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.

Interrupted Horizon

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€5,200

Acrylic abstract genre painting "Impresa"

Ivan T.

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

€669

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

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

€1,047

Claim 161

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,560

Symphonies of big space 4

Vera Klimova

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

€1,502

Violet Wave

Arturas Lapajevas

Painting . 70 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Carnaval - Abstraction texturée

Jouane

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

€600

Blue Bird

Weronika Dylag

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

€2,200

Smoke Tree at Dusk

Flora B

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

€1,159

Brief Encounter

Trixie Pitts

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

€4,735

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

Christian Manoury

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

€3,800

La dolce vita

Gotcha Gaios

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

€1,200

Sarang

Emily Starck

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

€2,600

Winter lights

Emily Starck

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

€2,850

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

Fragments of life

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

Jisoo

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

Color Skating

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€2,940

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

€1,530

The playful power of water

Tetiana Ocheredko

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

€1,639

Just do it

Emily Starck

Painting . 90 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Sea foam 9

Anna Peserico

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

€2,000

Fugato

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

€3,500

Mauve

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Snow angel

Bill Stone

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,094

Pensées libres

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€6,400

Bang! 3

Olena Shtepura

Painting . 165 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting . 65 x 55.1 x 1 inch

€4,000

Composition 276

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 114 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,100

Abstract_010

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,600

Sea in Sicily

Alessandra Bisi

Painting . 35 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€240

Green Harmony

Tetyana S.

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

€279

Danse interieure

Christine Barth Mroz

Painting . 130 x 192 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 75.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Mini 4

Emily Starck

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

€280

Ophelia

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 150 x 205 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Spring Spirit

Petra Schott

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

€5,040

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

Balagan Heart

Esther Cohen

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

€1,800

Golden storm unique piece 1/1

James Chiew

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

€16,000

Untitled 641

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

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

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

Turquesa

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

Painting . 40 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€866

Colorful Emotion

Emily Starck

Painting . 200 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Terra Mystica no. 6621 large red abstract

Anita Kaufmann

Painting . 71.1 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 78 x 1 inch

€1,377

The Feeling of Freedom

Areg Vahramyan

Painting . 80 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

ST20241115

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Pleasure

Melezhik Olga

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

€605

My pain

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Souterraine

Frédérique Bernard Fab

Painting . 117 x 91 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46.1 x 35.8 x 1 inch

€1,500

Roza

Daniel Timko

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€595

Infinity

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 180 x 135 x 0.2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.1 inch

€5,100

Not A Time To Be Afraid

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,821

Postcard From Ira

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 116.8 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting . 46 x 50 x 2 inch

€5,281

Sleeper Hold

James Gordaneer

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 2 inch

€9,470

Fly Away, Fly Away You Golden Dragon

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 100.3 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,917

Heat

Akim Levich

Painting . 69 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 27.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€9,500

Eruption

Bebler

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,090

Inside, Outside, Weakness, Folds and Deplis

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,490

Touch 1

Remi Delaplace

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

€2,990

Summer Heat II

Jane W

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

€476

Exit

2flui

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

€250

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

€656

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

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

Élan Doré

Maria Ruisi

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

€1,900

Lights 3

Lena Langer

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

€1,366

Winter Morning

Andrey Visokinsky

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

€1,275

Fishermen’s small boat harbor backside

Lea Karvala

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

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

Here And There 4.

Petr Strnad

Painting . 40.5 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.9 x 11.9 x 0 inch

€330

Metanoia - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Love, Forgiveness

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 61 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 21 x 1 inch

€865

Composition florale 08242

Emily Starck

Painting . 75.9 x 71.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,246

Glistening Greens

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,639

Will I be strong enough?

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Untitled June 2024

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,790

Floral mosaic

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,790

Blooming flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,790

Embrasser la vie avec passion

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

March composition

Emily Starck

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

€2,700

A contre courant

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

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

Lumière céleste

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

ST20240319

Emily Starck

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,100

This is me

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Untitled March

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Roadside Attraction

Newel Hunter

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

€1,958

ST20240305

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

The colors of happiness

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

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