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Follow on Google News | Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night Named World’s Most Popular Oil Painting of the DecadeoverstockArt.com has officially released its Top 10 list of the most popular oil paintings from the past decade. Topping the list is Vincent van Gogh’s irrefutable magnum opus, Starry Night.
By: Michelle Ellis “We release an annual Top 10 list and thought it would be interesting to look back over the past decade to determine the trendiest and most sought after hand painted oil painting reproductions,” The top oil paintings sold online in the last decade according to overstockArt.com are: 1. Starry Night – Vincent van Gogh 2. Café Terrace at Night – Vincent van Gogh 3. The Kiss – Gustav Klimt 4. Poppy Field at Argenteuil – Claude Monet 5. The Mona Lisa – Da Vinci 6. Le Rêve (The Dream in French) – Pablo Picasso 7. Luncheon of the Boating Party – Pierre Auguste Renoir 8. The Scream – Edvard Munch 9. Red Cannas – Georgia O’Keeffe 10. Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dali In the past decade overstockArt.com sold more than a million oil paintings. They are one of the Web’s most successful distributors of wall décor items with over 10,000 daily visitors and 100,000 loyal customers. “As the Modern Art movement was conquering the auction floors getting record breaking numbers in Sotheby’s and Christie’s, we slowly became the destination for art lovers who could not afford the high price tags of galleries, but wanted to enjoy the hand painted art of the great masters in their homes,” explained Sasson. One of the interesting points that the top 10 oil paintings of the decade presents is that the modern artists from the turn of the last century such as Van Gogh, Monet and Klimt are still the most desirable artists in the world. “Our numbers indicate that as the years turn and our world evolves some things remain consistent,” # # # overstockArt.com is the web’s leading distributors of art reproduction oil paintings, with over 100,000 wall décor combinations to choose from. In business since 2002, the company provides decorating assistance, custom framing and commercial wall decorating services. With an inventory of over 60,000 paintings in stock at all times, order wait is minimal. For more information, visit http://www.overstockArt.com. End
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