The online art gallery overstockArt.com, published today its official Top 10 list of most romantic oil paintings for Valentine’s Day 2012. Topping the chart for the second year in a row is Gustav Klimt’s sensual masterpiece “The Kiss.” Other artists named on the 2012 Valentine’s Day Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings list include Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Paul Gauguin, Edward Hopper, Pablo Picasso, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings according to overstockArt.com’s statistics are:

1. “The Kiss,” Gustav Klimt
2. “Hand with Bouquet,” Pablo Picasso
3. “Summer Evening,” Edward Hopper
4. “The Equestrian,” Marc Chagall
5. “When Will you Marry?,” Paul Gauguin
6. “Dance in the City,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir
7. “Two Women Running on the Beach,” Pablo Picasso
8. “Boating on the Seine,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir
9. “Fulfillment (The Embrace),” Gustav Klimt
10. “The Meditative Rose,” Salvador Dali

More than 3,700,000 page views to overstockArt.com’s Romantic Art Gallery in the past year were tracked. According to the click tracking, “The Kiss,” was the most sought after painting clicked at nearly seven percent, and Pablo Picasso’s “Hand with Bouquet” came in second, garnering five percent of the clicks to grab.

Created during Klimt’s “Golden Period,” “The Kiss” is renowned because of its tender representation of two lovers intertwined into one being, symbolizing the strength of this bond. The opulent and sensuous images in the painting create a sense of decadence, which modern art lovers appreciate to this day. “The Kiss” has topped not only the Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings for two consecutive years, but has been one of the top four paintings in overstockArt.com’s annual Top 10 Oil Paintings list for the past six years.

“Every February we see a large spike in the traffic visiting our Romantic Art Gallery. Last year, the two weeks leading to Valentine’s Day brought 50 percent of all annual traffic to the gallery,” said David Sasson, founder and president of overstockArt.com. “Valentine’s Day brings out the romantic in all of us and with sensuous paintings like ‘The Kiss’ and tender images such as ‘Hand with Bouquet’ – it’s easy to find a fine art piece that your loved one will treasure for a lifetime!”

The online art gallery, overstockArt.com, revealed today its annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2011. Topping the list is Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, “Starry Night.” Other artists named on the 2011 list include Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso.

Van Gogh had a spectacular year with his art taking the top three spots in overstockArt.com’s annual list of the top best-selling oil paintings of the year. “Starry Night” is back to reign supreme as the most popular oil painting of 2011 after a short relinquishment of the title to another of the artist’s masterpieces, “Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom” in 2010.

The top 10 oil paintings sold online in 2011 according to overstockArt.com’s statistics are:

1. “Starry Night” – Vincent van Gogh
2. “Café Terrace at Night” – Vincent van Gogh
3. “Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom” – Vincent van Gogh
4. “The Kiss” – Gustav Klimt
5. “Garden Path at Giverny” – Claude Monet
6. “Poppy Field at Argenteuil” – Claude Monet
7. “The Dream” – Pablo Picasso
8. “Farbstudie Quadrate” – Wassily Kandinsky
9. “Persistence of Memory” – Salvador Dali
10. “The Old Guitarist” – Pablo Picasso

“Van Gogh consistently remains the most popular artist in the world,” said David Sasson, CEO of overstockArt.com. “While ‘Starry Night’ and ‘Café Terrace at Night’ have been staples on our top 10 lists throughout the years, we credit the continued popularity of ‘Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom’ to the unique interpretations of the painting we introduced last year.” In 2010, overstockArt.com debuted several renditions of the painting featuring different colored backgrounds. The online art gallery trademarked the red rendition, which according to Sasson, was an instantaneous best-seller and remains one of the gallery’s most popular paintings.

Picasso has two oil paintings in the Top 10, a testament to the wonderful year he had in the limelight as his art was featured in museums across the United States and has been stolen and recovered several times throughout 2011 alone. In addition to commissioning thieves to try and steal a Picasso, private collectors have given Picasso art the highest bids in auction in 2011 and his mass appeal has been fueled by international press coverage.

Woody Allen’s film, “Midnight in Paris,” has given the artists of the roaring Paris scene in the 1920′s a surge that is visible in the year’s top 10 list: Dali, Picasso, Monet and even Kandinsky are all mentioned in the film and aptly included in this year’s Top 10.

The Top 10 list is released annually due to popular demand, “Consumers and companies strive to keep up with the latest interior décor trends to maintain a modern appeal,” said Sasson. “Just like they care about Pantone’s annual ‘it’ color, they want to know what décor accessories are hot. Our annual top 10 list makes it easy for consumers to stay on top of the trends and find out which oil paintings are most desirable in the marketplace.”

In 2011 overstockArt.com sold more than 60,000 oil paintings. They are one of the web’s most notable distributors of wall décor items with the most comprehensive selection of hand painted reproduction oil paintings, frames, and ceramic art tiles to choose from in the online decor industry.

Inc. Magazine just recognized overstockArt.com as one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The Wichita-based online art gallery ranked 840th on the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list, moving up nearly 266 spots from its placement on the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list.

