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Thursday, November 29, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2091























Frederic George Stephens, English

"But Prithee, WHY Won't You Marry Me, My Dearest?  Is It Because I'm But a Lowly Woodcutter, Or Did I Lose You With the Unitard?," 1850

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:03 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2090

















Luc-Olivier Merson, French

Within Seconds of Assuming the Upward-Facing Dog Pose, Kyle Realized He Had Badly Misjudged the Audience For His Naked Yoga Demonstration, 1869

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:26 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2089























James Abbott McNeill Whistler, British-American

Whistler's Mother's No-Good New Boyfriend Mitch, Who Just Stole Her Chair When She Went To the Bathroom, 1872-73

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:02 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 26, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2088























Lowes Cato Dickinson, English

Famed 19th-Century Jurist, the Honorable Alfred J. Coemoveurre, 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:39 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2087




















John Bagnold Burgess, English

"Yes, They're Cute, Sir.  Just Don't Let Them Crap in the Salad Again, Please," Before 1897

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:09 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2086























Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens, Belgian

"Yeah, I Think You Overdid It With the Stuffing, Sis.  If You Need to Hurl, I'll Hold Your Hair," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:54 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2085























Mary Cassatt, Chilean-American

 What REALLY Killed the Sport of Bullfighting, 1873

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:58 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 18, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2084















Henry Stacy Marks, English

"Yo, My Liege, I'm Just Sayin'.  If His Highness Wanted a Ranch Style, It Would've Been Nice If He'd Told Us Earlier," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:20 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, November 15, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2083























Anthony Frederick Sandys, English

 Lady Gaga's First Communion Photo, 1887

Colored chalks on pale blue paper

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:13 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2082























John William Waterhouse, English

That Look When Your Loom Runs Out of Ink and Staples Closed Five Minutes Ago, 1915

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:39 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2081
















Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian

Bride Who Apparently Ate at the Same Mexican Place They Did in "Bridesmaids," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:37 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 12, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2080























Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French

 Michelle Couldn't Help But Wonder Whether She'd Get Better Results If She Painted With a Brush Instead of Her Mandolin, ca. 1865-73

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:42 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 11, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2079























Édouard Manet, French

"You Know You're Thinking It, So Just Come Out and Say It.  The Horizontal Stripe Thing Isn't Working For Me," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:51 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, November 8, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2078























Anthony Frederick Sandys, English

After a Month Without a Single Match, Rick Was Forced To Admit That Including the Whip in His Dating Profile Photo Was a Tactical Error, 1883

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:00 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2077























Anthony Frederick Sandys, English

Lady Eleanor Petre Displaying the Shiv She Made in Women's Prison, ca. 1880

Colored chalk

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:22 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2076























Edmund Blair Leighton, English

The New Governess, Making Sure She's Got Enough Oxy To Make It Through the Day, 1894

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:28 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 5, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2075















Edmund Blair Leighton, English

"To Be Honest, Sir, I've Never Heard of Hot Wings OR Jalapeño Poppers, But I'll See What the Chef Can Do," 1881

Oil on board

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:34 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 4, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2074























Edmund Blair Leighton, English

"Great News, Honey.  I've Decided To Give Up My Family Inheritance To Pursue a Career As an Artist," 1919

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:51 PM   1 Comments

Thursday, November 1, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2073
















James Collinson, English

"Dearest Eric: Due To That Incident With the Cat, You Are Hereby Notified That You've Been Traded To the Millers For One Winter's Worth of Firewood and a Plow Mule.  You'll Find Your Bags Packed Upstairs," 1852

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:58 PM   0 Comments