Modern Master Studies

I started this project late in March of 2020 during quarantine for covid-19. I had started off trying to come up with witty, uplifting, and poignant drawings about the current state of the world. But then things got kind of depressing and I didn’t want the pressure of having to come up with something to say in order to create something.

I went back to the basics and looked to the masters for inspiration. I compiled a list of famous paintings throughout time. I then sorted the list so that I could roll the dice and randomize the process.

Self Portrait

Van Gogh, 1889

The Swing

Fragonard, 1767

The Seed of Areoi

Gauguin, 1892

Princess Hyacinth

Mucha, 1911

The Bathers

Renoir, 1918

The Dance Class

Degas, 1874

House of Parliment

Monet, 1903

Marilyn Diptych

Warhol, 1962

The Potato Eaters

Van Gogh, 1885

Portrait of Adele Bloch- Bauer

Klimt, 1907

Watson and the Shark

Singleton Copley, 1778

La Maja Desnuda

Goya, 1797

The Tub

Degas, 1886

Nighthawks

Hopper, 1942

St. George and the Dragon

Ucello, 1407

Lady with an Ermine

Da Vinci, 1489

Portrait of Nikolaus Kratzer

Holbein the Younger, 1528

Bar at Foiles Bergére

Manet, 1883

The Magician

Magritte, 1952

Birth of Venus

Cabanel, 1863

Musical Angel

Florentino, 1522

Marriage of the Virgin

Raphael, 1502

Sleeping Venus

Giorgione, 1510

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat

Le Brun, 1782

Laughing Cavalier

Hals, 1524

La Vie

Picasso, 1903

The Ghost of a Flea

Blake, 1820

False Mirror

Magritte, 1928

Woman with a Parasol– Madame Monet and her son

Monet, 1875

Japanese Bridge

Monet, 1899

The Ladies Waldergrave

Reynolds, 1781

Red Canna

O’Keefe, 1924

Oath of Horatii

David, 1786

A Tale from Decameron

Waterhouse, 1918

Arnolfini Wedding

Van Eyck, 1434

The Astronomer

Vermeer, 1668

The Art of Painting

Vermeer, 1668

No. 14

Rothko, 1960

Horn Players

Basquiat, 1983

Madonna with the Long Neck

Parmigianino, 1540

Birth of Venus

Botticelli, 1486

Pyramid of Skulls

Cezanne, 1901

Impression, Sunrise

Monet, 1872

American Gothic

Wood, 1930

Susanna and the Elders

Reni, 1625

The Grand Odalisque

Ingres, 1814

Carnation Lily, Lily Rose

Singer Sargent, 1886

The Kiss

Hayez, 1859

Judith and Her Maidservant

Gentileschi, 1625

The Flower Carrier

Rivera, 1935

Young Girls at the Piano

Renoir, 1892

Dinner Table at Night

Singer Sargent, 1884

Madonna

Munch, 1894

Girl with the Pearl Earring

Vermeer, 1665

Luncheon on the Grass

Manet, 1863

The Cafe Concert; Song of Dog

Degas, 1877

The Third of May

Goya, 1814

The Heirling Shepard

Holman Hunt, 1851

The Boating Trip

Cassatt, 1893

Wanderer Above the Sea Fog

Friedrich, 1818

The Dream

Picasso, 1932

The Ambassadors

Holbein the Younger, 1533

Olympia

Manet, 1863

Nude Descending a Staircase

Duchamp, 1912

The Sleeping Gypsy

Rousseau, 1897

Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera

Watteau, 1719

Lamentation of Christ

Mantegna, 1480

The Great Wave

Hokusai, 1833

Portrait of a Young Man

Raphael, 1514

The Musicians

Caravaggio, 1595

Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

Picasso, 1907

The Musicians

Caravaggio, 1595

Taking of Christ

Caravaggio, 1602

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

Rembrandt, 1632

The Scream

Munch, 1893

New York at Night

O’Keefe, 1928

Gabrielle Destrees and One of Her Sisters

Unknown, 1594