SOURCE: OverstockArt.com
December 27, 2006 08:12 ET
Vincent Van Gogh Remains Most Popular Artist in U.S.
OverstockArt.com Releases Annual List of Most Popular Paintings
WICHITA, KS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 27, 2006 -- OverstockArt.com, the online
retailer of handmade oil paintings, has officially released the annual "Top
10 Oil Paintings" ranking for 2006.
According to David Sasson, CEO of OverstockArt.com, the company releases
its Top 10 list of best selling oil paintings each year to show which works
of art are the "hippest, most desirable" paintings on the market -- a fact,
he says, many people are interested to know.
"A lot of people want to know what's selling best because it gives them an
idea of what's trendy, what's hip, what's cool and what their respective
peer groups are going to enjoy," he said. "This is especially true in the
business world where offices have to keep up with the latest interior décor
trends and maintain a sense of modern quality to impress customers and
clients... a lot of business owners like to make sure they're up to speed."
In 2006 OverstockArt.com sold more then 50,000 oil paintings. They are
considered by many to be the top online retailer of handmade oil paintings,
making them the Amazon of online art. The Top 10 oil paintings sold online
according to OverstockArt.com are:
1. Starry Night -
Vincent Van Gogh
2. Cafe Terrace at
Night - Vincent Van Gogh
3. The Kiss - Gustav
Klimt
4. Poppy Field at
Argenteuil - Claude Monet
5. Persistence of Memory
- Salvador Dali
6. The Dream - Pablo
Picasso
7. Artist's Garden at
Giverny - Claude Monet
8. Irises - Vincent Van
Gogh
9. Sunflowers -
Vincent Van Gogh
10. Farbstudie Quadrate -
Wassily Kandinsky
It's interesting to see how the old masters are still the most sought after
artists even on the internet. Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night is the most
popular oil painting on the planet according to Sasson's statistics. "Our
numbers indicate that Van Gogh is the most popular artist on the web, his
sales figures left everyone behind."
The second most represented artist in the top 10 is Claude Monet. Works
like "Poppy Field at Argenteuil" and "Artist's Garden at Giverny" are still
highly popular.
Gustav Klimt, arguably the most praised artist of the year made it to the
top 3 on the list with his oil painting, "The Kiss."
Wrapping up the top 10 are the Modern works of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali
and Wassily Kandinsky.