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.

Soothing Blues

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Aquatic Blues

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Soft Blues

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Deep Sea Green

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Tranquil Blue

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Tidal Flow

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Serene Blues

Suzanne Vaughan

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€2,550

Deep Ellum

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Easy to Follow Directions

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 42 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

La felicità è...

Davide Angelillo

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

€300

Once Too Often

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 114.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 45 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Drifters

Newel Hunter

Painting . 165.1 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 65 x 32 x 0.1 inch

€7,011

Iridescent Drizzles (Rain in pink)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 127 x 116.8 x 1.8 cm Painting . 50 x 46 x 0.7 inch

€7,767

Sparks (Oceanfront night)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 114.3 x 106.7 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45 x 42 x 0.7 inch

€6,401

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,243

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,243

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,243

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 111.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 44 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€7,243

#12172020

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 63.5 x 76.2 x 0.8 cm Painting . 25 x 30 x 0.3 inch

€7,280

#01032021

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 1 inch

€7,280

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,243

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Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,253

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #01152023

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€7,253

N3

Noa Grayevsky

Painting . 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€400

Neige d'autonome no 2 diptych

Charles Carson

Painting . 152.4 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 24 x 2 inch

€20,396

Notes Of Color

Karen Hale

Painting . 101.6 x 127 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 50 x 1.5 inch

€4,780

Angel

Bill Stone

Painting . 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

Searching

Bill Stone

Painting . 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

Red vase

Bill Stone

Painting . 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

Sunspots

Bill Stone

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

Walk in the sun

Bill Stone

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

Walk in the woods

Bill Stone

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 1.5 inch

€6,237

336 Bridge over Arno river

Anne B Schwartz

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 36 inch

€3,893

408 The Hike

Anne B Schwartz

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€8,104

GreenFields #08

Carlos Pun Art

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

€1,548

Roadtrip to a Rainbow's End

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 83.8 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 33 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Canvas 092

Cy Seymour

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,912

Fiery reflections (Flourishing garden)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€2,914

Bestest Case Scenario

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 88.9 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 35 x 48 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

No fair peeking

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 73.7 x 129.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29 x 51 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Adriatica

Helen She

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

A Feather in Your Hat

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Three Martini Lunch

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 119.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 47 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Illuminations-VIII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€450

Sisterhood

Sara Margolin

Painting . 85 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€399

Apple of My Eye

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 71.1 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 28 x 45 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Magma

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 110 x 238 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 93.7 x 0 inch

€4,250

Luci Nel Prato

Antonino Puliafico

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

€700

The Beautiful Garden

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 80 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,900 €4,165

Composition

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 110 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,500 €4,950

Dripping

Tomo Sakurai

Painting . 25.7 x 18.2 x 2 cm Painting . 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.8 inch

€500

Kaleidoscope 1. Abstraction.

Svetlana Saratova

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

€428

Distant Shore

KatriTa

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€455

Farbmosaik. Abstraction

Svetlana Saratova

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€319

Visceral Work

Marie-Laure Romanet Prin

Painting . 83 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 32.7 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Noirceur

Clarisse Noël

Painting . 37 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 14.6 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€250

Abstract oil painting "Perception"

Leonid K.

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

€365

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€350 €315

Blue Hour at 18:30

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€499

Tree of Life 3. From the series Tree of Life

Gregory Robin

Painting . 209.8 x 159.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 82.6 x 62.9 x 0.1 inch

€8,195

New beginning 1

Olga Balaeva

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

€728

ADN 400, (Triptych)

Alec Franco

Painting . 42 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

Etendue spontanée - grande #3

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€850

Little Black White 30

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 21.6 x 13 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch

€60

Expressive blooms

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€450

Emotional state

Pavlo Marinets

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

€546

Growing Shadows from Scratch

Anita Clearfield

Painting . 20.3 x 25.4 x 1.3 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 0.5 inch

€501

Sans titre 16

Arsène Odin

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€180

Mystical Imprints

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€546

Gray-blue in avocado

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€880

Tabaco y Ron

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 69 x 49.5 x 1 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch

€548

Self-Portrait 24.143

Arthur Hent

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€270

Kamil

Daniel Timko

Painting . 65 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Rainy painting

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 62 x 62 x 2 cm Painting . 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Playful - Disjointed reality #11

Kris Haas

Painting . 76.2 x 55.88 x 0.25 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,750

Eclipse

Marco Saporiti

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

€250

Imagination oceanique

Charles Carson

Painting . 61 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 72 x 2 inch

€24,403

Wish you Flowers nr 6

Geesien Postema

Painting . 81.3 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 32 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€874

Perhaps the Desert Dust and Cosmos Will Align, Yovonne Said

Macha Poynder

Painting . 125 x 162 x 0.1 cm Painting . 49.2 x 63.8 x 0 inch

€9,634

In Spite of All the Damage

Macha Poynder

Painting . 160 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0 inch

€7,927

Letters I Wrote You From Needles

Macha Poynder

Painting . 123 x 162 cm Painting . 48.4 x 63.8 inch

€9,634

Recouvrement N° 10

Jean-Marc Teillon

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

€2,800

Waves

Bebler

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

€1,600

Abstract N 57

Giovanni Daurea

Painting . 90 x 90 x 0.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch

€600

Movement

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 30 x 68 cm Painting . 11.8 x 26.8 inch

€500

Landscaping on Jazz-XCVI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€900

Prehistoric Caves

Le Hai Linh

Painting . 80 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,250

Abstract-II

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 65 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€900

Abstract-III

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 65 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€900

Fragments-XIII

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€900

Fragments-XI

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€950

Fragments-IV

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€950

Untitled 1

Gina Vor

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€300

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