World s most expensive watercolor painting. Though artworks are assessed for insurance purposes theres truly no way to put a monetary value on the mona lisa which is considered priceless. The work by rothko himself born in russian ruled latvia in 1903 was the second most expensive painting ever sold at the time rybolovlev acquired it. The paintings are ranked by the original sale price in us. The worlds most expensive paintingstext art critic alastair sooke tracks down the ten most expensive paintings to sell.
Its since dropped to third place. Its one of five paintings included in the french masters 1890s series of the same name. The final in our list of the ten most expensive paintings that have ever been sold in the history of art amedeos nu couche is a 1917 oil on canvas painting. 50 best watercolor paintings from top artists around the world neel watercolor painting also aquarelle from french is a painting method.
Also known as reclining nude or red nude in english nu couche was sold at usd 170 million at a christies new york auction on the 9th of november 2015. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble. The earliest sale on the list vase with fifteen sunflowers by vincent van gogh is from 1987 and more than trebled the previous record price set only two years before introducing a new era in top picture prices. All the best most expensive watercolor painting 32 collected on this page.
It was purchased by the royal family of qatar in 2011 reportedly paying double the existing record for any artwork to be sold at auction. Art critic alastair. Real art lessons downloadable e book dvds by artist delmus phelps get art please enjoy and subscribe. The third most expensive painting in the world is the card players by paul cezanna.
Zao wou kis most renowned work was his 1985 juin octobre painting triptych that sold for a whopping 65 million at the sothebys modern art evening sale in hong kong.