Top 10 Oil Paintings of 2011

Saxony Line I-III

Continuing the glorious Saxony Line of Thought...

Thanks to these guys I now know the ten most popular oil paintings of 2011.

1. Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

2. Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh (1888)

3. Branches of an almond tree in blossom - Van Gogh (1888)

4. The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908)

5. Garden path at Giverny - Claude Monet (1902)

6. Poppy field at Argenteuil - Monet (1875)

7. The Dream - Pablo Picasso (1932)

8. Farbstudie Quadrate - Wassily Kandinsky (1913)

9. Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931)

10. The Old Guitarist - Pablo Picasso (1903)

It is my conclusion from the dates of the paintings that all art stopped prior to World War II, or at least there hasn't been any good art produced since then. Join me next time when we discuss the nature of popularity. Adieu.