Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2154













Jean-Léon Gérôme, French

"Psst!  I Know You Didn't Want Any Help, Your Majesty -- But You've Got the Letters To Play 'Chillax.'  AND It Would Be a Triple Word Score," 1862

Oil on panel

Thursday, July 5, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1990























Margaret Deborah Cookesley, English

Caroline's Main Problem With Playing Solitaire Was That She Wasn't a Very Good Loser, 1897

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1969

















Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, Danish

Scene From Jane Austen's Failed "Pride & Prejudice" Sequel, "Bodices & Billiards," 1895

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1953

















August Knoop, German

Mortimer Had the Annoying Habit of Refusing To Look at His Cards Until After He'd Tried To Read Them Telepathically, 1894

Oil on wood

Monday, March 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1912























Eduard von Grützner, German

Monks Realizing Too Late That It's Kind of Tough To Play "Go Fish" When You've Taken a Vow of Silence, 1892

Oil on canvas

Sunday, January 21, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1868


















Jacek Malczewski, Polish

While His Fellow Prisoners Appreciated Randy's Attempt To Keep Things Light, At the Moment No One Was In the Mood For Hide-And-Seek, 1883

Oil on cardboard

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

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1820














Louise Abbéma, French

One Concussion Later, Henry Had Learned That It's Best Not To Talk During Eleanor's Backswing, 1872

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1670























Michael Köck, Austrian

"Wait, I've Got It!  You're Michael Bublé!," 1806

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1626























Arnold Henry Savage Landor, English

Try As They Might, Tiffany and Her Sister Couldn't Get the Hang of Hide-and-Seek, 1905

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 17, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1494























Artist Unknown, Flemish

"Holy Crap! There's a Pikachu Right Outside the Apothecary Shop!," 1644

Oil on panel

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1430























Carlos Mugica y Perez, Spanish

King Ferdinand III of Castile, Preparing to Show Off His Fruit Ninja Skills, 1850

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1420























Pieter de Hooch, Dutch

"Come On, You Know the Rules. Whenever Trump Makes an Ass of Himself, You Have to Drink," 1652

Oil on panel

Thursday, February 4, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1378















Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian

"Um, Hello?  Mom, You Can't Jump People in Chess," 1555

Oil on canvas

Sunday, January 10, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1359























Follower of Ralph Hedley, English

1...2...3...Shoot!  Rock Dulls Scissors!, 1913

Oil on canvas

Thursday, December 17, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1368























Aleksander Gierymski, Polish

The Artist's Son, Not Really Grasping the Whole Hide-and-Seek Thing, 1895

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1341













Otto Goldmann, German

Friends Playing Game of "Spin the Samovar," 1887

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1281














Jean-Paul Laurens, French

King Robert II of France, Just Informed That He Didn't Win This Year's Church Raffle, 1875

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 19, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1259











Nicholas Roerich, Russian

Babylonian Slaves Constructing the Ancient City of Jenga, 1902

Tempera on canvas

Monday, May 11, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1211












Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss

Charades Players Somehow Unable to Guess "Statue of Liberty," 1878

Oil on canvas