Showing posts with label Competitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competitions. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2008























Giovanni Cariani, Italian

Giovanni Espinoza (aka "The Rock"), 5-Time European Rock-Paper-Scissors Champion, ca. 1510-1515

Oil on canvas

Monday, July 30, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2007





















Il Sodoma, Italian

The Ancient Athens Women's Bodybuilding Championship: Final Round Pose-Off, 1525

Oil on canvas

Thursday, July 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2000

















Monsieur Roujat (after François Joseph Heim), French

Winner Accepting His Prize at the 1st Annual Andrew Jackson Lookalike Contest, 1892

Oil on canvas

Saturday, March 31, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1921













Nikolay A. Sergeyev, Russian

Sadly, This Year's Easter Egg Hunt Was Ruined When the Organizers Failed To Factor In High Tide, 1888

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1897






















Charles Courtney Curran, American

Crushed By Her Defeat in the Cabbage-Picking Contest, Lindsay Just Stood There With Her Head in Her Hands, 1914

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1887














Emile Claus, Belgian

Competitors at Starting Line for World Aphid Racing Championship, 1887

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1850














Hubert von Herkomer, German-British

Cattle Call For "Whistler's Mother: The Musical!," 1878

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1836























Richard Caton Woodville, Sr., American

"Yes!  Matt Lauer!  I Have Him in My Office's Inappropriate Sexual Conduct Pool!," 1848

Oil on canvas

Sunday, November 12, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1823
















Aleksander Gierymski, Polish

Qualifying Round For 1st Annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship (Eastern European Bracket), 1874

Oil on canvas

Thursday, August 10, 2017

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2016)














Charles Edouard Boutibonne, French

The U.S. Synchronized Swimming Team, Getting Frustrated With Megan's Drinking Before Practice, 1883

Oil on canvas

Thursday, July 27, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1761























John Partridge, British

Prince Albert, Sporting His "Royal Family Employee of the Month" Medals, 1840

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1749























Vicente López y Portaña, Spanish

Spanish Captain Mateo Casado, Winner of the 1838 Mr. Sarcastic Smirk Pageant, 1839

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 9, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1747














Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, French (after Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, French)

1st Annual House of Lords Best Butt Contest, 1839

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1720















Robert T. Barrett, American

"Covfefe.  C-O-V-F-I... No, Wait... C-O-V-E-F-... 

I'm Sorry.  Can You Please Use It in an Unintelligible Partial Tweet?," 1949

Oil on canvas

Sunday, April 9, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1683













Jean Alaux, French

A) Couple Having Staring Contest, 1818

B) Couple Having Staring Contest (3 Hours Later), 1818

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1630














Michael Ancher, Danish

Judges Panel at 1898 Hawaiian Tropic Wet T-Shirt Contest, 1906

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1551























Károly Markó the Younger, Hungarian-Italian

Contestants Getting Doused for Wet Dirndl Contest, 1889

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 24, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1499














Johan Rohde, Danish

Final Round of This Year's Scripps National Sketching Bee, 1883

Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1287























Enoch Wood Perry Jr., American

Watkins & Lewis, America's Best Hope for a Medal in Pairs Butter Churning, 1877

Oil on canvas

Thursday, July 30, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1268













Fyodor Bronnikov, Russian

"Cramp!," 1856

Oil on cardboard