Albert Anker, Swiss
“‘Dolores May Have Been 85, But She Had the Body of a 75-Year-Old, and She Knew How To Use It…’ Um, Are You Sure I Should Be Reading This, Grandpa?,” 1893
Oil on canvas
THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2252 (7/26/19)
Category: Grandparents
THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2311 (10/20/19)
John George Brown, American
“…But Luckily, the Captain Had a Spare Pair of Pants My Size. Anyway, Long Story Short, That’s How It Became Known As the ‘Poop’ Deck,” 1883
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2339
Norman Rockwell, American
This Year Grandma Was Giving Thanks That No One Saw Her Drop the Turkey on the Kitchen Floor Five Minutes Ago, ca. 1943
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2293
Hugh Cameron, Scottish
Unfortunately Molly Realized a Split-Second Too Late That the “Face-Washing Bowl” She’d Found Was Actually Grandmother’s Chamber Pot, 1870
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2292
Eastman Johnson, American
“Grandpa, May I Please Have a Nickel To Buy Some Candy? But This Time NOT at 18% Interest?,” 1869
Oil on paper
MASTERPIECE #2275
William Brymner, British
Dumbass Shooting iPhone Video Vertically, 1883
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2268
Léon Augustin Lhermitte, French
What People Watched Before TV Was Invented, 1908
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2138
Hans Heinrich Bebie, Swiss
“Here’s a Good One For You, Grandpa. ‘Single White Female Seeks Sugar Daddy With a Ben Franklin Vibe,'” ca. 1852
Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #1834
Ludwig Thiersch, German
“Well, It’s Too Bad About Your Grandmother. But Who Doesn’t Know Not To Stand Up in a Boat?,” 1874
Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1822
Rudolf Karl Gottfried Geissler, German
“You Children Don’t Know How Good You Have It. When I Was Your Age, We Had No Cars, No Modern Medicine, and Tweets Could Only Be 140 Characters Long,” 1866
Oil on wood