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1. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   Study of a man looking up: 

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   "Category:Undated paintings" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string looking, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3431 (December 20, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 3 works by him have been used here, the April 8, 2016, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.

2. 2 days ago on That is Priceless

   Below the text there, you can listen to a more extensive 2 part audio description of the painting.

3. 2 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Spanish Singer: 

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   "Category:The Spanish Singer by Édouard Manet" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found (DuckDuckGo then requires an extra click because it again finds the alternate name), and once there find the text string 061, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this large painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #242 (5/8/11) (December 18, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and replies pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 21 works by him have been used here (24 times total, including this Throwback Thursday, and 2 prior repeats), the December 8, 2011, strip being its first use. That was before my comments had more than just a pointer to a larger image of the artwork or prior strip using that artist (no longer useful since GoComics deactivated hyperlinks in comments). The May 10, 2024, strip has his most recent.

4. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   Again, for those who use the Brave search engine, had I chosen to search for

   "Category:Nude boys by Henry Scott Tuke" Wikimedia

   instead of what I chose (which it currently doesn’t find first), it would have found that (which the DuckDuckGo search engine currently doesn’t find).

5. 3 days ago on That is Priceless

   The Bather: 

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   "Category:Coastal rocks" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string 1924, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3430 (December 18, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 4 works by him have been used here, the September 20, 2023, strip being the prior.

6. 4 days ago on That is Priceless

   Perspective View with a Woman Reading a Letter: 

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   "Category:Paintings by Samuel van Hoogstraten" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first (or second currently by Google) Category: found, and once there find the text string 66. (note the period), and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this large painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3429 (December 17, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you crop what’s after .png from the URL). I’ve added a comment there pointing to the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

7. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   Again, for those who use the Brave search engine, had I chosen to search for

   "Category:Hand on chest" Wikimedia

   instead of what I chose (which it currently doesn’t find first), it would have found that (which the DuckDuckGo search engine currently doesn’t find).

8. 5 days ago on That is Priceless

   Woman with a Cat: 

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   "Category:Eyelids in art" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string chat, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3428 (December 16, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and replies pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 15 works by him (16 times total, including a repeat) have been used here, the May 29, 2024, strip being the prior.

9. 8 days ago on That is Priceless

   Hutsuls in Conversation: 

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   "Category:Wacław Szymanowski (sculptor)" Wikimedia 

   (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckgo, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Wikimedia Category: found, and once there find the text string 2846, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting. 

   Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3427 (December 13, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you crop what’s after .png from the URL). I’ve added a comment there pointing to the info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

10. 9 days ago on That is Priceless

    The Seesaw: 

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    "Category:Paintings by Franz von Stuck" Wikimedia 

    (syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string wippe, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. 

    Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2602 (12/18/20) (December 11, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and replies pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 6 works by him have been used here (8 times total, including this Throwback Thursday, and a prior repeat), the December 18, 2020, strip being its first use. The November 19, 2021, strip has his most recent non-repeat.