Top 5 Most Expensive Paintings Of World

154 days ago by Ashutosh Tyagi 1

Many people asks what is in these expensive paintings, or why is this painting so expensive? Some ask why people buy such paintings and waste their money? And so many things. But the people who knows the real reason of any painting, says from where the painting got the feeling. Painting is a way to express feelings of heart, a way to even unburden heart’s load, tension and other problems surrounding heart.
But what actually these paintings tell us, what does they actually meant to. Paintings are not just what they are made, they are also to understand the internal feeling and meaning of painter. And when those paintings got their meaning they are among us all, either through exhibition or auction.
Here some of those sold paintings, which are in most expensive paintings of world.

The Card Players-top in expensive paintings

The Card Players($259 million)
Paul Cezanne’s series of oil painting has many paintings showing different behavior of man. But this painting make its position in most expensive paintings. in the series of the paintings all were depicting same thing, man smoking pipe and playing cards. All are concentrated in their cards having eyes bowed.
This painting was recently showed in joint exhibition at New York. The exhibition ran from 21 October 2010 to 16 January 2011 and in New York from 9 February 2011 to 8 May 2011.

No. 5, 1948-second in expensive paintings

No. 5, 1948($160.8 million)
Jackson Pollock, american painter known for abstract paintings, as the creator of this painting. This painting was made on fiberboard. Thick oil drops of brown and yellow paint, and making a nest like appearance on 8′ x 4′ sheet. It was displayed in 2006 before auction at the museum of Modern Art. And this paining was sold by David Geffen to David Martinez privately, which makes it in most expensive paintings.

Woman III-third in most expensive paintings

Woman III($ 137.5 million)
One of the series of six paintings having theme of woman, this painting was made by abstract painter Willem de Kooning. It was made between 1951 and 1953, which measures 68′ x 48 ^1/2‘ (1.7 m by 1.23 m). It was in collection of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, but was strict to show after the revolution in 1979. Recently, in November 2007, it was sold by Geffen To Steven A. Cohen, recorder in most expensive paintings as third.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I-fourth in expensive paintings

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I($ 154 million)
This painting was made by Gustav Klimt in 1907, and it is 138 x 138 cm painting of gold, silver and oil on canvas. Klimt took three years to complete this painting. It depicts the beauty of ornamentation of woman, and was traditional of that time. This was painted in Vienna and financed by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. This painting was of Adele Bloch-Bauer, who in her will donate the painting to Austrian State Gallery. Maria Altmann became the rightful owner in 2006 officially. And that time it firstly came in display on June 2006, and was sold in November 2006 at Christie’s in New York.

Portrait of Dr. Gachet -fifth in most expensive paintings

Portrait of Dr. Gachet($ 147 million)
Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh made this painting as a tribute to Dr. Paul Gachet, who took care of him in his last months of life. This painting was made in two versions, one having multiple colors shade and other having a single shade of colors. Both were made in June 1890 at Auvers, and shows the same thing. In painting Dr. Gachet is sitting, leaning over his right hand on a table having red cover, and two yellow books nearby with a medicinal herb foxglove on table. Its first version was sold at New York in 1990, and was recorder as highest paid painting at that time.

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