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Thursday, February 27, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2394

















Carl Friedrich Schulz, German

"Pheasants? My Bad, Guys. I Thought We Were Hunting Peasants," 1835

 Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2393


















Aloys Zötl, Austrian

Meet the Beetles!, 1835

Watercolor

posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:26 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2392















Johann Peter Hasenclever, German

 Well, This Was Embarrassing. Oskar Had Meant To Present His Fellow Workers' Demands For Higher Wages, But in His Haste Had Accidentally Grabbed a Chick-Fil-A Takeout Menu, 1848

Oil on canvas

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Monday, February 24, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2391

















Jules Coignet, French

Stonehenge After Weight Watchers, 1836

Oil on paper mounted on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:45 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, February 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2390























Paul Delaroche, French

It Never Failed. The Second Before a Battle Was Supposed To Start, Doug Always Had To Sneeze, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2389



















William Mulready, English

"Um, Could You Please Draw a Little Faster? She Was 2 When You Started," c. 1844

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:02 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2388























Jožef Jakob Tominc, Slovenian

Before There Was the Selfie, There Was the "Squattie," 1825

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:50 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2387























Alexei Venetsianov, Russian

"Bacchus Totally Hogged the Bathroom and I Didn't Get To Shower This Morning. Is It Obvious? Be Honest," 1832

Oil on canvas

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Monday, February 17, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2386















William Page, American

"Do You Even Lift, Bro?," 1832

Oil on panel

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Sunday, February 16, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2385























Constantin Hansen, Danish

That Look When Your Modeling Box Is Still Warm From the Last Guy, 1833

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:33 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, February 13, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2384























William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French

Cupid Going a Little Overboard Trying To Make His Quota, ca. 1880

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:21 PM   2 Comments

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2383


















Benjamin Blake, English

"Honey, I Thought You Said You Were Coming in Here To Play a Game With the Kids, Not Play WITH Some Game With the Kids," 1826

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:21 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2382























Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish

Thinking It Might Break the Ice, Anna Offers To Show the Artist Her Splenectomy Scar, 1825

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:06 PM   0 Comments

Monday, February 10, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2381























Jan Lodewijk Jonxis, Dutch

"That Was Great. But the Lyrics Are 'There's a Bad Moon on the Rise' -- NOT 'There's a Bathroom on the Right,'" 1825

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:56 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, February 9, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2380


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Thursday, February 6, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2379























Carl Joseph Begas, German

In Retrospect, Margaret Wished She'd Re-Scheduled the Portrait Session For Some Day She HADN'T Admitted To Having An Affair, 1816

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:41 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2378























Edmund Bristow, English

"Yep, You're Ticklish. Next!," 1824

Oil on canvas

posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:27 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2377

















Govaert Flinck, Dutch

"Yo, Which of You Dudes Left Your Bong in My Car?," 1642

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:17 PM   0 Comments

Monday, February 3, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2376























Eugène Delacroix, French

Ben and Julie Had Never Really Considered the Downside To Not Having Glass in Your Windows. Until the Day the Bees Came. 1823

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:01 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, February 2, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2375























Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, English

"Wait -- Now I Can't Remember. Does the Toilet Paper Go OVER the Roll Or UNDER It?," 1823

Oil on paper

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:22 PM   0 Comments