Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Abstract Expressionism

The 60 most celebrated works of the Abstract Expressionism movement, ranked by renown across 504 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Rosa Mystica
    Rosa Mystica Augustus Vincent Tack · 1923
  2. Clouds and Water
    Clouds and Water Arthur Dove · 1930
  3. Landscape with Houses
    Landscape with Houses Arthur Dove · 1930
  4. Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)
    Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II) Wassily Kandinsky · 1912
  5. The Inn
    The Inn Arthur Dove · 1942
  6. White Lines
    White Lines I. Rice Pereira · 1941
  7. Clarification
    Clarification Paul Klee · 1932
  8. Untitled
    Untitled Arthur Dove · 1940
  9. Untitled
    Untitled Arthur Dove · 1940
  10. Reaching Waves
    Reaching Waves Arthur Dove · 1929
  11. Mountain and Sky
    Mountain and Sky Arthur Dove · 1925
  12. Wind Wheel
    Wind Wheel Arthur Dove · 1935
  13. Fishboat
    Fishboat Arthur Dove · 1930
  14. Four Parts
    Four Parts Wassily Kandinsky · 1932
  15. Shore Road
    Shore Road Arthur Dove · 1942
  16. Untitled
    Untitled Arthur Dove · 1942
  17. White Flower
    White Flower Marsden Hartley · 1917
  18. Silver Ball, Barge, and Trees
    Silver Ball, Barge, and Trees Arthur Dove · 1930
  19. Venice-13
    Venice-13 William Congdon · 1957
  20. Sentimental Music
    Sentimental Music Arthur Dove · 1913
  21. Painting with Troika
    Painting with Troika Wassily Kandinsky · 1911
  22. Sunset
    Sunset Paul Klee · 1930
  23. Seated Female Nude
    Seated Female Nude Vilhelm Lundstrøm · 1950
  24. Painting with Green Center
    Painting with Green Center Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  25. Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
    Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  26. Kerosene
    Kerosene Olga Rozanova · 1915
  27. Composition VI
    Composition VI Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  28. Sketch for Composition V
    Sketch for Composition V Wassily Kandinsky · 1911
  29. Silver Tanks
    Silver Tanks Arthur Dove · 1929
  30. The Plough and the Song
    The Plough and the Song Arshile Gorky · 1946
  31. After Xhorkum
    After Xhorkum Arshile Gorky · 1941
  32. Silver Sun
    Silver Sun Arthur Dove · 1929
  33. Red Yellow Blue White and Black
    Red Yellow Blue White and Black Ellsworth Kelly · 1953
  34. Composition
    Composition Paul Kelpe · 1936
  35. Black Spot
    Black Spot Wassily Kandinsky · 1921
  36. Painting with White Form (study)
    Painting with White Form (study) Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  37. Composition VII
    Composition VII Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  38. Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study
    Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study Wassily Kandinsky · 1916
  39. Untitled Improvisation III
    Untitled Improvisation III Wassily Kandinsky · 1914
  40. Circle (with brown)
    Circle (with brown) Wassily Kandinsky · 1929
  41. Moscow I
    Moscow I Wassily Kandinsky · 1916
  42. Movement I
    Movement I Wassily Kandinsky · 1935
  43. Non-Objective Composition
    Non-Objective Composition Olga Rozanova · 1917
  44. Equals Infinity
    Equals Infinity Paul Klee · 1932
  45. Composition 248 White point
    Composition 248 White point Wassily Kandinsky · 1923
  46. Katia à la chemise jaune
    Katia à la chemise jaune Henri Matisse · 1951
  47. Fiamma
    Fiamma Rudolf Levy · 1942
  48. Composition
    Composition Arshile Gorky · 1937
  49. Sketch 160A
    Sketch 160A Wassily Kandinsky · 1912
  50. Related Forms
    Related Forms Jessica Dismorr · 1937
  51. White - Soft and Hard
    White - Soft and Hard Wassily Kandinsky · 1932
  52. Multiplication of the Arcs
    Multiplication of the Arcs Yves Tanguy · 1954
  53. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3
    Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3 Wassily Kandinsky · 1914
  54. Soft Pressure
    Soft Pressure Wassily Kandinsky · 1931
  55. Painting for Contemplation, Dominant Rose and Green
  56. Pino
    Pino Arthur Dove · 1923
  57. Unequal
    Unequal Wassily Kandinsky · 1932
  58. Phantasy
    Phantasy Alfred Henry O'Keeffe · 1940
  59. Diary of a Seducer
    Diary of a Seducer Arshile Gorky · 1945
  60. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1
    Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1 Wassily Kandinsky · 1914