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
The Cloud (painting) The Cloud (painting) The Cloud () is a 1985 oil painting by the Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum. It depicts a nude man in a leather helmet, looking out over a landscape with a compact dark cloud in the sky. In 2005 the painting was selected by the newspaper "Morgenbladet" as one of Norway's twelve most important artworks from the period 1945–2005. A version of the painting was sold for 1.9 million Norwegian kroner in 2008, which was the new record for a Nerdrum painting. The record was held until 2016 when "Dawn" was sold for 341,000 British pounds. The original