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.

Above and Beyond

Kirill Postovit

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

€550 €275

Japanese basin

Emily Starck

Painting . 165 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 65 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€7,400

Abstract No. 65

Gina Vor

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€800

Turbulence

James Gordaneer

Painting . 76.2 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 23 x 2 inch

€6,822

Gift From Mother Nature

Julia Hacker

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

€5,157

Exotic Land

Emily Starck

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

€2,617

Poussières de sable du Sahara

Emily Starck

Painting . 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 47 x 1 inch

€3,284

Praise God

Emily Starck

Painting . 88.9 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45 x 1 inch

€2,617

L'inlassable quète

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,522

Butterflies are back

Emily Starck

Painting . 114.3 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,668

Sissi

Emily Starck

Painting . 104.1 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 37 x 1 inch

€2,794

Fingernails

Christian Valentine

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

€628

Place Narrative 13.

Petr Strnad

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

€590

L'arbre bleu

Emily Starck

Painting . 130 x 180 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Bang! 1

Olena Shtepura

Painting . 150 x 160 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 63 x 1 inch

€4,000

Dreamland

Maria Esmar

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

Impulse 12

Dam Domido

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,390

Present imperfect

Maria Esmar

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

€1,800

Divine

Poovi Art

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

€449 €337

Illusion of existence

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€808

Contact

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.125 inch

€1,436

Sol vivant

François - Jérôme Bringuier

Painting . 21 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€480

Happy Hours 202602-5 Bleu Jaune blanc Rose

Yaki Li

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€385

Life is a small mystery

Lea Karvala

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

€950

Meteore di petali

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 70 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,799

Couleurs #38

LN Le Cheviller

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

€1,450

Couleurs #37

LN Le Cheviller

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

€1,450

Solar whirl

Anna Selina

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

€2,000

Between Forces

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 72 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€565

Metamorphoses-2

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,167

Music of the Wind

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€853

Meditation

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€1,391

Rearranging My Mind

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 152.4 x 152.4 x 4.4 cm Painting . 60 x 60 x 1.7 inch

€5,000

Fika

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 61 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 21 x 1 inch

€853

Promise

Geesien Postema

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

€5,251

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

Angels

Beata Kmita

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€5,197

Opulence Fusion

Monica Tangen

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

€2,750

EXPECTATION

Lenta Markevich

Painting . 95 x 95 x 5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 2 inch

€1,100

Glistening Greens

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,616

Sun Fish

Sam Soles

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

€4,740

Green summer

Emily Starck

Painting . 130 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,200

Life-Force

Geoff Howard

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€3,332

Skydiving

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2.2 inch

€2,800

Impulse 17 bis

Dam Domido

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

€990

Technicolour

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

Black Cloud

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Galaxy of the Soul

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 110 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€650

Traces of Calm Brown Grey

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch

€790

Transition

Helen Zuskina

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

€1,167

Illusion

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,167

Enigma-2

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€853

Serenity

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,257

Thaw

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,257

Golden hour in a forest 17:00

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€499

Carnaval - Abstraction texturée

Jouane

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

€600

Sans titre n°7349

Laurence Granger

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€4,500

Mindful minimalism

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€570

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

Heartsease

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 61 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 21 x 1 inch

€853

Summer tango

Ivana Olbricht

Painting . 89.9 x 180.1 x 4.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€4,129

Green light

Kseniia Turik Turik&Art

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Complementary Patterns 8

Tiberiu Soos

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

€790

The Road to Justice

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 60 x 84 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,010

Hundertwasser

Floria Rey

Painting . 111 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.7 x 63 x 0 inch

€1,850

Life 02

Poovi Art

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

€224 €180

Life 01

Poovi Art

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

€224 €180

Rhythm

Gina Vor

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Playfulness

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€3,500

Abstract No. 63

Gina Vor

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€800

Brise napolitaine

Emily Starck

Painting . 208.3 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 82 x 49 x 1 inch

€4,583

Join me to heaven

Emily Starck

Painting . 94 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 78 x 1 inch

€5,340

Touches of love

Emily Starck

Painting . 104.1 x 200.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 79 x 1 inch

€5,770

Follow the line 1

Gina Vor

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

€800

Abstract 60

Fortunée Noël

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

€2,800

Canvas 067

Cy Seymour

Painting . 129.5 x 66 x 3.8 cm Painting . 51 x 26 x 1.5 inch

€3,635

Lacanau Beach mini

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 12 x 12 x 1 cm Painting . 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.4 inch

€220

Blue Abstract No. 5

Gina Vor

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Terra Cotta

Gina Vor

Painting . 95.5 x 95.5 x 2 cm Painting . 37.6 x 37.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Supernova No. 10

Gina Vor

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

€1,200

Impulse 11

Dam Domido

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,280

Impulse 5

Dam Domido

Painting . 72 x 93 x 2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Space

Gina Vor

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

African Tales (En route to Accra)

Manuela Karin Knaut

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

€6,500

Claim 175

Mark Hellbusch

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

€750

Claim 176

Mark Hellbusch

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

€750

Claim 177

Mark Hellbusch

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

€750

Harmonious Chaos. Composition #7: Abstract Acrylic Artwork – Capturing Modern Urban Rhythm & Balance

Daria Borisova

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 3.81 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1.5 inch

€404

Liaisons

Annemarie Laffont

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.7 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch

€450

S-obra 2D II

Franz Campoy

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€580

Frame

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 130 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

Abstract Dance

KatriTa

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

€2,513

Golden Horizon & Ashen Depths

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€682

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