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Bouguereau Mourns A Dead Redshirt

“He’s dead, Jim.”The First Redshirt by MeanMrMustard on Worth1000. Click for full image (1024×828) The term “Redshirt” (Wikipedia) originates from the Star Trek series and refers to red-uniformed security officers and engineers accompanying the main characters on landing parties who … Continue reading

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Bouguereau Meets Hellraiser

Detail of Bouguereau meets Hellraiser by Melanie Koppenhagen on DeviantArt. Click for full image (800×1173) “Renaissance Meets Horror” is a series of photoshopped images by German digital artist Melanie Koppenhagen, publishing as D502 on DeviantArt. The series consists of classic … Continue reading

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Remastered Bouguereaus Keep Winning Prizes

Left: Dream Machine by Wiz. Right: Dancing Ren by dnunciate. Both on FreakingNews. Click links for source. William Bouguereau remains the most popular artist among photoshop talents. In two contests on FreakingNews in April 2011, Remastered Bouguereaus won the bronze … Continue reading

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What Happened Before Bouguereau?

Detail of ”Before Bouguereau…” by Guillermo Ferrandiz on Saatchi Online. Click for source The painting (oil on canvas) shown above bears the title ”Before Bouguereau…”, and was created by Spanish artist Guillermo Ferrandiz. He calls himself a ”Creative painter of … Continue reading

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A Remastered Bouguereau With An Attitude

Detail of Tafe task by Bronwyn Hill on DeviantArt. Click for full image (1939 x 2687) In 1878 William Bouguereau painted his majestic work La Charité (Charity). In preparation for this painting the master created several sketches, including a close-up … Continue reading

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Man Bites Man: Bouguereau Goes Indie

Detail of Man Bites Man Cover art 2 by Mohammad Jilani on DeviantArt. Click for full image (841×1253) Independent (aka “Indie”) publishers Patrick Pena (writer) and Mohammad Jilani (illustrator) are in the process of releasing a 4-part series of comics … Continue reading

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Celebrities Get A Bouguereau Makeover

Detail of Rose McGowan by pcysmith on Worth1000. Click for full image (1,024px × 1,470px) In January 2011 photoshop site Worth1000 organized the 14th edition of their popular Modern Renaissance contest. No less than 77 images competed for the awards, … Continue reading

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Vector Art Experiments With Bouguereau’s Masterpieces

Detail of Dante and Virgil in Hell by Kenneth Rougeau on DeviantArt. Click for full image (700px × 891px) Kenneth Rougeau is an American artist, poet, musician and computer enthusiast. He specializes in digital surreal fantasy collages, but also likes … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Venus Becomes The Daughter Of An Underworld God

Detail of Daughter of Hades-Pluto by Koresawa on DeviantArt. Click for full image (1,120px x 1,600px) Koresawa (no further details known) calls himself a Classical Animator. As a pupil of the School Of Visual Arts in New York city he … Continue reading

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Bouguereau Deconstructed With Verve And Wit

Venus (left) and Nymphs by Bob Kessel. Click for source. How many people would recognize these paintings as Remastered Bouguereaus? Probably not many. The works are the creations of Bob Kessel [site] [blog], an American artist whose work is present … Continue reading

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