Author: Steve Melcher

Ary Scheffer, Dutch

“Hey, Water You Doing? Posing For a Pitcher? Come On, Ewer Holding Us Up,” 1858

Oil on canvas

 Nicolas Adolphe Weber, German

“Excuse Me Boys, I Think You Have the Wrong Room. I Requested a Wake-Up Choir for SEVEN a.m.,” 1867

Oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby, English

Billingsworth Had Only Just Recently Started Setting the Phone in His Pocket on Vibrate, But He Had To Admit, He Didn’t Hate It, ca. 1785-89

Oil on canvas

Ditlev Blunck, Danish-German

FUN FACT: In Playboy’s Early Days, the Bunny Itself Did a Lot of the Recruiting, 1846

Oil on canvas

Francesco Hayez, Italian

The Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal (Medieval Europe Edition), 1859

Oil on canvas

Albert Frans Lieven De Vriendt, Belgian

In Our Office, It Was Hard To Decide Who Was More Self-Righteous: Blake With His Standing Desk or Darcy With Her Exercise Ball Chair, 1889

Oil on canvas

Alexandre Cabanel, French

“For the Millionth Time, My Name’s Tyler. Why Do People Keep Calling Me Lance?,” 1881

Oil on canvas

Adrien Moreau, French

“As a Woman and Thus My Inferior, I Expect You To Treat Me With Respect. You Would Do Well To Remember Who Wears the Cute, Blousy, Knee-Length Pants Around Here,” 1885

Oil on canvas

Vicente Palmaroli y González, Spanish

As She Watched Her Boyfriend, Superman, Arrive For Their Date, Frances Marveled at How a Guy Who’s Faster Than a Speeding Bullet Always Managed To Be 20 Minutes Late, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Johann Michael Neder, German

I’ll Let You Guess Where the Third Flute Is, 1871

Oil on canvas