PASSION OF ART

Women III US $ 152.5 million

Women III US $ 152.5 million

"Women III" is the work of abstract expressionist-style paintings that were sold in November 2006 for US $ 152.5 million. This painting was made in 1951 measuring 1.7 m X 1.2 m.
The post-World War II, de Kooning as an homage to the painter of abstract expressionism, and is part of a group of artists who became known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Adolph Gottlieb, Anne Ryan, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston and Clyfford Still.

No.5, 1948 "US $ 155.2 million

American painter known to contribute to the abstract expressionist movement. His painting entitled "No.5, 1948" had been a sales polemic, polemics was finally brokered by Sotheby's auction house price reached $ 155.2 million US fantastic

Three Studies of Lucian Freud "US $ 142.4 million

Paintings by the British artist, Francis Bacon, entitled "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" which was completed in 1969 sold $ 142.4 million in the US auction at Christie's, New York. (13/11/2013)
Oil painting on canvas titled 'Study for a Portrait of Peter Lacy' is seen as one of the important works of Bacon and would become one of the highlights in the sale at Sotheby's contemporary art evening on May 14, 2013 ..
The painting in blue, green and black, Lacy appeared sitting on the fence while holding a glass of wine. The work was painted a few months after the death of Peter Lacy due to alcohol.

"This marks a kind of sea change in the language of images in paintings 1962 Bacon radical composition, the composition of the horizontal fence painting under very stylized figure of the object and the abstract-impressionist and America as well as the background color of the game," said Oliver Baker. Deputy Head of Sotheby's in Europe
"If we look at the entire works of Bacon, and the whole is not more than 600 paintings, mostly dedicated to people belonging to friends and relatives," said Barker.
The painting was sold from a private collection and has 40 years are not displayed to the public. The work will be exhibited in London from April 12 to 16 and in New York began May 3.
Barker said, the pre-sale will assess interest in the works of Bacon since got an improvement on the art market in 2008 sales records Bacon's work in the auction is 86.3 million dollars at Sotheby's auction in New York in 2008 for his work titled 'Triptych, 1976 'is lifted from ancient Greek mythology and the legend of Prometheus.

"The world's great art collector made aware by the fact, that Bacon was not undisputed, is one of the important painters in the last 100 years," said Barker.

Source: ANT, Reuters

Picasso biography

Picasso biography

Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was born in 1881 in the city of Malaga, Spain. His father was an artist and art teacher. Pablo talent emerged at a young age, and once he had become a painter ace during their teenage years. In 1904 he settled in Paris and lived in France for the next. Picasso actually an extremely prolific artist. During his life as an artist was unusually long period of time --sekitar abad-- three quarters he has created more than 20,000 artworks separated from each other, averaging more than 5 work week which lasted for 75 years! The vast majority of the time, his work has always stood at the forefront in terms of high prices, because it was Picasso became a very wealthy man. He died in the town of Mougins, France, 1973.

Painting 4 Dimensions
Here are some of the 4-dimensional paintings that can make you amazed because this painting was made possible se-realist.

One is a painting of a lion jumps red wardrobes inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia, as if to pounce, at the same time tells us that something fantastic happening in the world of art.