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.

Angel

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

Searching

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

Red vase

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

Sunspots

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

Walk in the sun

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

Walk in the woods

Bill Stone

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

€6,143

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

€3,834

408 The Hike

Anne B Schwartz

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

€7,981

GreenFields #08

Carlos Pun Art

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

€1,524

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

€9,597

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

€4,484

Canvas 092

Cy Seymour

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

€1,883

Bestest Case Scenario

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,484

Letters I Wrote You From Needles

Macha Poynder

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

€9,597

No fair peeking

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,484

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

€4,484

Three Martini Lunch

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,484

Pivoines éclatantes

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 114 x 152 x 4 cm Painting . 44.9 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,318

Abstract No 60

Gina Vor

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Abstract No 20

Gina Vor

Painting . 29.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€150

L'arbre rouge

Josette Dubost

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€500

Inondé de Soleil

Josette Dubost

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

€500

Apple of My Eye

Hal Mayforth

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

€4,484

Fondements 1

Jean-Michel Cordier

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

€240

Inspiration

Vera Klimova

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

€359

Acrylic landscape painting - Colors of old life

Igor K.

Painting . 60 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€379

Sakura Flight — Spring Blossoms in Motion, sakura, blooming sakura, cherry blossom, spring, sakura blossom, japanese inspired, floral, spring, blossom movement, poetic

Harold Richter

Painting . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€750 €675

Desert Glow | Contemporary Earth-Toned Abstract

KatriTa

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

€323 €291

La profondeur

Clarisse Noël

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

€150

Untitled

Hayduk Smbatyan

Painting . 14 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 5.5 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€200

Frozen water - Abstract Expressionism in Indigo, Lavender & Red

Olga Afanasiadi

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€686

Le baiser, l'oiseau et l'étreinte

Isabelle Janier

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

€475

Haikus that Leave you Breathless

Andrada Anghel

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

€6,331

Shape Transformation

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 95 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Autumn Blues

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€1,750

Butterfly Wing

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Sunny Side

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 121.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 48 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€4,484

If There Were Gods, I knew Them Not

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 116.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 46 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€4,484

The Thrill of It All

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 91.4 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 36 x 42 x 0.1 inch

€4,484

Soft spring

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 41 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€440

Fantasy

Strashevich Alexander

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

€640

Cosmic Bloom: Inside the lightning

Uliana Sal

Painting . 40 x 40 x 0.7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€448 €404

Abstraction 140

Iryna Kastsova

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Tangled Up In Blue

Nestor Toro

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 1.8 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 0.7 inch

€8,968

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

Imagination oceanique

Charles Carson

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

€24,033

City Lights (triptych)

Daniel Clarke

Painting . 40.6 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€498

Smile or scream? (A065)

Atom Hovhanesyan

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

€46,632

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

Trait d'union

Dam Domido

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

€1,550

Another Feast

Gagik Ghazanchyan

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

€5,500

Royal king

Joaquim Falcó

Painting . 64 x 53 cm Painting . 25.2 x 20.9 inch

€700

BW 19

Saverio Filioli Uranio

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

€510

Finis Extra48761

Duilio Forte

Painting . 26.5 x 26 x 2 cm Painting . 10.4 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€380

Fondements 2

Jean-Michel Cordier

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

€240

Oil abstract painting "Strokes"

Nina L.

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

€365

Oil abstract still life painting "Blue glass"

Tetyana S.

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

€235

There is light beyond the tears

Flora B

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

€535

Quit lake: Serene Abstract Artwork | Oil on Canvas | Modern Landscape, 50x40cm

Vera Klimova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€448 €404

Submerged Tranquility III | Luminous Ocean Abstract Artwork in Emerald and Violet

Yana Dmitrieva

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€448

"Quiet" Contemporary Oil Artwork | Abstract Landscape in Teal, Blue, Green & Red

Vera Klimova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€493 €444

Shifting Sands - Contemporary Desert-Inspired Mixed Media Artwork with Warm Terracotta and Taupe Tones

KatriTa

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

€323 €291

Created by Blue

Borko Petrovic

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€4,500

Couleur versus gris 1

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€620

Esprit ardent

Léa Damaggio

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€520

Eveil flamboyant

Léa Damaggio

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

€720

The Shape of Motion

Vlas Ayvazyan

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

€583

A2011

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€650

Stillness Stays

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch

€499

Small purple fog: Kordeliz Abstract Oil Artwork | Childhood | Contemporary Art Decor

Kordeliz

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€538

Small green fog: Ethereal Abstract Artwork in Green & Gold by Kordeliz – Modern Decor Piece

Kordeliz

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€538 €484

Small yellow fog: Abstract Oil Artwork, Golden Yellow & Deep Green Hues, 40x30 cm

Kordeliz

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€538 €484

Mitternacht

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

Painting . 30 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€612

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

€8,071

2107 and 2105, Diptych

Alejandra Quintanilla

Painting . 135 x 360 x 0.3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 141.7 x 0.1 inch

€14,348

Fish de Bird

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€1,100

Chestnuts in October

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€995

Two dancing bottles

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€995

Whisky time

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€995

Echos du silence

Eric Ruelland

Painting . 72 x 93 x 5 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.6 x 2 inch

€2,400

People in love

Tiny de Bruin

Painting . 180 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€7,000

Emotional state

Pavlo Marinets

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

€538

Abstract landscape-XX

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€359

Sans titre 20

Arsène Odin

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

€150

Snake Energy (Metaphysics series)

Menkiv Anatoliy

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

€820

Snail

Strashevich Alexander

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

€635

Is There a Contrarian in the House?

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 132.1 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 52 x 32 x 0.1 inch

€4,484

What's Going On?

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 119.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€4,484

Whatever, Whenever

Newel Hunter

Painting . 111.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 44 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€11,658

Time & Again

Newel Hunter

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€11,658

Misfits

Newel Hunter

Painting . 152.4 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 60 x 70 x 0.1 inch

€15,514

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