2,186 €1,967

Silence. Feeling 2: Contemporary Abstract Artwork | Soothing Blue & Grey Tones for Modern Interiors

Kordeliz

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€319

Blue Garden with Poppies

Julia Kirillova (Crystal)

Painting . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€301 €271

20 décembre 2025

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€4,800

Light and shadow

Anna Selina

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

€2,000

Symphony of Contrasts

KatriTa

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

€2,277 €2,049

Light Beyond the Storm

Andranik Harutyunyan

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€683 €546

Here And There 3.

Petr Strnad

Painting . 40.5 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.9 x 11.9 x 0 inch

€330

Entropy Zone 21.

Petr Strnad

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

€490

Untitled 38

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 40 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Unspoken Story 13.

Petr Strnad

Painting . 41.8 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€330

Follow What's Interesting

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 152.4 x 203.2 x 5 cm Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 inch

€6,500

Echo

Weronika Dylag

Painting . 100 x 85 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

I Licked the Sun and Burnt my Tongue

Flora B

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

€1,216

All the Mad Beasts and Then Some

Craig Moran

Painting . 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€492

Giva

Sumit Mehndiratta

Print . 104 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.9 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,170

Stick: Magenta Elegance 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 75 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,390

Long road

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 59 x 45 cm Painting . 23.2 x 17.7 inch

€900

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

Bloom into infinite joy 03

Poovi Art

Painting . 111.8 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44 x 30 x 1 inch

€410

Bloom into infinite joy 01

Poovi Art

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€319

Believe and act 01

Poovi Art

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

€182

Indigo Field

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 1.3 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 0.5 inch

€1,093

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12052022,

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,648

The Journey

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€40,986

Mirro conversation 03

Poovi Art

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

€182

Migratory Etiquette

Matthew Dibble

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

€4,736

Gift From Mother Nature

Julia Hacker

Painting . 172.7 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 68 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€5,233

Winter Mine

Joseph Piccillo

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

€3,265

Early October

Geoff Howard

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

€3,403

I wanted to leave

Emily Starck

Painting . 48.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,639

Search engine

Bill Stone

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

€2,459

In The Heat Of The Air

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 100.3 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€5,647

Place Narrative 13.

Petr Strnad

Painting . 61 x 46 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.5 inch

€590

Bang! 2

Olena Shtepura

Painting . 167 x 137 x 2.5 cm Painting . 65.7 x 53.9 x 1 inch

€4,000

Abstract-2

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 cm Painting . 36 x 30 inch

€5,465

Divine

Poovi Art

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

€455

Heat Of The Day

Jane Munro

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

€800

Summer Heat I

Jane W

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

€474

Sans-titre blanc bleu

Tania Carrara

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

€1,400

Claim 160

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,320

Symphonies of big space 5

Vera Klimova

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

€1,503

Golden Coast

Arturas Lapajevas

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

€3,500

Endless Impact D09

Minseok Kang

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

€7,200

Couleurs #41

LN Le Cheviller

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

€950

Brouhaha

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€3,600

Erosion

Mieke Baak

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€9,500

By the River at Warrandyte

Henrietta

Painting . 91.5 x 122 x 4 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 1.6 inch

€6,079

Pale Reflections

Norayr Gevorgyan

Painting . 35 x 45 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€273

Cross Circle

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 35 x 31 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch

€75

Universe 2

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 90 x 110 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.7 inch

€1,184

Sol naciente

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 122.5 x 122.5 x 1 cm Painting . 48.2 x 48.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,641

Inner View

Milada Dureckova

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

€1,175

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