These are paintings by late Cy Twombly, one of the most expensive contemporary artists. The price of his paintings is from $ 2 million up to $ 75 million.
Cy Twombly was a North American artist who spent much of his career in Italy. He was fascinated by the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. In his paintings he often referred to historical or mythological figures, or included fragments of classical poetry.
This painting is named after the Roman god of wine and intoxication, Bacchus , whose rituals involved drunkiness and dancing.
In the 1950s Twombly wrote that the act of painting could come out of ‘one ecstatic impulse’. Made 50 years later, these swirls of paint convey a similar intensity. They were made with a brush attached to the end of a pole, enabling Twombly to capture the energy of an unbroken movement across a large canvas. The brush was soaked in paint, which dripped down the canvas, its red colour evoking both wine and blood.
