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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: #865 (8/6/12)

 












Louis Leopold Boilly, French

Not What I Thought You Meant When You Said You Were Inviting Some Chicks Over For a Pool Party, 1807

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 2:33 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2482

















Simó Gómez Polo, Catalan

"Yahtzee, B*tch!," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:53 AM   0 Comments

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2383


















Benjamin Blake, English

"Honey, I Thought You Said You Were Coming in Here To Play a Game With the Kids, Not Play WITH Some Game With the Kids," 1826

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:21 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 19, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2354
















Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American

In Retrospect, Maybe Buster SHOULDN'T Have Mentioned He Was Excited About Seeing "Cats," 1903

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:33 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, December 1, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2340












Raffaello Sorbi, Italian

Rare Footage of Hamilton and Burr's Famous Duel (Preliminary Leapfrog Round), 1887

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:13 PM   0 Comments

Monday, October 14, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2306















Auguste Serrure, Belgian

Baron William van Korynnehull's Original Demonstration of His Famous Game, 1871

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:22 AM   0 Comments

Thursday, August 22, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2271
















Hans Schleissmann, Austrian

From the People Who Brought You "Where's Waldo?" Comes "Wo Ist Wilhelm?" (Answer Below!), 1910

Illustration

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:46 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, July 11, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2242














Theodore Robinson, American

"Peek-A-Moo!," 1888

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:46 PM   0 Comments

Monday, May 6, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2196















Wilhelm Trübner, German

In Case You Were Wondering Where the Pieces for Jenga Come From, 1876

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:32 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2187















Auguste Serrure, Belgian

Unfortunately For the Men Behind Him, in His Haste To Celebrate His Victory, Philip Failed To Realize His Crossbow's Safety Was Off, 1870

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:25 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2177














Auguste Serrure, Belgian

"And Upstairs They've Got Air Hockey and a Dance Dance French Revolution Machine," 1861

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:04 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:10 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:05 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:53 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:41 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:18 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:15 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:52 PM   0 Comments

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

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:38 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1670























Michael Köck, Austrian

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

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:22 PM   0 Comments