The nine-year-old company specializes in home décor with the most comprehensive selection of hand painted reproduction oil paintings, frames, and ceramic art tiles to choose from in the online oil painting industry. overstockArt.com also ranked 33rd out of the 204 companies representing the retail sector. The company’s three year growth rate of 368 percent was one of the largest contributing factors to its high ranking. This is the second year in a row the overstockArt.com’s first appearance on the prestigious list.

“We are incredibly honored to be recognized among the nation’s elite private companies,” said Sasson. “overstockArt.com’s growth is directly attributable to the talent and commitment of our team, the high quality of our art and the degree of confidence customers have as they shop with us.”

As an Inc. 5000 honoree, overstockArt.com shares a prestigious pedigree with such notable alumni as Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Timberland, Visa, Clif Bar, Patagonia, Oracle, and scores of other powerhouses.

The 2011 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2007 through 2010. More than seven million businesses applied for selection. Winners are awarded a listing with other leading companies at Inc.com, a feature in the September 2011 issue of the magazine, and an invitation to an honoree ceremony. For more information about Inc. 5000 please visit www.inc.com/inc5000.

overstockArt.com released today a major update to its overstockArt.com Oil Paintings iPhone application, adding a customizable gallery option. The application, first released in May, already gives users the unique opportunity to decorate their walls with its interactive “View in a Room” feature customized for mobile devices. The update allows users to save their favorite art to a personal art gallery and create masterpieces from their favorite photos.

overstockArt.com Oil Paintings is a free iPhone application. The update is now available to current users, and new users can download the app from the App Store. iOS 3.1.3 or later required.

The app is an extension of the gallery’s innovative “View Art in Room” web application. “Our application provides a fresh new way to access overstockArt.com’s vast collection of oil paintings,” said David Sasson, CEO of overstockArt.com. “The new addition brings the world of art right into the palm of your hand.”

The full features of the overstockArt.com Oil Paintings mobile application allow users to:

• Create a personal gallery with the new “My Art Gallery” feature. Select fine art from overstockArt.com’s collection or import images to create a personal gallery.
• Turn photos into hand painted art masterpieces with the retailer’s “Turn Photos into Art” service, now available to use directly on the application.
• Using the built-in camera, users can take a snapshot of their space and visualize oil paintings hanging on their own wall-.
• Browse overstockArt.com’s robust collection of art and learn more about the fine art and artists featured on the site.
• Share images and personal galleries via e-mail, Facebook, text or Twitter.

“We were driven to ramp up our mobile strategy when site analytics showed that 15 percent of our overall traffic is from mobile users, specifically iPhone users,” Sasson stated. “Our application not only gives people a fresh new way to browse through our collection, but it gives mobile users an advantage by allowing them to see the art in their home right on their phone and makes it easy for them to access their favorite paintings with the customizable gallery feature.”

The overstockArt.com Oil Paintings application is available now as a free download from the App Store.

The online art gallery, overstockArt.com, announced today the final phase of the launch of its new line of hand carved and hand painted ceramic tiles. The final phase of the product line launch introduces a line of decorative inlay tiles. It launched in May with art trivet tiles.

The new line is a first for the company, long recognized as the go-to source on the web for purchasing art reproduction oil paintings. “We are excited to diversify our home décor offerings with the new ceramic tile line,” said David Sasson, overstockArt.com’s president and CEO. “The magnificence of fine art masterpieces translates beautifully to this medium and provides our customers with a new and unique way to display art in their homes in a functional form.”

The inlay tiles create a mural image in a set of 12 tiles. They can be used in a variety of places including, baths, backsplashes, fire places, and walls. The trivet tiles can be used as wall décor or as decorative trivets. Like the paintings available on overstockArt.com, the ceramic tiles focus on reproductions of great masters such as Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and more.

A select number of tiles were included in both phases of the launch. Additional art trivet tiles and inlay tiles will become available in the weeks and months ahead. To view the new ceramic tile line, visit the new Ceramic Art Tile Gallery.

Whether you’re a professional interior designer, a do-it-yourself home decorator or an art aficionado, overstockArt.com’s new iPhone application has something for everyone.
The customizable new overstockArt.com Oil Paintings application is now available as a free download from the iTunes App Store. The application is an extension of the popular online art gallery.

The overstockArt.com Oil Paintings mobile application allows people to browse through the gallery’s robust selection of fine art and use the paintings to decorate their walls and share their home redesigns on the go. Using the built-in camera, users can take photos of their space and visualize oil paintings hanging on their own wall. The application then allows users to share these images via e-mail, Facebook, text or Twitter.

“Our new application is breaking down the walls of traditional brick-and-mortar stores by allowing users to gauge how a painting will look like in their space before they purchase it – something they cannot do in their local gallery,” said David Sasson, CEO of overstockArt.com. “Now you can buy art for your favorite room without ever having to leave it!”

According to a survey conducted by Adobe Scene7 in February, 62 percent of consumers with web-connected mobile devices have purchased products using their mobile devices. Out of the consumers making mobile purchases, a Forrester Research, Inc. study found that only five percent of them are purchasing home goods.

“We are one of the few online décor retailers investing in creating tools like this to make shopping for art via mobile an empowering and engaging experience,” stated Sasson. “We hope to help increase the percentage of consumers shopping for home goods via their mobile devices with this new tool because it makes shopping for art that much easier.”

The application is free to download and can be found in the iTunes App Store.