Painter Lee Ufan By Han Sang-hee Staff Reporter Artist Lee Ufan was the most successful Korean artist last year with a total sales worth of $4.16 million (4.6 billion won), according to the online art market Web site Artprice. The 74-year-old was ranked 164th in Artprice’s report under the category ``Top 500 Artprice 2009 Artists ranked by auction turnover’’ Sunday. Last year his highest bidding was $696,600 and his highest ever was in 2008, at $990,000. 아트프라이스 온라인 마켓에 따르면 이우환은 작년에 46억원의 판매를 기록해 한국작가로는 가장 성공한 아티스트였다. Turnover 옥션에 의해 랭크된 아트프라이스2009년 Top 500 위 에서  74세인 이우환이 164위로 랭크되었다고 Artprice는 전한다.이는 2009년 총 65점이 팔렸으며13명의 현존하는 아시아 작가중에 30위를 마크하고 있다.김창렬이 368위,김환기 484위, 비디오작가 백남준이 491위로 그뒤를 따르고있다.피카소는 옥션 Revenue 에서 1,2억 달러를 기록했고 그뒤로 앤디와홀이 1억달러를 기록했다.생존 작가중 가장 많은 판매가를 기록한 작가는 중국의 추상작가 Zao Wou Ki 로330만 달러가 더 팔렸다. 미국작가 제프 쿤은 2800만 달러로 그다음 랭크되었으며 데미안 허스트의 작품" Beautiful Inside My Head Forever"2008년1억 7천 160만 달러에 팔려생존 작가 중 5위를 기록하며 총1,590만 달러어치를 판매했다.   Lee sold a total of 65 lots in 2009, marking the 30th among the most selling surviving artists and 13th among surviving Asians. Along with Lee, Kim Tschang-yeol ranked 368th, Kim Whan-ki was 484th and video artist Paik Name-june followed at 491th. Pablo Picasso was ranked No. 1 with $1.2 billion in the auction revenue race, while Andy Warhol followed at $1 billion. The most selling surviving artist was Chinese abstract artist Zao Wou-ki, selling more than $33 million. American artist Jeff Koons ranked second with $28 million. Damien Hirst, whose work ``Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’’ sold at $171.6 million in 2008, ranked fifth among the surviving artists with $15.9 million. Lee was born in 1936 in Haman-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, and is internationally considered one of the most influential and widely recognized artists. After studying in Seoul and Tokyo, he participated in the 7th Paris Biennale in 1971. The annual report compiled by Artprice was based on last year’s records collected from more than 3,600 auction houses around the world.     출처 / 코리아타임지