Edouard Quitton, Belgian
“So Were You Ever Planning To Tell Your Mother and Me You Were Stripping? Or Were You Just Going To Wait Until We Opened This W-2?,” 1884
Oil on oak
THROWBACK THURSDAY: #1874 (1/29/18)
Category: Awkward Situations
MASTERPIECE #2491
Maximilian Pirner, Czech-Austro-Hungarian
That Time I Accidentally Answered a FaceTime Call While Getting Out of the Shower, 1879
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2436
Adolphe Yvon, French
“Um, I Think There’s Been a Mistake, Your Excellency. That’s Not a Signed Treaty. That’s Your Scorecard From Mini Golf Last Night,” 1860
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2404
Constantin Hansen, Danish
“Oops, Guys, I Just Remembered I Booked This As a Non-Smoking Room. Is That Going To Be a Problem?,” 1837
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2395
Jacques-Louis David, French
“Sorry Dear, I’m Having Trouble Reading Your Fortune. For Some Reason I’m Just Getting Early Super Tuesday Results,” 1824
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2392
Johann Peter Hasenclever, German
Well, This Was Embarrassing. Oskar Had Meant To Present His Fellow Workers’ Demands For Higher Wages, But in His Haste Had Accidentally Grabbed a Chick-Fil-A Takeout Menu, 1848
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2382
Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish
Thinking It Might Break the Ice, Anna Offers To Show the Artist Her Splenectomy Scar, 1825
Oil on canvas
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Berthold Woltze, German
Chloe Was Faced With a Quandary: Did She Go With the Classic “Sorry, I’ve Got a Boyfriend,” Or Skip Right To the Pepper Spray?, 1874
Oil on canvas
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Adolph von Menzel, German
Sorry. Thought I Had It On Vibrate, 1855
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2315
Vasily Pukirev, Russian
“I’m Sorry, Miss, But You Have To Actually Say the Words ‘or For Poorer’ or the Whole Thing Doesn’t Count,” 1862
Oil on canvas