Author: Steve Melcher

Circle of Ambrosius Holbein, German

Ptolemy Accepting the Golden Globe For Best Treatise — Astronomy or Mathematics, ca. 1494-1519

Oil on canvas

John Trumbull, American

Self-Portrait After Four Cups of Espresso, 1793

Oil on canvas

Carl von Bergen, German

“You Know, Boys, I Only Paid Half-Price For This Sucker. That’s Right. It Was a Sale Boat! (I’ll Show Myself Out.),” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

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

Jean Béraud, French

Five Thousand Dollars Later, Brenda Had a Sneaking Suspicion That That Guy Who Sold Her Front-Row Season Tickets To the Art Museum Might Have Been a Scammer, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Georges Croegaert, Belgian

“Shoot, I Can Never Remember. Which One Do I Look At and Which Do I Hit My Face With?,” Date Unknown

Oil on panel

Ernst Meisel, German

When Planning His Surprise Proposal, Neil Had Failed To Consider the Awkwardness of Having To Freeze For Two Hours To Pose For the Painter, Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

S.M. Arthurs, American

“Great. Looks Like We’re Out of Magenta Ink Again. I Literally Just Replaced the Cartridge Yesterday. What a Racket,” 1914

Oil on canvas

Tito Conti, Italian

The Day Had Finally Come. Wendy Had Given In and Agreed To Get Glasses. Just As Soon As She Dropped This Letter In The Mailbox, 1876

Oil on panel

Teodor Axentowicz, Polish

Girl Upset After the Other Kids Called Her a Buttervase, 1900

Oil on canvas