Thursday, May 10, 2012

MASTERPIECE #835


















James Tissot, French

Spying On That Sailor Who Swabs the Deck Nude, 1873

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

MASTERPIECE #834
















Junius Brutus Stearns, American

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

Oil on canvas

Sunday, May 6, 2012

MASTERPIECE #833























Sir Thomas Lawrence, English

Queen Charlotte Thinking How Much She'd Love To Be In Her Sweatpants Right Now, 1789

Oil on canvas

Thursday, May 3, 2012

MASTERPIECE #832























Horace Vernet, French

The Artist Inadvertently Smoking His 7-Iron, 1835

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

MASTERPIECE #831























Francisco de Goya, Spanish

St. Gregory Unwinding With a Little Scrapbooking, 1797

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MASTERPIECE #830























Henrik Weber, Hungarian

The Artist's Family, Realizing The Studio Apartment Thing Isn't Working, 1846

Oil on canvas

Monday, April 30, 2012

MASTERPIECE #829























Anton Raphael Mengs, German

Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (Formerly Mayor of Munchkinland), 1760

Oil on canvas

Sunday, April 29, 2012

MASTERPIECE #828

Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun, French

Harpist Forced to Break It to God That She Doesn't Know Any Nicki Minaj, 1809

Oil on canvas

Thursday, April 26, 2012

MASTERPIECE #827


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

MASTERPIECE #826

Benjamin West, American-English

William Penn Buying Pennsylvania from the Indians for a Dirty White Tablecloth, 1771

Oil on canvas

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

MASTERPIECE #825

















Joseph Wright, English

A Few of the Local Villagers Messing Around With Plutonium, 1773

Oil on canvas

Monday, April 23, 2012

MASTERPIECE #824


Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, French

It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Crushed By a Pedestal, 1794

Oil on panel

Sunday, April 22, 2012

MASTERPIECE #823

Joseph-Marie Vien, French

St. Peter Making a Surprise Appearance at Coachella, 1767

Oil on canvas

Thursday, April 19, 2012

MASTERPIECE #822























Francois-Guillaume Menageot, French

The Amazing Abs Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1781

Oil on canvas

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

MASTERPIECE #821
















Guillaume Lethiere, French

Cato of Utica Being Driven Crazy By These Motherloving Bedbugs, 1795

Oil on canvas