Top 500 artists: #1 to #50

Rank	Artist	Country of birth	Turnover ($)	Sold lots	Top Auction Result ($)	New record
1	Leonardo da VINCI (1452-1519)	Italy	450,312,500	1	450,312,500	*
2	Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)	Spain	446,404,736	2,879	45,047,500
3	Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988)	United States	337,069,975	132	110,487,500	*
4	Andy WARHOL (1928-1987)	United States	269,965,641	1,282	60,875,000
5	QI Baishi (1864-1957)	China	269,487,483	510	140,954,580	*
6	ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983)	China	223,352,648	626	13,145,618
7	Claude MONET (1840-1926)	France	180,209,324	35	23,375,000
8	Cy TWOMBLY (1928-2011)	United States	171,928,056	63	52,887,500
9	FU Baoshi (1904-1965)	China	168,484,455	93	27,451,938
10	ZAO Wou-Ki (1921-2013)	China	155,665,938	348	25,944,956	*
11	Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)	Russia	132,159,541	1,209	28,453,000	*
12	CUI Ruzhuo (b. 1944)	China	122,662,927	46	36,543,780
13	Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)	United States	120,672,850	527	28,247,500
14	Gerhard RICHTER (b. 1932)	Germany	120,437,630	340	21,608,217
15	Vincent VAN GOGH (1853-1890)	Netherlands	119,701,986	9	81,312,500
16	Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955)	France	117,656,907	196	70,062,500	*
17	HUANG Binhong (1865-1955)	China	116,062,009	219	50,577,000	*
18	WU Guanzhong (1919-2010)	China	113,913,708	152	6,873,394
19	Francis BACON (1909-1992)	Ireland	109,174,841	77	51,767,500
20	Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944)	Russia	109,080,022	95	42,264,404	*
21	LI Keran (1907-1989)	China	106,529,006	120	26,972,790
22	Yayoi KUSAMA (b. 1929)	Japan	101,551,641	605	5,413,646
23	Peter DOIG (b. 1959)	United Kingdom	99,361,549	43	28,810,000	*
24	René MAGRITTE (1898-1967)	Belgium	90,078,874	110	20,562,500	*
25	Joan MIRO (1893-1983)	Spain	87,984,070	1,163	31,461,029
26	Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901-1966)	Switzerland	87,386,427	124	29,497,454
27	Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985)	France	83,910,155	230	12,233,637
28	Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968)	Italy	77,491,826	215	13,078,433
29	WU Changshuo (1844-1927)	China	74,483,320	350	31,671,276	*
30	Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918)	Austria	74,323,236	56	59,004,638
31	Alexander CALDER (1898-1976)	United States	74,286,342	454	6,370,969
32	SAN Yu (1901-1966)	China	71,100,500	146	10,385,360
33	XU Beihong (1895-1953)	China	67,569,093	126	4,350,450
34	Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970)	Latvia	66,936,530	7	32,375,000
35	Henry MOORE (1898-1986)	United Kingdom	66,916,198	368	11,000,000
36	Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)	France	65,604,695	422	16,625,000
37	Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)	France	60,580,427	63	25,229,423
38	Constantin BRANCUSI (1876-1957)	Romania	58,207,970	13	57,367,500	*
39	Max BECKMANN (1884-1950)	Germany	54,169,321	88	45,830,765	*
40	Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919)	France	53,087,529	291	8,187,500
41	LU Yanshao (1909-1993)	China	52,261,513	228	5,220,540
42	Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956)	Italy	52,172,417	31	10,551,500	*
43	CHEN Rong (1189-1258)	China	48,967,500	1	48,967,500	*
44	Philip GUSTON (1913-1980)	Canada	48,502,120	32	12,567,500
45	Francesco GUARDI (1712-1793)	Italy	43,885,153	17	33,877,824
46	Sigmar POLKE (1941-2010)	Poland	43,417,095	131	17,047,500
47	David HOCKNEY (b. 1937)	United Kingdom	43,409,754	452	7,890,450
48	Christopher WOOL (b. 1955)	United States	41,217,418	46	17,159,500
49	LIN Fengmian (1900-1991)	China	40,779,367	146	3,099,259
50	PU Ru (1896-1963)	China	40,126,120	778	944,104
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