Author: Steve Melcher

 

Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Russian-Polish

Fun Fact: Before Bartholdi’s Last-Minute Decision To Change Models, Lady Liberty Was Going To Be Larry Liberty, 1873

Oil on canvas

 

José Maria Veloso Salgado, Portuguese

“Oh, This? It’s a Cold Fusion Reactor. But I Don’t Want Phil Up There To Feel Threatened, So I’ve Told Him It Makes Cupcakes,” 1917

Oil on canvas

Emmanuel Zamor, Brazilian-French

“Still Life With Prawns,” a Masterpiece of the Shrimpressionist Movement, 1916

Oil on panel

 

Karl Reichert, Austrian

Rex Was So Excited To Find a Copy of “The Call of the Wild,” He Totally Forgot About the No Opposable Thumbs Thing, 1915

Oil on panel

Hans Fuglsang, German

“Fine, One More Set. But Then I Really DO Have To Leave For My Wedding,” 1915

Oil on canvas

Andrew Benjamin Kennedy, American

Wishing Ewes and Yours a Happy Nude Year, 1933

Oil on canvas on board

Edward Okuń, Polish

“I Don’t Want To Tell You Your Business, But Next Time You Might Not Want To Start With ‘Brahms’ Lullaby,'” 1904

Oil on canvas

Sandro Botticelli, Italian

Venus Commemorating Her Birthday With a Shellfie, ca. 1485

Tempera on canvas