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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1815























Jehan Georges Vibert, French

Wondering If It's a Faux Pas To Wear Pumpkin After Halloween, Before 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:49 PM   0 Comments

MASTERPIECE #1814























Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish

Jesus (Right) and John the Baptist, Who's Going As Jesus For Halloween, 1655

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:06 AM   0 Comments

Monday, October 30, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1813























João Zeferino da Costa, Brazilian

God Yelling at Moses For Printing the Commandments in Comic Sans, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:00 AM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 26, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1812














Philip Hermogenes Calderon, British

Satan Working Children's Parties Before Landing the Underworld Gig, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:56 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1811























Martín Tovar y Tovar, Venezuelan

"Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture (Page 312)," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:43 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1810

















Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim, Bohemian-Austrian

Bill Clinton, Making Good Use of His New Nursing Degree, 1870

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:48 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 23, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1809
















Carolus-Duran, French

Portrait of a Restaurant Health Code Violation, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:34 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 22, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1808
















Géza Dosa, Hungarian

"What the --?  This Doesn't Look Like Outback's Takeout Menu.  Where Are the Kookaburra Wings?," 1869

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:23 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 19, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1807


















Lajos Bruck, Hungarian

Cover Shoot For This Month's Issue of "Modern Street Urchin" Magazine, 1870

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1806
















Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim, Bohemian-Austrian

"It's Okay, Dad.  Lots of People Accidentally Put $95 Million Winning Powerball Tickets Through the Dryer,"Before 1901

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:38 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1805















Enoch Wood Perry, Jr., American

Ernest J. Farnsworth, the Grim Reaper's Equipment Manager, 1868

Oil on canvas

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Monday, October 16, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1804























Wojciech Gerson, Polish

 "I'm Just Saying, Before You Do Something Rash, You Might Want To Consider Couples Counseling," 1869

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:09 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 15, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1803























Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Swiss

Nanny Wondering What's the Polite Way To Ask Your Boss If She's Familiar With the Concept of a Robe, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 12, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1802














Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, Swiss

 What Men Think REALLY Goes On At Bachelorette Parties, 1849

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:07 PM   0 Comments

MASTERPIECE #1801



















Edward Poynter, British

Sextus Marcellus Hated When the Roman Army Hired Temps, Because He Always Got Stuck With the Weirdos, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:04 AM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1800























Carlos Esquivel y Rivas, Spanish

Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, Stung By the Times' Bad Review of His Sack of Rome, 1856

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:07 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 9, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1799














Jean-Léon Gérôme, French

Okay, So It Wasn't the New York City Ballet, But To Heather, All Those Years at Juilliard Were Still Totally Worth It, 1863

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:38 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 8, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1798
















Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, German-American

King Henry VIII Pulling a Harvey Weinstein, 1846

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:48 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 5, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1797

















John Linnell, British

"Don't Do It, Jesus.  I'm Telling You, the Water Isn't Deep Enough For a Backflip," 1867

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1796
















Carl Rudolf Huber, Austrian

Later, Jim Would Recall the Stable Hand Shouting Something About Not Making Direct Eye Contact, Just Before Everything Went Black, 1866

 Oil on canvas

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1795























Adolf von Schallberg, Austrian

 "Sorry, Adolf.  I Didn't Notice This Pile of Dirty Laundry Behind Me Until Just Now.  Plus I'm Standing Weird.  Can We Please Start Over?", 1860

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:32 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 2, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1794























Jules Breton, French

"Yeah, It's Not a Great Job, But There's Not a Whole Lot Else You Can Do With an Applied Peasantry Degree," 1865

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:45 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 1, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1793

















Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Danish

"Oh, There Actually IS Something Here in the Manual, Honey.  It Says 'Tip #4: When Standing on Ladder, Try Not To Fall Off,'" 1865

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:34 PM   0 Comments