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Follow on Google News | “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Named Most Romantic Oil Painting for Valentine’s Day 2013Klimt’s Masterpiece Portraying a Man and Woman in a Tender Embrace Garnered the Highest Traffic in overstockArt.com’s Romantic Gallery for the Third Consecutive Year
By: overstockArt.com The 2013 Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings according to overstockArt.com’ 1. “The Kiss,” Gustav Klimt –www.overstockart.com/ 2. “Star Dancer,” Edgar Degas - www.overstockart.com/ 3. “Summer Evening,” Edward Hopper – www.overstockart.com/ 4. “The Artist’s Wife,” Egon Schiele - www.overstockart.com/ 5. “When Will you Marry?,” Paul Gauguin – www.overstockart.com/ 6. “Dance in the City,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir - www.overstockart.com/ 7. “Yellow Daisies in a Bowl,” Martin Johnson Heade - www.overstockart.com/ 8. “Boating on the Seine,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir - www.overstockart.com/ 9. “Fulfillment (The Embrace),” Gustav Klimt – www.overstockart.com/ 10. “Street in Venice,” John Singer Sargent - www.overstockart.com/ More than 3,200,000 page views to overstockArt.com’ “The Kiss” was painted by the Viennese master in 1907. A moment of sheer passion surrounded by a gold blanket and ornaments is seen by observers. A kneeling woman is held by a standing man in a field of flowers, creating a passionate scene between the two. Some say that the two subjects are actually Klimt and his partner, Emilie Floge, but this is speculation because Klimt never painted himself. "Artists throughout time have been inspired by love and romance, many of the world’s greatest masterpieces wouldn’t exist without this inspiration," About overstockArt.com Founded in 2002, overstockArt.com is one the web’s leading distributors of high-quality wall art. With more than 100,000 wall décor combinations to choose from in stock at all times, the online retailer has one goal: to make it easy and affordable for people to transform their space with hand painted art. Recognized as a premiere shopping destination for hand painted fine art reproductions, overstockArt.com has expanded its offerings to include hand painted and hand carved decorative ceramic tiles and high-quality original canvas art prints. The company also owns and operates Artist Become (ArtistBe.com) End
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