MASTERPIECE #2140 Leopold Loeffler, Polish-Russian Though His Family Loved It, Cliff’s Ventriloquist Act Somehow Failed To Find a Larger Audience, 1853 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2055 Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish At First, Artists Found Julie’s Shyness Endearing, But Eventually It Became a Real Problem, 1905 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2050 François-Louis Dejuinne, French “Tell You What, Gentlemen. Just To Mix It Up a Bit, Why Don’t You Take Your Tops Off?,” 1821 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2037 George Luks, American The Exact Moment Neil Decided It Was Time To Change Chiropractors, 1905 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #2016 Lord Frederick Leighton, English The Amazing Jeanine, the World’s Lamest Escape Artist, 1878 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1986 Julio Ruelas, Mexican Erica Didn’t Care If It Took Another Whole Year to Hone the Act. She Was Going To Get Them on “America’s Got Talent,” 1897 Oil on cardboard
MASTERPIECE #1959 Pekka Halonen, Finnish Just in Case They Ever Won the Lottery, the Maxwell Family Spent Two Hours a Day Practicing Looking Stunned, 1894 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1953 August Knoop, German Mortimer Had the Annoying Habit of Refusing To Look at His Cards Until After He’d Tried To Read Them Telepathically, 1894 Oil on wood
MASTERPIECE #1944 Rafael Frederico, Brazilian Doug Was Confused By His Doctor’s Reaction. Was This NOT How One Dressed For an Eye Exam?, 1893 Oil on canvas
MASTERPIECE #1924 Per Ewert, Swedish “Hey, Want To Make a Quick 50 Bucks? That’s My Ex Walking This Way. When She Gets Right Next To Us, I Want You To Jump Up and Start Making Out With Me. Deal?,” 1892 Oil on canvas