THROWBACK THURSDAY: 2/21/11 (MASTERPIECE #480)                   Édouard Manet, French  Actor/Waiter Getting Big Break as Extra in Famous Painting, 1879  Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2548 Wilhelm Bendz, Danish Just To Keep Things Fresh, the Students in the Architectural Drafting Class Voted To Institute “Nude Guy Fridays,” 1826 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2547 Moritz Stifter, Austrian “Oh Great, You Blinked. Now I Have To Start Over,” 1890 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2542 Paul Gauguin, French “Begging Your Pardon, Folks, But It Would Make My Job a Lot Easier If You Would Kindly Face in THIS Direction,” 1889 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2503 Édouard Joseph Dantan, French“Um, Excuse Me, Édouard, But I See What You’re Doing Over There. And No, I’m Not Going To Let You Sculpt Me With a ‘Kanye 2020’ Tattoo,” 1880 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2499 Giovanni Battista Quadrone, Italian Artist Giving Friend a Sneak Preview of His Masterpiece, “Gas Station Toilet (After the Tourist Bus),” 1878 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2498 Édouard Joseph Dantan, French “I Like To Refer To This As the Netflix of Art Museums. Five Hundred Things To Look At, But Literally Only Three That Anyone Gives a Sh*t About,” 1880 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2483 Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, French Bert’s Fellow Soldiers Wondering If It’s Wise For Him To Be Drawing the Sergeant With Boobs, 1874 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2463 Eugène Fichel, French “You’re Unquestionably Talented, Sir. But, Um, Do You Have Any Paintings That ARE Safe For Work?,” 1865 Oil on wood
MASTERPIECE #2459 Joseph Caraud, French “So What Do You Think of My Work? And Remember, Try To Be Vaguely Complimentary While Also Annoyingly Patronizing,” Before 1903 Oil on canvas