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- Two photographs by Edward Henry Weston feature among the most expensive photographs ever sold
- As of 2013, two photographs by Edward Henry Weston feature among the most expensive photographs ever sold. A nude taken in 1925 was bought by the gallerist Peter MacGill for $1.6 million in 2008. Naut ......
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- They Still Say That Fish Is Expensive
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- www.contemporary-art.org/Oil-Painting/They-Still-Say-That-Fish-Is-Expensive-Works-17749.html
- Is it Worthy Bidding $170.4 Millions for Amedeo's Nude Painting?
- By Singing Palette The tragic fall of troubled artist Amedeo Clemente Modigliani is a story that shares some similarities with the death of Edgar Allan Poe who is American Romantic Litterateur in ......
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- Jackson Pollock's No. 5 was sold for the sum of 140 millions USD
- In 2006, Jackson Pollock's No. 5, 1948 became the world's most expensive painting, when it was sold for the sum of $140,000,000. ......
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- Thinking about Art Auctions in the 21st Century
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- Jackson Pollock
- Paul Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. In 2004, One: Number 31 was ranked the 8th most influential piece of modern art in a poll of 500 artists, curators, critics, and dealers. In 2000, the artist was the subject of an Academy Award-winning film Pollock. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 became the world's most expensive painting, when it was sold for the sum ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Jackson-Pollock-Artist-1649/
- Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, was a Spanish painter, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Among Picasso paintings,the most famous are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, and Guernica (1937). Several oil paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. Garçon à la pipe was sold for US$104 million in 2004. In 2010, Green Leaves and Bust was sold for $106.5 million. He remained the t ......
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- Edward Weston
- Edward Henry Weston, 1886 – 1958, was a 20th-century American photographer and a prolific writer, was the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers…" and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." After his death in 1958, his sons scattered his ashes into the Pacific Ocean at Pebbly Beach where was later renamed Weston Beach. As of 2013, two of Weston's photographs f ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Edward-Weston-Artist-1682/
- Zeng Fanzhi
- Zeng Fanzhi (1964- ; Chinese name 曾梵志), a Chinese painter born in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, was considered to be one of the most representative contemporary artists who have international influence. His works were displayed at a series of important international art events and impressed the audiences with the expressionist techniques of metaphor and symbol, featuring masks. More than 50 thousand audiences were attracted to a retrospective exhibition of Zeng’s paintings held at Musé ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zeng-Fanzhi-Artist-1666/
- Bouquet of Sunflowers
- ... garden offered an alternative to expensive travel searching for subjects to ...
- www.contemporary-art.org/Oil-Painting/Bouquet-of-Sunflowers-Works-10980.html
- Portrait Of Eugenia Primavesi
- www.contemporary-art.org/Oil-Painting/Portrait-Of-Eugenia-Primavesi-Works-15225.html
- The Arnolfini Portrait (The Arnolfini Wedding or The Arnolfini Marriage or the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife)
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- Portrait of Margareta van Eyck
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- Pescadores Valencianos
- www.contemporary-art.org/Oil-Painting/Pescadores-Valencianos-Works-17772.html
- Officer And Laughing Girl
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- The Girl with the Wine Glass (A Lady and Two Gentlemen)
- ... Vermeer's use of the expensive natural ultramarine in the tablecloth ...
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- Woman with a Pearl Necklace
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- The Milkmaid (The Kitchen Maid)
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- The Art of Painting (The Allegory of Painting or Painter in his Studio)
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