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.

La Rencontre

Marc Leforestier

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

€690

Connection

Kat Zhivetin

Painting . 92 x 122 x 0.3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 48 x 0.1 inch

€474

Red and White II and III, Expanded Metal Painting. Diptych

Clemens Wolf

Painting . 149.9 x 239.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59 x 94.4 x 1 inch

€25,502

Flame Abstraction (Giclée Print)

Kristina Mallen

Print . 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€390

SCA - 2

Julien Jubault

Painting . 120 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Night guest

Andriy Klishyn

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

€605

A New Life 01 and Below 01, Diptych

Angelica Tcherassi

Photography . 99.8 x 140 x 0.3 cm Photography . 39.3 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,461

Butterfly Wing

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Tulipes au soleil, avril

Alexei Lantsev

Print . 39 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.4 x 11 x 0 inch

€150

Form

Strashevich Alexander

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

€640

Lapland's lights

Burhan Amer

Painting . 130 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€6,200

Balanza

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 65 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€447

Claim 42

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€2,340

Sunset Lake Hues

Silvia Vassileva

Painting . 45.7 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting . 18 x 36 x 0.8 inch

€811

Untitled

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 145 x 205 x 2 cm Painting . 57.1 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,500 €4,675

Untitled

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,000 €6,800

Untitled

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,000 €6,800

Ischia

Paul Manes

Painting . 182.9 x 243.8 cm Painting . 72 x 96 inch

€45,540

Radiant Pulse

Kamo Atoyan

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

€273

Vivid Cosmos

Kamo Atoyan

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

€228 €182

Radiant Pulse

Kamo Atoyan

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

€228

Magenta Maelstrom

Kamo Atoyan

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

€228 €182

Oceania celebration

Vik Schroeder

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

€500

Ciel d'automne

Charles Carson

Painting . 91.4 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 18 x 2 inch

€10,930

Automated

Newel Hunter

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€1,548

Blue fin (A066)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 122 x 91.5 x 2.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.1 inch

€36,000

Hard road to freedom

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 101.5 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€45,540

Bound (DIV015)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 101.5 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€145,000

Eruption 2

Bebler

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

€1,600

Habanera

Victoria Jáimez

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch

€400

Yellow graff

Dam Domido

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

€560

Islande IV

Ken Denning

Print . 20.6 x 28 cm Print . 8.1 x 11 inch

€150

Trophy

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 102 x 184 x 2 cm Painting . 40.2 x 72.4 x 0.8 inch

€6,600 €5,940

Abstract Twins

Gina Vor

Painting . 38 x 56 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€300

Abstract No 58

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Tornado

Gina Vor

Painting . 41 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€200

Abstract No 55

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Rain

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 58 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

€300

Abstract No 54

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 27 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

€200

Two Charming Supernovas

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 59 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch

€300

Two Purple Supernovas

Gina Vor

Painting . 39 x 58 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

€300

Abstract No 53

Gina Vor

Painting . 38 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€200

Abstract No 51

Gina Vor

Painting . 38 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€200

Green Abstract - Abstrait Vert

Gina Vor

Painting . 38 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€200

Abstract No 18

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€100

Abstract No 15

Gina Vor

Painting . 29.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€150

Yellow Diptych, Diptyque Jaune

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

Bubble In A Trouble

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€300

Sharp Elbows

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 48.3 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19 x 39 x 0.1 inch

€2,368

Postcard From Easy Street

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 48.3 x 100.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19 x 39.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,457

Masquerade

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Here's What You Need to Know

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Let me say this about that

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Brae Loch

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Fragile Abstraction

SP

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€120

Grounding through fragmentation - Vivid Green & Deep Tones Abstract Artwork - Acrylic on Paper

Fatima Erkenova

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€273

L'homme passe

Kalus

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€190

Organique

Nadia Zouari

Painting . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€500

Blue velvet

Manuel Martín Cabrera

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

€500

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

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

€700

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 14 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 5.5 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€200

Capricho

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

Painting . 20 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€128

Etendue spontanée - medium #20

LN Le Cheviller

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

€525

Etendue spontanée - medium #19

LN Le Cheviller

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

€525

De dos

Marc Leforestier

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

€690

Grey and White I and II, Expanded Metal Painting. Diptych

Clemens Wolf

Painting . 199.9 x 399.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 157.4 x 1 inch

€35,521

Composition no.7

Jovana Cajovic

Painting . 40.5 x 28.5 x 2 cm Painting . 15.9 x 11.2 x 0.8 inch

€500

Intouchable

Beata Kmita

Painting . 120 x 200 x 3.52 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.4 inch

€15,000

Can't Catch Us

Abashidze Marusya

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

€700

Quelques Nuages

Amalya Nané Tumanian

Painting . 130 x 130 x 2.4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.9 inch

€8,600 €7,740

Windiness

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€1,800

What Do You Think About the Wind

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€2,000

The Life of Light and Wind

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 110 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Splashes of Summer Impressions

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€1,950

Pink Wind

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€2,000

The walk in the big city

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€1,950

Idea

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 170 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 66.9 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Grotto

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 90 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Fountain of Life

Vik Schroeder

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

€500

Energie

Yvonne Benasser

Painting . 53 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€290

Intrecci rosa

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Meditation

Gina Vor

Fine Art Drawings . 55.5 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.9 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€600

Not there 2

Gina Vor

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€550

Not There 1

Gina Vor

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€550

2105.

Alejandra Quintanilla

Painting . 135 x 180 x 0.3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

€7,286

N2026-008. The "Germination" series: Dynamic Pink & Blue Abstract Ink Artwork for Contemporary Interiors

Helen Burkova

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0 inch

€319

N2026-037 - The "Germination" series | Vibrant Lyrical Abstract Artwork: Blue, Green & Brown Emotional Unfolding

Helen Burkova

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0 inch

€319

"N2026-017 - The "Germination" series" | Avant-Garde Abstract Watercolor for Sophisticated Modern Interiors (28x35.6 cm)

Helen Burkova

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0 inch

€319

"N2026-013 - The "Germination" series": Expressive Abstract Ink on Paper – Orange, Magenta & Teal Fluidity

Helen Burkova

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0 inch

€319

N2026-005 - The Germination series

Helen Burkova

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0 inch

€319

Eve of destruction - petite #4

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 36.5 x 36.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14.4 x 14.4 x 0.1 inch

€250

Summer Night

Helen Burkova

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

€474

The Party

Helen Burkova

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

€474

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