MASTERPIECE #2330 Emile Pierre Metzmacher, French A Teaching Moment at This Year’s “Take Our Courtesans To Work Day,” 1887 Oil on panel
MASTERPIECE #2319 Brock Nicol, Canadian “What Am I? That’s a Tricky Question. Society Would Tell You I’m a Cowboy, But I Actually Identify As a Pirate,” ca. 2016 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2236 John Trumbull, American “Here Are My Travel Expenses For the War, Gentlemen. Don’t Worry About the Pay-Per-View Movie ‘Oval Office Orgy 3.’ I’ll Cover That Myself,” 1824 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2224 Carl Rasmussen, Danish “This Has Been an Awesome Bonding Opportunity, Dad, But Next Year Can We Just Play Catch?,” 1882 Oil on copper
MASTERPIECE #2223 Albert Anker, Swiss“Actually, Kids, Since Your Mother Used To Sleep Around a Bit, I’d Prefer To Call It ‘Most-Likely-But-Not-Conclusively-Your-Father’s Day,'” 1884 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2180 Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British Back When Macy’s Still Held Its Annual Tax Day Parade, 1871 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2137 William Bouguereau, French “Baby, I’m Thinking Let’s Keep It Simple This Valentine’s Day and Just Go Out to Dinner. Preferably Some Place With a Casual Dress Code,” 1850 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2106 Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian “Oh, I Get It. When Santa Pops Out of the Chimney, Everyone’s Thrilled. But When I Do It, It’s ‘Creepy,'” 1875 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2102 Peter Michal BohĂșn, Slovakian Ted and Melissa Bravely Went Ahead With Their Christmas Card, Knowing Full Well There’d Be Gossiping About the Age Difference, ca. 1875 Oil on canvas