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Friday, April 30, 2010

MASTERPIECE #199























Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch

Dutch Improv Troupe Asking for a Location (OTHER Than a Windmill), 1650

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:39 PM   2 Comments

Thursday, April 29, 2010

MASTERPIECE #198


















Jean Beraud, French

Precisely Why It's Always Better to Break Up Over the Phone, 1891

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:11 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

MASTERPIECE #197

















Isaak Brodsky, Russian

Lenin Doing Sudoku, 1930

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:26 PM   0 Comments

Saturday, April 24, 2010

MASTERPIECE #193























Eduard von Grutzner, German

Brother Gregory Enjoying "The Essential Garfield Collection," 1889

Oil on wood

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:20 PM   2 Comments

Friday, April 23, 2010

MASTERPIECE #192























Joseph Karl Stieler, German

Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden, Three-Time Winner of the Silver Star for Goofiest Mustache, 1811

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:43 PM   2 Comments

Thursday, April 22, 2010

MASTERPIECE #191























John William Waterhouse, English

The Nurses of Athens General on Bedpan Duty, 1903

Oil on canvas


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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:38 PM   2 Comments

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

MASTERPIECE #190























Charles Willson Peale, American

Sir David Rittenhouse, Right About the Time His Neighbor Gets in Her Hot Tub, 1796

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:48 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

MASTERPIECE #189






















Sophie Gengembre Anderson, English

Little Lord Fauntleroy Under House Arrest, 1856

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:53 PM   3 Comments

Monday, April 19, 2010

MASTERPIECE #188























Antoine Pesne, French

Agreeing to Disagree About the Proper Height of a Man's Wig, 1733

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:03 PM   4 Comments

Sunday, April 18, 2010

MASTERPIECE #187
















William Merritt Chase, American

A Mother's Comfort, Following Vicious Poodle Attack, 1888

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:32 PM   0 Comments

Saturday, April 17, 2010

MASTERPIECE #186























Charles Verlat, Belgian

Adorable Young Girl Going For Her Weapon, 1876

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:27 PM   1 Comments

Friday, April 16, 2010

MASTERPIECE #185

















Carl Constantin Heinrich Steffeck, German

The "Dogs Playing Poker" Crew, Busted for Illegal Gambling, 1856

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:55 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, April 15, 2010

MASTERPIECE #184


















Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn, Dutch

And Get This. They Say He Was Banging the Wife's Sister, 1636

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:55 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

MASTERPIECE #183

















Frederick Morgan, English

How We Think Emily Probably Got the Rabies, 1904

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:43 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

MASTERPIECE #182























Giovanni Bellini, Italian

St. Jerome, Unable to Put Down the New Oprah Biography, 1480

Oil on wood

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:00 PM   3 Comments

Sunday, April 11, 2010

MASTERPIECE #180























Charles Deas, American

Zach Galifianakis in "City Slickers 3: Injun Trouble," 1845

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:48 PM   0 Comments

Saturday, April 10, 2010

MASTERPIECE #179























Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian

Woman Enjoying "The Bounty Hunter" on DVD, 1882

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:24 PM   1 Comments

Friday, April 9, 2010

MASTERPIECE #178
























Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian

Are You Gonna Finish That?, 1570

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:33 PM   1 Comments

Thursday, April 8, 2010

MASTERPIECE #177


















Wassilij Dimitriewitsch Polenow, Russian

Good Day, Sir. Delivery for a Tiger Woods, 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:18 PM   4 Comments

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

MASTERPIECE #176






















Nikolaj Alexejewitsch Kassatkin, Russian

Jack Bauer Interrogating Suspect on Russian Version of "24," 1897

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:48 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

MASTERPIECE #175














Alexey Danilovich Kivshenko, Russian

General Kutuzov Realizing Too Late He Shouldn't Have Had the Cabbage Soup, 1880

Oil on canvas

(can click on painting to enlarge)

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:00 PM   0 Comments

Monday, April 5, 2010

MASTERPIECE #174
















Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian

Sign You Need a New HMO, 1888

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:44 PM   3 Comments

Saturday, April 3, 2010

MASTERPIECE #172
















Jan van Wildens, Flemish

Oops. So Much For The Egg Hunt, 1624

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:00 PM   0 Comments

Friday, April 2, 2010

MASTERPIECE #171


















John Singleton Copley, American

British Lord Injured in Crowd-Surfing Accident, 1779

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:22 PM   2 Comments

Thursday, April 1, 2010

MASTERPIECE #170























Jan Vermeer, Dutch

Man Trying to Decide if His Shrimp Lo Mein Has Turned, 1669

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:35 PM   0 Comments