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Sunday, February 23, 2020

MASTERPIECE #2390























Paul Delaroche, French

It Never Failed. The Second Before a Battle Was Supposed To Start, Doug Always Had To Sneeze, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2236















John Trumbull, American

"Here Are My Travel Expenses For the War, Gentlemen.  Don't Worry About the Pay-Per-View Movie 'Oval Office Orgy 3.' I'll Cover That Myself," 1824

Oil on canvas

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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

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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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Monday, February 25, 2019

MASTERPIECE #2146















Andrea Gastaldi, Italian

Heldar Was Basically Useless at Marauding Until He'd Had His Morning Cup of Coffee, 1867

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2048

















William Gilbert Gaul, American

 "Good Luck Fightin' Them Yankees, Son.  We're All Most of Us Are Rooting For Ya," 1907

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 7:08 PM   0 Comments

Monday, August 20, 2018

MASTERPIECE #2022























Bertalan Szekely, Hungarian

Ottomans Attacking the Kingdom of Kardashia, 1867

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 8:26 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, January 25, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1872























Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, French

Generous To the End, Corporal Moore's Dying Words Were "Tic Tac?," 1882

Oil on canvas

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Sunday, January 21, 2018

MASTERPIECE #1868


















Jacek Malczewski, Polish

While His Fellow Prisoners Appreciated Randy's Attempt To Keep Things Light, At the Moment No One Was In the Mood For Hide-And-Seek, 1883

Oil on cardboard

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1846























Eugène Romain Thirion, French

"Joan of Arc, God Has Chosen You To Lead the Armies of France Against the English.  No Offense, But the Truth Is We Needed a Diversity Hire," 1876

Oil on canvas

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1801



















Edward Poynter, British

Sextus Marcellus Hated When the Roman Army Hired Temps, Because He Always Got Stuck With the Weirdos, 1868

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1780























Paul Delaroche, French

When You're Halfway Across the Alps and You Realize You Forgot To Pack the Immodium, 1848

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:18 PM   0 Comments

Monday, July 3, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1743























Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American

"This Is Good, Tom.  But Just To Be Safe, I Think Only Congress Should Have the Power To Declare a Twitter War," 1819

Oil on canvas

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

MASTERPIECE #1724



















François Joseph Heim, French

"Wait, Everybody.  Without Uniforms, This Is Way Too Confusing.  We're Going To Have To Do Shirts Vs. Skins," 1834

Oil on canvas

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Monday, November 21, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1585

















Theodore Robinson, American

"My Dearest Maude, 

 I Only Left But Hours Ago, and Yet I Miss You Terribly.  May the Days Fly By Until You're in My Arms Again.

 All My Love, 

 Charles  

 P.S. I Think Your Cat Might Be Dead," 1895

Oil on canvas

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posted by Steve Melcher @ 10:17 PM   0 Comments

Thursday, October 6, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1553













Louis Hestaux, French

Surveillance Video of Guatemala's Covert Uranium Enrichment Program, 1889

Oil on canvas

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

MASTERPIECE #1536










Henry F. Farny, American

"Hey, If We're Going to Do This, You Mind Flipping Me Over in 20 Minutes?  I Want to Make Sure I Tan Evenly," 1885

Gouache and watercolor

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