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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
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Paul was a bit of a horndog
Just another naked lady
Just a martyr girl gang
Cézanne's remix
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Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Big Daddy of it all
His poop took down a power line in Berne
Wore a spiky helmet, just like Bismarck
Not a sports guy
Britain's most hated artist
Wanderlust for Western Canada
Boho Chic
On the dot
Rich diplomat/artist, loved fleshy girls, married a 16 year old when he was 53
Refused to kill Christians but slayed in that outfit
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Drama, drama, drama
Life in the commune
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Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
The patron saint of orgasms
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Made in a cabin
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
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Wearing a vest of many colors
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Do what you're good at
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Witness her
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Unfinished business
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I'm here for my mud wrap and mani/pedi
Do I make you horny baa-baa?
growing up fast
Matthew 19:21
George, George, George of the Dragon
Last of the lead white
X marx the spot
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When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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A really, really bad trip
Who doesn't love a good old-fashioned decapitation?
Sister martyr
Stood her ground til the gruesome end
Hunka hunka burnin' love
Got milk?
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
But wait... there’s more!
Slumped from stigmata
Sh*t’s Escalating...
Monet paints choo choo trains
Should've paid the ransom!
His brother's keeper
Cezanne's bad boy phase
Between the sheets
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T for Tony
Perks of being a tax collector
Aim for the heart
a sweet escape
Cleaning dramaaa
There’s no “i” in team
Not my idea of ecstasy
Baby before the Baptist
Not quite Game of Thrones
Van Gogh’s Strange Addiction
Shoot first, ask questions later
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
See you at poker night
Have a holly jolly Christmas
Swim anyone?
Bluebird singing
To catch a predator
Phew, that was close.
Whoops He Pinned it Again
How you like them apples?
Weird science
Modern dance mama
Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Jesus got jaundice
Penny for her thoughts
Cavorting with prostitutes in Arles
Beheadings in the Pacific
The First Date
A carnival for the kids
"Fish are friends, not food"
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Jesus butts in on the devil's business
They both cleaned up nicely, considering...
Freud’s favorite painting
Boobs held high
#MeToo circa 1600
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Eat first, sex later
Delete the bits about rape and incest, and this could be a story out of Harry Potter
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Three graces are better than one
Listen to your girlfriend. Especially if she's magic.
Art thieves caught red handed
It came back positive
Teaching aide
Queen got your tongue?
A Rubens sandwich of babies and anti-war sentiment
Waity Katie no more!
Stick it to The Man
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Always wear your seat belt
That's one melancholic Madame
Talent out the wazoo
A literal hellscape
Conveniently peaceful portrait
A little to the left, no, to the right
"You're tearing me apart!"
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Lambs can be kept as pets, who knew?
Beauty is the brains
Saint Selfie
Why is there a meat cleaver in my head?
Do the locomotion with me
A psalm of blood and milk
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
When men were muscley, women were soft, and there were only four continents
Snack time
And that is how we got the constellation Gemini
Swastikas were ok at the time
Angel of Assassination
Two women who don't want to talk to you
Because, Hitler
Baller Jesus
Rubens' fighting fleshlight
Baby Herc nips the nip
When the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Note: the actual event was a bit less serene
Heyyy
I’m riding that hippo first!
It’s all about perspective
Footloose in French Polynesia
Falling for the same gal
Not every rose has its thorn, apparently
If ya can't sell it, break it
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Apparently there's no food chain in heaven
He's bad
Genoa's fanciest
Always the centaur of attention
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Portrait-ception
Painting the patron
Paint me in too, old buddy
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Cultural appropriation at its finest
A bargain at twice the price
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The Earl goes bankrupt on art
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Don't call it a comeback
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Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
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