Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2169














Winslow Homer, American

"Gentlemen, You Are Confederate Prisoners of War...Traitors To Your Own Country...the Lowest of the Low.  That Said, Do You Think You Could Introduce Me To the Guys From Lynyrd Skynyrd?," 1866

Oil on canvas

Monday, March 18, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2161























Auguste Alexandre Hirsch, French

"Sorry.  I'd Let You Play It, But I Don't Think I Could Survive Having My Harp Broken Again," 1865

Oil on canvas

Thursday, February 21, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2144


















Ernst Hildebrand, German

"He's Not a Bad Singer, Sis, But That Outfit?  It's SO 1685," 1859

Oil on canvas

Thursday, January 24, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2124























Sir Luke Fildes, English

His Royal Majesty, King William Joel, 1902

Oil on canvas

Thursday, January 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2109























Eastman Johnson, American

"What Does She Mean By 'Thank You, Next?'  And More Importantly, How the Heck Did You Get Spotify on That Thing?," 1875

Oil on paperboard

Thursday, December 27, 2018

A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2015)























George Frederick Harris, Welsh

Boy Showing Mom How He Feels About Being Forced to Take Harp Lessons, 1882

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2095

















Eugene von Blaas, Italian

"You Think If I Shoved Him Over the Wall Right Now He'd Actually Drown, Or Just Take the Hint?," 1910

Oil on canvas

Thursday, November 15, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2083























Anthony Frederick Sandys, English

Lady Gaga's First Communion Photo, 1887

Colored chalks on pale blue paper

Monday, November 12, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2080























Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French

Michelle Couldn't Help But Wonder Whether She'd Get Better Results If She Painted With a Brush Instead of Her Mandolin, ca. 1865-73

Oil on canvas

Monday, September 24, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2046























Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, French

 That Time Beethoven's Mom Forgot To Pick Him Up From Violin Practice, 1800

Oil on canvas

Monday, September 17, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2041























John MacLaren Barclay, British

"B*tch, I Know You Stole My Hat.  What the F?  Signed, Yankee Doodle," 1879

Oil on canvas

Thursday, September 13, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2039
















József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian

Woman Playing a Mandolin (As Husband Tries To Think of Good Place To Hide It), 1905

Oil on cardboard

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2024























Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, British

Musicians Descending a Staircase (One of Whom Just Dropped Her Kazoo), 1880

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2023




















Frederic Leighton, English

Mother Teaching Daughter How to Shred, 1877

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1978
















Edmund Blair Leighton, British

Hannah's Dad, Acting Like He's Never Heard a Cardi B Song Before, 1896

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1964























Pierre Jean van der Ouderaa, Belgian

Sir John of Cusackshire in "Sayeth Anything," 1894

Oil on canvas

Thursday, May 17, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1955

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch

Bagpiper Forced to Silently Admit He's Even Annoying Himself, ca. 1625-30

Oil on canvas

Monday, April 23, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1938























Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, French

Unfortunately, When the Group Agreed To Let Jimmy Play "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain," They Didn't Realize There Were 17 Verses, 1893

Oil on canvas

Monday, April 2, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1923
















Josef Kinzel, Austrian

He Knew It Was Silly, But Diedrich Still Got Nervous Whenever He Brought a New Tuba Home To Meet His Parents, 1892

Oil on panel

Thursday, March 15, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1910














John George Brown, American

"Dude, I Swear.  If You Sing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' One More Time, I'm Going To Merrily Merrily Merrily Merrily Beat Your A** With This Oar," 1878

Oil on canvas