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It appears that boredom lies behind the most creative ideas. That's why quarantine has produced some of the most entertaining activities. One of them is the Getty Museum challenge that so many of you have already seen in our previous article here. The challenge, which asks people to recreate famous works of art by using things they find around the home, has gained a lot of traction. Apparently, people love to dress up and compete with each other over who can recreate a well-known painting better. The art enthusiasts can't stop participating in this challenge, so scroll down below for their latest creations!
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#1
Sharaku Kabuki Portrait
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Brilliant portray and could have been the original model..
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April Simnel 5 years ago
At first glance of the hair, I thought it was Eugene from The Try Guys. It isn't, but kudos to this dude! He did a great job.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
This one is so incredibly well done from the expression and traditional makeup right down to the styled hair and hakama.
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#2
Rembrandt "Portrait Of A Woman With Gloves"
Sijing J 5 years ago
You can tell the subject’s economical status from the amount of toilet paper rolls worn around her neck.
Michelle MyBell 5 years ago
And she must be able to afford wine judging by her beautiful lace cuffs
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
Wow, this is beyond impressive! I wonder if the woman is a historical reeanactor. I love the very cheeky addition of the toilet paper ruff, surgical gloves, and use of fruit packaging for the dress cuffs.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
A shadow of the original but the content is wonderfully accurate of current times.
Douglas Campbell 5 years ago
Not to nitpick, but the model in the painting is wearing a 17th c ruffle, while the modern one is wearing a 16th c ruffle.
#3
Picasso’s “Woman In A Hat With Pompoms And A Printed Blouse”
Susan Green 5 years ago
Wow! Who has that much make up in the house!!! Picasso would be proud and laughing.
#4
The Death Of Marat
foxymiST.elliefreak 5 years ago
Love how you used the cat...no fake blood available at the store!
#5
Like A King By Afarin Sajedi
Lilianne 5 years ago
I agree, more red make needed...still excellent, though.
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Leisa Farrow 5 years ago
She always knew that silverware crown was going to come in handy one day.
#6
"La Ricitos" By Baldomero Gili
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
Extremely well done! I The colour palette in the original painting and photograph are gorgeous.
Olivia Adler 5 years ago
just the same expression as in the original, perfect recreation!
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#7
Gustav Klimt "Mother And Child"
Mini Shnauzer 5 years ago
We have this one hanging over our piano in my parent's house. Gorgeous, especially with my mother's blonde hair and my brown hair.
#8
Edvard Munch "The Scream"
Marie Borodenko 5 years ago
Made me laugh out loud! For those commenting that the avocado is the wrong way round, it has to be so that the mouth is where it should be!
Michael Dworkin-Robertson 5 years ago
great but the shape would have worked better upside down
#9
The Great War By Rene Magritte
Shannon Emil 5 years ago
I'm starting to understand where all the toilet paper went... and I don't begrudge a single sheet!
#10
Pop Art Figures By Keith Haring
Dana Carroll 5 years ago
Lines and placement are off, waste of everyone's time
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#11
The Temptation Of St. Anthony By Joos Van Craesbeeck
glowworm2 5 years ago
I'm laughing at all the details such as the scissors on his head, the chocolate bunny, the Pokemon cards and the Lego man inside of his mouth.
Saphronia Young 5 years ago
This is so amazing just because he looked at the painting and thought, "I could do this..."
Karen Garnett 5 years ago
Thank you. I thought I was going to be the only one who saw shades of Hieronymus Bosch in the original
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#12
"Christina's World" By Andrew Wyeth
#13
Portrait Of Toyotomi Hideyoshi By Kano Mitsunobu
#14
Jan Asselijn "The Threatened Swan"
#15
"Lady With An Ermine" By Leonardo Da Vinci
Joan Emmett 5 years ago
Lol about 100 times. The lady and the ermine after 6 months of quarantine.
