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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

Sunday, December 6, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2593


 Magnus Enckell, Finnish

Weirdest Episode of "The Bachelorette" Ever, 1895

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:01 PM   0 Comments

Monday, December 16, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2351











Antonio Maria Cotti, Italian

"I'm Just Saying -- I Think We Still Have a Few More Kinks To Work Out Before We Take This Thing On 'Shark Tank,'" 1864

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2309
















Edward Lamson Henry, American

"Seriously Dude, This Place Is a Pig Sty. Let Me Give You Marie Kondo's Phone Number," 1895

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2299























William Powell Frith, English

Woman Watching "Marriageable Bachelor in Paradise" on Her New iCompactCase, 1883

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2029























Charles Webster Hawthorne, American

Gordon Ramsay, Age 7, ca. 1899

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:30 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, July 1, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1986


















Julio Ruelas, Mexican

Erica Didn't Care If It Took Another Whole Year to Hone the Act.  She Was Going To Get Them on "America's Got Talent," 1897

Oil on cardboard

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:43 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1939
















Oscar Pereira da Silva, Brazilian

"Remember Guys, If Samson Wakes Up, We Just Tell Him He's on One of Those Ambush Makeover Reality Shows," 1893

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1905






















Adriaan de Lelie, Dutch

"Frankly, Young Lady, I Could Give a Rat's Ass How Gordon Ramsay Says I Should Make a Pancake.  Now I Suggest You Shut Up While You Still Have Enough Teeth Left To Eat It With," Between ca. 1790 and ca. 1810

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:05 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1825

Francois-Andre Vincent, French

Alexander the Great Judging "The Entire Known Western World's Next Top Model," 1789

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:22 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, September 29, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1548















Albert Bierstadt, American

"Attention, Attention: All Passengers Are Invited To Come Meet This Season's Cast of 'The Biggest Loser,' Now Dining in Our Portside Lounge," 1889

Oil on paper mounted on masonite

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Monday, June 27, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1482























Albert Edelfelt, Finnish

Little Red Riding Hood on "The Grimm's Fairy Tales 50th Reunion Special," 1882

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1476














Emile Renouf, French

Scene From Tonight's Take Our Daughters to Work Episode of "Deadliest Catch," 1881

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:38 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, April 24, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1437























Jean-Leon Gerome, French

The Dramatic Rose Ceremony on Last Night's "Dating Naked," 1852

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:25 PM   1 Comments

Thursday, January 28, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1373























Dirck Bouts, Netherlandish

Tonight on "Top Chef: Wizards," 1467

Oil on wood

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:20 PM   0 Comments

Friday, December 11, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1363












Michael Ancher, Danish

Bravo's "Real Housewives of 19th Century Copenhagen," 1903

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1348















Max Gaisser, German

 This Day in "Shark Tank" History: 1648, 1889

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:36 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, June 21, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1239













Louis Vivin, French

Epic Catfight on This Week's "Real Housewives of 19th Century France," 1891

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:58 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

MASTERPIECE #1183





















Rudolf Ernst, Austro-French

Father and Daughter in Green Room at "Arabia's Got Talent," 1884

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:57 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

MASTERPIECE #834
















Junius Brutus Stearns, American

Up Next on the History Channel: "Amish Shark Hunters," 1860

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:20 PM   0 Comments