Author: Steve Melcher

Sir William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish

Halfway Through Dictating His Memoirs, Napoleon Realizes It’d Be Easier To Just Do a Podcast, 1892

Oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish

The Three Graces: Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia (Not Pictured: The 4th Grace, Shemp), ca. 1635

Oil on oak panel

Charles Boom, Belgian

“You’re Posing For a Statue, Dumbass. The Painter is THAT Way,” 1901

Oil on canvas

Edward Hopper, American

“Congratulations, Sir. According To My Files, That Was Your 311th Inappropriate Comment About My Work Outfits — A New Branch Record!,” 1940

Oil on canvas

Augustus Vincent Tack, American

“Shlomo? Seriously? Wow. That Is NOT What I Would’ve Guessed the ‘S’ Stood For,” 1949

Oil on canvas

Edward Hopper, American

Huh. Jed Hadn’t Realized That When They Offered Him a Window Office, He Was Going To Have To Provide the Windows, 1953

Oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour, French

“Oh, Was I Supposed To Put Weights on the Ends of This Thing BEFORE I Lifted? I Thought It Felt Too Easy,” 1867

Oil on canvas

Magnus Enckell, Finnish

“Mommy? Why Does Every Page of Your Diary Just Have the Words, ‘I Literally Can’t’?,” 1916

Oil on canvas