That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 28, 2012

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    margueritem  over 11 years ago

    He is considered the king of the art.

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    bluskies  over 11 years ago

    Bobo’s bearly recognizable here.

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    runar  over 11 years ago

    He’s just aping other artists’ techniques.

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    zero  over 11 years ago

    Monkey see, monkey dada…

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    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    I think he’s responsible for a lot of films and TV, too.

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    orinoco womble  over 11 years ago

    Next on the Discovery Channel…the Swinging Artist Goes Bananas!

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    finale  over 11 years ago

    Decamps satirical portrait of his cheif rival; LeRoi Titmouse..(Titmouse stopped painting shortly after this but went on to a successful career as chief talent agent for the Moulin Rouge.)

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Enlarged image can be found here (along with a brief description), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.The Monkey Painter (AKA Interior of a Studio ) is only shown online by its current-location page at present, the source of the different coloration framed title image. Another different coloration, click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Another The Monkey Painter by this artist can be found here, and a sample (doesn’t include The Monkey Connoisseurs) of his other simian themed works can be found here; but there are many examples available online. His Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection.So far, 2 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

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    J Short  over 11 years ago

    I always keep a loaded gun by my monkey too.

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    J Short  over 11 years ago

    Right next to the straight razor.

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    ransomdstone  over 11 years ago

    No. Reagan played with the Bonzo in the movie.

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    mkahn  over 11 years ago

    Portrait of the artist as a young monkey

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    Call me Ishmael  over 11 years ago

    He soon moved on to poker-playing dogs, and made his fortune.

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    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    I bet he’s a cousin of @SheriffMonkeyBlues, or maybe it’s the ole Monkee himself, in one of his more artistic moods.

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    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    Is he painting the “Fighting Temeraire”? And is that a porcupine next to him and a piglet coming down the steps?.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Here is another work by this artist.

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