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“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Named Most Romantic Oil Painting for Valentine’s Day 2012

Gustav Klimt’s sensual masterpiece, “The Kiss,” tops overstockArt.com’s Valentine’s Day Top 10 Romantic Oil Paintings list for the second consecutive year.

Wichita, KS (PRWEB) January 23, 2012

The popular 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!”

About overstockArt.com:

Founded in 2002, overstockArt.com is one the web’s most successful distributors of wall décor items. With more than 100,000 wall décor combinations to choose from in stock at all times, overstockArt.com has become a premier shopping destination for fine art reproductions online. The Wichita, Kan. based online art gallery was named to Inc. Magazine’s 2010 and 2011 Inc. 5000 lists, Internet Retailer magazine’s 2012 Hot 100 list and inaugural Second 500 Guide, and was recognized with the STELLAService Seal for excellent customer service. For more information, visit http://www.overstockArt.com.

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Some of America’s Most Admired Companies to Present Public Relations Case Studies at Measurement Summit, Corporate Communications Executives to Discuss Future of PR Performance Measurement

DURHAM, NH (PRWEB) June 21, 2004

Corporate communications executives from some of America’s most admired companies will be presenting public relations case studies about measurement and research at The Measurement Standard Summit on the Future of Measurement and Accountability. The second annual public relations conference on PR performance measurement will be held September 21-24, 2004, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.

Wednesday, September 22, is “Case Study Day” at the Summit on the Future of Measurement 2004. It features a series of public relations case studies that are designed to bring real life insights into the process of defining the measures of success as well as lessons learned from implementing PR performance measurement programs.

Among the companies and organizations making presentations at the public relations conference will be: the United States Marine Corps; Dana Farber Cancer Center; Raytheon Corporation; Rensselaer County, NY; and JP Morgan Chase.

Katie Delahaye Paine, CEO of KDPaine & Partners and organizer of the Summit on the Future of Measurement 2004, remarked, “We’ve invited some of America’s most admired companies to present public relations case studies about measurement that demonstrate the importance of implementing measures of success. People who attend our public relations conference will learn from the best and the brightest corporate communications executives what works and doesn’t work.”

Sponsored by the Institute for Public Relations, Biz360, Cymfony, Echo Research, and Lawrence Ragan Communications, the Summit on the Future of Measurement 2004 will bring researchers, academics and corporate communications executives together to discuss public relations and PR performance measurement strategies.

The regular fee for the Summit on the Future of Measurement 2004 is $ 895. Those who register by June 30 can still take advantage of the early bird discount and pay only $ 795. In order to guarantee a hotel reservation, you need to register by September 1, 2004. Click on the public relations conference on PR performance measurement to get additional information.

KDPaine & Partners is dedicated to ensuring that public relations and corporate communications executives around the world have the information and knowledge they need to measure the success of their efforts. The firm’s web site, Measures of Success, is designed to be a comprehensive, one-stop resource for the measurement and evaluation of marketing and public relations programs. KDPaine & Partners also publishes The Measurement Standard, the international newsletter of public relations measurement, and the One Minute Benchmarking Bulletin, a free monthly newsletter on performance measurement.

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