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.

Gratitude

Emily Starck

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

€900

ST20230724

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 88 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,300

Aluminoïde pigments et photons

Frédéric Halbreich

Painting . 132 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 52 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Dreamscape 1

Ethan Newman

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

€4,500

Happy pig

Christian Valentine

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

€585

Ocean's Heart

Bozhena Fuchs

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

€2,520

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

€7,199

Summer Heat II

Jane W

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

€471

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

Sunshine Lemon - inner child playing by the sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€1,826

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

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

Lights 3

Lena Langer

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

€1,350

Colors of summer

Elya Reshetnikova

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

€1,080

Masquerade

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€981

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

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

Golden Pulse

Tatiana Malinovscaia

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

€1,530

Untitled 60

Eva Pacheco

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

€2,000

Feel You

Emily Starck

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

€2,800

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

€1,146

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

Animal Series – Rooster

Liana Ohanyan

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800 €1,530

Abstract Garden

Artyom Basenci

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

€1,170 €994

Sea foam 10

Anna Peserico

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

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

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

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

Stolen Spring

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€2,500

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

Claim 194

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€550

Mini 4

Emily Starck

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

€280

Oil abstract painting - Moonlit night

Tetyana S.

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€515

Exit

2flui

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

€250

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

€5,219

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

Balagan Heart

Esther Cohen

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€1,800

Quiet Motion

Liza Altman

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

€2,160

Down by the Water

Nemanja Nikolic

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

€3,200

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

Kindness is good for your health

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Yellow gesture

Emily Starck

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

€3,000

Time and Space I

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 94 x 68 x 24 cm Painting . 37 x 26.8 x 9.4 inch

€1,200

Le vivarium

Laurent Proneur

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2 inch

€26,907

Gold Birch

Cory Ciona

Painting . 50.8 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm Painting . 20 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,400

Untitled September

Emily Starck

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

€2,100

Coastal Vision,

Sam Soles

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,376

Purple Spirit

Emily Starck

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

€2,400

We will be able to rebuild

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,980

Positive vibes

Emily Starck

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

Vision oceanique

Charles Carson

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

€9,359

Éternel été # 2

Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Painting . 159.8 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 62.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch

€3,600

Tornado 3

Bill Stone

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

€2,070

Rushed Evolution

Ansgar Dressler

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

€1,440

Camaïeu de rouge

Emily Starck

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

€1,500

Composition

Kajazun (Kajo) Avetisyan

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

€700

Abstract_010

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,600

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

RT28

Anouck Botteron

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

€2,400

Summer Heat I

Jane W

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

€471

Espirituales

Pilar Xercavins Casas

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

€2,900

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

Near the Sea: Ethereal Coastal Abstract in Turquoise & White | Oil on Canvas (70x50 cm)

Katrin Rymsha

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

€765

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

€450

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

Élan Doré

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

The Landscape #1

Nazik Aslanyan

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

€7,500

Anticipation Summer

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€810

Nebbia nel cuore

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 90 x 103 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,799

Vida

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

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

€1,046

Fragmentations

Dam Domido

Painting . 95 x 95 x 0.01 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€1,800

Carnaval - Abstraction texturée

Jouane

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

€600

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

Echoes of Form, Diptych

Tatiana Malinovscaia

Painting . 70 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€1,350

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