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THE TOP TWENTY-FIVE GREATEST WORKS OF ART - UK EDITION

UK Mona LisaIn September, 2022, a team of researchers over at Perspectus Global conducted a nationwide survey to find out what's the most popular piece of art among the people living in the UK. Or to be more specific about it, two thousand people living in the UK (aged 18 and over), which eventually resulted in the following list.





The Top Twenty-Five Greatest Works of Art
(According to the Brits)

The Son of Man
25) The Son of Man by Rene Magritte (3%)
24) Mares and Foals in a River Landscape by George Stubbs (4%)
23) Spider [sculpture of a spider] by Louise Bourgeois (5%)
22) The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (5%)
21) The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano (5%)


Kanagawa
20) The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai (6%)
19) The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (6%)
18) The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living [sculpture of a pickled shark] by Damien Hirst (6%)
17) Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (7%)
16) The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner (7%)


Guernica
15) Guernica by Pablo Picasso (7%)
14) Nelson's Column [statue of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson] by Edward Hodges Baily (9%)
13) Going to the Match by L. S. Lowry (9%)
12) Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain [statue of Eros] by Alfred Gilbert (10%)
11) The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (10%)


The Hay Wain
10) The Hay Wain by John Constable (10%)
9) The Thinker [statue of a poet] by Auguste Rodin (13%)
8) Terracotta Army [collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang] located in Xi'an (15%)
7) Statue of Liberty [statue of Libertas] by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (15%)
6) The Scream by Edvard Munch (19%)


Balloon Girl
5) Balloon Girl by Banksy (21%)
4) Angel of the North [statue of an angel] by Antony Gormley (23%)
3) Sistine Chapel ceiling [fresco] by Michelangelo (26%)
2) Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh (32%)
1) Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (34%)


Sistine Chapel
This survey also revealed that 58 percent of those people polled have recently become more inspired by both classic and contemporary art, while a massive 74 percent considered themselves to be art lovers. Having said that, though, it also revealed that the average Brit will only visit five art exhibitions within a single year, and according to the data, London is the home to the largest number of self-confessed art lovers (84 percent), which is closely followed by Birmingham (81 percent) and Leeds (80 percent).

In closing, I'd like to thank the team over at Perspectus Global for allowing me to publish their findings in this article, before encouraging you to check out their official website.

THE TOP TWENTY-FIVE GREATEST WORKS OF ART - UK EDITION THE TOP TWENTY-FIVE GREATEST WORKS OF ART - UK EDITION Reviewed by David Andrews on November 29, 2022 Rating: 5

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