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Thursday, October 14, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: #1279 (8/17/2015)














Gustave Caillebotte, French

 "One Day, Sweetheart, All This Will Be Yours.  Pending the Outcome of the SEC Investigation, Of Course," 1875

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:00 AM   1 Comments

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2467























Ferdinand Axmann, Austrian

Jane's Plan Was Actually Ingenious When You Thought About It: Stealing Mildred's Necklace One Pearl at a Time, 1868

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:58 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2011)


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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2342















John George Brown, American

"Hey Fellas! Look What We Got Here! One of Them Chowderheads Who Reads 'That Is Priceless!' C'mon, Let's Steal Their Wallet!," 1877

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:00 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, November 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2325















Jules-Arsène Garnier, French

Before the Days of Jack the Ripper, the English Lived in Fear of Jackie the Stripper, 1883

Oil on paper laid on board

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:07 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 31, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2320














Henry Gillard Glindoni, English

Queen Elizabeth's Royal Chemist Teaching Her Court How To Cook Meth, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:22 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2303


















Isaac Henzell, English

 Meg Was Halfway To the Courthouse To Post Her Husband's Bail When She Realized She May Have Misunderstood the Judge, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:50 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2294























John Pettie, Scottish

 Carl Vowed He Would Not Rest Until He Found the A**hole Who Stole His Bookmark, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:15 PM   0 Comments

Monday, July 29, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2253
















Edmund Blair Leighton, British

"Here's What's Going to Happen, Nathaniel. You're Going To Smuggle 10 Kilos of Our Cocaine Onto the Mayflower Tomorrow, and Then Somehow Convince the Captain To Make a Pit Stop in Miami. We Clear?," Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:24 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2221


















Oscar Björck, Swedish

Oddly, It Never Occurred To the Thieves That It Might Be Easier To Steal the Boat By Going the Other Direction, 1884

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:26 PM   0 Comments

Monday, June 10, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2219























Sir James Guthrie, Scottish

 Childhood Photo of England's Notorious Jack the Reaper, 1883

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 2:25 AM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:44 PM   0 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

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2126























John Maler Collier, English

"We Need To Make This Look Like an Accident.  You Don't Happen To Have a Banana Peel on You, Do You?," ca. 1915

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:29 AM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2076























Edmund Blair Leighton, English

The New Governess, Making Sure She's Got Enough Oxy To Make It Through the Day, 1894

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:28 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:48 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1958














René-Henri Ravaut, French

"Okay, I Believe You.  Apparently, You Did NOT Steal My Wallet.  Next!," 1894

Illustration

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1941














Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish

 The Guards Had Warned Molly Not To Make Any False Moves, But Those Flamin' Hot Cheetos in Her Bag Were REALLY Calling To Her, 1892

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:54 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, April 5, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1926












Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss

"Sir, I Want You To Take a Good Look at These Suspects, and Tell Me If You See the Man Who Stole Your Razor.  Take Your Time," 1892

Oil tempera on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:11 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, March 11, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1906























Franz Stuck, German

"Kiss You?  I Don't Think So.  And If You Continue With the Harassment, I Swear I'll Go Public With This," 1891

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:59 PM   0 Comments