THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1495 (7/19/16) Jules Breton, French “Yeah, Yeah, I Know What Google Maps Says, But I Really Think Rainbow Junction Is This Way,” 1883 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2468 Ernst Hader, German “Thank You For Your Generosity, Children. You’ve Made a Hungry Traveler Very — Oh, Wait, Does This Have Trans Fats? I’m Doing Paleo,” 1869 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2323 Charles Napier Hemy, English “You’re Right, Henry. We COULD Take the Strait of Magellan To the South Pacific, Take a Right at Tahiti, and Ride the Trade Winds Up To Borneo. Orrrr…We Could Just Stay Home and Order a Pizza. Your Call.” 1877 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2281 Henry Stacy Marks, English Uh-Oh. Alfred Had a Bad Feeling That This Thing Was Not Going To Fit in His Carry-On, 1879 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 #2012 Mary Cassatt, American Mother Deciding Once and For All They’ve Got to Find Closer Day Care, 1893 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1917 Jahn Ekenæs, Norwegian“Yes Mom, I Realize the Instructions Say ‘Wash in Cold Water.’ But Did We Really Have To Come All the Way to Greenland?,” 1891 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1856 John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, English “That Ferryman Skeeves Me Out, Orpheus. Why Can’t We Just Take the Bus Like Normal People?,” 1878 Oil on panel
A PRICELESS CLASSIC (2015) John Watson Nicol, Scottish Immigrants Realizing Too Late That They Forgot Their Phone Chargers, 1883 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1780 Paul Delaroche, French When You’re Halfway Across the Alps and You Realize You Forgot To Pack the Immodium, 1848 Oil on canvas