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Monday, May 18, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2452

















Jules Breton, French

Yes, Julie Had a Backbreaking Job For Low Pay and No Chance For Upward Mobility. But Hey, It Could Be Worse. She Could Be Graduating in the Spring of 2020, 1860

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2431























John Michael Crossland, English

Famed Cricket Player Nannultera (Also Available for Fraternity Initiations and Sex Dungeons), 1854

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, January 19, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2365


















Guercino, Italian

"You Seem Awfully Proud of Your Art Contest Trophy Over There, Kim. While You're At It, Would You Like To Remind Me That You Went To Harvard? I Think It's Been 5 Minutes Since You Mentioned It," 1637

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:17 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2283















Max Rabes, German

Jill Knew If She Hoped To Make It in the Competitive World of Nude Modeling, She'd Have to Spend Every Waking Moment Working Toward Her PhD, 1923

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:01 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2157






















Alexei Korin, Russian

"Ugh, She's Still Not Getting the Whole Math Thing.  I Know It's Early, But Do You Have the Number of That Guy Felicity Huffman Was Talking About?," 1891

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:15 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:38 PM   0 Comments

Monday, March 5, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1902























Adalbert Franz Seligmann, Austrian

"Ugh, All This Screaming Is Giving Me a Headache.  Can One of You Go Check To See If Anybody's Invented Anesthesia Yet?," ca. 1890

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:17 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1810

















Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim, Bohemian-Austrian

Bill Clinton, Making Good Use of His New Nursing Degree, 1870

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:48 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 9, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1799














Jean-Léon Gérôme, French

Okay, So It Wasn't the New York City Ballet, But To Heather, All Those Years at Juilliard Were Still Totally Worth It, 1863

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:38 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 2, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1794























Jules Breton, French

"Yeah, It's Not a Great Job, But There's Not a Whole Lot Else You Can Do With an Applied Peasantry Degree," 1865

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:45 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 15, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1602














Vicente Castell Doménech, Spanish

Surgical Demonstration at Beard State University Medical School, 1898

Oil on canvas

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Monday, October 17, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1560















Jefferson David Chalfant, American

Students Taking Midterm for Figure Drawing 101 (Introduction to Boobs and Buttocks), 1891

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:29 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, June 2, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1466























Berthold Woltze, German

German High Schooler Just Finding Out She Got Into Stuttgart State (Go Rams!), 1860

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:20 PM   2 Comments

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

MASTERPIECE #866























Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, French

Kitchen Maid Now Wondering If Maybe That Goldman Internship Was the Smarter Move, 1738

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:01 AM   1 Comments

Thursday, November 17, 2011

MASTERPIECE #717























Edward Poynter, English

Father Repelling Son's Attempt to Move Back Home After Graduation, 1869

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

MASTERPIECE #666























Jan Vermeer, Dutch

Crushed Young Girl, Not Even Aware You COULD Get Rejected by the University of Phoenix, 1658

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:16 AM   0 Comments

Saturday, May 21, 2011

MASTERPIECE #243























Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Dutch

Shepherd Reconsidering Whether Grad School Was Worth It, 1490

Oil on oak

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:00 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

MASTERPIECE #543

















Bernardino Luini, Italian

The Mona Lisa Experimenting With Girls in College, 1510

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:56 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

MASTERPIECE #524























Hans Thoma, German

The Artist's Mother, Hoping If She Just Ignores Him, He'll Give Up and Go to Law School, 1871

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:00 PM   0 Comments