Author: Steve Melcher

Jean Carolus, Belgian

“There’s Nothing To ‘Get,’ Ma’am. It’s a Landscape Painting,” 1889

Oil on canvas

Charles Gregory, British

“Excuse Me Folks, But One of My Men Has a Touch of Explosive Diarrhea. Would You Mind Terribly If He Used Your Loo?,” 1884

Watercolor

Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian

Sofia Suddenly Blanked in the Middle of Her Kindergarten Entrance Exam. What WAS the Central Theme of “Green Eggs and Ham?” C’mon Girl — You Know This!, 1895

Oil on panel

Jean Carolus, Belgian

“I Like It, Honey. I Do. But Do You Really Think There’s a Market For Paintings of Nude Women?,” 1855

Oil on panel

Egon Schiele, Austro-Hungarian

For Scott and Tammy, the Low Point of Their Son’s Birthday Party Was Losing at Strip Pin the Tail on the Donkey, 1918

Oil on canvas

Mark Gertler, British

Kimberly Demonstrating Her Newly Discovered Hack For Getting Seated Faster at Restaurants, 1924

Oil on canvas

Henry Alexander, American

Today’s Experiment: Studying the Effect of Alcohol on One’s Bitterness at Being Snubbed For the Nobel Prize AGAIN, ca. 1885-87

Oil on canvas

Workshop of François Gérard, French

Napoleon With the Backscratcher He Won Playing Skeeball, ca. 1805-15

Oil on canvas