Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2150























Jules Lefebvre, French

If There Was a Prize For the Most Creative Use of Old Amazon Packaging, Jessica Would Win Hands-Down, 1861

Oil on canvas

Sunday, February 24, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2145























Alessandro Turchi, Italian

"Thank You So Much!  And Thank You To the Academy!  I Share This Award With All the Other Shepherds Nominated in My Category...", ca. 1620

Oil on canvas

Thursday, January 31, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2129























Auguste Toulmouche, French

Sign Your New Book Probably Isn't Winning the Pulitzer This Year, 1874

Oil on canvas

Sunday, January 6, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2110














Cesare Maccari, Italian

Cicero Accepting the Golden Globe For Best Orator in an Ancient Culture -- Republic or Oligarchy, 1889

Fresco

Sunday, October 28, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2070























John Maler Collier, English

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

Oil on canvas

Sunday, March 4, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1900














Brad Fraunfelter, American

"Yeah, I Saw 'The Shape of Water' Too.  But You Can Relax -- I'm Not Into Dudes," 2010

Digital illustration

Saturday, March 3, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1899























Pieter de Hooch, Dutch

"It Says That This Year, Just To Be Safe, When We're Presenting We Should Say, "And the Oscar For Best Picture PROBABLY Goes To...," ca. 1668-1670

Oil on canvas on panel

Monday, February 27, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1652





















Master of the Prayer Books of Around 1500, Flemish

Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Doing the Right Thing, ca. 1490

Illumination on parchment

Sunday, February 26, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1650























Piero del Pollaiolo, Italian

"Darn -- I Never Thought I'd Be Up Here, So I Didn't Write a Speech," 1475

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1648


















James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American

Oscars Seat Filler Busting Her Ass in Final Week of Training, 1871

Oil on canvas

Sunday, January 8, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1613
















Artist Unknown

"I Share This Golden Globe With So Many People.  Josh and Marcie at CAA -- You Guys Are the Real Miracle Workers.  The 12 Apostles -- I'd Thank You All By Name, But I'm Sure I'd Forget Somebody.  And Of Course My Dad, Who I Know Is Up There Somewhere Watching Right Now -- Oh Shoot, They're Telling Me to Wrap It Up...," Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Sunday, June 12, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1472























John Trumbull, American

Alexander Hamilton, Wondering Why the Hell No One at the Tonys Is Thanking HIM, 1805

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1371























John Singer Sargent, American

Bernard J. Robinson, Coat Room Attendant of the Year 1895, 1895

Oil on canvas

Monday, November 8, 2010

MASTERPIECE #392



















Dionisios Kallivokas, Greek

Josiah and Millicent, The First Academy Awards Seat Fillers, 1858

Oil on canvas

Friday, April 23, 2010

MASTERPIECE #192























Joseph Karl Stieler, German

Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden, Three-Time Winner of the Silver Star for Goofiest Mustache, 1811

Oil on canvas

Saturday, January 16, 2010

MASTERPIECE #95























Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French

Watching Paint Dry (Critics' Choice, Dullest Painting, 1865), 1865

Oil on canvas