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A person gifted by nature with an unsurpassed talent as an artist cannot sit quietly in one place. Many handicraftsmen try to convey their own inner feelings with the help of available materials. 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.

That's how much money was paid to an anonymous dealer Wednesday night in New York for Leonardo Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi. An astronomical amount, which makes it the most expensive piece of art in the world. This is not the first time that money has been paid for images that mere mortal man would not even dare to dream of. Time and time again, works of art displace each other as the most expensive purchase. So now it's a Da Vinci painting again. Here are nine other most expensive paintings in the world.

Number 10: Go with Green Leaves and Picasso Branches

This painting by Pablo Picasso was made this year. The painting shows a naked woman standing next to a bust said to be Picasso's mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It shows an abstract head on a light background, drawn in oil and chalk.

Of course, these creative compositions were 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 we can highlight ten canvases that are known throughout the world thanks to skillfully conducted auctions.

Number 8: Munch's Scream



"The Scream" is the title of four paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. A man appears on the display, pressing his hands to his head and contorting his face in a scream. It is considered one of the most important paintings of Viennese Art Nouveau. The image is mostly yellowish in color and is decorated with silver leaves and gold leaf overlays. Lauder bought the painting for his New York private museum, the New Gallery in Manhattan.

Dutch artist Willem de Kooning painted five other similar images of women at this time, all of which are titled "Woman" and numbered. It shows the abstract form of a woman in pastel colors. The oil painting on fiberboard was painted by American artist Jackson Pollock in the style of “Action Painting”. This style is associated with expressionism.

The most expensive painting in the world. Top 10

  1. The first place is still occupied by the most expensive painting in the world - “The 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 entitled “No. 5, 1948,” created under the influence of the dripping style of painting, went to the wealthy financial tycoon David Martinez at Sotheby's for $140 million.
  3. The masterpiece “Woman III” from the artist left a closed auction for $137.5 million. This magnificent painting is part of a whole series of works by the artist located in American museums.
  4. The canvas “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I”, painted 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 turns into a harmonious abstraction.
  5. The mysterious painting “The Scream” by the painter Edvard Munch from a series that includes four paintings of the same name is the most unusual and colorful. It rightfully takes its place in the top “most expensive painting in the world.” It was purchased by an unknown connoisseur using a telephone bid and $119.9 million. This person probably has an indestructible 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, finds themselves in an unpleasant situation that can end in tears.
  6. “Boy with a Pipe,” created by Pablo Picasso, depicts a touchingly melancholy young man with a wreath of roses on his head. The canvas was sold to a true art connoisseur for $104.1 million.
  7. The extraordinary painting “Eight Elvises” 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 went up for 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.” It was valued at auction at as much as 82 and a half million dollars.

We present the ranking of the most expensive paintings in the world. And although the cost of paintings is determined primarily not by the beauty itself, but primarily by financial investments and investments, and very profitable ones, nevertheless, these are the most valuable paintings in the world. Of course, the rating did not include paintings that are in museums and are world heritage. The rating is compiled solely on the basis of auctions where these paintings were sold.

Number 4: Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Bacon

The work of British artist Francis Bacon consists of three paintings that pay tribute to the late artist Lucian Freud. The grandson of Sigmund Freud sits on a chair in a cage opposite a yellow wall. Naked woman lies on her back on a red background. It is unknown who made the highest bid; the new owner wanted to remain anonymous.

Number 1: "Salvator Mundi" by Da Vinci




It belongs to a series of 15 paintings and several drawings by the Spanish artist. It features four women in a harem, presented both abstractly and partially realistically. It shows Jesus Christ looking at the viewer and holding up two fingers in a blessing. He holds a crystal ball in his left hand and wears a blue robe. However, experts doubt that Da Vinci actually made the painting alone. Moreover, it is not in the best condition after not being properly cleaned over the years.

10th place
Vincent van Gogh - "Portrait of Doctor Gachet"
The painting was sold in 1990 for $82.5 million. The painting actually depicts the artist's doctor. It is noteworthy that this is one of the last paintings of the great master.

9th place
Francis Bacon - "Triptych"


 The painting depicts Bacon's close ally and colleague, Freud. It is noteworthy that the two comrades periodically posed for each other. The painting was sold in 2008 for $86.27 million.

