5 Most Expensive Paintings All the Time

The artists created a painting based on the imagination and the outpouring of the painter's heart for his work to have high artistic value. Paintings with high artistic value can have a very expensive selling price. The following are the most expensive paintings in the world all the time.

1. The Card Player by Paul Cezanne, US $ 254 Million

The most expensive painting in the world was created by a French painter named Paul Cezanne. The reason that this painting is sold at a very expensive price is that of the fine detail and good color intensity. This painting is the last painting from 5 paintings of Cezanne who is describing a card player. In 2011, the royal family of Qatar bought this painting in an auction.

The Card Player

2. No. 5 by Jackson Pollock, US $ 140 Million

Jackson Pollock is an American painter who became very popular because of its contribution in the field of abstract impressionism. This painting is marked with thick chocolate and yellow paint. According to art experts, this painting is an abstract representation of a nest. At first, this painting is showed in the Museum of Modern Art and owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse. In the end, he sold this painting to David Geffen.

No. 5

3. Woman III by Willem De Kooning, US $ 137.5 Million

This 1953 painting is the work of Willem De Kooning. Actually, this painting is part of a series involving six different paintings. This painting is abstract expressionist style from Kooning and has a size of 68 x 48.5 inches. In 2000, Willem's painting was sold by David Geffen to a billionaire, Steven A. Cohen.

Woman III

4. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt, US $ 135 Million

Gustav Klimt completed this painting in 1907 with a canvas measuring 54 x 54 inches and using oil, gold, and silver. The latest acquisition of the painting was made by Ronald Lauder in 2006 and is featured in his gallery, Neue Galerie in New York City. This painting was made while Klimt was in Vienna. Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was a sugar industry figure commissioned Klimt to paint his wife, Adele Bloch-Bauer.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

5. The Scream by Edvard Munch, US $ 120 Million

This painting is the fourth version created by Edvard Munich. The painting is made using oil, tempera, and pastel. Edvard completed the painting in 1895 and it is a very expensive one. The painting was sold at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Auction in 2012 and purchased by Leon Black.