Detail of At the pool by renatodornas on Worth1000. Click for full image (693px × 765px).

Nothing is more refreshing on a hot day than to take a dip in the pool. In this image from 2005, digital artist renatodornas used Bouguereau’s 1899 painting Douleur d’amour (Elegy) as the entry for the fifth edition of the Pygmalion contest. The challenge was to “Photoshop a character from a famous painting or statue doing everyday things in a modern setting“.

Below you can compare the original version with the remastered edition. Click the first to visit the gallery where you will find over twenty contemporary variations on Bouguereau’s work. Click the second to view At the pool on Worth1000.