Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956), better known as Jackson Pollock, was a famous American painter and major work on vivid abstraction. He is known for his special ability in drift painting.

During his lifetime, Pollock was very famous. He was a great painter of his generation. Rather than being modest, he had an impulsive personality and struggled largely with alcoholism his entire life. In 1945, he married the painter Lee Krasner, who became an important inspiration in his career and legacy.

No. 5, 1948 is done on an 8' x 4' fiber board, with a thick amount of brown and yellow paint coated on top, forming a nest-like appearance. It was originally owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. and was displayed at the Museum of Modern Art before being sold to David Geffen and then allegedly to David Martinez in 2006 (although the sale of this painting to Martinez was denied by his attorneys).

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 an inflation-adjusted record price of $140 million.

Adjusted price: $148.1 Million | Original price: $140 Million

Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962.

Woman III is a painting by the abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. Woman III is one of a series of six paintings by de Kooning done between 1951 and 1953, in which the central subject is women. It measures 68 x 48 + 1⁄2 inches (1.73 x 1.23 m) and was completed in 1953.

From the late 1970s to 1994, this painting was in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, but after the 1979 revolution, this painting could not be displayed because of strict government regulations about the visual arts and what they depict. Finally, in 1994 it was quietly traded by Thomas Ammann Fine Art to David Geffen for the remains of a 16th-century Persian manuscript, Tahmasbi Shahnameh.

In November 2006, the painting was sold by Geffen to billionaire Steven A. Cohen for $137.5 million.

Adjusted price: $145.4 Million | Original price: $137.5 Million

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement. His main works include paintings, murals, sketches and many other works of art, many of which are on display at the Vienna Secession gallery. His primary subject matter is the depiction of the female figure, and his pencil drawings depict the provocative appeal of a woman, whether naked or well dressed.

Adele Bloch-Bauer I is the name of a masterpiece painting by artist Gustav Klimt, an Expressionist painter, painted in 1907, depicting a portrait of the noble woman Adele Bloch-Bauer. According to reports, in June 2006, the painting was sold to Ronald Lauder for a record $135 million to his Neue Galerie in New York. This painting was the highest priced painting at the time and was on display at the gallery since July 2006.

Adjusted price: $142.8 Million | Original price: $135 Million

Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter, widely regarded as one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western Art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 works of art, including about 860 oil paintings, most of which were painted during the last two years of his life. These include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, characterized by bold tones and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushstrokes that have contributed to the foundation of modern art. Van Gogh was not commercially successful, and his suicide at the age of 37 came after years of struggling with depression and poverty.

The Portrait of Doctor Gachet is one of the most revered paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting depicts the doctor Paul Gachet, who cared for Van Gogh during the last months of his life. There are two attested versions of the portrait, both painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise. Both pictures show Gachet sitting at a table with his head resting on his right arm, but they are easily distinguishable in color and style. In May 1990, the first edition was auctioned for $82.5 million (equivalent to $154.5 million today), which is a record for the highest price ever paid for a picture. This record was unchallenged until June 2006 when it was surpassed by the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.

Adjusted price: $134.6 Million | Original price: $82.5 Million

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919) was a French painter, a pioneer in the development of the Impressionist style. He is a painter who always appreciates beauty, especially about female body beauty. "Renoir is the ultimate embodiment of the transitional tradition from Rubens to Watteau".

The Dance at the Moulin de la Galette also known as Le moulin de la Galette is a painting painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. This painting is now on display at the Orsay Museum in Paris and is one of the most famous works of Impressionism. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre neighborhood, Paris. In the late 19th century, working-class Parisians used to entertain themselves by dancing, drinking and eating galettes until the night. Like many of Renoir's other works, the Dance at the Moulin de la Galette presents a moment of everyday life.

Adjusted price: $127.4 Million | Original price: $78.1 Million

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973), commonly known as Pablo Picasso or Picasso, was a Spanish painter and sculptor. Picasso is considered one of the most prominent painters of the 20th century, he, along with Georges Braque, was the two founders of cubism in painting and sculpture. The 200 greatest visual artists in the world of the 20th century. He was also voted by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Boy with a Pipe is one of Pablo Picasso's most famous paintings. The picture was painted when he was 24 years old. This painting depicts a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand. When the painting was presented to the public, everyone was surprised because they did not expect that a cubist artist could paint such an ecstatic picture.

