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The Outdoor Life

A Bouguereau Stained Glass Window – Real Or Not?

Detail of Bouguereau Window by torgar on Worth1000. Click for full image (1,024px × 1,173px) Sometimes it’s hard to see what is real or not. In case you thought that the above image is a photo of a true stained … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Winter Wonderland (1): The Shepherdess

Detail of I Herd Snow by Keb on Choppix. Click for full image (800px × 600px) December is winter month on Bouguereau Remastered. The first winterized Bouguereau painting in this series is based on the master’s 1868 work Jeune Bergère … Continue reading

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A Happy Bouguereau Birthday To Jodie Foster

Detail of Jodie Foster Portrait by AZRainman on FreakingNews. Click for full image (900px × 1,274px) November 19, 1962 is the birthday of America actress, director and producer Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster. Over the years she has been portrayed several … Continue reading

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"Stripping Away Bouguereau’s Romantic Idealism"

British-born, American-based painter Graham McNamara [website] prefers to call his work art objects rather than paintings. Shown above are two of those art objects, part of a series which, in McNamara’s own words: “…deconstructs the very chocolate-box works of William-Adolphe … Continue reading

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Bouguereau's Roaring Success

Detail of Bouguereau Tiger by torgar on Worth1000. Click for full image (1,024px × 1,370px) In September 2010, Worth1000 organized the 11th edition of their popular Animal Renaissance contest. Digital artists were challenged to “Incorporate an animal into classical artwork … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Star Wars (3): Padmé Amidala

Detail of Padmé Bouguereau by Onepixel on Worth1000. Click for full image (750px × 1,000px) In the Star Wars saga, Padmé Naberrie, better known as Padmé Amidala Skywalker, was determined to fix what wrongs she could in the ailing Republic, … Continue reading

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Bouguereau's Moon Landing

Detail of Westminster Moon by Hank Connor on Flickr. Click for full image (up to 2,554 x 1,893). Retired professor Hank Connor considers himself an incurable romantic, and is fascinated with chiaroscuro, the strong contrasts between light and dark in … Continue reading

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Bouguereau Meets Bambi

Bambi by Grandma on Worth1000. Click for source. This must be one of cutest pictures here on Bouguereau Remastered. It shows Walt Disney’s Bambi and some friends, beautifully integrated in Bouguereau’s 1865 work Rest in Harvest. The image was created … Continue reading

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Joshua LaRock meets William Bouguereau

Detail of Jeune Femme Allant a la Fontaine by Joshua LaRock. Click for full image. American realistic painter Joshua LaRock (b. 1982) didn’t have serious artistic aspirations until a few years ago. Only as recently as in 2006 he started … Continue reading

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Happy Bouguereau Birthday to Drew Barrymore

Detail of Drew by Famous58 on Worth1000. Click for full image. February 22, 2010 marks the 35th birthday of American actress, film producer and film director Drew Barrymore [wiki]. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months … Continue reading

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