"Les Voiles rouges - The Red Sails" is one of the most famous and expensive painting of the river Thames by Andre Derain. Les Voiles Rouges was probably painted at Greenwich and depicts a traditional Thames sailing barge with bright red sails on an equally vivid Thames, with other craft bobbing in the background ferrying goods in and out of London’s docks and wharfs. Derain's startlingly vibrant paintings of the Thames had an immeasurable impact on the history of art.