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Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
The art world is full of breathtaking masterpieces that come with astronomical price tags. While many recognize these famous canvases, only true art connoisseurs can name the brilliant minds behind them. Are you an art expert or just a casual admirer? Put your knowledge to the ultimate test and find out who painted the most expensive masterpieces in history!
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1. Which one isPortrait of Dr. Gachet, which sold at auction for $82.5 million, was painted by which Dutch Post-Impressionist? a saber?
Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold at auction for $82.5 million.
Willem de Koonig
M.C. Escher
Piet Mondrian
Vincent van Gogh
2. Which Mexican artist’s self-portrait sold for $34.9 million in 2021, the highest price paid for a piece of Latin American art at that time?
Frida Kahlo’s Diego and I, a self-portrait, sold at auction for $34.9 million in November 2021.
Diego Rivera
José Clemente Orozco
Frida Kahlo
Fanny Rabel
3. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, which sold at auction for $106.5 million, was painted by which Spanish expatriate?
Pablo Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sold at auction for $106.5 million.
Diego Velázquez
Salvador Dalí
Pablo Picasso
Joan Miró
4. Nurse, painted by which practitioner of Pop art, sold at auction for $94.5 million?
Roy Lichtenstein’s Nurse sold at auction for $94.5 million.
Roy Lichtenstein
Andy Warhol
Keith Haring
Marisol
5. Dance at Moulin de la Galette, which sold at auction for $78.1 million, was painted by which Impressionist artist?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Dance at Moulin de la Galette sold at auction for $78.1 million.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Henri Matisse
Edgar Degas
Édouard Manet
6. Three Studies of Lucien Freud, by which British painter, sold at auction for $142.4 million?
Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucien Freud sold at auction for $142.4 million.
David Hockney
Damien Hirst
Francis Bacon
Lucien Freud
7. Meules, which sold at auction for $110.7 million, was painted by which French Impressionist?
Claude Monet’s Meules sold at auction for $110.7 million.
Paul Cézanne
Claude Monet
Berthe Morisot
Édouard Manet
8. Young Man Holding a Roundel, which sold at auction for $92.2 million, was painted by which artist (who is also known for The Birth of Venus)?
Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel sold at auction for $92.2 million.
Paolo Veronese
Sandro Botticelli
Andrea del Verrocchio
Leonardo da Vinci
9. Which Austrian painter and founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession created The Woman in Gold, which sold at auction for $135 million?
Gustav Klimt was the Austrian painter and founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession who created The Woman in Gold, which sold at auction for $135 million.
Egon Schiele
Amedeo Modigliani
Gustav Klimt
Giorgio de Chirico
10. The Man of Sorrows, which sold at auction for $45.4 million in January 2022, is credited to which Italian Renaissance painter?
The Man of Sorrows, once attributed to Sandro Botticelli’s assistants but later said to be Botticelli’s work alone, sold at auction for $45.4 million in January 2022.
Michelangelo
Sandro Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Sofonisba Anguissola
11. Which Pop art leader painted Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster), which sold at auction for $105.4 million?
Andy Warhol’s Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) was sold at auction for $105.4 million.
James Rosenquist
Robert Rauschenberg
Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
12. Who painted Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, which sold at auction in 2022 for $195 million, a record for a 20th-century painting?
Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sold at auction for $195 million in May 2022.
Cindy Sherman
Salvador Dalí
Frida Kahlo
Andy Warhol
13. L''Homme à la hache by which French artist, who sought to achieve a “primitive” expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work, sold at auction for $40.3 million?
L''Homme à la hache by Paul Gauguin, a French artist who sought to achieve a “primitive” expression of spiritual and emotional states in his work, sold at auction for $40.3 million.
Paul Cézanne
Paul Gauguin
Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
14. Which Norwegian artist created The Scream (or The Cry), a version of which sold at auction for $119.9 million?
Edvard Munch was the Norwegian artist who created The Scream (or The Cry), a pastel version of which sold at auction for $119.9 million.
Edvard Munch
Edgar Degas
Salvador Dalí
Giorgio Morandi
15. Le Principe de Plaisir, which sold at auction for $26.8 million, was painted by which Belgian Surrealist?
René Magritte’s Le Principe de Plaisir sold at auction for $26.8 million.
René Magritte
Luc Tuymans
Leonora Carrington
Ithell Colquhoun
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