Showing posts with label Hobbies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hobbies. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2152













Constantin Hansen, Danish

"Best Comic-Con Ever, You Guys!  See You Next Year!," Before 1862

Illustration

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2132























Joseph Severn, English

"Sorry To Bother You, Ms. Queen of Scots, But Before You're Beheaded, Could We Get Your Autograph?," 1850

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2090

















Luc-Olivier Merson, French

Within Seconds of Assuming the Upward-Facing Dog Pose, Kyle Realized He Had Badly Misjudged the Audience For His Naked Yoga Demonstration, 1869

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2057























Albert Anker, Swiss

"Oh, Shoot -- I Thought I Was Knitting a Scarf.  According to This, I've Been Making a Jockstrap," 1907

Watercolor on paper

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2042























Gustave Caillebotte, French

The LeBron James of Vegetable Gardening, "Two-Can Sam" Fitzsimmons, 1877

Oil on canvas

Sunday, July 8, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1991
















Leon Wyczólkowski, Polish-Russian

When He Found Out His Action Figures Would Have Been 10 Times More Valuable If He'd Left Them in Their Boxes, Jerry Felt Like a Fool, 1898

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

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1865
















Max Liebermann, German

"The Handmaid's Tale" Stunt Doubles Relaxing Between Scenes, ca. 1882

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2015)










Henri-Edmond Cross, French

How the Amish Do Sunbathing, 1890

Oil on panel

Monday, December 12, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1600























John William Godward, British

Sock Puppetry Before Socks, 1898

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1596























Carl Röhling, German

Hiker and His Dog Remaining Perfectly Still So As Not to Spook Hillary Clinton, 1898

Oil on canvas

Saturday, December 3, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1593























Marie-Louise Bion, Swiss

The Exact Moment Katie Decided There'd Be No Second Date, 1895

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1532























Peter Nicolai Arbo, Norwegian

Killing Time During Jury Deliberations at the Salem Witch Trials, 1886

Oil on cardboard

Monday, August 15, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1515















Gotthardt Kuehl, German

#4 on BuzzFeed's List of "21 Things More Exciting Than NBC's Olympics Coverage," 1884

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

Monday, January 18, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1365























Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch

Couple on a Date at Color Me Mine, 1871

Oil on panel

Monday, December 7, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1360












Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth, German

Back When Couples Had to Knit Their Own Condoms, 1893

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1277






















Berthe Morisot, French

"Yeah Sure, Read Over My Shoulder.  That's Not Annoying or Anything," 1869

Oil on canvas

Thursday, April 2, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1185




















Edmund Blair Leighton, English

Reading "Strolling Through a Garden For Dummies," 1883

Oil on canvas

Sunday, March 1, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1161























Jules-Adolphe Breton, French

Woman Knitting Sweater Out of Vermicelli, 1857

Oil on canvas