Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is a contemporary artist, that works out of England. He is best known for his instalation pieces and his sculptures. He is actually the richest living artist. Not to sound easily impressed but, being the richest of a group of highly successful people has to be a good feeling. 

most of his work goes for around the million range. Some of his work is actually sold for about 100 million. This price isn't hard to achieve when you make pieces of art out of diamonds thought (6,801) to be exact.

Even with his great success, some credit him with the fall of contemporary art, that's a bit harsh. If a style of art goes down the drain then it's society's fault. But no matter how much critics bash him he is still richer then all of them combined. In 2009 he pocketed 198 million.