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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2010)























Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch

Greedy Tin Man Trying To Also Get a Brain, 1488

Oil on panel

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Monday, December 30, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2016)















Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British

"So Then I Say To Caesar, 'Oh Yeah? You and Whose Army?' Which in Retrospect, Was Probably a Mistake," 1866

Oil on wood

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Sunday, December 29, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2012)
















Adolph von Menzel, German

Sorry. Thought I Had It On Vibrate, 1855

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, December 26, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2012)























Edward Poynter, English

How Women Competed Before There Was Softball, 1862

Pencil, gouache, and watercolor on paper laid on board

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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2011)


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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2010)


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Monday, December 23, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2009)


posted by Steve Melcher @ 1:20 AM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 19, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2354
















Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American

In Retrospect, Maybe Buster SHOULDN'T Have Mentioned He Was Excited About Seeing "Cats," 1903

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2353














Kristian Zahrtmann, Danish

Nancy and Craig, Deciding To Let Their Hair Down a Bit For the Christmas Card This Year, 1876-1878

Oil on canvas

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2352























Albert Anker, Swiss

 I Will Not Respond When Spoken To With 'OK, Boomer.'
I Will Not Respond When Spoken To With 'OK, Boomer.'
I Will Not Respond When Spoken To With 'OK, Boomer'..., 1879

Oil on canvas

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Monday, December 16, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2351











Antonio Maria Cotti, Italian

"I'm Just Saying -- I Think We Still Have a Few More Kinks To Work Out Before We Take This Thing On 'Shark Tank,'" 1864

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2350





















Alfons Viñals i Roig, Spanish

Santa Taking the Edge Off Before Telling Mrs. Claus He's Screwing the Tooth Fairy, 1880

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:14 PM   1 Comments

Thursday, December 12, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2349























Manuel Ojeda y Siles, Spanish

Winner of the 2019 Miss Apathy Pageant, Miss Like-I-Carolina, 1878

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2348























Adrien De Boucherville, French

"Okay, Change of Plans. Hope You're in the Mood For Totino's Pizza Rolls," 1874

Oil on canvas

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2347























John George Brown, American

After Humping His Harp To Their 14th Street Corner of the Day, Elliot Wondered If It Was Too Late To Take Up the Kazoo, 1874

Oil on canvas

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Monday, December 9, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2346













Thomas Reynolds Lamont, Scottish

Just Seconds Into Their Set, the Guys Could Sense Something Was Off. Yep, They Needed More Cowbell, 1880

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, December 8, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2345























Jules Bastien-Lepage, French

 Milt Was Starting To Wonder Whether His Promotion To Branch Manager Really Was a Vertical Move, 1881

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, December 5, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2344























Thomas Wilmer Dewing, American

Paganini's Less-Famous Cousin, Paga-na-na's, 1877

Oil on panel

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2343























George Henry Boughton, English/American

"Talk To the Hand, Because the Ascot Ain't Listening," 1876

Oil on canvas

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2342















John George Brown, American

"Hey Fellas! Look What We Got Here! One of Them Chowderheads Who Reads 'That Is Priceless!' C'mon, Let's Steal Their Wallet!," 1877

Oil on canvas

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Monday, December 2, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2341
















Jules Scalbert, French

Had He Been a True Gentleman, Ned Would've Warned Jenna That He'd Just Peed in That Spot, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, December 1, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2340












Raffaello Sorbi, Italian

Rare Footage of Hamilton and Burr's Famous Duel (Preliminary Leapfrog Round), 1887

Oil on canvas

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