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Le pigeon aux petit pois (English: Pigeon with peas), sometimes referred to as Dove with green peas, is a 1911 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso.It is an example of Picasso's Cubist works and has an estimated value of €23 million.
List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1][2] through ...
Pablo Ruiz Picasso[a][b] (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, [8][9] the co ...
W. J. H. B. Sandberg, Daedalus, 1960 Dora Maar found a large enough studio for Picasso to paint Guernica in. Through her connections in the left-wing community, she gained access to a space on Rue des Grands-Augustins, near Notre-Dame. This building had previously served as the headquarters of the ‘Contre-Attaque’ group, of which Maar was a dedicated member. Having listened to anti-fascist ...
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($154 million in 2023 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...
Edgar Leeteg. Edgar William Leeteg (April 13, 1904 East St. Louis, Illinois [1] – February 7, 1953 Papeete, Tahiti) [2] was an American painter often considered the father of American velvet painting. He immigrated to French Polynesia in 1933, where he spent the rest of his life painting the local life on black velvet.
Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 118 cm × 156.5 cm (46 in × 61.6 in) Location. Collezione privata, Firenze. The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a painting of the subject of the same name. It is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, c.1601-1602. There are two autograph versions of Caravaggio's The Incredulity of ...
Dimensions. 33.5 cm × 22.8 cm (13.2 in × 9.0 in) Location. Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. Accession. 1896. The Goldfinch (Dutch: Het puttertje) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius of a life-sized chained goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.