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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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The 1900th Remastered Bouguereau Started As A Tree

Wood sculpture of Bouguereau’s Venus by Gordon Adams. Click for more images. Although most Remastered Bouguereaus on this site were created on computers, there are some noteworthy exceptions that involved traditional tools and materials. One of them is shown here, … Continue reading

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