The World's Most Stolen Painter

What is it about Pablo Picasso? One of the twentieth century's most famous and successful painters was not only a big hit with the patrons of the art world but he may be in fact an even bigger hit with art thieves. As it turns out his art works are by far the most sought after with people that like to steal art. Over the years more than 650 Picasso pieces have been targeted and stolen. That figure puts him far and away at the top of that list. A distant second is Mattise who's art pieces have been targeted about 130 times. It is no wonder really that Picasso is the most sought after considering that two of his works are on the top ten list of the most expensive paintings in the world. His "Dora Maar au Chat' is valued at over 95 million dollars. Another of his titled "Garcon a la Pipe" is over 100 million dollars. In case you are wondering the world's most valuable painting at this moment is a Jackson Pollack. His "No. 5" which he painted in 1948 was sold at auction just a few years ago for over 140 million dollars. Despite this fact Pollack's painting has never been stolen. This might be due to the fact that it's about 8 feet high and over 4 feet wide though.