$78,100,000 for Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1990)




     Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre was painted by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. On May 17, 1990, it was sold for $ 78,000,000 at Sotheby's in New York City to Ryoei Saito, the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Company, Japan.


     At the time of sale, it was one of the top two most expensive artworks ever sold, together with van Gogh's Portrait of Dr Gachet, which was also purchased by Saito. Saito caused international outrage when he suggested in 1991 that he intended to cremate both paintings with him when he died. Saito died in 1996 ... but the painting was saved.
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$135,000,000 for Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt (2006)




     The record-breaking sale - which followed a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to Bloch-Bauer's heir - was the culmination of a years-long dispute over the painting looted by Nazis during World War II.


      Painted by the art nouveau master Gustav Klimt in 1907, the portrait was purchased in 2006 by cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder.
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$140,000,000 for No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock (2006)




According to a report in the New York Times, on November 2, 2006, the painting was sold by David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of Dreamworks SKG, to David Martinez, managing partner of Fintech Advisory Ltd, in a private sale for a record inflation adjusted price of $140 million.
Shearman & Sterling, LLP issued a press release on behalf of its client, David Martinez, to announce that contrary to recent articles in the press, Mr Martinez does not own the painting or any rights to acquire it. The sale was never confirmed.


Painted by expressionist Jackson Pollock in his trademark "drip" style, the 4' x 8' painting is said to have been purchased by entertainment mogul David Geffen in November 2006.
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$76,700,000 for The Massacre of the Innocents by Paul Rubens (2002)




     The Massacre of the Innocents is one of two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting an episode of the biblical Massacre of the Innocents as related in the Gospel of Matthew.


     This painting by Peter Paul Rubens, painted in 1611, is the only painting in this list which was not painted in the 19th or 20th century. It was sold to Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet for $ 76,700,000 at a 2002 Sotheby's auction.
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$60,500,000 for Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne (1999)



       This painting by Paul Cézanne, painted in ca. 1893-1894 was sold for $60,500,000 at Sotheby's New York on May 10, 1999 to "The Whitneys". Whitney, born into one of America's wealthiest families, was a venture capitalist, publisher, Broadway show and Hollywood film producer, and philanthropist.
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$55,000,000 for Femme aux Bras Croises by Pablo Picasso (2000)




     This work, painted in 1901, was a part of Picasso's famous Blue Period, a dark, sad time in the artist's life. The beautiful & various tones of blue are typical. The painting depicts a woman with her arms crossed staring at the endless nothing.


      Femme aux Bras Croisés was sold for $55,000,000 November 8, 2000, at Christie's Rockefeller in New York City.
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$71,500,000 for Portrait de L'Artiste sans Barbe by Vincent van Gogh (1998)




      Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe ("Self-portrait without beard") is one of many self-portraits by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. He painted this one in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in September 1889. The painting is a oil painting on canvas and is 40 cm x 31 cm (16" x 13").


      This is an uncommon painting since his other self-portraits show him with a beard. The self-portrait became one of the most expensive paintings of all time when it was sold for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York.
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$82,500,000 for Portrait du Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh (1990)




     This painting by the Dutch Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh suddenly became world-famous when Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito paid $82.5 million for it at auction in Christie's, New York.


      Vincent van Gogh actually painted two versions of Dr Gachet's portrait. You can view the other version, with a slightly different color scheme, at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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Winter by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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The Times Of Day, Brightness Of Day by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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The Moon And The Stars, The Moon by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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Dance by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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Zodiac by Alphonse Maria Mucha

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Art Nouveau – Selection of Lorie Humpton



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LUCIEN LEVY-DHURMER

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Famous Body Painting Women 4

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World Famous Body Painter Shares Tips at The Makeup Show LA 2012



     Renowned face and body painting artist Genevieve "Jinny" Houle was a keynote speaker at The Makeup Show LA 2012 last week. Jinny has captured the eye and hearts of fellow body painting artists and fans throughout the world for her creative, colorful body art creations. She hosted Fashion Forward: Combining Body Painting and Beauty at The Makeup Show Keynote and Business Forum in Los Angeles for Mehron – and we couldn't be more thrilled. She artistically and perfectly demonstrated ideas and applications, and shared some of her inspirations and secrets, on how to bring body art into fashion editorial.

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WORLD FAMOUS BODY PAINTING ART 2



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WORLD FAMOUS BODY PAINTING ART

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More “Handimal” Illusions by Guido Daniele








      Last two days I was over my head with work, and missed updating MOIllusions. Still, my work involved some “soon-to-be-announced” gifts for you – just in time for Christmas. Stay tuned and expect something big really soon! In the mean time, I give you Guido Daniele’s new Handimals! Before you check these, make sure you’re already familiar with his work. Browse Hand Painted Animals Part I and Part II before you proceed. This time Guido painted more animals, and I must agree they look incredibly real. There are so many to choose from, I still haven’t managed to publish them all. Be sure to visit the artist’s website for more.


 Here is a short bio of Guido:
        “Guido Daniele started working as hyper-realistic illustrator, in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies, using and testing different painting techniques. In 1990 he added a new artistic experience to his previous ones: using the body painting technique, he creates and paints models bodies for different situations such as advertising pictures, commercials, fashion events and exhibitions. Guido is most famous for his “Handimals”, created by secret body painting methods.”
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A Fame Of Alfons Mucha



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    His greatest work is the Slavic Epic. It shows the myths and legends of the Slavic people and the author worked on it for 18 years. The whole Epic is composed of twenty canvases, each measuring 610 x 810 cm. In 1928 Mucha devoted these paintings to Prague but under the condition they remain in a dignified place. Because the conditions were not met the paintings were exhibited in the castle in the Moravian Krumlov. After years of conjecture between Krumlov and Prague the paintings have been returned to Prague. Unfortunately, still remain curled and still waiting for the exhibition.

Alfons Mucha - Slavic Epic / Slovanska Epopej
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Fay Sirkis presents “The Art of Portrait Painting” at Imaging USA in San Antonio, January 16-18

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RAMÓN CASAS, THE CATALAN ART NOUVEAU PAINTER




      Ramon Casas i Carbó was a Spanish artist and painter born in Barcelona (1866-1932). He was famous by his portraits, caricatures and paintings of the high society, intellectual, economic and political life of Barcelona, Madrid and Paris. He also became famous for his paintings of riots, as the framework for the repression of a demonstration in the streets of Barcelona. It was a graphic designer and his posters and postcards helped him to define the Catalan art movement known as modernism.

      His style was consolidated in the post-impressionism. Excellent portrait artist, defines different types of women, such as Gypsy and others, as well as series of portraits in charcoal of leading intellectuals of the time, musicians such as Albeniz and Granados, writers such as Unamuno and Azorín, or painters like Zuloaga or Sorolla. He also expressed with his brushes interior anonymous cafes or street life, with all the spontaneity emanating from both the environment as their characters. His style was itself influenced by Manet, Whistler and Degas by the soft colors and the blurred boundaries that will evolve into a kind of painting's most colorful and distinctly realistic.

      Casas is also one of the leading representatives of the Catalan modernism that reflects on billboards (Codorniu Champagne, Anis del Mono anisette and others) that performs for prestigious commercial firms, full of artistic sensibility.



















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