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#11 Chuck Close- Net Worth $25 Million:
Chuck Close is an American painter, visual artist and photographer who attained fame as a photorealist, with help of his massive-scale portraits. The visual artist has been facing from a catastrophic spinal artery collapse since year 1988 which made him severely paralysed, but he has endured to paint and produce art that are included in museums and collectors. It is known that Close usually paints abstract portraits of himself and other people, which are suspended in collections globally.
Close even designs photo portraits through a very huge format camera based on his creativity. You can judge how rich Close is as his work is included the collections of majority of the best international museums of latest art, containing the Tate Modern in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
#10. Richard Prince-Net Worth $ 30 Million:
Richard Prince is an American painter and photographer who started working in the field since year 1975. Prince’s image, Untitled (Cowboy), which is a rephotographing of a photograph captured naturally by Sam Abell and taken from a cigarette ad, was the leading rephotograph to fund over $1 million at auction when sold at Christie’s New York in year 2005. This visual artist is considered as one of the most respected artists of his time according to the reports of New York Times. Recently in year 2017, Prince has generated controversy by returning a $36,000 payment he had gained in year 2014 for his depiction of Ivanka Trump.
#9. David Hockney- Net Worth $40 Million:
David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, draughtsman, stage designer and photographer known since last five decades. He is also known to be an important contributor to the pop art movement of 1960s and he is also stared as one of the most influential British artists of 20th century. You can estimate how rich Hockney is as he owns a luxurious home and studio in Kensington, located in London and two estates in California, where he has lived on and off for more than 30 years. In year 2012, Hockney, worth an assessed $55.2 million transferred paintings priced at $124.2 million to the David Hockney Foundation. He also offered additional $1.2 million in cash to support the foundation’s operations.
#8. Gerhard Richter- Net Worth $40 Million:
Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist with high net worth of $40 million. Till date, Richter has created abstract as well as photorealistic artwork, and even photographs and glass pieces. You can observe that his art follows the instances of Picasso and Jean Arp in undermining the idea of the artist’s commitment to hold a unified cohesive style.
In year 2012, Richter’s Abstraktes Bild fixed an auction record price for a painting done by a living artist at price of $34 million and that was exceeded in year 2013 when Richter’s 1968 piece named Domplatz, Mailand was sold for $37.1 million in New York. This was then after surpassed in year 2015 when his painting Abstraktes Bild was sold for high price of $44.52 million at Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale in London. This consistent price rise in his paintings at auction indicates how rich this German visual artist is.
#7. Antony Gormley- Net Worth $50 Million:
Antony Gormley is a talented visual artist wit high net worth of $50 million. His finest popular works comprise the Angel of the North, which is a public sculpture displayed in Gateshead in the North of England, appointed in 1994 and erected in year 1998. In year 2008 The Daily Telegraph has ranked Antony Gormley at number 4 in list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture”, adding to his popularity.
#6. Anish Kapoor- Net Worth $85 Million:
Anish Kapoor is a British sculptor, born in Bombay, who stayed and worked in London since the 1970s. Because of his immense contribution in the field, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in year 2012 which is third-highest civilian award of India. Recently in year 2017 Kapoor was announced as the receiver of the $1 million Genesis Prize. This prize identifies individuals who have reached excellence and global renown in this field and whose achievement signifies a dedication to Jewish values, the Jewish communal and the State of Israel”.
#5. Takashi Murakami- Net Worth $100 Million:
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese based contemporary artist with high net worth of $100 million. This visual artist works in fine arts media (like sculpture and painting) as well as media (such as merchandise, fashion, and animation) which adds to his income. Murkami is recognized for obscuring the line between high and low visual arts. Takashi Murakami is also the founder and President of Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., from which he accomplishes several younger artists and arranges the biannual art fair named Geisai.
#4. Andrew Vicari- Net Worth $142 Million:
Andrew Vicari was a Welsh painter operating in France, who made his name in the career painting portraits of famous people. It is known that as of year 2004, Vicari was Britain’s richest living painter, and he stayed as one time Britain 18th richest person that suggest his wealth. Vicari resided and worked at his studio outside Nice, located in France, but he even possessed luxurious apartments in Monte Carlo and Riyadh.
#3. David Choe- Net Worth $200 Million:
David Choe is an American figure painter, graffiti artist muralist, and graphic novelist of Korean origin having grossed high net worth of $200 million. David’s figure paintings, which discover themes of degradation, desire, and adoration, are considered by a raw, frantic tone that he has coined as “dirty style”. The shares of this visual artist were priced at about $200 million on the eve of 2012 IPO of Facebook.
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Any guesses who are the top two richest visual artists in the world?
No. I guess I’m ignorant because I don’t know who that is. Sorry Geoffrey!
how about Andy Warhol or Gerhard Richter?
Those are GREAT guesses! Richter was #8 at a worth of $40 million. Believe it or not, Andy Warhol didn’t make the cut!
