Remastered Bouguereau girls on ice With the Winter Olympics in full swing, William Bouguereau has sent his own team to Vancouver. Three girls, a young bacchante and two bathing beauties, have trained for months and are now showing their talents on ice. Below are the participants in their original context. Click to visit the galleries [...]

Angels’ Lullaby by aheadmon on Worth1000. Click for full image. Twice each year Worth1000 challenges digital artists to create a ghostly image in a classical work of art. The sixth edition of this GhostRen contest, in February 2010, drew 41 creations, five of which were Remastered Bouguereaus. Shown above is the highest scoring entry (#4) [...]

Valentine Engagement by Sassydeb on FreakingNews. Click for full image. The commercialization of Saint Valentine’s Day (14 February) may be fairly recent, but the holiday has been around since the 19th century, mostly in the USA and Britain. It’s unlikely William Bouguereau celebrated Saint Valentine, but his modern-day followers have linked the French master with [...]

Happy 40th birthday Heather Graham! American actress Heather Graham [wiki] celebrated her 40th birthday on January 29, 2010. She became known for her performance in Gus Van Sant’s 1989 Drugstore Cowboy and her role as Rollergirl in the 1997 film Boogie Nights directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. In celebration of her birthday FreakingNews invited digital [...]

Detail of Fun at the Beach by mateusarc on Worth1000. Click for source. “What do the subjects of the great masterpieces do after the crowds leave the museum to unwind? Do they have keggers and party? Go play some pick-up sports? Or just watch the latest episode of “Lost”, like everyone else?” That was the [...]

Surprised by spitfire46 on FreakingNews. Click for full image. In January 2010, photoshop site FreakingNews celebrated Bean Day: Every once in a while, you come across a special day that just doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason. Bean Day appears to be one of those days. Bean Day is a day of unknown [...]

Bouguereau Santa by Keb, based on Bouguereau’s Little Brother. Click for full and bigger image. Christmas in the 19th century may not have been what is is today, but William Bouguereau definitely knew how to inspire his 21st century followers. Here are some of the many wonderful Christmas creations by digital artists on Bouguereau Remastered. [...]

Bouguereau Happy Birthday by Mandrak. Click for full-size image. In December 2009 photoshop site Worth1000 organized their third Ren Party contest, challenging digital artists to take classical works of art, and help them get down in full-party regalia. The contest drew 16 entries, seven of which were Remastered Bouguereaus, proving again how popular the 19st [...]

Seated Bather by Dino Muradian, The little beggar by Dragos Ciutacu. Click for sources. Pyrography (read more on Wikipedia) is the traditional art of scorching designs onto natural materials such as wood or leather. The process has been practiced by a number of cultures including the Egyptians and some African tribes since the dawn of [...]

Detail of Graffiti Girl by Buzz11 on Worth1000 (second prize). Click for full image. Are classical art and modern graffiti worlds apart? To purists they probably are; to the rest they’re just crying out to be brought together. At least that was the idea behind a Graffiti Ren contest on Worth1000.com in November 2009. Digital [...]