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.

Série "Between the lines" - Oeuvre n°540

Pierre-Luc Poujol

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

€4,900

Enredados (Entwined)

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting . 41.9 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€325

Del Mar Sunset I

Silvia Vassileva

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€375

Untitled 1

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 21.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.5 x 11 x 0 inch

€250

Dragon's den

Franziska Raffaël

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

€550

Série "Arborescences" - Oeuvre n°767

Pierre-Luc Poujol

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

€9,100

It's Just a Game

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€305

Orange Mood

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 55 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€465

Some Sun

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€370

Gentle Miro

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 58 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€465

Green Summer

Shulyak Tatyana

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€370

Tower

Shulyak Tatyana

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

€495

Pink Dream (series Pink Illusion #1)

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 17 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 6.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€280

Pink Ring (series Pink Illusion #2)

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 17 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 6.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€280

Bend

Strashevich Alexander

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

€440

Conducting a dialogue

Strashevich Alexander

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

€435

Air environment

Strashevich Alexander

Painting . 40 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€435

No 2262 Junto Al Lago

Sergio Aranda

Painting . 46 x 38.1 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€384

Chakras

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€490

The Poppy's Dance

Hayk Miqayelyan

Painting . 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€275

Gaia 37

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€412

Gaia 41

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€430

Aeon 11: twin echoes

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€430

Gaia 43

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€412

Gaia 65

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€448

Jackson Pollock style

Max Yaskin

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€450

Travelling through the seasons

Anelia Raikova

Painting . 25 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€700

Birds of paradise 6

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

Lucky 3

Christel Haag

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 1 inch

€206

56 peintures - 18

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

56 peintures - 17

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

56 peintures - 15

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

Chers vieux amis - 12

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€535

Chers vieux amis - 11

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€535

Chers vieux amis - 10

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€535

56 peintures - 11

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

56 peintures - 10

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

56 peintures - 9

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 72 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€560

Echo der Berge

Nicole Leidenfrost

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,800

Untitled 9

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 28 x 21.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€250

Le cheval rouge de l'Apocalypse

Fabienne Comte

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

€15,000

Water n° 5

Jian-Chung Tan

Painting . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€450

Deja vu, deep movement

Filip Pavlik

Painting . 50 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,790

Rouge flamboyant

Isabelle Marie

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.01 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€450

Gaia 47

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€412

Gaia 60

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€448

Gaia 61

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€448

Summer Sea I

Gesa Reuter

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.8 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 0.3 inch

€393

Canvas 020

Cy Seymour

Painting . 104.1 x 154.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 41 x 61 x 1.5 inch

€4,987

Berlin

Milena Makani

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

€459

Série "The forest call" - Oeuvre n°528

Pierre-Luc Poujol

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€18,800

Le jardin secret

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€250 €225

The garden code

Shaohui Tu

Painting . 33 x 33 cm Painting . 13 x 13 inch

€10,065

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

ME1902

Antonin Grace

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€650

Wish you Flowers nr 7

Geesien Postema

Painting . 27.9 x 38.1 x 1.3 cm Painting . 11 x 15 x 0.5 inch

€393

Shine Bright 3

Laura Spring

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 1.5 inch

€210

Blue Landscape 1

Laura Spring

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€165

Shine Bright ! 6

Laura Spring

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm Painting . 10 x 8 x 1.5 inch

€229

Birds of paradise 8

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

Green Cascades

Monica Tangen

Painting . 41 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€100

Jade Mermaid

Monica Tangen

Painting . 45.5 x 35.5 x 1 cm Painting . 17.9 x 14 x 0.4 inch

€180

Fancy Odds XXIX

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 1.3 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.5 inch

€476

Gaia 66

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€448

The Chaos

Bebler

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Flamenco

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€288

Introspection expansive

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€288

Up, up and away

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€288

Vivre libre

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€288

Deux coeurs à l'unisson

Chantal Proulx

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€288

Around black

Hayvon

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

€220

Dreamy Swirl

Monica Tangen

Painting . 25.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 0.4 inch

€100

Golden Waves

Monica Tangen

Painting . 45 x 55 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch

€280

Green Island

Monica Tangen

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 4 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 1.6 inch

€425

Dark Space

Monica Tangen

Painting . 45 x 56 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 22 x 1.6 inch

€280

Like an Angel

Bebler

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Black birds

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Painting . 200 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 43.3 x 1 inch

€14,000

La maison verte et rouge

Sophie André

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€560

Birds of paradise 1

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

Birds of paradise 2

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

Birds of paradise 3

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€275

Birds of paradise 4

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

Birds of paradise 7

Laura Spring

Painting . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€165

The map of the world 6

Laura Spring

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€137

In rain

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,490

pouring rain

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,490

Gold, blue and black

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,490

Chers vieux amis - peinture - 3

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€480

Chers vieux amis - peinture - 2

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€480

Chers vieux amis - peinture - 1

LN Le Cheviller

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€480

De l'ombre à la lumière 4

Sandrine Belmont

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

€625

Jealousy

Monica Tangen

Painting . 35 x 45.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.9 x 0.6 inch

€180

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