A recording for a New York artist, but no exception. An alarming black head on a blue background by Jean-Michel Basquiat found a new buyer yesterday. Japanese collector Yusaku Maezawa is now the owner of two of the most expensive paintings by the New York artist. Yesterday the auction quickly resumed the duel between the buyer in the room and another that followed the telephone sale. The former rose to $97 million, ultimately leaving the latter to win with a price tag of up to $98 million, to which fees and commissions must be added.

The gavel signaling the end of the auction was greeted with shouts of public giving as well as boos of admiration. Three times cheaper than Gauguin. What was highly desired from your parents' generation will not be what you want. However, Jean-Michel Basquiat's ranking has not yet reached that of Pablo Picasso or Paul Cézanne, as evidenced by the 10 most expensive paintings in the world.

8th place
Mark Rothko - "Orange, Red, Yellow"
The most expensive artist recent years. The painting was painted in the mid-20th century, in Rothko’s signature style – a canvas of stripes.
In 2012, they paid as much as $86.7 million for such beauty.

7th place
Gustav Klimt – “Adele Bloch-Bauer II”


 Adele was the muse of the Austrian artist. He painted several portraits of her. Cost: $87.9 million

Top 10 most expensive paintings in the world. “When are you getting married?” Paul Gauguin - $300 million. Playing cards by Paul Cezanne - $274 million. "Dream" by Pablo Picasso - $155 million. Note that the most expensive “Belgian” painting in the world is the work of Pierre Paul Rubens “The Murder of the Innocents”.

“I have always imagined that Heaven is a kind of library,” wrote Jorge Luis Borges, author of the famous Library of Babel, which describes the Universe as an elaborate hall and general essay of a library. The library was extremely generous, with money from gold deposits discovered in Brazil at the time. Liyuan Library, Jiaojie, China, is two hours' drive from Beijing. The outside of the building is covered with rods that fit perfectly into the landscape. Books are stored on shelves that also act as floors, reading tables or reading benches.

6th place
Pablo Picasso - "Dora Maar with a cat"


 Portrait of Pablo Picasso's beloved. And although the artist painted in the style of abstract art, painting his beloved woman in such a manner is quite cruel.
Nevertheless, the painting was sold at auction for $95.2 million.

Mackintosh became the main representative of the Art Nouveau movement in Great Britain. In May of this year, the library was destroyed by fire. Its roof is reminiscent of how railway stations were built at that time. Tripitaka Koreana Library, Haeinsa Temple, South Korea located in isolated Buddhist ruins. Here he finds the largest body of Buddhist texts in the world, the oldest of them.

The books of this library were bound in white covers to match the rooms. The Shiba Ryotaro Museum Library, Osaka, Japan, was designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando. It houses thousands of volumes collected by the Japanese writer Shiba Ryotaro, to whom the museum is dedicated.

5th place
Pablo Picasso - "Boy with a Pipe"


 The painting is an early creation of the famous artist. The painting is not executed in the artist’s characteristic and unfamiliar manner. The more valuable it is for collectors. Therefore, in 2004, 104 million were not spared for it.

The statues and pillars are made of wood using a technique that makes them look like marble. Much of the library's funding came from Christopher Codrington, a former university student who made his fortune in the slave trade. The library is spread over seven floors and is part of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, specializing in education in high school and university. The institute and, implicitly, the library were raised from the money of philanthropist George Padboy, who founded a charity that now also provides social housing for the poor in London.

4th place


 Famous Andy Warhol – “Silver Car Crash”
Remember in the TV series “Brigade” - the car near Cosmos was decorated by Andy Warhold. “Only me and Michael Jackson have this car.” Great man, who made everything he touched unique, be it a car or a beer bottle.
Here we're talking about about silkscreen printing. On one side of the picture there are silk-screened photographs of car accidents, on the other there is emptiness.
The amount for which the work was sold caused a sensation - an incredible 105.4 million dollars.

3rd place

Pablo Picasso "Nude" green leaves and bust"


 The third painting by the great artist in the 10 most expensive paintings in the world.
Cost: $106.5 million.



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