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.

Symphony of dreams

Behshad Arjomandi

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

€1,022

Reality is a dream

Maria Esmar

Painting . 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch

€3,300

Summer fields

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

In The Heat Of The Air

Zoran Crncevic

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

€5,560

Seoul

Emily Starck

Painting . 124.5 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49 x 29 x 1 inch

€2,615

Escape into bliss

Maria Esmar

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

€2,500

Dreaming of Montmartre

Maria Esmar

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,700

Blue And Red

Gina Vor

Painting . 95 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Levitating

Maria Esmar

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

€2,650

In a heartbeat

Francesca Borgo

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

€1,910

Diversion

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

A long time ago

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,600

Bouquet

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

LolliPop

Maria Esmar

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

€2,600

November II

H-Nguyen

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

€980

Losing track of time

Maria Esmar

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

€2,900

The Ivy

Maria Esmar

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

€2,500

Love is where you look for it

Maria Esmar

Painting . 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€3,000

Cloudy With Occasional Rain | Contemporary Textured Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,421

Mineral Silence II: Textured Abstract Canvas in Greige & Sepia

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 60.5 x 60.5 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.8 x 23.8 x 0.7 inch

€1,345

Blue note

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 81 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Yellow seagrass, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€2,163

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

Eban

Philip Kumah

Painting . 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.2 cm Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 inch

€11,479

Balagan Heart

Esther Cohen

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

€1,800

Ray 1 - Bold Abstract Acrylic Black, White, & Spectrum Line Contemporary Decor

Veronika Obushikhina

Painting . 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,121

Untitled 641

Maria Paola Coda

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

€4,900

Never say never

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,480

Polos Opuestos

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 86 x 108 x 1 cm Painting . 33.9 x 42.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,360

Silent Echos

Poovi Art

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€502

Infinite Energy (Metaphysics series)

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 84 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€515

The White Dragon

Patricia Marguerite Maneim

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

€2,500

Imagination - triptych (stretched)

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 40 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

€780

Coastal

Suzanne Vaughan

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

€1,507

Green summer

Emily Starck

Painting . 130 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Réconciliation

Khadija El Haouchi

Painting . 81 x 118 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Midnight Luster

Arto Mkrtchyan

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

€269 €229

Crazy flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 190 x 165 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 65 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Audacieuse

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€7,800

Green landscape

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 195 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

L'attachement

Emily Starck

Painting . 190 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Summer garden

Emily Starck

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

€8,200

I'm fine, thank you

Emily Starck

Painting . 125 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€8,400

Pas de faux semblant

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Montre moi le chemin

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Abstract reverie

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,990

Sleeper Hold

James Gordaneer

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

€9,326

Abstract_008

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,990

Abstract_010

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,600

Abstract_009

Bernhard Lang

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

€1,600

Illusion of existence

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€807

Contact

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.125 inch

€1,435

Break the ice

Maria Esmar

Painting . 140 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Fertility

Mauricio Paz Viola

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

€8,400

Fiori nel campo

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 70 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,980

Find your way

Maria Esmar

Painting . 112 x 127 x 4 cm Painting . 44.1 x 50 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

RT28

Anouck Botteron

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

€2,400

The eye of the Storm 2

Patricia Abramovich

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

€4,484

At the funeral of the tyrant

Johnny Semaan

Painting . 9 x 9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.5 x 3.5 x 0 inch

€179

Red Sun

Aram Yengibaryan

Painting . 98 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Fight

Aram Yengibaryan

Painting . 98 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Chronicle of States | Contemporary Earth-Tone Abstract Canvas

Lada Bozhina

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

€4,035

The Pulse of Bloom, abstract painting, contemporary art, oil painting, original artwork, abstract expressionism, modern art, fine art

Helmut Klessen

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€680 €612

The Wind That Carries Summer Away | Warm Orange Floral Abstract Expressionist Artwork

Pugmatik

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

€3,139

Danse interieure

Christine Barth Mroz

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

€5,500

Earth Memory VIII: Contemporary Abstract Artwork, Green, Blue-Green & Earth Tones

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 70 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,870

Earth Memory IV: Captivating Textured Abstract Artwork - Teal, Grey & Earth Tones

Natalie Egorova

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

€3,228

Water Archive | Minimalist Turquoise Abstract Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,421

Ember Notes | Contemporary Red Abstract Motion Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,421

Not the Answer I Was Expecting

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 106.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting . 42 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€3,139

Artifacts Of Time | Neutral Textured Abstract Oil Painting

Viktoria Daneva

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,211 €1,090

Silent Memory of Light | Green Minimalist Abstract Oil Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€834

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

Music of Good Mood: Dynamic Abstract Canvas in Yellow, Red & Pink with Energetic Textures

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,076 €969

Soft Horizon

Helen Zuskina

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€843

Mentira

Paco Requena

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

€850

Lights 3

Lena Langer

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

€1,345

Layers of memories

KatriTa

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€1,166 €1,049

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

Once Upon a Time

Kateryna Malomuzh

Painting . 150 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€861 €775

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

Abstraktion schwarz XXL

Stephanie Raus

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€700

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

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

Untitled 38

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 40 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Follow What's Interesting

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 152.4 x 203.2 x 5 cm Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 inch

€6,500

Chaotic Harmony

Weronika Dylag

Painting . 160 x 145 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 57.1 x 1.6 inch

€4,200

All the Mad Beasts and Then Some

Craig Moran

Painting . 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€484

Brief Encounter

Trixie Pitts

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

€4,663

Long road

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 59 x 45 cm Painting . 23.2 x 17.7 inch

€900

Element of the Earth V

Milada Dureckova

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€1,125

Contemporary painting II

Maria Esmar

Painting . 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€580

Contemporary painting I

Maria Esmar

Painting . 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€580

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