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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1372 (12/24/15)






















Jose Antonio da Cunha Couto, Brazilian

The Guys in Santa's Travel Department Mapping Out His Pee Breaks, 1892

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:10 AM   6 Comments

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #444 (12/25/11)























Lance Calkin, British

Santa's Billionaire Brother, Mortimer Claus IV, 1890

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 1:00 PM   2 Comments

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2606


 













Émile Friant, French

"I Saw Mommy Flashing Santa Claus...," 1921

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:38 PM   0 Comments

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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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 Comments

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

Monday, December 24, 2018

A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2009)























Heinrich Hofmann, German

Baby Jesus Accusing Wise Men of Re-Gifting the Frankincense, ca. 1900

Chromolithograph print

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:02 AM   6 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:30 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 20, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2106























Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian

"Oh, I Get It.  When Santa Pops Out of the Chimney, Everyone's Thrilled.  But When I Do It, It's 'Creepy,'" 1875

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:23 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, December 16, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2102























Peter Michal Bohún, Slovakian

Ted and Melissa Bravely Went Ahead With Their Christmas Card, Knowing Full Well There'd Be Gossiping About the Age Difference, ca. 1875

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 2:56 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, December 24, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1854
















James Clark, English

"Merry Christmas, Everyone!  I Made My Special Unidentifiable Brown Thing.  Dig In!," 1902

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:00 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 21, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1852




















Harry Roseland, American

 Charles Couldn't Decide What To Give Mildred For Christmas: Another Diamond Necklace, Or That Divorce She'd Been Dropping Hints About?, 1915

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:55 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1851























Artist Unknown

"Yeah?  And Why Do You Think Rudolph's Nose Is So Bright In the First Place?  I'm Telling You -- He's Illuminati." Late 19th century

Illustration

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:09 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 18, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1849























Émile Pierre Metzmacher, French

Toddler Demonstrating the Hot Toy for Christmas 1877: Fisher-Price's "My First Child Safety Hazard"™, 1878

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:45 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 7, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1842























Albert Anker, Swiss

Santa's Accountant Stumbling Upon Multimillion-Dollar "Nice List"-Fixing Scheme, 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:59 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, December 3, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1838














Julius Arthur Thiele, German

"Hey, Look at Us -- Three Bucks.  Like What I Paid Your Mom Last Night, Blitzen," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:00 PM   0 Comments

Friday, December 23, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1608























José Maria Veloso Salgado, Portuguese

"Troubling News From the Border, Sire.  They Found a Kilo of Heroin in Santa's Sleigh, and Now He's Being Held for Questioning," 1899

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:23 PM   1 Comments

A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2010)


















Henri Fantin-Latour, French

Holiday Rush at the Sears Portrait Studio, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:00 AM   1 Comments

Sunday, December 18, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1604





















Artist Unknown

"You Might Want to Stay Away From Santa Today, Rudolph.  He Just Found Out His Naughty & Nice List Was Hacked By the Russians," Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:09 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2010)














Niko Pirosmanashvili, Georgian

Happy Holidays from the Stalin Quintuplets, 1909

Oil on oilcloth

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:00 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

A PRICELESS HOLIDAY CLASSIC (2012)

Joseph-Marie Vien, French

Emperor Marcus Aurelius Making Everyone Try His New Fruitcake Recipe, 1765

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:00 PM   0 Comments