Artist Takes Classic Paintings And Updates Them With A Modern Twist (30 Pics)
I love when artists take museum paintings and make them feel current. Ross Muir does exactly that. He takes classic portraits and reimagines them as modern people. Same poses. Same framing. But now they’re wearing hoodies, holding coffee, and looking like someone you’d actually meet.
The work is clever without being pretentious. Historical art meets contemporary culture. Old paintings become relatable modern characters. It’s a perfect collision of then and now.
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1. “Square Gogh”
2. “Cona Lisa”
3. “Frida Perry”
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“Muir’s reimagining of Van Dyke’s self portrait.”
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8. “Green Lady”
9. “High Winds Blow On High Hills”
10. “Frida”
11. “Completed It, Mate”
“Muir’s remake of ‘After the ball˝’ from 1899, by Catalan Artist Ramon Casas.”
12. “Green Lady, Red Top”
13. “One Man’s Pigeon, Is Another Man’s Dove.”
14. “Wee Mary”
15. “Two Sons”
16. “The Problem With Time”
17. “Tiga Tiga”
18. “Bulletproof”
“A reworking of a painting by Raphael of Saint Sebastian.”
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“Muir’s rendition of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s ‘Balinese girl’.”
20. “Apache”
“Muir’s reimagining of Ernst Deger’s ‘Portrait of a young woman,’ 1890.”
21. “Billy Cone-Lly”
22. “Green Bow”
23. “The Bridge Home”
“Muir’s reimagining of Henri Rousseau’s ‘˝Myself,’ portrait-landscape from 1890 by inserting himself into the painting.”
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26. “Absolute Belters”
27. “Taking The…”
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29. “Say Grace”
30. “Nevermind”
