Top 500 artists: #1 to #50

Rank	Artist	Country of birth	Auction turnover ($)	Sold lots	Top Auction Result ($)	New record
1	Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)	Spain	744,426,285	3,391	115,000,000
2	Claude MONET (1840-1926)	France	356,987,936	36	84,687,500	*
3	ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013)	China	326,709,980	501	65,204,489	*
4	Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)	United States	254,144,702	123	45,315,000
5	Andy WARHOL (1928-1987)	United States	243,515,430	1,551	37,000,000
6	David HOCKNEY (b. 1937)	United Kingdom	206,494,892	506	90,312,500	*
7	ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983)	China	181,669,552	536	13,129,521
8	Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884-1920)	Italy	162,878,233	38	157,159,000
9	Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)	France	154,137,127	494	80,750,000	*
10	Willem DE KOONING (1904-1997)	Netherlands	152,720,104	93	68,937,500	*
11	Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932)	Germany	143,079,367	305	32,000,000
12	QI Baishi (1864-1957)	China	130,790,024	358	13,245,608
13	Joan MIRO (1893-1983)	Spain	127,483,893	1,345	22,590,000
14	Francis BACON (1909-1992)	Ireland	126,612,228	122	49,812,500
15	CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944)	China	124,304,239	28	21,533,175
16	Edward HOPPER (1882-1967)	United States	120,120,439	16	91,875,000	*
17	Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)	Switzerland	110,947,914	144	17,187,500
18	WU Guanzhong (1919-2010)	China	110,872,838	116	16,374,183
19	FU Baoshi (1904-1965)	China	106,776,963	82	19,206,130
20	Jackson POLLOCK (1912-1956)	United States	105,077,560	16	55,437,500
21	Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968)	Argentina	104,900,450	249	21,184,619
22	Yayoi KUSAMA (b. 1929)	Japan	103,041,484	707	4,534,985
23	Alexander CALDER (1898-1976)	United States	100,841,768	472	17,975,000
24	Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970)	Latvia	98,739,143	11	35,712,500
25	Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)	United States	96,526,854	98	23,937,500	*
26	Kasimir Sevrinovitch MALEVICH (1878-1935)	Ukraine	96,249,046	7	85,812,500	*
27	Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944)	Russia	93,773,926	108	24,233,800
28	Joan MITCHELL (1926-1992)	United States	83,925,120	42	16,625,000	*
29	Christopher WOOL (b. 1955)	United States	81,805,048	55	15,218,750
30	HUANG Binhong (1865-1955)	China	80,887,776	175	11,258,767
31	René MAGRITTE (1898-1967)	Belgium	78,747,738	139	26,830,500	*
32	Peter DOIG (b. 1959)	United Kingdom	77,491,023	45	19,958,612
33	Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)	Belarus	76,937,430	1,254	7,062,500
34	LI Keran (1907-1989)	China	73,616,033	115	19,649,625
35	Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957)	Romania	72,314,644	9	71,000,000	*
36	Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)	France	71,030,202	58	35,187,500
37	Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955)	France	69,208,228	251	19,437,500
38	Georgia O’KEEFFE (1887-1986)	United States	66,666,700	15	13,282,500
39	Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)	United States	66,455,586	544	10,501,900
40	XU Beihong (1895-1953)	China	63,671,231	101	13,933,370
41	George CONDO (b. 1957)	United States	63,330,085	124	6,162,500	*
42	SU Shi (1037-1101)	China	59,216,320	2	59,206,820	*
43	CHU Teh-Chun (1920-2014)	China	58,146,858	99	9,672,123
44	Jasper JOHNS (b. 1930)	United States	57,661,884	157	21,125,000
45	Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985)	France	55,846,809	212	5,866,068
46	PAN Tianshou (1897-1971)	China	55,373,364	53	41,392,525
47	Henry MOORE (1898-1986)	United Kingdom	53,712,797	357	9,312,500
48	Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890)	Netherlands	53,605,188	11	39,687,500
49	WU Changshuo (1844-1927)	China	51,080,451	359	2,590,177
50	LU Yanshao (1909-1993)	China	48,494,664	206	10,908,971	*
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