Heather wrote: "Those are GREAT guesses! Richter was #8 at a worth of $40 million. Believe it or not, Andy Warhol didn’t make the cut!"Andy Warhol died more than 30 years ago, isn't this a list of still living artists?
Julien Schnabel is (among other things) a movie director: he directed the movie Basquiat in 1996.
You are absolutely right, Dirk! Yes it’s LIVING artists and what was I thinking? lol. And that explains why I didn’t know the one Geoffrey spoke of, I could care less about movie directors!
I will give the answer now. I believe it was Ellen who guessed it right and she was the first vote. She wrote in her answer but didn't see the "None of the Above" so voted for something else. In her comments she guessed it right. (And thank you for the link, Dirk, I have to use it every time I need to see the poll, I don't know why it doesn't pull up on my screen!)
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#Jeff Koons- Net Worth $500 Million:
Jeff Koons is an American artist recognized for collaborating with famous culture subjects and his works of banal objects. This includes balloon animals designed in stainless steel through mirror-finish surfaces, suggesting his creativity. Koons owns a wealth of $500 million and he resides in both New York City as well as his hometown of York, located in Pennsylvania. Because of his rich wealth, Koons has contributed $50,000 to Correct the Record, a Super PAC which benefited Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign in year 2016.
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#1 Damien Hirst- Net Worth $1 Billion:
Damien Hirst is an English artist, art collector and entrepreneur, grossing highest net worth of $ 1 billion. Hirst is the most noticeable member of the group acknowledged as the Young British Artists (or briefly as YBAs), who ruled the art scene during the 1990s in UK. This visual artist is globally renowned, and is mentioned as the United Kingdom’s richest living artist, with his prosperity valued at £215m in year 2010 Sunday Times Rich List.
Visual artist are the individual who can completely transform the creativity of mind into unique paintings/designs which are worth to observe. Through their unique talents, mentioned visual artists have become millionaire.
I guess I'm not so up with the current art world, and we haven't talked about these artists either, but I don't know # 3, 4, and 5. And I'm surprised any of those three 'unknowns' are "worth" more than Richter and Hockney! Well, whatever! haha
Man! In that picture, Damien Hirst does look like someone who would slice up animals and put them in formaldehyde! It's in his eyes, I guess. Or, it's just me.
Heather wrote: "You are absolutely right, Dirk! Yes it’s LIVING artists and what was I thinking? lol. And that explains why I didn’t know the one Geoffrey spoke of, I could care less about movie directors!"
Dirk wrote: "Heather wrote: "Those are GREAT guesses! Richter was #8 at a worth of $40 million. Believe it or not, Andy Warhol didn’t make the cut!"
Andy Warhol died more than 30 years ago, isn't this a list o..."
Schnabel is known as a painter primarily. And yes, he is over rated.
Geoffrey wrote: "Schnabel is known as a painter primarily. And yes, he is over rated. "Oh, well maybe I'm just a bit behind in the current art world. Maybe it's ignorant of me not to know the name? I'm sorry. Thank you for the info. Hmmm, so if he is an artist, I want to check out his work! Over rated or not.
So, the Art Story defines him as "American Filmmaker, Painter, Printmaker, and Sculptor". Let's see...
Portrait of Andy Warhol
Artwork description & Analysis: With his eerie portrait of fellow artist Andy Warhol, executed on black velvet, Schnabel has united low culture, pop art, and the high-art tradition of portraiture. The painterly style and palette are reminiscent of works by El Greco and Francis Bacon. Warhol stands dramatically alone on the right side of the composition in a sea of black velvet. Telltale paint splatters and smears partially cover the middle and the right side of the image, adding balance and mysterious depth to the composition. Known for his controlled and almost emotionless portraits of celebrities and the otherwise infamous that emphasized the homogeneity of visual reproductions, Warhol is ironically depicted with tremendous expressive impact in this portrait by Schnabel.
Oil on velvet - Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
1983
Interesting. Hmmm, what does he imply by that?
Which comment are you referring to when you ask "what does he imply by that"?
Geoffrey wrote: "Which comment are you referring to when you ask "what does he imply by that"?"I was referring to the analysis of the painting of Warhol above your comment. I don't get it.
????? Simply that with Andy Warhol's paintings, the subjects never exhibit emotion, whereas with Schnabel's portrait of Warhol, Warhol is depicted as having emotion.Which is why I think Warhol's work is crap.
Right. A Campbell Soup can doesn’t show much emotion at all.
nor do any of his paintings of famous people
by Abayomi Jegede
If you are a real dedicated visual artist capable to transform your ideas to canvas, then there is hardly any reason of not becoming rich. Visual artists are the one whose talent comes within them and has capability to identify creativity in their personality. It is usual to perceive that the visual art possesses a strong influence on the progress of society. Creative thinking from inner soul of visual artist can create a noticeable change in society.
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