In May 2004, the painting was auctioned for over $104 million at Sotheby's auction in New York, USA. Sotheby's did not disclose who bought the painting. However, some sources say that the owner of the painting is Guido Barilla, owner of the Barilla Group in Italy. This painting has set the record for the most expensive painting. On the part of art critics, they are not satisfied with the price of $ 104 million because Picasso is one of the most famous great painters of the twentieth century. They say that the price of the painting must be much higher than the original price.

Adjusted price: $117.6 Million | Original price: $104.2 Million

Iris is one of many paintings about irises by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting was painted while Vincent van Gogh was living in the asylum of Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year of the artist's life.

The iris was painted before his first seizure in the asylum. The painting lacks the intense tension commonly found in his later works. He called the painting "a lightning rod for his illness", because he felt that he could stop himself from going crazy by continuing to paint.

In 1987, Iris became the most expensive painting ever sold at the time, setting a record that lasted for two and a half years. It was later sold for US$53.9 million to Alan Bond, but Bond did not have enough money to pay for the painting. The painting was later sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 1990.

Adjusted price: $101.2 Million | Original price: $53.9 Million

Dora Maar with Cat is a painting by Pablo Picasso painted in 1941. The painting shows Dora Maar, the artist's mistress, with a cat sitting on Dora's shoulder. This painting is one of the most expensive in the world, with a price tag of more than $95 million.

The cat featured here was perhaps used as a symbol of the feminine sexual values of Pablo Picasso's mistress and speaks directly to the viewer about the main focus of this portrait. The cat theme continues with Cat and Cat and Bird.

The use of color in this work of art is one of the reasons why the artist enjoys the finished work. It captures some of his feelings for Dora Maar and gives others insight into their relationship. Some of the woman's signature items will be carefully added to this canvas, such as the hat that she is remembered for often wearing. Many have suggested that the inclusion of the hat in this artwork also indicates that she was involved in the Surrealist movement.

Adjusted price: $100.7 Million | Original price: $95.2 Million

Joseph Roulin was a close friend of Van Gogh while he was in the southern French town of Arles during 1888-1889. In 1888, van Gogh moved to Arles, hoping to discover more artistic sensibilities in the unspoiled countryside. But after moving here, he finds himself alone and isolated. Joseph Roulin worked as a postmaster at the station in Arles. Van Gogh often went there to send paintings to his brother Theo in the Netherlands and they became close friends. Friendship with Joseph Roulin and his family provided Van Gogh comfort and companionship. Roulin continued to see Van Gogh while he was at a psychiatric hospital in Arles, and wrote letters to Van Gogh's family to reassure them of his health and provide regular consolation as he recuperated.

Van Gogh painted about 20 pictures for Joseph Roulin and his family, and he was very proud of these portraits and wrote to his brother Theo about them.

In 1989, the Museum of Modern Art in New York purchased another Portrait of Joseph Roulin from a private collection in Zurich for $58 million. Taking inflation into account, it remains one of the most expensive paintings ever sold.

Adjusted price: $99.7+ Million | Original price: $58+ Million

This is Van Gogh's last portrait and one of his greatest, painted just a few months before his death.

Self-portraits are a motif that Van Gogh always returns to, as artists always return to their favorite subjects - Monet his Waterlily Pond, Cezanne his Mont Sainte-Victoire. During his lifetime, Van Gogh created more than 30 self-portraits.

Self Portrait, 1889 is both more confident and more aggressive. It was a peculiar face, almost rude and callous - as if the babysitter had tested enough of his features for signs of insanity. Deep wrinkles on the nose and cheeks, thick and prominent eyebrows, drooping corners of the mouth: this is the face of a man who has no time to be friendly. The zigzag and swirling lines that represent the background are also used for the people and the artist's clothes, and the relentless rejection of harmony and peace which these lines attest sets the main focus on the features. points on the subject's face: the need for distortion and rework has created a new disorder in his psychophysiology. The face was not too crude or angry but full of life, a sense of the present moment. The painter and custodian are one and the same person, it is not necessary (as it were) for the model to stay still. The photo is neither a pretty pose nor an actual recording; rather, the face that Van Gogh here is putting on the canvas is one that has seen too much danger, too much disturbance, to be able to control his agitation and trembling. In fact, it was not an unfriendly face. This portrait speaks of vitality. And the approach is clearly incapable of creating the ideal.

Adjusted price: $93.5 Million | Original price: $71.5 Million