{"id":85002,"date":"2016-03-07T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T10:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=85002"},"modified":"2016-03-08T07:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T07:18:01","slug":"21-most-expensive-paintings-ever-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=85002","title":{"rendered":"21 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being an artist is not easy. Equipment are expensive, plus you have to deal with the societal view of artists being unaccomplished regarding finances. Unless, of course, if you can create an art piece worth millions of dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"mostVincent van Gogh\u2019s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers<\/a> was sold in 1987 and was paid for more than triple the previous Most Expensive Painting record<\/strong>. Mind blowing expensive painting purchases are bought in a rapid pace.<\/p>\n

More people see the value of art as an investment. Wealthy families have place their bets on both famous painters<\/strong> \u2013 whether dead or alive \u2013 and independent artists.\u00a0To give a view of how expensive some paintings may get, here are the 20 most expensive paintings ever sold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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21. \u201cIrises\u201d by Vincent van Gogh for $112,300,000<\/h2>\n

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\u201cIrises\u201d was created by world-famous artist, Vincent van Gogh<\/a>. It was created when Vincent van Gogh was in an asylum just a year before he died at 1890<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The painting was created before the first of his attacks at the asylum. This particular picture was what he called \u201cthe lightning conductor for my illness<\/em>\u201d because it was what kept him from going insane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There are no drawings created to guide Vincent van Gogh in creating \u201cIrises\u201d. His brother submitted the painting<\/strong> to the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Artistes Ind\u00e9pendants in September 1889 with \u201cStarry Night Over the Rhone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“ A beautiful study full of air and life ”<\/p>\n

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His brother described the painting \u201ca beautiful study full of air and life<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0The first person to own the painting was an art critic and anarchist who was one of Van Gogh\u2019s first supporters \u2013 Octave Mirbeau<\/a>. He bought the painting for 300 francs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 1987, it set the record for the most expensive painting ever sold, a record that lasted for 2 and half years. It was sold to Alan Bond for US$53,900,000<\/strong>, but Bond apparently did not have the money to pay for it.<\/p>\n

The painting was then re-sold to J. Paul Getty Museum in Long Angeles in 1990.\u00a0Inflation-adjusted lists of most expensive paintings<\/strong> will place this picture at #10.<\/p>\n