That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 02, 2024

“Wait a minute, all the painters here so who is painting us?”

/// These two painters portrayed fourteen men

on a walkway that’s bridging the Seine.

A broad panorama

devoid of all drama.

Never happened as shown by them then.

I’m going over the railing this line’s not moving.

If you aren’t included here/

That’s no reason to shed a tear:/

No need to feel faint-/

Just go home and paint !/

There’s another salon next year !”

“Remember, guys : the tour bus leaves in 15 use the restroom while you can !”

Can’t it be both?

The men’s room was behind you.

“Hey guys… we’re forming a line on the Seine. Get it? Get it?”

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“Alright, Troyon, you’re going in the drink.”

Okay, who’s playing Jesus and who will be the Judas?

Men waiting for the fire department to arrive after some prankster pulled the fire alarm.

Listen here pal, you spit off this bridge on to the tour boats again, and I throw you off my self!

This tour feels a little bit weird:/

Every guy in the group brought his “beard”../

I see plenty of “dicks”/

But a sad dearth of “chicks”:/

I’m afraid I’ve been bumly steered..

Guys, why did you throw the cartoonist over the side?! Jim Davis had such potential!

And just why did you ever suppose

That older men wore dark-colored clothes?

The women sometimes take the men’s room over,

The pissoirs don’t provide enough modesty cover

And the Seine is denied due to gendarme patrols!

It’s plain the Seine is treated like a drain…da da dat daaa..

Some sticklers insist on the French pronunciation: “Sen”.

On a bridge overlooking the Seine/

An assembly of eminent men/

In various poses/

Are holding their noses/

While praying the painters “say when”…

Best seats for viewing the triathlon.

“I was just finishing a lovely cityscape when these 13 randos jumped in front of my easel! #$%@& paintingbombers…”

I’ve heard of co-authors, but never co-painters, until now.

But even of those here depicted/

Modern knowledge is somewhat restricted/

To a tiny elite

Whilst the others retreat:/

(Even Presidents may be convicted..)

French Painters used to test French engineering of a new bridge.

Wait a sec. If the men are standing on a bridge, where is the painter standing?

Panorama of the century: Dupré, Rousseau, Isabey, Millet, Couture, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, Troyon, Fromentin, Barye, Decamp, Courbet, Robert-Fleury or Panorama of the century: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Jules Dupré" 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, and once there find the text string Isabey, 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 huge painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3385 (October 2, 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 will be adding a comment and reply there pointing to the info I found about these artists I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by the first artist have been used here, the August 12, 2019, strip being the prior. 8 works by the second artist have been used here (9 times total, including a repeat), the June 28, 2024, strip being the prior.

“The Panorama of the Century”

“Hey, if WE’RE the Best Painters Around, Why Are We Letting Those Hacks Gervex and Stevens Do Our Portrait? Is This One Of Those ‘Who Cuts the Barber’s Hair’ Deals?”

For those who have no place for a garden gnome, check online for these charming art figures you can plant in your window box over the winter. Pictured is the series Famous French Beards—limited quantities, and highly collectible.

Story board for the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony…..