The list, which is topped by Gustav’s Klimt’s The Kiss, includes well-known works by Renoir, Botticelli, Toulouse-Lautrec and Leighton, as well as two paintings each by Manet and the English, Victorian artist Sir Frederick Leighton.
Sweet, not cool
Rebecca Hossack, a London-based gallerist, observes that there is nothing remotely “cool” or fashionable about the selection. Almost all are from the 19th Century, all are paintings rather than drawings or photographs, and all are figurative and traditional.
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He was not surprised that The Kiss proved so popular.
“It’s the lust and the passion,” he says. “It feels like the passion is really popping out of the canvas.
“It truly captures what Valentine’s gift buyers are trying to convey to their loved ones.”
