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.

The White Dragon

Patricia Marguerite Maneim

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

€2,500

Blue legend

Paul Landou

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€900

Down Under

Victoria Kloch

Painting . 137.2 x 127 x 0.8 cm Painting . 54 x 50 x 0.3 inch

€2,767

Friends 78

Veronica Vilsan

Painting . 58.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23 x 60 x 2 inch

€888

Lima 02

Paul Scat

Painting . 149.9 x 119.4 x 4.1 cm Painting . 59 x 47 x 1.6 inch

€3,330

Fine Morning

Gago Chtchyan

Painting . 63 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

How'd We Get Here?

Sheila Grabarsky

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 4.6 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.8 inch

€1,710

Fragments of Matter V: Evocative Abstract Artwork with Earthy Tones and Rich Texture

Natalie Egorova

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

€4,230

Bent Space

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 140 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Trees #3

Nazik Aslanyan

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

€6,500

Vida de Perros

Pedro Guerrero

Painting . 140 x 290 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 114.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,398

In Motion

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,305

Raccoglimi

Davide Angelillo

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

€180

Something was waiting inside you

Vild Art

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€1,050

The dance of the wind

Aryn Garden

Painting . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€1,890

Geometria i atzar

Francesc Soler Claveras

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

A2401

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 68 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€900

Surf

Nash

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Upward movement

Helen Burkova

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

€828

Veil of Becoming

Vanessa P

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,744

Sans titre n°083

Laurence Granger

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

€1,800

Sunshine, The Golden Orb

Francis Besson

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.25 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,200

You guide me

Xiaoyang Galas

Painting . 81 x 65 x 4.1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,926

Bloody Soccer

Allan P Friedlander

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,800

Gaza

Francesco Martini

Painting . 180 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Golden Abstract

Samvel Atasunts

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

€990

Entrée maritime (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€250

Like nothing else (Experimental garden)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

€1,170

Zen-scape

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€2,133

Dark Waves

Nadia NL

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€748

Clouds are floating

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 31 x 1 inch

€1,422

Scenario

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 70.1 x 70.1 x 4.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,053

Positive Red Energy XL 2

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,890

Sunny summer day XL 12

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,990

Awesome Daydream XXL 4

Peter Nottrott

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

€3,990

Green Daydream XXL 2

Peter Nottrott

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

€3,490

Sunny Nature Impression XXL 2

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,990

One of these days XXL 9

Peter Nottrott

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

€3,490

Floral

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Untitled No.2

Ta Rui

Painting . 46.2 x 55.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18.2 x 21.9 x 1 inch

€800

Terracotta Currents – Contemporary Organic Abstract Painting

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€774

Structure of Air

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€5,200

Savage Rose

Litta Soheila Sohi

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

€4,800

Whirlwind of Reflections | Deep Burgundy & Ochre Contemporary Abstract Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

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

€1,035

Ecriture végétale N°3

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€490

Jardin d'Octobre

Priscilla Vettese

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

€160

Sans Titre 6

Jean-Charles Millepied

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,900

Hymne

Hugo Leboeuf

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Buscando luz

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,156

Inner Balance

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 135 x 240 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 94.5 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Sunset

Weronika Dylag

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

€2,200

Truce with black

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 102 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,400

Untamed Spirit

Wietzie Gerber

Painting . 71.1 x 50.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 28 x 20 x 1.8 inch

€1,917

Fluid playground

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 121 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 47.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Fire Matrix

Vesta Shi

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,260

Imagination - triptych (stretched)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 40 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€780

The House on the Cliff

Natalya Mougenot

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

€1,350

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12022022,

Michael Verlangieri

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

€3,604

Unnatural Vein

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 121.9 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 46 x 2 inch

€4,679

Abstract Minimalism. Between top and bottom.

Sve Gri

Painting . 86 x 61.2 x 0.05 cm Painting . 33.9 x 24.1 x 0 inch

€640

Une pluie d'or

Sylvie Tual

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

€8,450

Sunday Feeling on a Thursday: Inner Garden

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€390

The Insane Always Loved Me

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 80 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,050

Gestalt, la représentation comme theatre

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,490

Party Time

Viktoria Ganhao

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

€1,500

Serie The Landscape No.1

Qing-Chun Diao

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

African Tales (En route to Accra)

Manuela Karin Knaut

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

€6,500

Creación de la vía láctea

Pilar Xercavins Casas

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

€3,100

Cave diving - Burst of color 34, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

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

€1,775

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

Symphonies of big space 4

Vera Klimova

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

€1,485

Several Secrets

Piotr Butkiewicz

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 60 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Infinity VII

Karo Mkrtchyan

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€800

The pink and yellow flower bed

Lea Karvala

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

€950

Untitled

Mieke Baak

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Blue Bird

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€1,251

Untitled 70

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Liberté instinctive, série Libre Abstract - Abstraction expressionniste

Aurélie Jeannin

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.4 inch

€125

Abstract Expressionist Painting

Angela Wakefield

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 2 inch

€7,240 €4,851

Rubis

Hugo Leboeuf

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€850

Indian Summer

Trixie Pitts

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

€2,835

Low tide : abstract landscape

Luis Miguel Aparisi

Painting . 120.1 x 120.1 x 3 cm Painting . 47.3 x 47.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,655

Monolanche

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 84 x 87 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.1 x 34.3 x 0 inch

€1,200

Genesis Oceania

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€850

Infinite Energy (Metaphysics series)

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€515

La boxeuse

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2.4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.9 inch

€320

Vibrant Amber

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,512

Stormy

Behshad Arjomandi

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,431

Dreamland

Maria Esmar

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

€900

2107.

Alejandra Quintanilla

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

€7,199

Incantation

Jean-Luc Veret

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Gestalt, le cadre fait figure

Remi Delaplace

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

€3,990

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