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

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

Monday, December 15, 2014

MASTERPIECE #1114

















Gustave Caillebotte, French

Men Engaged in High-Stakes Game of Slapjack, 1880

Oil on canvas

Thursday, September 25, 2014

MASTERPIECE #1076























Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, American

Kidnapping Victim and Captor Breaking Monotony With Game of Tag, 1983

Oil on canvas

Thursday, February 13, 2014

MASTERPIECE #978











Jean-Leon Gerome, French

Emperor Napoleon III Receiving the Inventor of Leapfrog, 1861

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

MASTERPIECE #938















Maximilien Luce, French

Proof That This "Knockout Game" Thing Is Getting Out of Control, 1903

Oil on canvas

Monday, August 6, 2012

MASTERPIECE #865













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

Sunday, June 10, 2012

MASTERPIECE #854













Peter Paul Rubens, Southern Netherlandish

Paris Judging the Finals of a Wet Gossamer Scarf Contest, 1638

Oil on wood

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

MASTERPIECE #837























Jean-Baptist Isabey, French

Hopefuls at Original Casting Call for Game of "Clue," 1817

Watercolor

Monday, April 23, 2012

MASTERPIECE #824


Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, French

It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Crushed By a Pedestal, 1794

Oil on panel

Thursday, January 19, 2012

MASTERPIECE #756

















Jacques-Antoine Beaufort, French

Brutus Losing Again at Rock, Paper, Scissors, 1771

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

MASTERPIECE #687























William Holman Hunt, British

The Artist's Wife, With a Bunch of Crap She Won Playing Skeeball, 1868

Oil on canvas

Sunday, August 14, 2011

MASTERPIECE #638






















Albert Anker, Swiss

Economics Prodigy Constructing Model of World Financial Markets, 1875

Oil on wood