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.

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

€5,220

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

€26,908

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

€3,377

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

Ecosystem of Becoming (1)

Harold Richter

Painting . 110 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200 €1,980

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

Smoke Tree at Dusk

Flora B

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

€1,147

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Landscape, Les Champs X.

Christian Manoury

Painting . 96 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

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

Prussian Blue 17

Gina Vor

Painting . 86 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 33.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Fragments of life

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

Color Skating

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,940

G10#2024

Stephan Laplanche

Painting . 57 x 57 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.4 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€1,500

Rostros sin rostro 11-2

José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro

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

€3,000

Coastal

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,512

Symphony No. 6

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Symphony No. 5

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Messages from the universe

Emily Starck

Painting . 58 x 51 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€900

Montagnes

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,250

Let's cultivate our weirdness

Emily Starck

Painting . 60 x 54 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€1,300

Luci nel buio

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 56.5 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22.2 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Blue II

Paulo Gnecco

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

€810

Gleichzeit 1/19

Ernst Wolf

Painting . 110 x 170 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 66.9 x 2 inch

€6,000

November 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Closeness

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€4,500

Abstract #4

Chris Ritter

Painting . 44.5 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,160

Colour my life

Maria Esmar

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€6,000

Fondements 2

Jean-Michel Cordier

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€240

Through space: Dynamic Blue & Gold Abstract with Striking Texture | Contemporary Acrylic Artwork

Jane Ti

Painting . 20 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€351

Circulation - Série Trajectoires

Clément Ogiela

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

€440

Eclats de Passion - Abstraction onirique

Sandrine Belmont

Painting . 46 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€625

Endless Impact D06

Minseok Kang

Painting . 89.5 x 154.9 x 3 cm Painting . 35.2 x 61 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Symphonies of big space 1

Vera Klimova

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

€1,485

With a dog

Piotr Butkiewicz

Painting . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Color in the Mist

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€810

I colori del mondo

Dam Domido

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

€1,800

Grandmama Maitta’s flowers

Lea Karvala

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

€1,100

Sans titre n°2049

Laurence Granger

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Tout se passe en bas (MDA03)

Michele de Agostini

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

€5,750

A deeper understanding

Maria Esmar

Painting . 130 x 180 x 0.2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

€6,400

She's Falling Apart

Michelle Lander Feinberg

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 6.35 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€2,200

Starck Power

Emily Starck

Painting . 215 x 134 x 0.2 cm Painting . 84.6 x 52.8 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

What's up in the studio?

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Brief Encounter

Trixie Pitts

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

€4,680

La dolce vita

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 69 x 49 x 10 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.3 x 3.9 inch

€1,200

Inner View

Milada Dureckova

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

€1,175

Sarang

Emily Starck

Painting . 98 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 38.6 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Purple brush strokes

Emily Starck

Painting . 108 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 42.5 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

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