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.

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

Motion To Strike

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 90.9 x 150.1 x 6.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 59.1 x 2.4 inch

€4,398

Red Poppies (2)

Theresa Vandenberg Donche

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

€1,340

Orange sun

Saho art

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

€3,000

Expressive Hands

Artyom Basenci

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,083

Abstract-180 Happy Mind

Nivas Kanhere

Painting . 121.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 72 x 1 inch

€3,791

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

Fog No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

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

€496

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

€2,708

Parallel Universe/2

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€530

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

Chaos and Harmony

Seyran Gasparyan

Painting . 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€406

Anticipation Summer

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€812

Color in the Mist

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€812

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

€1,489

I Fear Nothing For I Have Already Danced Wondrously With And Nibbled At The Lips Of Death

Simon Findlay

Painting . 210 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 82.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

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

Profile of Abstraction

Sergey Khachatryan

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

€1,625

Vert

Frédérique Bernard Fab

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

€940

Maelstrom nebula

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 121.9 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 18 x 2 inch

€1,783

Alma

Maria Hernandez

Painting . 99.1 x 201.9 cm Painting . 39 x 79.5 inch

€21,665

Abstract express

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 78.7 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31 x 40 x 2 inch

€1,889

Piccole impronte

Nino Pizzimenti

Painting . 18.5 x 12.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.1 inch

€100

Black is Beautiful

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

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

€1,896

Tornado 2

Bill Stone

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 2 inch

€2,076

Crazy love II

Ansgar Dressler

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

€1,210

Summer Heat II

Jane W

Painting . 21 x 27 x 4 cm Painting . 8.3 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch

€471

Exit

2flui

Painting . 20 x 20 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€250

Emergence - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

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

€675

Spring Spirit

Petra Schott

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

€5,040

Emerald Flow V | Contemporary Emerald Fluid Abstract Artwork

Yana Dmitrieva

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

€451

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

€722

Colors of summer

Elya Reshetnikova

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

€1,083

Masquerade

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€984

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

City lights

Pedro Rodríguez Garrido

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

€6,350

Untitled (03.11.22)

Joan Saló

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

€8,391

Golden Pulse

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€1,535

Tropical City #1

Angela Wakefield

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

€120,741

Life's Surge

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€993

Untitled 60

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

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

€894

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

€1,780

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

€713

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

Everything's gonna be allright

Emily Starck

Painting . 58 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€900

Lumières florales

Emily Starck

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,000

Spring colors

Emily Starck

Painting . 51 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.1 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€900

The nightmare

Emily Starck

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

€900

ST20240324

Emily Starck

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€800

Composition Mars 2024

Emily Starck

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,000

Joy

Emily Starck

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€800

The shadow of the past

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,986

Warm lines

Emily Starck

Painting . 45 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

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

€542

I believe in pink

Poovi Art

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

€542

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

€632

Dreamscape 1

Ethan Newman

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 3 inch

€4,513

Happy pig

Christian Valentine

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

€587

Ocean's Heart

Bozhena Fuchs

Painting . 71.1 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 51 x 1 inch

€2,528

Ocean

Suz Shippey Borski

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

€993

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

€7,222

Mini 4

Emily Starck

Painting . 23 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.1 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch

€280

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

€5,236

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

Hunted by a freak 01

Mocs Santiago Sanchez Ramos

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€184

Melting Ice

Arturas Lapajevas

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

€3,600

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

€2,166

Lights 3

Lena Langer

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

€1,354

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

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