Author: Steve Melcher

Jean Carolus, Belgian

“The One Thing I Don’t Want, Dear, Is a Big, Gaudy Engagement Ring. That’s Soooo Tacky. Plus I’m Afraid It Might Clash With the Lambo,” 1874

Oil on canvas

Jean Carolus, Belgian

“Ohhh, This One Might Be My Favorite, Ladies: ‘If I Could Give This Painting Zero Stars I Would. The Women All Just Sit There Like Lumps As Their Pedantic Guest Holds Court in a Classic Mansplaining Posture. Borrrr-ing! Jean Carol-US? More Like Jean Carol-LAME!,'” 1871

Oil on canvas

Albert Beck Wenzell, American

“Oh By the Way, Phyllis, I Made Our Martinis a Little Stronger Than Usual This Evening. Did You Taste a Difference?,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

François-Xavier Fabre, French

Roman Soldier, Veteran of the Pubic Wars, 1788

Oil on canvas

Leopold Kupelwieser, Austrian

Umberto, Crown Prince of Baldgaria, 1840

Oil on canvas

Johann Peter Krafft, Austrian

That Look When the Queen’s Just Wrecked Her Toilet and Some Joker’s Stolen the Top to the Plunger, 1839

Oil on paper on cardboard

Léon-Mathieu Cochereau, French

“Would You Guys Mind If I Closed the Window? I’m Getting a Lot of Strange Looks From the Starbucks Across the Street,” 1814

Oil on canvas