#16
"The Son Of Man" By René Magritte
Marissa Hoisington 5 years ago
This boy made this so deep, and I wonder if he realizes it. "The Son of Man" is a name for Jesus, and Adam (Genesis 3) disobeyed God and ate the fruit, which brought sin and suffering into the world to every human; now every human sins and experiences suffering, and as a result, all must be separated from the loving God forever, in a place called hell. Around 4,000 years later, Jesus Christ came to the world, but He lived a perfect life with no sin. Jesus Christ was known as "The Son of Man", which represents that He is both God and human at the same time. He died on the cross, taking the punishment for our sin, and rose again 3 days later. Anyone who "[confesses] with [their] mouth that Jesus is Lord and [believes] in [their] heart that God raised [Jesus] from the dead, [that person] will be saved and restored to God as a part of God's family, and live with God forever in heaven--with no sin and so suffering. The sin blinds us from seeing Him (apple). Does modern life blind us?
#17
♦️♠️♦️the Sleepy Clown Needs Rest After Trying With All Her Might To Make People Smile In Times Of Darkness ♣️♥️♣️
Jordan Pickering 5 years ago
I mean. I know why the clown was having a hard time. #nightmarefuel
#18
Girl Before A Mirror, Picasso, 1932
#19
Frida Kahlo
#20
"Girl Interrupted At Her Music" - Johannes Vermeer
#21
Le Chat Noir
Karen Garnett 5 years ago
This should have rated higher, love it. Points should be awarded for just getting the cat to sit right, lol
Leisa Farrow 5 years ago
Yeah... I'm a sucker for cats, so I Love this one. It's also very creative & well thought out. That kitten though... Love.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
The cat is too purrfectly cuddly-looking, the sharp attitude of the Master night-tom was out of its' reach.
#22
Georgia O'keeffe--Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico
#23
Frida Kahlo "Dancing With Skeleton"
Gipsy Kings fan 5 years ago
Thanks for the info! I thought it didn't look like Frida's work.
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JJ Avinger-Jacques 5 years ago
What I love so much about all of these is the moment a person says to themselves....ah! I have all the stuff I need, right here, to recreate this artwork! And then do it!!
Daniel Marsh 5 years ago
As for the original: I've always found Frida Kahlo both a silly artist and a wretched person. But THIS is very different from her other works. Looks like it took more than an 8-year-old's skills; the abstracted colors add a vibrancy to her; I can almost imagine why people are impressed by her.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Easier to get imagination detail with paint than with a camara unless you're willing to put as much work in the photo as in the painting.
#24
Covid-19 Gothic
Deborah Payson 5 years ago
Actually, it was the farmer's daughter, not his wife, but good still!
#25
Selfie By Narcissus - Caravage
Praxidike 5 years ago
I would be a bit ashamed if I were Olli XD It's Caravaggio in EVERY language. It's his bloody name.
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Cynthia Vanaria 5 years ago
Me too! That's so clever. and I love the lighting--wish he had added the scarf too--but this is very very good.
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Khandro Holt 5 years ago
Caravaggio's Narcissus gets an update. Nowadays, no matter whatever is used to reflect one's self, the process of self-admiration by means of reflection is termed "narcissism."
#26
The Veiled Virgin By Giovanni Strazza, Early 1850s (Left)
Khandro Holt 5 years ago
Remarkable duplication of eye shadow and nose; so much so that the title required the word (Left.)
Aidan Crouch 3 years ago
The (left) is important. Otherwise I couldn't tell which one is the original!
#27
Kees Van Dongen, "The Corn Poppy"
April Simnel 5 years ago
If you use a thick, jet black pencil eye/brow liner, you can replicate it and not hurt yourself. OR you can use the tempura paint that school children use. It's non-toxic.
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#28
Danaë And The Shower Of Gold - Orazio Gentileschi
#29
“Portrait Of A Lady With A Child”, Artist Unknown, Nineteenth Century
Cynthia Gurreri 5 years ago
this is going to be so much fun for Art historians in about 50 years
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Good attention to detail, the expression on the little girl's face is perfect and the dog .
Francie Traschen 5 years ago
this is great! you can see all the work that went into the detail. the doggie, the flowers, the "lady's" curls.. excellent.
#30
My Sister Did This Frida Piece With My Bird
#31
Self Portrait By Vincent Van Gogh
#32
Mona Lisa 1510 - Mona Lisa 2020
Tina Stalcup 5 years ago
She's just as beautiful today as she was in 1510. My hat off to you lovely lady for your portrayal of Mona.
#33
Landscape With Yellow Birds, Paul Klee
Debra Combs 5 years ago
Very creative use of all of the gloves, the kitchen knives and are those peep? .
