Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2158
















Hans Canon, Austrian

The Pathologists Performing the GEICO Gecko's Autopsy Could Tell in an Instant Foul Play Was Involved, 1863

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2153














Rosa Bonheur, French

"Oh No -- There's a Giant Hole in the Bottom of the Boat.  We May Have To Abandon Sheep," 1863

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2142























Johann Köler, Estonian

Hercules, Suddenly Wishing He'd Remembered To Bring a Pooper Scooper, ca. 1855

Oil on canvas

Sunday, February 17, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2140























Leopold Loeffler, Polish-Russian

Though His Family Loved It, Cliff's Ventriloquist Act Somehow Failed To Find a Larger Audience, 1853

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2128











Arthur Hughes, English

After Four Years of Trying, Holly Had Started To Wonder Whether It Was Actually POSSIBLE To Train a Cow To Sit on Command, 1872

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2113

















Nikolai Vasilevich Nevrev, Russian

"Spiderrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!," 1866

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2107























French School 19th Century (Artist Unknown)

"I'm Glad You Like It.  I Call It 'Mercury Stepping in Dog Poop,'" 1877

Oil on panel

Sunday, December 23, 2018

A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2014)























Sophie Gengembre Anderson, English

Girl With Two Turtledoves One Turtledove (aka Bad Kitty!), 1853

Oil on canvas

Monday, December 3, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2093



















Eugene von Blaas, Italian

Elizabeth Needed 500 Hours of Practice To Get Her Massage Therapist's License, So She Couldn't Afford To Be Picky When It Came To Volunteers, ca. 1910

Oil on canvas

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

Monday, November 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2085























Mary Cassatt, Chilean-American

What REALLY Killed the Sport of Bullfighting, 1873

Oil on canvas

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

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

Sunday, September 16, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2040
















Jan de Bray, Dutch

Restaurant Owner Informing Diners That He Just Ran Out of the Lobster, 1667

Oil on canvas

Sunday, September 9, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2035























John St Helier Lander, British

Boy and His Pet Bird, Responding To Each Other's Tweets, 1903

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 1, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1986


















Julio Ruelas, Mexican

Erica Didn't Care If It Took Another Whole Year to Hone the Act.  She Was Going To Get Them on "America's Got Talent," 1897

Oil on cardboard

Monday, June 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1982























José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Brazilian

"If Curious George Asks What Happened To His Lunch, I Was Never Here.  Got It?," 1897

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1979














George de Forest Brush, American

How Legendary Native American Warrior Falls-From-Canoe-Just-As-About-To-Stab-Moose Got His Name, 1888

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1925























Juana Romani, Italian

Not Only Was the Cone Unattractive, Bridget Found It Insulting That Her Doctor Thought She Might Lick Her Stitches, 1892

Oil on panel

Sunday, March 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1916
















Frithjof Smith Hald, Norwegian

Though Their Cat Fluffy Had Coughed Up Hairballs Before, the Millers Thought They Should Probably Get This One Checked Out By the Vet, 1892

Oil on canvas