Detail of Death of a Cyborg by Shorra on Worth1000. Click for full image (936px × 809px)

In August 2010, Worth1000 organized the seventh edition of their RoboRen contest. Digital artists were challenged to “take any work of art and robotize it”. The winner of the contest was Death of a Cyborg by Shorra who used Bouguereau’s 1888 painting Premier Deuil (The First Mourning) to create the dramatic image shown above.

Below you can compare the two versions. Click the first to visit the gallery where you will find several other contemporary versions of the classic painting. Click the second to view Death of a Cyborg on Worth1000.