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