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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2542


















Paul Gauguin, French

"Begging Your Pardon, Folks, But It Would Make My Job a Lot Easier If You Would Kindly Face in THIS Direction," 1889

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2358


















August Heyn, German

"All the Kids at School Say I Don't Really Exist and That We're All Just Characters in One of Og Isstane's Minor Works. Who's Og Isstane?," Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:44 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, August 4, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2257


















Franz von Lenbach, German

 Portrait of the Robertsons, That Creepy Family That Never Blinks, 1903

Oil on cardboard

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:44 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2222
















Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim, Bohemian-Austrian

The Johnsons Couldn't Wait To Try Out Their New Virtual Grandpa™, If Only They Could Figure Out Where To Put the Batteries, 1882

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:50 PM   0 Comments

Monday, February 4, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2131
















Thomas Faed, Scottish

The Dennison Family, Getting Portrait-Bombed By Some Dude in the Forest, 1851

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:25 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, September 27, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2049

















Kamal-ol-molk, Iranian

The Old Family Photo F. Murray Abraham Just Found on Ancestry.com, 1886

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:32 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, August 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2021

















Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French

Camille Monet and Son, Going a Little Nuts With the Sunblock, 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:11 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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Sunday, December 17, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1848
















Eduard Kurzbauer, Austrian

"Yes, Fred, In Retrospect She Probably Should've Said 'Spoiler Alert,' But We Naturally Assumed You'd Already Seen the New 'Star Wars' Movie," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:21 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 6, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1819
















David Bles, Dutch

The Answer To The Question:  What If An Entire Family Had ADD?, 1869

Oil on oak panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:24 PM   0 Comments

Monday, June 5, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1723























Louis Hersent, French

France's Queen Maria Amalia and Sons, Moments Before the Tragic Meteor Strike, 1835

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:06 PM   0 Comments

Monday, May 29, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1718






















Carl Julius Milde, German

Pastor Johann Rautenberg and Family, the Day Their WiFi Went Down, 1833

Watercolor on paper

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:18 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1696























François Gérard, French

Family Reacting to God's Epic Fart, 1819

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:50 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 26, 2016

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2014)

















Peder Severin Kroyer, Danish

How Families Ignored Each Other Before Smartphones, 1881

Oil on canvas

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Monday, July 4, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1485















Charles Robert Leslie, English

"All Right. Which One of You Is Responsible For That Scratch on My Land Rover?," 1853

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:15 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, April 3, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1422





















Nicolaes Maes, Dutch

"Um, Would It Be a Problem If My Mistress Joined Us in the Painting?," 1660

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:51 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

MASTERPIECE #1085























Jean Jacques Hauer, French

Family Portrait Ruined By Wormy Dog Rubbing Butt Across Floor, 1790

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

MASTERPIECE #1053























Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller, Austrian

Colonel Burkmeister Surprising Family With His New Hairpiece, 1838

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

MASTERPIECE #952















Otto van Veen, Southern Netherlandish

The Artist's Family, Getting a Little Tired of Posing for the Christmas Card, 1584

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:23 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MASTERPIECE #830























Henrik Weber, Hungarian

The Artist's Family, Realizing The Studio Apartment Thing Isn't Working, 1846

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:34 PM   0 Comments