Author: Steve Melcher

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

Karl Wiener, Austrian

Tanya Made a Mental Note To Replace the Bulb on the Left Side of Her Tanning Bed, 1938

Gouache on paperboard

Karl Ernst Papf, Brazilian

Looking Back at Old Family Photos, There Were Unmistakable Clues As To Which Child Would One Day Become an ENT, 1886

Oil on canvas