The most expensive picture in the world

A person endowed with nature by the artist's unsurpassed talent can not sit still in one place. Many manuscripts try to convey their own inner sensations with the help of improvised material. As a result of scrupulous work there are magnificent canvases splashing a palette of colors, or unique images created with the help of a handful of sand or salt.

Of course, these creative compositions are created by the hands of non-professional artists, and therefore can not be known to the curious public as the most expensive paintings of the world.

But if we talk about real masterpieces of pictorial mastery, then among them we can distinguish ten paintings, which are known as the most expensive paintings in the world, thanks to skilfully held auction auctions.

The most expensive picture in the world. Top 10

1. The first place is still occupied by the most expensive picture in the world - "Players in Cards" by virtuosic artist Paul Cezanne. This canvas cost the new owner at an auction of $ 250 million.
2. The picture of the American expressionist Jackson Pollock called "No. 5, 1948", created under the influence of the emotional state with the help of a picturesque style - dripping, went to secured financial magnate David Martinez at "Sotheby's" for $ 140 million.
3. The masterpiece "Woman III" from the artist Willem de Kooning left the closed auction for $ 137.5 million. This magnificent painting is part of a series of works by the artist, located in American museums.
4. The canvas "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I", written by Gustav Klimt, was sold for $ 135 million. The picture depicts the daughter of the banker Bauer, whose face, shoulders and arms look realistic, and everything else turns into a harmonious abstraction.
5. The mysterious painting "Scream" from the painter Edward Munch from the series, which includes four paintings of the same name, is the most unusual and colorful. On the right takes place in the top "the most expensive picture in the world." It was bought by an unknown connoisseur through a telephone application and $ 119.9 million. Probably, this person has an unshakable will and does not believe in the power of otherworldly forces, as the popular rumor says that everyone who comes into contact with this picture gets in somehow an unpleasant situation that may be deplorable.
6. "The boy with the pipe," created by Pablo Picasso, depicts a touching-melancholy youth with a wreath of roses on his head. The canvas was sold to a real art connoisseur for $ 104.1 million.
7. The painting "Eight Elvis" of the extraordinary Andy Warhol was bought by an unknown lucky for $ 100 million.
8. Another famous painting by Picasso - the famous "Dora Maar with a cat" with the appearance of his beloved artist - was sold for an indecently large amount of 95 million 200 thousand dollars.
9. "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" from Gustav Klimt left the auction for a fortune - 87 million 900 thousand dollars.
10. The post-modernist Van Gogh with the famous picture "Portrait of Dr. Gachet", which for a long time was the title of "the most expensive painting in the world." Was evaluated at the auction in as much as 82 and a half million dollars.