Author: Steve Melcher

Jean Baptiste Leopold Colin, Belgian

“I’m Sorry, Sweetheart, But We’re Not Allowed To Build a Sandcastle in This Part of the Beach. It’s a Zoning Issue,” 1917

Oil on panel

 

Otto Kirberg, German

Woman Watching the Powerball Drawing Back When It Was the Steam Powerball Drawing, 1918

Oil on canvas

Ferdinand Max Bredt, German

Hmm, Thought Eleanor. Do I Mention the Rat, Or Just Shut Up and Drink My Tea?, 1918

Oil on wood

Jeffrey Hull, American

Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian

Germany’s 48th Infantry Division Doing Their Daily Glutes Workout, 1916

Tempera on linen

 

John Sloan, American

“This Summer…Meryl Streep is a CIA Agent Who’s Been Hung Out To Dry. Now, If She Wants To Come Clean, She’s Going To Have To Put It All On the Line, IN…’The Washerwoman.’ Playing at a Laundromat Near You!,” 1915

Oil on canvas

Niko Pirosmanashvili, Georgian

“Crap — I Can Never Remember. Which of These Suckers Is the Almond Milk?,” 1916

Oil on cardboard

 

Guy Rose, American

“Oh, Fantastic — I Forgot the Oars. I Guess I Live Here Now,” 1910

Oil on canvas

 

Wada Eisaku, Japanese

Subject of Painting Being Told He Can’t Smoke in the Museum, 1914

Oil on canvas

Eugène Jansson, Swedish

It Was Always Awkward When Chad Showed Off at the Gym Because You Never Knew Where To Look, 1914

Oil on canvas