Gustav Klimt The Kiss Most Popular Oil Painting In 2008

Dec. 11, 2008 - PRLog -- The popular online art gallery, OverstockArt.com, has officially released the annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2008. After a complete domination of the top spot by renowned Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh, a relative new comer, Gustav Klimt, has taken over with his masterpiece, The Kiss, and blew everyone away.

According to David Sasson, CEO of OverstockArt.com, the company releases its Top 10 list of best selling art to show which oil paintings are the "trendiest, most desirable" on the market - a fact, he says, many people are interested to know.

"People want to know what's selling best to get a sense of what's popular and what their respective peer groups are going to enjoy," he said. "This is especially true in chic offices which keep up with the latest interior décor trends and maintain a sense of modern quality to impress customers and clients."

OverstockArt.com is the world’s most popular online art gallery, driving more than 150,000 monthly visitors; it has a unique perspective on what's hot in the art world.

The Top 10 oil paintings sold online according to OverstockArt.com are:

1.   The Kiss - Klimt
2.   Starry Night - Van Gogh
3.   Cafe Terrace at Night - Van Gogh
4.   Poppy Field at Argenteuil - Monet
5.   Persistence of Memory - Dali
6.   The Dream - Picasso
7.   The Mona Lisa - DaVinci
8.   Garden Path at Giverny - Monet
9.   Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom - Van Gogh
10.   Luncheon of the Boating Party - Renoir

According to Sasson's statistics, Gustav Klimt's The Kiss is the most popular oil painting on the planet. "Klimt has been the rising star of the Modern art world over the past few years, with paintings such as the Kiss and Adele Bloch-Bauer which in 2006, snatched the title of most expensive oil painting ever sold at auction, $135 Million.”

Vincent Van Gogh, might have relinquished his top spot to Klimt, but is still the most popular artist in the world with both Starry Night and Café Terrace snatching the second and third spots respectively. His total sales numbers have left everyone well behind.

Other noted artists who made the list are Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Pier Auguste Renoir.

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