Painting is taking a liquid-like material of different colors (or you can mix different colors) and putting your thoughts and ideas on paper.
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Marilyn Monroe was painted by Andy Warholl, which was a part of the Pop Art movement in the 1950's and 1960's.
According to Wikipedia the most expensive painting is Jackson Pollocks No.5 (Oil on Fiberboard, 1948) which was sold in 2006 by David Geffen via Sotherby's for an estimated $140 million. I always...
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