Van Gogh and Picasso
Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso are by far the best represented artists in the list. Whereas Picasso became a wealthy man, Van Gogh (supposedly) sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for 400 Francs (about $1600 in 2011) to the impressionist painter and heiress Anna Boch. His seven paintings in the list below alone were sold for over 700 million current dollars.
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Famous quotes containing the words van gogh, van, gogh and/or picasso:
“A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
“Not only is this the greatest adventure awaiting mankind, but it’s the greatest challenge ever hurled at American industry.”
—Rip Van Ronkel, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
“An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)
“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)