That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 22, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  about 5 years ago

    Hans was slapped with a nasty lawsuit for not getting permission of his subject.

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    Strob Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Hey, is Melcher copying from the comments section now?? Can a Snipe reference be far behind?!? :-)

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    Strob Premium Member about 5 years ago

    “Study in (Johnny Walker) Red and Black”

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 5 years ago

    “Oh my God! I know it’s a big menu sir, will you please just order something already!”

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    Kind&Kinder  about 5 years ago

    Was the pauper pooping or popping? The mystery unfolds as polite society looks on—a moment fraught with expectation!

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    santa72404  about 5 years ago

    Could you make the autograph to Mr. Poopsie.

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    Papared25  about 5 years ago

    Gunter couldn’t believe his luck at finally finding the perfect subject; no movement, no bathroom breaks, and best of all, no modeling fee!

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 5 years ago

    They are waiting for the mentos and the diet coke to react…

    “Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz! Oh, what a comic relief it is!”

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    gopher gofer  about 5 years ago

    narcolepsy was one of the admired painter’s favorite subjects…

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    Buzzworld  about 5 years ago

    “Excuse me sir. Am I boring you?”

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    jbrobo Premium Member about 5 years ago

    “Write this down. Subjects in question seem to be overcome by something. Perhaps it’s too much ale with dinner. This requires further study. “

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    Carolyn Saunders  about 5 years ago

    I guess my novel hasn’t exactly caught his attention

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    WoodstockJack  about 5 years ago

    Yes, he was the very model of a modern major dickhead.

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    kwardecke Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Passed out guy has his hand in his crotchMr Menu has a weirdly drawn and placed handThe man in black has a baton, the usual suspect in such paintings.I think Melcher is talking about the left arm of the woman sitting behind menu man

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    lagoulou  about 5 years ago

    Subconsciously protecting the family jewels…..

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    Reader  about 5 years ago

    If my calculations of his rate of tip are correct, that dog better move withing the next 30 seconds.

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    PO' DAWG  about 5 years ago

    For those two to meet on a dating sight one would have to say they had one hell’ve of first date.

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    Another Take  about 5 years ago

    FOOTLOOSE FOOTMAN: By jove my lord. You truly have a knack for capturing on paper the essence of the lower classes. THE EARL: I haven’t started yet lackey. That’s a mustard stain. FOOTLOOSE FOOTMAN: But wonderfully rendered as only you could spill it my lord!

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    Call me Ishmael  about 5 years ago

    Who knew that Buffalo Bill could do caricatures ?

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    Linguist  about 5 years ago

    Thank god, they didn’t have cell phones and YouTube in those days!

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but candid shots of drunken Uncle Fritz on Instagram and Whatsapp would leave ’em speechless…

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    mabrndt Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Studies from nature or A painter in the tavern

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_von_Keller_Studien_nach_der_Natur_1878.jpg 

    (best viewed with Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly B2 paper size painting. I used Google to translate the titles from German. Perhaps Call me Ishmael, or others, can do better, especially the first.

     

    https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=11034 

    https://www.askart.com/artist/Friedrich_Von_Keller/11044187/Friedrich_Von_Keller.aspx 

    https://kunsthandel-koskull.de/kunst-1900-1945/friedrich-von-keller/ 

    https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz40425.html 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Chrome can automatically translate any as necessary, and the askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2335 (November 21, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member about 5 years ago

    What the heck are these guys smoking, anyway?

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    anomaly  about 5 years ago

    Friedrich loved to speak at great length of his theory of art as he drew. He found it relaxed the subject.

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    rmremail  about 5 years ago

    Once Fredrick finished writing up the last will & testament, he would pay the waitress to fake the signature.

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    rmremail  about 5 years ago

    Guy Fawkes showing where he’s going to plant the gun powder.

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    epaphus8  about 5 years ago

    “Your drawing may be taking too long, sir. Your subject has died of old age.”

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    d1234dick Premium Member about 5 years ago

    freedman totaling bar tab for town drunk. good luck getting anything from him.

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    cameron_scarlett  almost 5 years ago

    “‘…and the prince and princess lived happily everafter.’ Well thank goodness, I didn’t think those two would ever fall asleep!”

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