#34
“Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli”- El Greco
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Someone said that after the plague came the Renaissance, and, la voila, behold the New Rennaisance Man! Who needs an expensive collar made from fine Flemish lace (expensive as f$%) when we all have two years worth of tp stored on top of the bookshelves? Well done, monsieur, well done!
#35
Four Mandarin Oranges By Édouard Manet
#36
My Daughter As “Shiner” By Norman Rockwell
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Anyone who does not love this Norman Rockwell painting must have some very serious hangups. She no doubt won that fight!
April Simnel 5 years ago
OMG, a group has to do the "telephone gossip" painting. That's one of my favorites of Rockwell's.
#37
Astronomer By Candlelight - Gerrit Dou
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
They only had candle light. They did not have to deal with light pollution and so THEY COULD SEE THE STARS! I am officially jealous.
#38
Soyer's "Blond Figure" Goes Brunette!
#39
Ivan Argunov “Portrait Of An Unknown Peasant Woman In Russian Costume”
Gilda Farrell 5 years ago
The original did not have a cat. The cat was added by Svetlana Petrova who adds her cats to paintings. Good thing with the original because that woman's necklace is about to be spread all over the floor. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27507950
Grace Robertson 5 years ago
I love Zarathustra. Such an adorable cat. Svetlana Patrova puts her cats in old masters art. I believe that she inherited Zarathustra from her mother after her she passed away?
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
OK. I have to admit it. The woman on the left seems to be painted but the cat looks real, And to the left, the guy with the gorgeous wine cork jewellery is obviously alive - but the cat isn't!
Annett Nyrud 5 years ago
Or a pillow... But is he holding the cutout/pillow, or is it Photoshopped into his hands?
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Raphael’s “Portrait Of The Young Cardinal Ippolito I D’este” (Pietro Bembo)
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Aha! A prominent Neo-Renaissance woman with her ubiquitous roll de loo.
#41
Portait Of Ann Seward Swartwout
#43
My Wife’s First Attempt Of Probably Many. “Fragmentary Colossal Head Of A Youth”
#44
Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait
#45
Judith Slaying Holofernes Painting By Artemisia Gentileschi
#46
Dog With The Pearl Earring Woof
#47
Le Desespere By Gustave Courbet And My Kid
#48
My Friend (W/Help From Her Twins) Did The Getty Museum Challenge. Boredom Can Be Beautiful.
#49
A Portrait Of Madame X By John Singer Sargent
Lorraine R 5 years ago
Through her extra-long nose, of course. I'm glad today's superb model added the pink blush on the ears.
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Linda Roy 5 years ago
Why nope? What's wrong with it? The background could've been a bit darker, but I'd say they nailed it.
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My Daughter As Frida
Grace Robertson 5 years ago
I really like all the little important details on her face. I don't think I would have problem with the recreation hanging in my house.
#51
'the Scream' - Recreated With Climbing Rope And A Few Other Things...
Tina Stalcup 5 years ago
Excellent creativity and bonus points for excellent use of a different medium!
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Aah. Wut do I see? Iz de left eye in rreality anozer roll de loo?
#52
“Golden Tears”/ “Freya’s Tears Of Gold”- Anne Marie Zimmerman (School Of Klimt)
#54
"Lady With A Catine", Leonardo Da Vinci
KatHat 5 years ago
It's a joke. The person doing the imitation changed up the title because they used a cat. Broaden your vision just a tad ;)
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#55
Vincent Van Gogh. The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin) (My 11 Year Old)
#56
“Portrait Of A Man In A Turban”- Jan Van Eyck
#58
Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson Of Dr Nicolae Tulp", 1632.
foxymiST.elliefreak 5 years ago
It's nice with the exception of the Frankenstein in the back there.
#59
Picasso The Frugal Repas
Tina Stalcup 5 years ago
This one, wow. It speaks volumes. That would be a portrait I'd be proud to hang in a gallery.
#62
"Order Of The Bath" By Charles Burton Barber
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Try clicking on umami-baby (below the lower left-hand corner)
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My Attempt At The Getty Museum Challenge. Pierre Bonnard’s Woman With Dog
#64
What A Good Camel
#65
Diego On My Mind By Frida Kahlo. We're Calling Ours- Daddy On My Mind. With My Daughter Luna & Her Daddy’s Pic.
