Author: Steve Melcher

Georges Cain, French

“Looks Totally Real, Right? I Had It Made So I Can Use the Carpool Lane,” Before 1919

Oil on canvas

Hugo Simberg, Finnish

“Still Not Feeling Anything? Hmm. I’m Starting To Wonder If Maybe Voodoo Statues Aren’t a Thing,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Stuart G. Davis, British

“Don’t Get All Huffy With Me, Nate. I’m Just Asking — Are You Sure Doing a Daily 3-Panel Comic Strip As a Series of Frescoes Is the Most Efficient Format?,” 1897

Oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt, American

It Was No Use. Katie’s Mother Was Simply Too Heavy To Flip Over Her Shoulder. She Was Going To Have To Come Up With Something Else For the Preschool Talent Show, ca. 1900

Oil on canvas

Carl Von Merode, Austrian

All Conversation Stops at the Senior Center’s Book Club When “The Golden Bachelor” Comes On, 1884

Oil on panel

Édouard Manet, French

Portrait of the Artist’s Grape-Grandmother, ca. 1862

Oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley, American

The Artist’s Son With His Emotional Support Squirrel, 1771

Oil on canvas

Édouard Manet, French

“Just To Clarify, Russ. Yesterday I Asked If Your Wife Was Cool With Eating TAPAS For Lunch, Not Topless. But This Works For Me,” 1863

Oil on canvas