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 Lagoon

Simona Sedlakova

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

€1,450

December

Emily Starck

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

€2,200

Bunker sidéral

Patricia Daluz Galego

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

Three Wise blots

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 122 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.9 x 48 x 1 inch

€1,740

Red Poppies (2)

Theresa Vandenberg Donche

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

€1,336

Orange sun

Saho art

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

€3,000

Winter charts

Stanislav Lazarov

Painting . 70 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,400 €4,860

Underwater Daylight XXXL 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 150 x 240 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch

€9,790

Sans titre (TAC160386)

Hervé Ringer

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

€950

More than a body

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€2,700

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 €1,980

Anticipation Summer

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€810

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

Vida

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

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

€1,046

Never say never

Chantal Proulx

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

€1,485

Contemporary Aboriginal Inspired Abstract

Menno Modderman

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

€520

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

Vert

Frédérique Bernard Fab

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

€940

Black is Beautiful

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

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

€1,890

Crazy love II

Ansgar Dressler

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

€1,206

Emergence - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€675

Émergence de la Couleur N°2

Marc Beaufrere

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

€7,200

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

€720

Sans titre 24

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 80 x 180 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 70.9 x 1 inch

€4,600

Constellations,capturing life

Clara Crespin

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

€1,400

Untitled (03.11.22)

Joan Saló

Painting . 125 x 190 x 4 cm Painting . 49.2 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€8,390

Later this Summer

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€660 €594

Golden Pulse

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€1,530

Tropical City #1

Angela Wakefield

Painting . 86.4 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 37 x 1 inch

€120,723

Life's Surge

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€990

Colors conversation

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Do I owe you something ?

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Feel You

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

"Echo of the Galaxy": Captivating Abstract Blue Art | Cosmic & Aurora Inspired, Modern Statement Piece, 80x129 cm

Vladilena Cherednichenko

Painting . 80 x 129 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 50.8 x 0 inch

€891

Where the rainbow is born

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€1,775

Life in Motion

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 45 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€990

I choose peace 01

Poovi Art

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

€711

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

The nightmare

Emily Starck

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

€900

The shadow of the past

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,980

L'inconnue

Emily Starck

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

€1,000

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

Smile, there's rose

Poovi Art

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

€540

I believe in pink

Poovi Art

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

€540

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

€630

Happy pig

Christian Valentine

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

€585

Ocean

Suz Shippey Borski

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

€990

Énergie matinale

Dam Domido

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

€3,500

2105.

Alejandra Quintanilla

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

€7,200

Intimate Moment

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 205 x 154 x 2 cm Painting . 80.7 x 60.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Fragments of Matter II: Abstract Expressionist Textured Artwork

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€5,220

Becoming Landscape

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Lignes directrices - Série Trajectoires

Clément Ogiela

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

€440

Endless Impact D04

Minseok Kang

Painting . 97 x 193.8 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 76.3 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Quiet Motion

Liza Altman

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

€2,160

Lights 3

Lena Langer

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

€1,350

Down by the Water

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting . 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Claim 35

Mark Hellbusch

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

€2,340

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

Petri dish

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€900

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

Flowers perfume

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

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

Hongrang

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Is perfection an illusion?

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

The sphere of emotions is a jungle

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Agoraphobia

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

The Blue Skin of the World

Flora B

Painting . 60 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,147

Falling Leaves 02

Poovi Art

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

€315

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

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

Untitled September

Emily Starck

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

€2,100

Infinity

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 180 x 135 x 0.2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.1 inch

€5,100

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

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

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

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

€1,485

Eyes on us

Valerie Vescovi

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

€2,475

Camaïeu de rouge

Emily Starck

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

€1,500

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

Magical n'Sense

Ron Halfant

Painting . 50.8 x 121.9 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 0.6 inch

€809

Serie Gris

Antonio Vargas

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

€500

Finis Extra 48767

Duilio Forte

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

€420

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

€648

Per Aspera…

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€5,200

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

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