Men in Her Life (painting) Men in Her Life (painting) Men in Her Life is a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol. It is a black and white painting inspired by the life of Elizabeth Taylor, a seven foot tall creation of the artist. It is a series of photos picturing the most important men in the life of Elizabeth Taylor, including her third husband Mike Todd and her future husband Eddie Fisher. The painting was sold for $63.4 million in 2010 by Phillips de Pury & Co. The final sum was a surprise even for the organizers, which evaluated the painting at 40 million dollars
In the Sun (painting) In the Sun (painting) In the Sun () is a painting by Alexander Samokhvalov (, 1894–1971), depicting his wife, the artist Maria Alexseevna Kleshchar-Samokhvalova (; 1915–2000). Alexander Samokhvalov was a well-known Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher. He was an Honored Arts Worker of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad, and was regarded as one of the founders and brightest representatives of the Socialist realism art movement. The portrait "In the Sun" was painted in Gurzuf, Crimea, where in 1950–60 Samokhvalov repeatedly vacationed with his wife Maria Alekseyevna Kleshchar-Samokhvalova. She was born in the Ukraine