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World's most expensive paintings

Here are some interesting facts about the recent list on the "Worlds most expensive Paintings". The list was published by the online indian art gallery - Monsoon Canvas. The paintings are described in the context of its times, with background details that enhances the appreciation of the art works.

The top 10 most expensive paintings belong to the Mordern and Post Modern artists. They represent the movements Abstract expressionism, Cubism, Symbolism, Pop-Art and Post impressionism.The oldest is from 1890, painted by Vincent Van Gogh.

It also not surprising to see that half of the top 10 paintings were sold in 2006, the peak of the art market boom. However, this list does not represent the most expensive paintings per se but the most expensive paintings that has been evaluated till now. Eg: the Mona Lisa is said to be worth considerably more than the ones below.

Did you know? - in the top ten list…    

3 paintings are works of Picasso    

2 paintings have the same model - painted by Klimt    

1 painting has a double of it, differentiated mainly by the colour, painted by van Gogh    

the latest of the lot was sold this year in May 2010, for $106.5 million    

1 painting is actually not a painting at all - its screen printing by Warhol    

3 paintings have the artists' mistress as models    

50% of the top 10 paintings were sold in 2006

 The article is well placed with the images of the paintings, their price, year, and other interesting details. The article was researched by the team at Monsoon Canvas - here is the link to the original article. Enjoy reading!

http://www.monsooncanvas.com/List-most-expensive-paintings

 

 

 

About the Author

The author is the promoter of an online art gallery - Monsoon Canvas. The author has been promoting art for years now and also author the following blogs on art as an alternative investment and a blog that explains the basics of understanding paintings.

http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com

http://investindianart.blogspot.com

 

Was Abstract Expressionism only an experiment in the use of paint?

Do you know any art work to sustain this answer?

I don't believe so, although i'm not a large fan of this movement, i believe it is very much more than just an experimentation with paint. Like any new movement in modern art it questioned the boundarys of what our notions of what conventional art are or were and challenges them. Just because of their abstraction does not make them meaningless. The actual process of making the paintings themselves were very important to abstract expressionists, and involved a lot of emotion. For example Rothko who is a very famous abstract expressionist, although he rejected that title or Cy Twombly.

"The role of the artist, of course, has always been that of image-maker. Different times require different images. Today when our aspirations have been reduced to a desperate attempt to escape from evil, and times are out of joint, our obsessive, subterranean and pictographic images are the expression of the neurosis which is our reality. To my mind certain so-called abstraction is not abstraction at all. On the contrary, it is the realism of our time. "
- Rothko

I hope that helps!

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