Paintings are supposed to be beautiful and inspiring. Painting are supposed to be enjoyable but if you ever want to own these 5 paintings your gonna have to pull out a big loan or be a billionaire. Ever wonder what the most expensive painting are in the world?? Do you think that any of these painters believed that one day their paintings would be worth as much as 143 million dollars??

No. 5, 1948

This painting is worth 143 million dollars today. It was painted by Jackson Pollock in 1948 . It is a very abstract painting. This painting used to be located at the Museum of Modern Art. But now it is not because it was sold to a man named David Martinez in 2006. The painting was done a 8 by 4 fiber board and used a lot of brown and yellow paint as you can see.

Woman III

This painting is worth 140 million dollars today. It was painted by Willem de Kooning in 1953. This painting is an abstract painting and was in a series of 6 don’t by this artist from 1851-1853. It is painted on a 68 by 48 ½ canvass. This is the second most expensive painting in the world

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

This painting is worth 138 million dollars today. It was painted by Gustav K limt in 1907. It is painted on a canvass measuring 138 by 138 cm. It was originally the most expensive painting ever sold and until the two above it were sold months after. This painting took Klimt three years to finish. He was an artist who was a part of the Vienna Secession, and where a group that painted different then the traditional styles.

Portrait of Dr. Gachet

This painting is worth 130 million dollars today. It was painted by Van Gogh in 1876. This painted was sold in 1990 .It is a painting of one of van gogh’s doctor’s , when he was was sick. The paintings took place in Paris.They were painted by van gogh is the last months of his life.

Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre

This painting is worth 122 million dollars today. It was painted by Gustav Renoir in 1876. It was purchase in 1991. It was also the second most expensive painting sold until the mentioned ones above were sold shortly after.