Andy Warhol very collectible and highly valuable. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$105 million for a 1963 canvas titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)"; his works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold. A 2009 article in "The Economist" described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market". Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889–1942) and Julia ("née" Zavacká, 1892–1972), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U.S. His parents
Portrait of the Artist with his Family Portrait of the Artist with his Family Portrait of the Artist with his Family is a c.1615 painting by Jacob Jordaens of himself and his family. With "Group Portrait", "The Apostles Paul and Barnabas at Lystra" (c.1618) and "The Banquet of Cleopatra", it is one of four works by the artist in the Hermitage Museum. In the 18th century the work was owned by the Duke of Portland before entering Robert Walpole's collection at Houghton Hall. After his death it was sold to the Hermitage Museum in 1779 during the reign of Catherine II of Russia. At that time it