The value of works of art has always been a matter of controversy. Below we present to you art paintings of questionable artistic value that have been sold for bizarre sums. But as they often say, works of art are only worth what the buyer is willing to pay for them. The art market is full of private deals, which is why even pictures that seem like a five-year-old could have drawn, but fame is created around them, reaching amounts that only the richest can afford.
Artistic pictures they are serious business. In this year's ranking, we will take a walk through the paintings that have reached incredible prices, although their artistic value is highly questionable.
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Paintings of questionable artistic value that have sold for bizarre sums:
We present to you eleven artistic paintings questionable artistic value, for which their new owners had to dig deep into their pockets. Only who understands art?
The most expensive art paintings of all time:
- Mona Lisa: Leonardo da Vinci; the current estimated value of the painting is $670,000,000
- Garcon à la pipe: Pablo Picasso; sold for 104.1 million; the current assessed value is $106,910,700
- Portrait of Dr. Gachet: Vincent van Gogh; sold for 82.5 million; the current estimated value is $116,793,226.33
- Dance at the Gallete Mill in Montmartre: Pierre-Auguste Renoir; sold for $78 million; the current estimated value is $110,422,686.71
- Irises: Vincent van Gogh; sold for $49 million; the current estimated value is $78,402,796.71
