A person gifted by nature with the unsurpassed talent of an artist cannot sit still in one place. Many craftsmen try to convey their own inner sensations with the help of improvised material. As a result of meticulous work, magnificent canvases appear, splashing with a palette of colors, or unique images created with a handful of sand or salt.
Of course, these creative compositions were created by unprofessional artists, and therefore cannot be known to the curious public as the most expensive paintings in the world.
But if we talk about real masterpieces of painting mastery, then among them ten canvases can be distinguished, which are known as the most expensive paintings in the world, thanks to skillfully held auction sales.
The most expensive painting in the world. Top 10
- The first place is still occupied by the most expensive painting in the world - “Card Players” by virtuoso artist Paul Cezanne. This canvas cost the new owner at an auction of $ 250 million.
- A painting by American expressionist Jackson Pollock entitled "No. 5, 1948", created under the influence of an emotional state using a painting style - dripping, went to secured financial tycoon David Martinez at Sotheby's for $ 140 million.
- The masterpiece "Woman III" from the artist Willem de Kooning left the closed auction for $ 137.5 million. This magnificent picture is part of a series of works by the artist in American museums.
- The canvas "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I", painted by Gustav Klimt, sold for $ 135 million. The picture shows the daughter of the banker Bauer, whose face, shoulders and arms look realistic, and everything else goes into a harmonious abstraction.
- The mysterious canvas "Scream" from the painter Edward Munch from the series, which includes four paintings of the same name, is the most unusual and colorful. It rightfully takes a place in the top "the most expensive painting in the world." It was bought by an unknown connoisseur with a phone call and $ 119.9 million. Probably, this person has an indestructible will and does not believe in the strength of otherworldly forces, as popular rumor says that everyone who comes into contact with this picture somehow gets into an unpleasant situation that can end in disaster.
- "The Boy with the Pipe", created by Pablo Picasso, depicts a touching, melancholy young man with a wreath of roses on his head. The canvas was sold to a true connoisseur of art for $ 104.1 million.
- The painting "Eight Elvis" by the unusual Andy Warhol was bought by an unknown lucky man for $ 100 million.
- Another famous painting by Picasso - the famous Dora Maar with a Cat with the appearance of a lover of an artist - was sold for an indecently large amount of $ 95 million 200 thousand.
- "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt left the auction for a fortune - 87 million 900 thousand dollars.
- Post-impressionist Van Gogh with the famous painting "Portrait of Dr. Gachet", which for a long time was called "the most expensive painting in the world." It was estimated at the auction as much as 82 and a half million dollars.