Morris Katz (b 1932) of Greenwich Village. NYC. is the most prolific painter of saleable works in the world. His total sold as of July 2, 1989. was 187,218.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), bom in Spain, was the most prolilic of all painters. During a career that lasted for 78 years. it has been estimated that he produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations, and 300 sculptures and ceramics plus drawings and tapestries His lifetime work has been valued at $750,000,000.

Morris Katz (b 1932) of Greenwich Village, NYC, is the most prolific painter of saleable works in the world. His total sold. as of July 1, 1988, was 181,818. Described now as a ''realistic impressionistic" modern artist. Katz appears regularly, on cable TV on the ''Instant Art Show". He paints with palette knife and crushed pads of paper and sells his paintings ''cheap and often.''

He also sct other records- painting a 12 x 16 in canvas of a child in the snow in 30 sec at the Roma Pizza Guinness Record Holders Convention in NYC, May 9 1988 and painting for 12 hours non-stop except for rest breaks at the Penta Hotel NYC on July 15, 1987 during which time he made 103 paintings and sold 55 on the spot donating the proceeds to thc Boy Scouts of America.