9 Of The Most Expensive Paintings In The World That Will Make Your Jaw Drop!!

thynkfeed team

Any work of art may have different interpretations and importance for different people. But, it’s true worth is decided by an art lover’s willingness to pay a certain price for that work. Well, a lot of you may think of the following paintings as a mere work of art. But people who bought these paintings at record-breaking prices can definitely tell you the real value of these paintings.

And, like they say, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Presenting some of the most expensive paintings ever sold on the Earth.

1. Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?),  Price – $300 Million or ₹1800 Crore

The painting was created by French artist Paul Gaugin in the year 1892 and was sold in February this year, reportedly to Qatar Museums at a whopping price of $300 Million making it the most expensive painting ever sold. It was created by Gaugin on his first travel to Tahiti. The painting includes women dressed up in Tahitian clothes.

517.1
Image Source

 

2. The Card Players, Price – $259 Million+ or ₹1560 Crore+

The painting was created by a French artist Paul Cezanne in the year 1892/93 and was sold in April 2011 to the Royal family of Qatar. The entire series consists of 5 paintings. All portraits depicted peasants deeply involved in the game and smoking their pipes.

517.2
Image Source

 

3. No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red), Price – $186 Million or ₹1116 Crore

The painting was created by an American painter Mark Rothko in the year 1951 and was sold in August 2014 to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. It is believed that it was the highest ever price paid for a work by an American artist.

517.3
Image Source

 

4. Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, Price – $180 Million or ₹1080 Crore

This painting was created by a Dutch artist Rembrandt in the year 1634 and was sold in September 2015 to a museum in the Netherlands. This was painted on the occasion of the wedding of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit.

517.4
Image Source

 

5. Les Femmes d’Alger (Women of Algiers) (“Version O”), Price – $179.4 Million or ₹1076 Crore

This painting was created by a Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in the year 1955 and was sold in May 2015 to the Prime Minister of Qatar. It is part of a series of 15 paintings and inspired by an 1834 painting titled “The women of Algiers in their Apartment.”

517.5
Image Source

 

6. Nu Couché (Reclining Nude), Price – $170.4 Million or ₹1022 Crore

This painting was created by an Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani in the year 1917 and was sold this month to a Chinese businessman Liu Yigian. According to sources, this is the highest ever price paid for Modigliani’s painting. This painting was also part of his first exhibition which was shut down within hours of opening because of nude paintings.

517.6
Image Source

 

7. Le Rêve, Price – $155 Million or ₹930 Crore

This painting was created by Pablo Picasso in the year 1932 and was sold in March 2013 to an American billionaire Steven A. Cohen. The painting depicts Pablo’s, then 50-year-old,  22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It was first purchased in 1940 by Victor and Sally Ganz at a price of $7000.

517.7
Image Source

 

8. No. 5, 1948, Price – $140 Million or ₹840 Crore

This painting was created by an American Painter Jackson Pollock in the year 1948 and was sold in November 2006 to a guy named David Martinez. It was created on fibreboard and was damaged during its first shipment to Alfonso Ossorio.

517.8
Image Source

 

9. Woman III, Price – $137.5 Million or ₹825 Crore

This painting was created by a Dutch-American expressionist artist Willem De Kooning in the year 1953 and was sold in November 2006 to Steven A. Cohen. This was part of a series of 6 paintings which were painted between 1951-1953 where the central theme was a woman.

517.9
Image Source

Prices mentioned above are the last selling prices of these paintings. The people who bought them are the last owners of these paintings till date.

 

With inputs from Wikipedia

Featured image – Wikipedia



Comments

comments





RELATED STORIES FROM THYNKFEED

thynkfeed team
Well, let me be very honest with you before I begin this story. You know why I am scared of hearing such stories
testing
testing
You can start editing here -- including this comment!

Leave a Reply

testing