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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #983 (2/23/14)






















Julius LeBlanc Stewart, American

Demonstration Sport at the 2016 Olympics:  Synchronized Nude Rabbit Hunting, 1898

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:00 PM   1 Comments

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1287 (8/26/15)























Enoch Wood Perry Jr., American

Watkins & Lewis, America's Best Hope for a Medal in Pairs Butter Churning, 1877

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 12:21 PM   3 Comments

Thursday, September 23, 2021

MASTERPIECE #1075



















Pierre Bonnard, French

Clip From ESPN's Coverage of Competitive Dieting, 1924

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 2:44 PM   1 Comments

Monday, May 11, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2446










John George Brown, American

The Traditional Scottish Sport of Roomba Hockey, 1862

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:13 AM   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 19, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2431























John Michael Crossland, English

Famed Cricket Player Nannultera (Also Available for Fraternity Initiations and Sex Dungeons), 1854

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 3:55 PM   0 Comments

Monday, April 13, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2427



















George Caleb Bingham, American

 Olympic Pole Vaulting Champ Giving Motivational Speech, 1847

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:28 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2413























Ford Madox Brown, British

When You Get All the Way To the Top of the Mountain and Realize You Forgot Your Skis, 1842

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:49 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2357




















Frank Dicksee, British

"What Would You Think About Including a Racquetball Court? You Know, Just In Case They Invent Something Called 'Racquetball'?," 1880

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:20 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, December 26, 2019

FROM THE PRICELESS BEST OF THE DECADE COLLECTION (2012)























Edward Poynter, English

How Women Competed Before There Was Softball, 1862

Pencil, gouache, and watercolor on paper laid on board

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Monday, September 2, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2277

















William Howard Robinson, British

The Prince of Wales Congratulating Jimmy "The Anemic Annihilator" McDougal, 1921

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:27 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2260

















Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish

Competitors Completing Swimming Portion of the Ironbaby Triathlon™, 1903

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:04 PM   0 Comments

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2255























Frederick Woodhouse, Jr., Australian

When Nigel Opted For the Sleeveless Look For the Third Day in a Row, We Knew It Was Time To Have Him Checked For a Concussion, 1901

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 5:34 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, July 7, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2238























Johannes Vermeer, Dutch

"I Hear the Americans Beat Us at Soccer Today.  Not To Sound Stupid, But, Um...What Are Americans?," 1668

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:00 PM   0 Comments

Sunday, June 30, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2233


















Gotthardt Kuehl, German

The Semifinal Matches in the World Cup of Quilting (England vs. USA and Netherlands vs. Sweden), 1884

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 6:07 PM   0 Comments

Monday, June 10, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2220














Charles-Fernand de Condamy, French

"No Way -- We're Not Going To Be Skins.  It's Your Guys' Turn To Be Skins," 1884

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 11:48 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2216















Frederick Brown, British

Girls Re-Enacting the Final Scene From "The Karate Kid," 1883

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:54 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2177














Auguste Serrure, Belgian

"And Upstairs They've Got Air Hockey and a Dance Dance French Revolution Machine," 1861

Oil on panel

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 9:04 PM   0 Comments

Monday, November 19, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2085























Mary Cassatt, Chilean-American

 What REALLY Killed the Sport of Bullfighting, 1873

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:58 PM   0 Comments

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2042























Gustave Caillebotte, French

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

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:37 PM   0 Comments