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Bouguereau Turns Into A Celebrity Painter

Rose McGowen by pcysmith. Click for full image (1024×759). Click here to visit the gallery on this site. Twice a year, photoshop site Worth1000 organizes a Modern Renaissance contest, challenging digital artists to “put any modern celebrity, actor or popular … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Alien Families

Detail of Taken! by artjan7 on Worth1000. Click to visit gallery Something strange must have happened in the 19th century. Did aliens visit Bouguereau’s world? Did they mingle with local girls and fathered weird looking babies? Did they visit our … Continue reading

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Bouguereau Goes Punk – Again

Detail of Waiting by davidowens on Worth1000. Click for full image (800×1074) In November 2011, Photoshop site Worth1000 organized the third edition of their popular Punk-A-Ren contest. Digital artists were challenged to “punkitize classical works of art“. The contest drew … Continue reading

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An Early Winter In Bouguereau Country

Detail of Stuck in snow by Sunshin3 on FreakingNews. Click for full image (977×1777) A surprisingly early snowstorm on the American East Coast in October 2011 inspired Photoshop site FreakingNews to launch a Winter Paintings contest, challenging digital artists to … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Halloween Bonanza

“I’ve missed you so much, papa.” Detail of Réunion Avec les Morts by kr43m0r on Worth1000. Click for full image (722×996) If ever there needs to be proof of Bouguereau’s popularity among digital artists, look no further than the recent … Continue reading

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Process Of Elimination: Chad Wys Deconstructs Bouguereau

Process Of Elimination by Chad Wys. Click images below for sources American artist Chad Wys (website) is a multi-faceted creator of sculptures, photos, videos, paintings, writings, collages and digital works. One of his well-known series of creations goes under the … Continue reading

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The Bouguereaubots Are Coming!

Detail of Regina Cylonorum by ChrisEll on Worth1000. Click for full image(654×1000) Twice a year, photoshop site Worth1000 organizes a contest in which digital artists are challenged to “take any classical work of art, and robotize it“. The 9th edition … Continue reading

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Bouguereau Gets Fashionable

Bouguereau’s Biblis with Hermès bracelets. Click for more French fashion house Hermès found an original way to advertise their new collection of enamel bracelets. Rather than hiring fashion models they used ladies posing on classic French paintings, and photoshopped the … Continue reading

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A Bouguereau Tribute To Amy Winehouse

Detail of Rehab by mateusarc on Worth1000. Click for full image (750×1166) July 23, 2011 marks the sad but unsurprising death of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. During her short career she released two critically acclaimed albums, Frank and Back to … Continue reading

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Bouguereau’s Bikini Beach Babes

Three variations on a theme. Click to view all contest entries. “From ridicule to ubiquity, the bikini has come a long way over the past 65 years. On July 5, 1946, French fashion designer Louis Réard hired an exotic dancer … Continue reading

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