Who wouldn’t want to own a piece of art it’s one of the greatest forms of self-expression and can also be a great way to share an idea with others however some paintings simply command more money than others but why here we’ll take a closer look at some of the most costly paintings ever bought at auction.
Julian Octobre Xiaowu Ki: Asian Artistry
Octobre xiaowu ki is an Asian contemporary artist who takes great delight in his oil paintings he ranked among the 10th most popular trading artists worldwide in 2017. His 1985 June octobre painting triptych which sold for a remarkable 65 million dollars at the Sotheby’s modern art evening sale in Hong Kong is a well-known masterpiece despite passing away in 2013 Zhao Willkie secured a significant victory in addition to breaking the previous record for the most paid Asian artist his work was considered the most costly painting ever sold at a Hong Kong auction house at least he didn’t pass away as an unsuccessful artist like many others.
Kasamir’s Heart: Hockney’s Pool
Pool with two figures the incredible quality of kasamir’s work expanded the limits of his times conventional art his work focused on the human heart rather than just the geometrical shapes and colors the real artist portrait of an artist a Hockney artwork from 1972 reveals a personal heartbreak the artist was a professor at the university of California who was in a relationship with one of his students he ultimately let his lover go to a new person that’s sad the painting represents Hockney’s partner looking at the other man through the pool Hockney was devastated but the painting sold for an absurd 90.3 million dollars in a new York Christie sale auction in 2018. has anyone brought up that this was the most expensive work of art ever sold by a living artist as it turns out struggling artists are a thing of the past no doubt.
The Woman in Gold
The woman in gold the name Robert lotter will be instantly recognizable to lovers of cosmetics as the name of the enormously wealthy billionaire whose well-known brand bears his name you might know that he reportedly paid 135 million us dollars for the work which is considered klimp’s most outstanding achievement the picture has a questionable history having been the focus of a prolonged legal dispute between the austrian government and the niece of the woman it illustrates she said that the nazis stole it and the four other corpse pieces from her family during world war ii although lauder always refused to state.
Picasso’s Record-Breaking Sale
According to the famed Spanish cubist artist Pablo Picasso sold les femmes de Alger at auction in may 2015 for 179.3 million dollars a record for an auction house sale well who is the new owner the former Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jasmin bin jaber al-Thani placed the highest offer at the Christie’s new York auction Picasso finished the colorful oil painting in 1955 and it features several nude quarter shins it is currently kept in el Thani’s private collection in the kotari capital Doha where it still has the distinction of being the fourth most expensive painting ever sold.
Stolen Masterpiece
Savior of the world art is pricey and can be almost as expensive as purchasing a sizeable mansion in los Angeles believe me or not that’s the truth many of these masterpieces have hefty price tags so it seems to make sense that someone would be prepared to steal them a renowned Russian businessman initially purchased the artwork through a swiss art dealer and it was sold at auction in 2017 at the Christie sale in new York things worsened after the prince of Saudi Arabia purchased the painting for 450 million dollars like seriously the final remaining fragment of Leonardo da Vinci’s savior of the world a renaissance painting from the 14th to 15th centuries had gone missing from the Saudi Arabian prince in 2017.
The picture was supposed to be on exhibit at the lavor Abu Dhabi a museum of art and culture but at the time it had disappeared even the most surprising thing is that the museum has not requested police aid in locating the picture supporting the theory that it has never actually been lost it might only be a publicity trick.
