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.

Pearly Gates

Allan P Friedlander

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

€2,421

Roches sous marines

Frédérique Bernard Fab

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€875

Blue legend

Paul Landou

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

€900

Poésie 6

Luc Andrieux

Painting . 140 x 120 x 3.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch

€2,400

Fine Morning

Gago Chtchyan

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

€1,700

Bouquet

Ludmila Budanov

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

€1,794

Allegria

Claudia Cabboi

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

€250

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

Gaia 48

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€1,022

Details I

Lyudmyla Davydenko

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

€3,000

Finding the answers

Poovi Art

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

€448

Ascension

François Lestrille

Painting . 113 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Lithik Drift

Kseniia Turik & Art

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

I Bore My Cross Alone When I No One To Support - 21st Century, Abstract Painting

Dunmade Ayegbayo

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 1 inch

€314

Control Is Lost | Explosive Abstract Acrylic Artwork

Elena F-Popova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€762 €686

Symphony in Motion

Harold Richter

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

€5,200 €4,680

Move your Body, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

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

€1,300

Slim: Nature Adventure 3

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 80 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,490

Structured Chaos, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Action Painting, Jackson Pollock Inspired, Drip Painting, Gesture, Color, Texture, Expressionism, Multilayered

Neo Bauchaus

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

€1,400 €1,260

Ember Motion: Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork

Liza Altman

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

€3,587

New Stories / 9

Helen Mount

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

€800

In Paris

Christian Büffel

Painting . 106 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 41.7 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€1,900

Abstract no. 1324 black and white, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anita Kaufmann

Painting . 198.1 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78 x 51 x 1 inch

€2,729

Rainy Colors

Esther Cohen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,500

Nature #2

Nazik Aslanyan

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

€5,500

Endless force XXVIII

Minseok Kang

Painting . 117 x 117 x 3 cm Painting . 46.1 x 46.1 x 1.2 inch

€5,400

La biaba

Paco Requena

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

€1,200

Luminous Drift

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 150 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Euphoria

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Un posto al sole

Clara Crespin

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

€1,250

Blue lake sunshine

Olga Afanasiadi

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

€807 €726

Pure Emotion

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Paper cuts in my hand

Emily Starck

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

€2,800

My inner world

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Green Nature

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Veil of Becoming

Vanessa P

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

€1,755

Untitled 70

Eva Pacheco

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

€2,400

Yellow

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Abstract Expressionist Painting

Angela Wakefield

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

€7,289

Under the sun

Maria Esmar

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

€850

Soothing Turquoise

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 101.6 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 40 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€2,152

La danse en mer

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€450

Blue Lagoon

Simona Sedlakova

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

€1,450

Monolanche

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€1,200

Abstract II

Mykola Bodnar

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,125

Connexions cérébrales

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

Rebirth

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 116.8 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 46 x 1 inch

€1,749

Fragments of the Sun

Artyom Basenci

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

€2,242 €1,906

Profile of Abstraction

Sergey Khachatryan

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

€1,614

Ultramarine Drive

Melezhik Olga

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

€355

Omega soto nebula (with LED lights)

Tiffani Buteau

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 inch

€2,085

Gaza

Francesco Martini

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

€2,800

Purple Spirit

Emily Starck

Painting . 97 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

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

Colour splash

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,614

B&W II

Rudolf Wiesinger

Painting . 54 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€350

A Big Dream (stretched)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 150 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 38.2 x 0 inch

€1,850

Now’s the time (stretched) (1)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 150 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 38.2 x 0 inch

€1,850

Glacier

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Positive vibes

Emily Starck

Painting . 80 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

16 septembre 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 92 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,550

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

Winter water lilies

Emily Starck

Painting . 75 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

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

Like an angel XL 1

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,490

Nature Adventure XL 13

Peter Nottrott

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

€2,490

Awesome Daydream L 5

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 85 x 105 x 4 cm Painting . 33.5 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,190

Untitled 24-OP0014

Motu Christian Steyrl

Painting . 140 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€11,300 €10,170

Yugen | Textured Minimalist Mixed-Media Abstract Artwork

Pugmatik

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,973

Harbor of Quiet Light | Blue Abstract Landscape Painting

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€556

Limitless I

Omar Obaid

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Abdtracción

J. Louis Gutierrez

Painting . 25 x 25 x 3 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch

€300

Saturday Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 28 x 1 inch

€1,722

On the Road, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 88.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,829

Daphne, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,430

I'll Meet You in My Dreams, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,457

Should I Tell You the Story, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,287

Summer Mood, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,659

Spurensuche, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,314

Connection 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 71.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,578

Invitation, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,197

I could just sit here all day

Larissa Eremeeva

Painting . 110 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,870 €2,583

Poligon 04

Simone De Rosa

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

€180

Conversations

Michelle Hold

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

€2,201

Oil abstract landscape painting - Evening city

Leonid K.

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

€275

Submerged Tranquility II | Contemplation of Underwater Stones

Yana Dmitrieva

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

€430

Abstract mountains 2: Luminous Blue & Earth Tones on Linen | Contemporary Abstract Artwork for Serene Spaces

Jane Ti

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

€1,659

Nina Avakian

Nina Avakian

Painting . 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€3,000

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

Stairs Up

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€890

Under this Sky

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0.78 inch

€1,700

Solar whirl

Anna Selina

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

€2,000

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