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What A Scream: The 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever

What A Scream: The 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever
Sam Parker
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Did someone say something about a recession?

As the world stands open-mouthed - much like the painting in question - at the news that The Scream has been sold for an eye-watering $120m, we round up the ten other biggest selling paintings from history.

From Picasso to Monet, here are ten pieces of art that would leave even Bill Gates feeling a little out of pocket. Well, if he bought them all. Then got a taxi home. Anyway - you get the picture...

Most Expensive Artworks Ever
10 - Massacre Of The Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens, $76.7m (£49.4m)(01 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in London in July 2002.PHOTO: PA
Bal Du Moulin De La Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, $78.1m (£48.3m)(02 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in New York in May 1990.PHOTO: Alamy
8. Le Bassin Aux Nympheas by Claude Monet, $80.5m (£49.7m)(03 of10)
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Sold at Christie's in London in June 2008.PHOTO: PA
7. Portrait Of Dr Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, $82.5m (£51m)(04 of10)
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Sold at Christie's in New York in May 1990.PHOTO: Wikipainting
6. Triptych, 1976 by Francis Bacon, $86.3m (£53.3m)(05 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in New York in May 2008.PHOTO: PA
5. Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt, $87.9m (£54.3m)(06 of10)
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Sold at Christie's in New York in November 2006.PHOTO: Wikipaintings
4. Dora Maar Au Chat by Pablo Picasso, $95.2m (£58.8m)(07 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in New York in May 2006.PHOTO: PA
3. Boy With A Pipe (The Young Apprentice) by Pablo Picasso, $104.1 million (£64.3m)(08 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in New York in May 2004.PHOTO: Wikipaintings
2. Nude, Green Leaves And Bust by Pablo Picasso, $106 million US dollars (£65.4 million) (09 of10)
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Sold at Christie's in New York in May 2012.PHOTO: Rex
1. The Scream by Edvard Munch, $119.9 million (£74 million) (10 of10)
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Sold at Sotheby's in New York in May 2012.PHOTO: PA
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