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.

Bright night

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€320

Blooming field

Melezhik Olga

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

€355

Good mood

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€320

Morning sun

Melezhik Olga

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

€400

Confidence

Melezhik Olga

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

€315

Secret scent

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Pursuit

Melezhik Olga

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

€435

Passion

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Shine

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Lilac Garden

Melezhik Olga

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

€410

Today I am a dragon

Melezhik Olga

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

€410

Northern lights

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Colorful mood

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Conversation on the shore

Melezhik Olga

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

€320

Berth

Melezhik Olga

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

€410

Autumn speed

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€305

Fire Kali

Melezhik Olga

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

€455

New Moon

Melezhik Olga

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

€410

Tenderness

Melezhik Olga

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

€315

Tenderness

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€305

Bridge

Melezhik Olga

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

€370

Golden leaf

Melezhik Olga

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

€465

Dolphin

Melezhik Olga

Painting . 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€475

Dance of life

Melezhik Olga

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

€315

Splash 43

Mark Hellbusch

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

€790

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

Gaia 47

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€407

Gaia 60

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€444

Gaia 61

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€444

Leftover man

Bill Stone

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 1 inch

€498

Travelling through the seasons

Anelia Raikova

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

€700

Del Mar Sunset I

Silvia Vassileva

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

€371

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

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

Abstraction #23

Kristina Mallen

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

€490

Abstraction #22

Kristina Mallen

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

€490

Le jardin secret

Muriel Deumie

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

€250

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

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

No 2262 Junto Al Lago

Sergio Aranda

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

€380

Water n° 5

Jian-Chung Tan

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

€450

Eclats d'écume 122

Joëlle Kem Lika

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€390

Summer Sea I

Gesa Reuter

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

€389

Canvas 020

Cy Seymour

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

€4,933

Série "Between the lines" - Oeuvre n°305

Pierre-Luc Poujol

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

€7,100

Monumental drift

Diane de Cicco

Painting . 204 x 308 x 3 cm Painting . 80.3 x 121.3 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

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

Black amarant

Saho art

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€20,000

Gaia 66

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

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

€444

Shine Bright 3

Laura Spring

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

€208

Blue Landscape 1

Laura Spring

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

€163

Shine Bright ! 6

Laura Spring

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

€226

Birds of paradise 8

Laura Spring

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

€163

Introspection expansive

Chantal Proulx

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

€285

Up, up and away

Chantal Proulx

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

€285

Vivre libre

Chantal Proulx

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

€285

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

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

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

€389

Fancy Odds XXIX

Naoko Paluszak

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

€471

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

€285

Deux coeurs à l'unisson

Chantal Proulx

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

€285

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

Berlin

Milena Makani

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

€462

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

Dreamy Swirl

Monica Tangen

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

€100

Tsavorite

Monica Tangen

Painting . 46 x 55 x 4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch

€210 €189

Birds of paradise 1

Laura Spring

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

€163

Birds of paradise 2

Laura Spring

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

€163

Birds of paradise 3

Laura Spring

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

€272

Birds of paradise 4

Laura Spring

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

€163

Birds of paradise 7

Laura Spring

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

€163

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

€136

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

In rain

Anand Manchiraju

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

€5,431

pouring rain

Anand Manchiraju

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

€5,431

Gold, blue and black

Anand Manchiraju

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

€5,431

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

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

Sweet Dreams

Monica Tangen

Painting . 61 x 45 x 3.5 cm Painting . 24 x 17.7 x 1.4 inch

€210

Abstrait 25

Brigitte Mathé

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€150

Abstrait 24

Brigitte Mathé

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€150

Abstrait 23

Brigitte Mathé

Painting . 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€150

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