Throughout the history of art, visual arts and painting in particular have always had impressively high valuations and frequently sold for millions of dollars. In the following infographic, we’re compiled a quick showcase of the current records held for painting trades. You’ll find out and learn more about the 10 most expensive painting sales post-WW2, which is around the time where the costs of artworks both painting and in general really started increasing.
Here’s the list of the 10 paintings in proper order :
- Nafea Faa Ipoipo by Paul Gaugin
- The Card Players by Paul Cezann
- No. 6 by Mark Rothkofrom
- Les femmes d’Alger by Pablo Picasso
- No. 5 by Jackson Pollock
- Woman III by Willem de Kooning
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
- Le Reve by Pablo Picasso
- Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Van Gogh
- Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon
Infographic Source : http://imgur.com/nP8BS36