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Thursday, July 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2499

















Giovanni Battista Quadrone, Italian

Artist Giving Friend a Sneak Preview of His Masterpiece, "Gas Station Toilet (After the Tourist Bus)," 1878

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 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, March 15, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2405















Sir Edward John Poynter, English

"Okay, So It's Not You, Venus. But No One Goes in the Hot Tub Until We Find Out Who Stepped in the Dog Poop," 1880

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:02 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2314














Jules-Arsène Garnier, French

"Come On, Gentlemen. We All Know Somebody Out There Farted. Who Was It?," 1878

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:04 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, October 20, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2311


















John George Brown, American

"...But Luckily, the Captain Had a Spare Pair of Pants My Size. Anyway, Long Story Short, That's How It Became Known As the 'Poop' Deck," 1883

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:19 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2293























Hugh Cameron, Scottish

Unfortunately Molly Realized a Split-Second Too Late That the "Face-Washing Bowl" She'd Found Was Actually Grandmother's Chamber Pot, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:22 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, September 5, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2280























Amedeo Modigliani, Italian

"Yo! Did You Not Hear Me Shout 'It's Occupied!'?," 1909

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:08 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, April 18, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2184


















Erskine Nicol, Scottish

The Ferguson Boys, Pretty Sure the Painter Just Farted, 1870

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:14 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, April 11, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2179


















A. Mühlig, German

"The Bathroom?  Oh, Sure -- Third Tree To Your Left," 1869

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:23 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2168

















Carl Steffeck, German

"Honey, When You Bought the Horse We Agreed You Wouldn't Ride It in the House.  If He Pooped in the Elevator Again, It's All Yours," 1865

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:46 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2167

















George Cochran Lambdin, American

Union Soldier Wondering If He Should Brave the Latrine, Or Try To Hold It Until the War's Over, 1866

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:01 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2142























Johann Köler, Estonian

Hercules, Suddenly Wishing He'd Remembered To Bring a Pooper Scooper, ca. 1855

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:01 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2139























Robert Braithwaite Martineau, English

"Trust Me -- You Do NOT Want To Go In There For Awhile," 1855

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:00 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, February 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2134






















Sir Frederic Lord Leighton, English

Let Me Guess.  Lizzie Dropped Her Book in the Toilet Again, 1877

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:18 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, January 10, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2114


















Hugh Collins, English

"Relax, Jim -- I Think You Misunderstood.  He Said It Smells Like HorseSHOES in Here," 1877-78

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:28 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2107























French School 19th Century (Artist Unknown)

"I'm Glad You Like It.  I Call It 'Mercury Stepping in Dog Poop,'" 1877

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:58 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 17, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2103























Carl Thomsen, Danish

"Oh, Hello Mother.  Do Tell.  Was It YOU Who Used the Last of the Toilet Paper Without Replacing the Roll?," 1875

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:00 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, November 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2087




















John Bagnold Burgess, English

"Yes, They're Cute, Sir.  Just Don't Let Them Crap in the Salad Again, Please," Before 1897

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:09 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2081
















Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian

Bride Who Apparently Ate at the Same Mexican Place They Did in "Bridesmaids," 1874

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:37 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, June 7, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1970

















Henri Adolphe Laissement, French

"Hear That?  I Think Somebody Just Found the Fake Dog Poop in His Pope Hat," 1895

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:25 PM   0 Comments