Art: Ten Most Expensive Paintings of All Time

The last recorded words of Picasso are: "Paintings remains to be Invented."

"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." - Picasso

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Einstein

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist." - Einstein

10. Self-Portrait: Yo Picasso Artist: Pablo Picasso Price tag: $43,500,000 Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (May 9th, 1989)
9. Nude in a Black Armchair Artist: Picasso Price tag: $45,102,500 Purchased: Christie's, New York (November 9th, 1999)
8. Lerêve Artist: Picasso Price tag:$48,402,500 Purchased: Christie's, New York (November 10th, 1997)
7. Irises Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Price tag: $49,000,000 Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (November 11th, 1987)
6. Woman Seated in a Garden Artist: Picasso Price tag: $49,500,000 Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (November 10th, 1999)
5. Les Noces de Pierrette Artist: Picasso Price tag: $51,671,920 Purchased - Binoche et Godeau, Paris (November 30th, 1989)
4. Still Life with Curtain, Pitcher, and Bowl of Fruit Artist: Paul Cezanne Price tag: $60,500,000 Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (May 10th, 1999)
3. Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Price tag: $71,500,000 Purchased: Christie's, New York (November 19th, 1998)
2. Au Moulin de la Galette A rtist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Price tag: $78,100,000 Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (May 17th, 1990)
1. Portrait of Dr. Gachet Le Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Missing potrait) Le Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Musee d'Orsay, Paris) Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Price tag: $82,500,000 Purchased: Christie's, New York (May 15th, 1990)

Claude Monet

Vincent Van Gogh

Gauguin Tahiti

Pablo Picasso

Artchive - Pablo Picasso
Aesthetic Realism and Picasso's Guernica: for Life
Olga's Gallery: Pablo Picasso
Astrocartography of Pablo Picasso
Absolutearts.com - Picasso, Pablo
On-Line Picasso Project
Pablo Picasso -- official web site
Pablo Picasso -- Some of Pablo Picasso's most brilliant works.
Picasso, Pablo

Paul Cezanne

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Raphel

Leonardo Da Vinci

Links

Artsonia -- kid's Art Museum
Artists Indexes New Additions, Search CGFA
Artists Gallery at Art.com
Artnet.com -- from Artnet Magazine with search engine.
ARTSTAR.com
The Artchive
British Museum, The
Cleveland Museum of Art, The
Erotic Art
Euro Art Gallery Oil Paintings Reproductions & Potraits
Indecent Images -- gallery of evocative pre-Raphaelite paintings, with commentary and background by Steven William Rimmer.
J.-E Berger Foundation: World Art Treasures
London Galleries & Museum Information
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
Mother of all art & art history links pages
National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C.
National Gallery, London
Virtual Museum of Education Iconics - U. of Minnesota -- a guided tour of education themes in art that romanticize, illustrate, or detail the history and experience of education.

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