Best known for her amazing performances and lifelong career as a talented singer, Madonna has been breaking barriers for decades. Most recently, she sold an original Fernand Leger painting from her private collection to raise funds for girls' education in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries that have been plagued by war violence. Bringing in a whomping $7.16 million for "Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge" (pictured above), the painting was sold in New York a few months ago.
Madonna has owned this painting since she bought it back in 1990. She said that by selling her art, she was able to combine her two loves: art and education. As such, she was able to raise funds for Ray of Light Foundation, a non-profit who seeks to educate street children and impoverished farmers in a vocational format.
Madonna was quoted saying, "I cannot accept a world where women or girls are wounded, shot or killed for either going to school or teaching in girls' schools. We don't have time to be complacent." More than anything, her very public selling has brought media attention and politicians attention to the subject at hand.
The mother of two children from Malawi, she already has plans to open 10 schools in southern Africa. As she said, "I want to trade something valuable for something invaluable- educating girls!"
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