Author: Steve Melcher

John Singer Sargent, American-British

“‘Walk Softly and Fondle a Large Knob.’ No, That’s Not Quite It. I Need Something Punchier But Equally Sexually Suggestive,” 1903

Oil on canvas

John Maler Collier, British

When You’re Trying To Take a Selfie But Your Phone Keeps Sliding Off the Saddle, 1898

Oil on canvas

John F. Francis, American

Caramel Apples Posing Nude on a Dare, 1859

Oil on panel

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, Dutch

The Origin of the Phrase “Making a Boom Boom,” Before 1933

Watercolor

Jacob Jordaens, Flemish

Well, So Much For Dry January, 1640

Oil on canvas

Gustav Bernhard Österman, Swedish

You Always Know You’ve REALLY Pissed Eugene Off When Smoke Comes Out of His Nose, 1893

Oil on canvas

Marie-Thérèse Duchâteau, French

Hey, Is This a Painting By That French Artist Marie-Thérèse Duchâteau? Big Fan. 1893

Oil on canvas

Benjamin West, American-British

“Ma’am, I’ve Finished My Police Sketch of That Guy Who Stole Your Purse. Yes, I Know That Was a Month Ago, But I’m a Bit of a Perfectionist,” 1776

Oil on canvas