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The most famous paintings, especially old master works created before 1803, are generally owned or held by museums for viewing by patrons. Since museums rarely sell them, they are considered priceless. Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting.
100 Great Paintings is a British television series broadcast in 1980 on BBC Two, devised by Edwin Mullins. [1] He chose 20 thematic groups, such as war, the Adoration, the language of colour, the hunt, and bathing, picking five paintings from each. [2]
Double Portrait of both Artists, at and by Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne From Copenhagen Stock Exchange , by Peder Severin Krøyer Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons , by Joshua Reynolds
In this article, we recognized some of the most famous artists of all time, highlighting their significant milestones, notable pieces, and experiences that gave birth to their unmistakable creativity.
Name Image Type Creator Ref. The Seated Scribe: Sculpture (Egyptian) [1]Venus de Milo: Sculpture (Greek) Alexandros of Antioch Coronation of the Virgin
The top three Basquiat paintings at auction all date to 1982, which is considered his most valuable year. [2] At a Sotheby's auction in 2017, Untitled (1982), sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased and setting a new record high for an American artist at auction. [3]
In a December 2, 2004, article in The Guardian, the painting was named the third most influential piece of modern art in a survey of 500 artists, critics, and others. [7] The artwork was also ranked ninth in the past 1,000 years by Kathleen Davenport, Director, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston. [8]
“Many of the pieces … all have long histories of exchanging ownership, whether originating from a private sale or a deal within a family estate collection, e.g. famous collections like the ...