Ah the Brilliance of Oils – and Men Who Use Them

Public Domain images from WikiPaintings(an amazing new site in Beta), except as noted¹ from top left:

1. Corner of a Cafe Concert 1880 – Vincent Van Gogh
2. Head of a Peasant with a Pipe 1885 – Van Gogh
3. Head of Man 1886 – Van Gogh
4. Self Portrait with Straw Hat and Pipe 1887 – Van Gogh
5. Head of a Fisherman with a Sou’Wester 1883 – Van Gogh
6. Man with Pipe and Eye Bandage 1882 – Van Gogh
7. A Good Glass of Beer 1873 – Van Gogh
8. Richard Meinertzhagen – Public Domain photograph – (from WikiMedia Commons¹)
9. Man Smoking a Pipe – James, McNeil Whistler c. 1859
10. Fisherman with a Sou’Wester Pipe and Coal Pan 1883
11. A Guard Room Interior with a Soldier Blowing Smoke in the Face of His Sleeping Companion – Gerard Terborch

¹Caption of the same image in Garfield, Brian (2007) The Meinertzhagen Mystery, reads: “Richard Meinertzhagen in the Highlands, 1922″(from Wikipedia)