Dumbest Most Expensive Paintings

The most expensive painting shows jesus christ dressed in clothes from the renaissance period holding a non refracting and transparent crystal orb in his left hand and making the cross sign with his right hand bestowing benediction.

Dumbest most expensive paintings. They are simple to say the least and lacking in uhm color. This undeniably strange looking painting of a woman made willem de kooning and his estate a few millions richer. Perhaps he could take part of that money go back home and create another painting that looks like some overly aggressive finger painting. The painting recently changed hands to the tune of 137 5 million.

At the time this made it the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist. Most expensive painting by a female artist. The world s most expensive painting to sell at auction is leonardo da vinci s salvator mundi which sold for 450 3 million on november 15 2017 at christie s shattering previous records and exceeding auction expectations the sale underscored market demand for the artist s rare auction appearances and the competition among collectors to own a work of such caliber and distinction. As well as being one of the most expensive paintings in the word the scream is also one of the most famous and iconic.

Georgia o keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. We re no da vinci but we do know how a plain painting looks like never mind the fact that most of them if not all are abstract in nature. This abstract painting was finished by kooning in 1953. The list of paintings below however got us scratching our heads.

When jasper s painting was purchased in 2006 it sold for an astounding 80 million. The painting was a representation of his role as salvator mundi or saviour of the world. This is the collection of most expensive painting or the highest known prices ever paid for painting. There are four versions of the scream and this one is a lot less valuable than the 1893 oil painting rendition which is currently on display in oslo norway s national gallery.

On 20 november 2014 at sotheby s the crystal bridges museum of american art bought her 1932 painting jimson weed white flower no. That is the reason why this expensive painting is very popular until now. The earliest sale on the list vase with fifteen sunflowers by vincent van gogh is from 1987 and more than trebled the previous record price set only two years before introducing a new era in top picture prices. Woman iii by willem de kooning.

1 for us 44 4 million equivalent to us 48 million in 2019. But hey despite this unprecedented detail these paintings happen to be worth.