The most expensive painting in the world

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A person endowed by nature with an unsurpassed talent as an artist cannot sit still in one place. Many handicraftsmen try to convey their own inner feelings with the help of improvised material. Meticulous work results in magnificent canvases that splatter with a palette of colors, or unique images created with a handful of sand or s alt.

Of course, these creative compositions are created by the hands of non-professional 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, then among them are ten canvases that are known as the most expensive paintings in the world, thanks to skillfully conducted auctions.

The most expensive painting in the world. Top 10

1. First place is still occupied by the most expensive painting in the world - "Card Players" by the virtuoso artist Paul Cezanne. This painting cost the new owner $250 million at auction.



2. A painting by American Expressionist Jackson Pollock titled "No. 5, 1948", created under the influence of an emotional state with the help ofpainting style - dripping, went to we althy financial magnate David Martinez at Sotheby's for $140 million.



3. Woman III masterpiece by artist Willem de Kooning left a private auction for $137.5 million. This magnificent painting is part of a series of works by the artist now in American museums.



4. Painting "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I", written by Gustav Klimt, sold for $ 135 million. The painting depicts the daughter of the banker Bauer, whose face, shoulders and arms look realistic, and everything else goes into a harmonious abstraction.



5. The mysterious canvas "The Scream" by the painter Edvard Munch from the series, which includes four paintings of the same name, is the most unusual and colorful. Rightfully takes a place in the top "the most expensive painting in the world." It was purchased by an unknown connoisseur with a phone call and $119.9 million. Probably, this person has an invincible will and does not believe in the power of otherworldly forces, since popular rumor says that everyone who comes into contact with this picture, one way or another, gets into an unpleasant situation that can end badly.



6. "Boy with a Pipe" by Pablo Picasso depicts a touchingly melancholic young man with a wreath of roses on his head. The painting was sold to a true art connoisseur for $104.1 million.



7. The picture "Eight Elvises" by the extraordinary Andy Warhol was bought by an unknown lucky person for $100 million.



8. Another famous painting by Picasso - the famous "Dora Maar with a cat" with the appearance of the artist's beloved - was sold for an indecently large amount of 95 million 200 thousand $.



9. "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt left the auction for a fortune - 87 million 900 thousand dollars.



10. Post-Impressionist Van Gogh with the famous painting "Portrait of Doctor Gachet", which for a long time bore the title of "the most expensive painting in the world." Was valued at auction as much as 82 and a half million dollars.