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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2072























Arthur Hughes, English

Guinevere Hated Being Rescued By Knights in Shining Armor, Because She Never Knew How Much To Tip, ca. 1894-1908

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:39 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

A PRICELESS HALLOWEEN CLASSIC (2014)























Thomas Eakins, American

Aunt Dorothy Sewing the Thong For Her Naughty Nurse Costume, 1877

Watercolor on paper

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:33 AM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 28, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2071






















Rawdi, Scottish

 Megyn Kelly, Halloween Night 1985, ca. 2016

Illustration

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:59 PM   0 Comments

MASTERPIECE #2070























John Maler Collier, English

 This Year's Winner of the Bony Award For Outstanding Achievement in Grave Robbery, 1883

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:48 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2069

















Louis Moeller, American

"I'm Warning You, Mildred.  Talk Sh*t About My Scones One More Time and I'll Break Your OTHER Hip," 1905

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:29 PM   0 Comments

MASTERPIECE #2068























Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss

Reading the Oxford Companion to Ginger Literature, 1888

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:12 AM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2067























Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian

Portrait of Bride Suffering From Pre-Nup Remorse, 1880

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:04 AM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2066

















Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian

"Oh, Stop Being So Dramatic.  This Cigar Smoke Will TOO Come Out of the Carpet," 1887

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 1:02 AM   0 Comments

Monday, October 22, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2065























Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner, English

In Case You Were Wondering Where the "Puffy Shirt" from "Seinfeld" Ended Up, ca. 1829

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:11 AM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 18, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2064

















Uros Predic, Serbian

James Franco and Sacagawea in "Richard III," 1919

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:30 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2063

















Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish

 "Oh No, We're Not Dating.  We're Just Getting Together for a Drink," 1652

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2062























Thomas Lawrence, English

Begrudgingly, Clive Had Agreed To Do the Hokey Pokey.  But He Wasn't Going To Pretend To Enjoy It, 1829

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:03 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 15, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2061



















Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian

 M.C. Escher Flummoxed By How He Could Be Seeing Himself Being Flummoxed in Today's “That Is Priceless” Strip, 1887

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:52 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 14, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2060


















Leopold Loffler, Polish

"Honey, You've Got To Believe Me.  I Was Going To Return Your Skirt, I Swear!," 1857

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:34 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 11, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2059
















Jacques-Louis David, French

"Um, Before You Slay Me, You Might Want To Deal With That Zipper Situation, Bruh," ca. 1825

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:34 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2058























Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French

Charles-Francois Pinceloup de la Grange, Trying to Think of Ways to Make His Name Even More Pretentious, 1747

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:04 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2057























Albert Anker, Swiss

"Oh, Shoot -- I Thought I Was Knitting a Scarf.  According to This, I've Been Making a Jockstrap," 1907

Watercolor on paper

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:57 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 8, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2056

















John Collier, English

Lacking a Convenient Closet, When Sarah Told Her Parents She Was Gay, She Technically Came Out of the Pantry, 1903

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:25 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 7, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2055























Wilhelm Hammershøi, Danish

At First, Artists Found Julie's Shyness Endearing, But Eventually It Became a Real Problem, 1905

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:17 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 4, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2054























William Daniels, British

After Examining the Antique Goblet for Over 10 Minutes, Professor Wallingford Came to the Conclusion That This Was Some Really Good Weed, 1843

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:49 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2053























Antonio Maria Esquivel, Spanish

Woman Not Sure How to React to Being Told She Looks a Little Like Lena Dunham, 1850

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:08 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2052























Julius Monien, German

Henry Was Oblivious To the 8-Point Buck Behind Him Because He Was Busy Making the Pheasant He'd Just Shot Disappear, 1886

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:07 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 1, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2051

















Gaspare Traversi, Italian

Woman Getting Reading From "Naughty Nora, the X-Rated Fortune Teller," 1750

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:43 PM   0 Comments