how much, what, where and the artist....
2007-02-07 19:11:32 · 7 answers · asked by saintprince 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The world's most famous paintings are generally owned by museums, which very rarely sell them. As such, they are quite literally priceless.
Guinness World Records lists the Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting in history. It was assessed at US$100 million on December 14, 1962, before the painting toured the U.S. for several months. However, the Louvre chose to spend the money on security rather than insurance. Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be approximately US$670 million in 2006.
2007-02-07 19:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by greβ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their paintings are famous for all of the reasons you mention and more! They are all dead now, so they can't produce more paintings. This raises the value of the paintings that exist today. Another reason is because they had remarkable skill and knowledge of art in general. Many of the old master painters studied art formally by going to art schools or by apprenticing with another older master painter. I studied art in school; however, totay's art curriculum does not compare to the days of old, when artists were really educated about art. Today, many art schools just let the students do "whatever moves them"! If a student does not like realism, they can paint abstract, etc. However, this was not the case back then. If you studied art, then you learned ALL of the basics before you did your "own thing". Many of today's art students get out of school and don't have the ability to really draw or paint, because they have been allowed to "wing it", so to speak. I own an art gallery, and I recently met with an art student who is going into his senior year. He wanted to show me some of his works that were mostly all abstract and contemporary. I asked him if he ever painted anything in realism. He told me "no". I could not believe it! By his senior year in college, studying art, he has never once had to draw or paint anything in realism. I just don't get it! In the old days artists would draw from life and nature over and over and over again until they really got it right, then they were allowed to move on to the next level. I guess today, anyone can dip their bicycle tires in paint and ride accross a large canvas and call it art! I don't!
2016-05-24 05:57:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The estimated monetary value of Mona Lisa is a fantastic sum of money, much more than probably any other Old Masters painting that had been sold. Of course, she's not for sale.
2007-02-08 01:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we cannot conclude on the most expensive paintings in the world, since the most popular ones r not for sale,
n as we can observe in famous auction houses, the price of the ones that r for sale r always topping one another....
in the end, it's really a matter of how badly a buyer wants the painting that will decide the price of a painting...
^^
2007-02-07 20:31:47 · answer #4 · answered by Pink Bubbles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most expensive painting is "priceless" because its value exceeds that which any amount of money can represent .
2007-02-08 14:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right now the highest price has been for a GUSTAV KLIMT painting PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH BAUER price $135 million
2007-02-07 20:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by torreart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if im not mistaken rembrandt
2007-02-07 19:19:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