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.

Embrasser la vie avec passion

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

March composition

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

A contre courant

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Lumière céleste

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

ST20240319

Emily Starck

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

€3,100

This is me

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Untitled March

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Roadside Attraction

Newel Hunter

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

€1,917

ST20240305

Emily Starck

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

€2,900

Struttura

Alessandra Bisi

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

€2,500

Just do it

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

The colors of happiness

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Sea foam 9

Anna Peserico

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

€2,000

ST202212312

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

Love and flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

The power of Art

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Red dots

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Minimal beat

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

All these things in my head

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

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

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

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

Space games

Samvel Atasunts

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

€1,070

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

Voyage céleste

Emily Starck

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,614

Extase, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Emily Starck

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

€1,649

Waiting for Summer

Emily Starck

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

€1,649

Retour du Midi

Emily Starck

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

€2,365

Summer symphony

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

Camélia

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

SUNDAY FEELING ON A TUESDAY - II

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€390

Flow of rivers

Maria Esmar

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

€1,500

Four seasons

Maria Esmar

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

€2,200

On the Goryunskiy lands

Alexander Shandor

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

€1,961

Al Mercato delle spezie

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 115 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.3 x 57.1 x 0 inch

€1,900

Asfalto bagnato

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 115 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting . 45.3 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€2,300

At the funeral of the tyrant

Johnny Semaan

Painting . 9 x 9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.5 x 3.5 x 0 inch

€178 €160

Mémoire en fragments

Jean-Michel Cordier

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€3,500

Angularity

Baruj Salinas

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

€900

New Codes

Michelle Hold

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

€2,500

Disappearance | Minimal Abstract Gradient Artwork with Soft Color Transition

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 105 x 85 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,961

Oil abstract landscape painting "Night"

Vadim O.

Painting . 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,799

Savage Rose

Litta Soheila Sohi

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

€4,800

Claim 158

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Eve of destruction - medium - bois #8

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 76.5 x 76.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 30.1 x 30.1 x 0.2 inch

€925

Timeleap X

Minseok Kang

Painting . 96.7 x 164.8 x 3 cm Painting . 38.1 x 64.9 x 1.2 inch

€8,300

Celebrate Every Day XXL 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,890

Memories

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,293

Les cigales chantent en été

Chantal Proulx

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

€1,961

Colours of Nature XL 3

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch

€2,370

Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie (from A Journey To Death)

Tracey Emin

Print . 94 x 74 x 0.01 cm Print . 37 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€11,000

Sans titre n°083

Laurence Granger

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

€1,800

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

Sunset

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

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 VIII.

Christian Manoury

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

€3,800

The Feeling of Love

Areg Vahramyan

Painting . 67 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 26.4 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Birds Above the Sea

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€3,300

Strange Weather

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 111 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 43.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

My pain

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Waves of Emotion

Artyom Basenci

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

€2,407

Untitled

Maria Esmar

Painting . 93 x 126 x 3 cm Painting . 36.6 x 49.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Midnight Luster

Arto Mkrtchyan

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

€267

Postcard From Ira

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 116.8 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting . 46 x 50 x 2 inch

€5,170

I wanted to leave

Emily Starck

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

€1,605

Believe in yourself

Maria Esmar

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

€1,800

Fly Away, Fly Away You Golden Dragon

Zoran Crncevic

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

€4,814

Eruption

Bebler

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

€1,090

Mystery and substance 14

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Mystery and substance 9 (1)

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Freedom in my thoughts 7

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Lemon Powder: Radiant Abstract Artwork | Bright Yellow & Neon Pink for Chic Contemporary Spaces

Katrin Rymsha

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

€758

Danse interieure

Christine Barth Mroz

Painting . 130 x 192 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 75.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Wuthering Surge I | Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€2,050

Through the Noise | Bold Turquoise Yellow Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

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

€2,362

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

€642

Stillness Of Water | Beige Brown Textured Abstract Landscape Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€1,248

Fragment nocturne

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

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