#67
Urban Confinement
DaVo 5 years ago
Caspar David Friedrich, Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog)
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I have a print of "Der Wanderer..." on a living room wall - it's a favorite!
#68
Tina Tra And I Recreated Michelangelo's Famous 'The Creation Of Adam' Fresco From The Sistine Chapel. Only We Have Named Ours ' The Creation Of Eve'
#69
Madonna & Child - Sassoferrato
#70
The Lacemaker By Vermeer (Taken By My Sister For A School Project Years Ago)
#71
The Son Of Man
#72
The Day After. Edvard Munch
#73
Édouard Manet : Le Joueur De Fifre
#74
Alphonse Mucha- “Topaz”
Jean Schweibish 5 years ago
Mucha's model is leaning in towards the viewer - the "reproduction" is receding from the viewer. Details, details, details...
#75
Nightmare
#76
Gustav Klimt's The Kiss
#78
It’s Not Everyday I Get To Pretend My Dog Is The Baby Jesus.
Jean Schweibish 5 years ago
The dog has captured Baby J's look - even without having eyebrows!
#79
“Shiner” By Norman Rockwell
Grace Robertson 5 years ago
the recreation smile is perfect! She looks as pleased as with Rockwell's young miss with her victory.
#80
Lady With Vermin
Jean Schweibish 5 years ago
Again with the vermin - as was pointed out in an earlier rendition - it's an ERMINE! (Love this rendition, though!)
Anna roberts 5 years ago
Pretty sure they know it's an Ermine in the original....
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Lady Of Shallot With Giraffe
#82
Young Girl With Genie/Young Man With Goonie
#83
A Lady Of The Court With Dog By Lavinia Fontana
#84
Renoir : La Liseuse (Jeune Fille Assise)
#85
My Attempt At Monet, Woman With A Parasol
#86
Tried My Best With 2 Under 2
#89
F. Messerschmidt’s “The Vexed Man,” Carved In Alabaster 300 Years Ago. I Bought A Copy To Enjoy At Home After Falling In Love With The Original At The Getty Last Year.
#91
Daughter's School Assignment. She Chose To Recreate The Old Guitarist.
#92
Girl In A White Kimono, George Hendrik Breitner, 1894
Jean Schweibish 5 years ago
Little on the old side to be called a "girl" biut still a nice interpretation!
#94
Mary Magdalene Right Panel By Rogier Van Der Weyden Oil On Panel Circa 1450 - Grace Front Yard Circa 2020
#96
A Velázquez Portrait
#98
John Williams Waterhouse- “Isabella And The Pot Of Basil”
#99
"Narcissus" By Caravaggio, Recreated With Pants, A Mirror, And Antigravity
#100
Nymph With Morning Glory Flowers - Jules Joseph Lefebvre
#101
Self Portrait As A Tehuana By Frida Kahlo
#102
Still Life With Strawberry, From Cezanne's Still Life With Skull
#103
Maddona And Child By Andrea Mantegna
#104
Do I Look As Beautiful As This Degas Ballerina?
#105
Covid But Make It King Louis Xiv Of France
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Aha! The most royal of noble attributes these days: an extra-large full pack of rolls de loo!
#106
Frida Kahlo : Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird
#108
Portraiture Of Queen Elizabeth I Of England, C. 1585-90, Artist Unknown.
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Daniel Cooney 5 years ago
Pablo Picasso, 1901–02, Le bock (Portrait de Jaime Sabartes), The Glass of Beer (Portrait of the Poet Sabartes)
Dan Cooney, 2020, A college freshman stuck at home during the Covid-19 Pandemic. (Thanks Keen) Blue-Boy-P...0853c7.jpg 
Robert Martin 5 years ago
Fantastic in the true sense of the word! Imitation breeds originality. I didn't know.
Daniel Cooney 5 years ago
Pablo Picasso, 1901–02, Le bock (Portrait de Jaime Sabartes), The Glass of Beer (Portrait of the Poet Sabartes)
Dan Cooney, 2020, A college freshman stuck at home during the Covid-19 Pandemic. (Thanks Keen) Blue-Boy-P...0853c7.jpg
Robert Martin 5 years ago
Fantastic in the true sense of the word! Imitation breeds originality. I didn't know.
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