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David Hockney (1937-) - The English painter, draftsman, set designer, and photographer was integral to the pop art movement of the '60s, and is considered to be one of the most influential British, and openly gay, artists of the 20th century.

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'Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)' (1972) features same-sex themes previously unseen at prices like US$90.3 million. Hockney surpassed the previous auction high for a living artist of US$58.4 million, held by Jeff Koons for one of his 'Balloon Dog' sculptures.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) - 'Salvator Mundi' (c. 1500). Sold for US$450.3 million, November 2017. This is currently the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, as reported by the BBC.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) - Italian painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. Pictured is a self portrait.

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Edouard Manet (1832–1883) - 'Le Printemps' (1881). Sold for US$65.1 million, November 2014.

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Edouard Manet (1832–1883) - French painter Edouard Manet was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life.

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Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) - The artist's 'Nu Couché' (1917-18). Sold for US$170.4 million, November 2015. Pictured here is 'Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne, Seated' (1918). (Photo: Wikimedia/Public Domain).

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Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) - Italian-Jewish painter, Amedeo Modigliani is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style.

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Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) - 'Masterpiece' (1962). Sold for US$165 million, January 2017.

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Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) - American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein became a leading figure in the 1960's pop art movement.

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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) - Seen here on the left, 'Le Rêve' (1932). Sold for US$155 million, March 2013.

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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) - Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was a hugely influential painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright.

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Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) - 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' (1907). Sold for US$135 million, June 2006. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) - Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art.

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Edvard Munch (1863–1944) - 'The Scream' (1895: one of two pastel versions). Sold for US$119.9 US$119.9 million, May 2012).

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Edvard Munch (1863–1944) - Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose work reflected intensely evocative psychological themes. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Jasper Johns (1930–) - 'Flag' (currently the most expensive painting sold privately by a living artist, as confirmed by Guinness World Records) was not sold at auction, but still garnered a remarkable US$110 million, March 2010.

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Jasper Johns (1930–) - Jasper Johns is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism. He is pictured about to receive the Medal of Freedom at the White House.

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Andy Warhol (1928–1987) - 'Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)' (1963). Sold for US$ 105.4 million, November 2013.

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Andy Warhol (1928–1987) - Andy Warhol was an American artist, director, and producer who stood at the vanguard of the pop art movement.

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Francis Bacon (1909–1992) - 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' (1969). Sold for US$142.4 million, November 2013.

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Francis Bacon (1909–1992) - Francis Bacon was an Irish-British figurative painter noted for his bold, sometimes monstrous and emotionally charged, raw imagery.

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Titian (1488–1576) - 'Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos,
Marquis of Vasto, in Armor with a Page' (1533). Sold for US$70 million, November 2003. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Titian (1488–1576) - Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school.

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Rembrandt (1606–1669) - 'Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit' (1634). Sold for US$180 million, September 2015. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Rembrandt (1606–1669) - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was an innovative and prolific painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) - 'Suprematist Composition' (1916). Sold for US$85.8 million, May 2018.

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Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) - Kazimir Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) - 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet' (1890). Sold for US$82.5 million, May 1990. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) - Considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, the Postimpressionist painter is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. (Photo: Wikimedia/Public Domain)

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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) - 'Darmstadt Madonna' (1526). Sold for US$75 million, July 2011. (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) - A German artist and printmaker, Holbein worked in a Northern Renaissance style.

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