Author: Steve Melcher

Ernesto Ferreira Condeixa, Portuguese

Portrait of Girl With Imaginary Friend, “Urnie,” 1884

Oil on canvas

 Paul Gauguin, French

“My Mom Keeps Bugging Me To Start Dating More. She’s Like ‘How Are You Going To Meet Someone Just Sitting Around in That Gauguin All Day?,'” 1885

Oil on canvas

Eugène Boudin, French

“Mommy and Auntie Are Talking Right Now, Honey. Why Don’t You Go Play in One of Your Rooms?,” 1885

Oil on panel

Stanislaw Woyneko-Tomkiewicz, Polish

Liz Vowed Then and There That This Was the Last Time She Got Dressed Without Checking Her Weather App First, 1886

Oil on canvas

Moritz Stifter, Austrian

Woman About To Get Busted For Illegally Removing Her Mattress Tag, 1885

Oil on canvas

Leon Wyczólkowski, Polish

“Sure, She’s Got a Pretty Face, But If You Ask Me, Not Much of a Body,” 1885

Oil on canvas

Eugène Fichel, French

“The First Rule About Chess Club Is You Do Not Talk About Chess Club. The Second Rule About Chess Club Is You DO NOT Talk About Chess Club,” 1884

Oil on wood

Henri Fantin-Latour, French

“Wow, That’s a Super-Catchy Tune, Jenkins, But I Couldn’t Quite Make Out the Lyrics. ‘Wet-Ass’ What?,” 1885

Oil on canvas

Richard Bergh, Swedish

Not What Peggy Thought the Artist Meant When He Said He’d Pay Her With a C Note, 1884

Oil on canvas

Lionel Royer, French

“Fine, Caesar — I Give Up. Like I Care Anyway. It Just Means I Get To Spend More Time With My Cats,” 1899

Oil on canvas