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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1877 (2/1/18)















Jean Beraud, French

Before They Were Stars: Susan B. Anthony (Center) Twerking For Tips, 1879

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:00 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2546


 Václav Brožík, Bohemian

Columbus Demonstrating One of His Lesser-Known New World Discoveries: Disco, 1884

Illustration

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2484

















Edward Percy Moran, American

"Betsy, When I Said 'Stripes,' I Didn't Mean HORIZONTAL Stripes. Ugh. And Is the Background For Those Stars...DENIM? I'm Going To Be Physically Ill. This Isn't a Flag. This Is a Star-Spangled Dumpster Fire," 1917

Photomechanical print in color

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:02 PM   1 Comments

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2448























Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, French

The "Little General," Looking a "Little Gassy," 1862

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:05 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, April 26, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2436























Adolphe Yvon, French

"Um, I Think There's Been a Mistake, Your Excellency. That's Not a Signed Treaty. That's Your Scorecard From Mini Golf Last Night," 1860

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:30 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, April 5, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2420























Karl Bang, Chinese

Cleopatra Binge-Watching "The Tiger King," and Not Impressed, Date Unknown

Oil painting

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 4:32 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2418



















Gaetano Ferri, Italian

"If You Can't Read My Handwriting, It Says 'Grande Chicken Burrito With Black Beans and Extra Guac On the Side,'" 1840-1845

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:36 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, March 19, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2409















Léon Cogniet, French

"Excuse Me, Sir, But You're in the Presence of Emperor Bonaparte. Could I Ask You To Put on Some Shorts?," Between 1827-35

Oil on cardboard

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Sunday, March 8, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2400














Victor A. Searles, American

"The Wonders of the New World Are Endless, Your Majesties. Exotic Peoples, Priceless Treasures, and Something Called a 'Pizookie,'" ca. 1893

Illustration

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Monday, December 30, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2016)















Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British

"So Then I Say To Caesar, 'Oh Yeah? You and Whose Army?' Which in Retrospect, Was Probably a Mistake," 1866

Oil on wood

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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

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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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2289

















Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans, Belgian

Quote of the Day -- Young Julius Caesar (95 B.C.): "I Came, I Saw, I Stomped on Your Doll" ("Veni, Vidi, Barbi"), 1872

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:00 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2236















John Trumbull, American

"Here Are My Travel Expenses For the War, Gentlemen.  Don't Worry About the Pay-Per-View Movie 'Oval Office Orgy 3.' I'll Cover That Myself," 1824

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:34 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, June 20, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2227















Edward Poynter, British

 "Wait!  Take Off Your Sandals!  We Just Had the Carpet Steam-Cleaned!," 1890

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:10 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, March 14, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2159














Francis Bicknell Carpenter, American

Lincoln and His Cabinet, Hoping If They Remain Perfectly Quiet, Mary Will Quit Knocking and Go Away, 1864

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:43 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, January 20, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2120











Julius Hübner, German

"Listen Folks, I Appreciate the Kind Facebook Posts, But Seriously, It's Not My Birthday.  Not Sure Where Everybody's Getting That," 1878

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:22 PM   0 Comments

Monday, January 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2111

















Cesare Maccari, Italian

Though He Knew They Were the Only Way To Get His Subject To Smile, the Improv Troupe Was Really Starting To Get on Leonardo's Nerves, 1863

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, January 6, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2110














Cesare Maccari, Italian

Cicero Accepting the Golden Globe For Best Orator in an Ancient Culture -- Republic or Oligarchy, 1889

Fresco

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:14 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2105























William Powell Frith, English

Volume 3 of the "History's Heroines" Book Series: "Polly Peachum, America's First Pole Dancer," 1875

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:40 PM   0 Comments