Author: Steve Melcher

Alexandre Cabanel, French

The Famous Dance Contest Scene From “Satyr-Day Night Fever,” 1860

Oil on canvas

Samuel Edmund Waller, British

Going Through the Drive-Thru Window at In-N-Oats, 1891

Oil on canvas

Väinö Kunnas, Finnish

When the Spirit You’re Communing With Only Wants To Talk About Football, 1921

Oil on canvas

Henry Hintermeister, American

“With All Due Respect, George, This Continental Congress Could Have Been An Email,” 1925

Oil on canvas

Henri Adrien Tanoux, French

“Hey Guys, Say Hi To Kelly. It’s Her First Day, So If You Wouldn’t Mind Showing Her Where the Coffee Machine Is and Getting Her Going on Her Start Paperwork, That’d Be Great,” 1887

Oil on canvas

Hendrik van der Burgh, Dutch

“Great Moments in Phallic Faucetry” (Exhibit #17), Between 1825-27

Oil on panel

Eduard Charlemont, Austrian

“Well Harriet, It Appears My Services Won’t Be Needed Around Here Anymore. Master Winthorpe Has Gone and Bought Himself One of Those New-Fangled Alarm Clocks,” 1889

Oil on panel

André Brouillet, French

“If I May Take the Liberty of Finishing Her Sentence, I Believe What Miss Perkins Was in the Midst of Telling You Gentlemen Is That She Is a Narcoleptic,” 1887

Oil on canvas

Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, French

“I’ve Got a Riddle For You: How Did the Woman With No Musical Training Land a Job As a Harpist? She Pulled a Few Strings! (Thanks, I’ll Be Here All Concerto,”) 1791

Oil on canvas