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I Decided To Recreate One Famous Classic Painting A Day For A Year, And Here Are My 53 Recreations
I really love art, admiring beauty and talent. I want to actualize great painting from different cultural traditions to show people that it is much closer than it seems. My replicas encourage everyone to look at the paintings in detail. I think it’s important.
I started to imitate pieces of art for the #gettychallenge. At the beginning, I decided to do it daily for 30 days, but at the end of this period, I couldn’t stop. I'm still continuing and now I am on day 130. I have recreated Middle Eastern galleries, ancient, Indian, Red Cross posters, and others.
I do everything on my own: makeup, costumes, lighting with a table lamp, and shooting just with my phone’s camera, using very simple things which surround me at home.
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#1
Ilya Repin "Princess Sofia Alekseyevna" (1879)
Final score:
153points
postboredom 5 years ago
the lady's expression in the painting looks like she is going to steal your candy
Jon Frazier 5 years ago
She tried to steal the whole Russian Empire from her brother, Peter the Great.
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Marsha Hultberg 5 months ago
Great job with the bracelet/cuff!! GREAT overall. Clearly a descendant!!
Tim Griffith 11 months ago
With the photographers choice of model- I keep seeing Madeline Kahn as the model doing all these painting poses!
Dawn Shackleford 5 years ago
I love the eyebrows on you! Well done! She looked like a very angry princess!!!
Among Us 5 years ago
I have a question though... Why would someone paint this person with this expression?
Liza Yukhnyova (Submission author) 5 years ago
I think this article will help to understand : https://womenineuropeanhistory.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/sophia-alekseevna/
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Liza Yukhnyova (Submission author) 5 years ago
She had hard lafe. https://womenineuropeanhistory.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/sophia-alekseevna/
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John Smith 5 years ago
Sofia looks like she was just told to go to her room, and think about what she just did.
Jane Bilbe 5 years ago
Wonderful job well done. Wish I could have loaned you a few fabrics, lace and beads from my stash. What fun we would have had!
Rosalyn Davidson 5 years ago
I loved them all, you should be in movies as you’re so diverse & strikingly beautiful
ERIN W. 5 years ago
'MY LANDS'! THIS IS BEYOND AWESOME! It looks like a photograph and you did this in a days time?! WOW! YOU are definitely blessed with A WHOLE LOT of talent! Thank you for sharing!
Liza Yukhnyova (Submission author) 5 years ago
Thank you for compliment and support 💖
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Rose Brien Harrington 5 years ago
I want to know why the princess has that expression on her face in the first place!
Liza Yukhnyova (Submission author) 5 years ago
Her life hadn't been easy https://womenineuropeanhistory.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/sophia-alekseevna/
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Liza Yukhnyova (Submission author) 5 years ago
Makeup and moving my chin into neck making miracles 😂
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#3
Remzi Taşkıran "Portrait Of A Girl" (1961)
Final score:
145points
#6
John William Waterhouse "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May" (1908)
Final score:
117points
#8
Tito Conti "An Italian Beauty" (~1880)
Final score:
116points
#9
Konstantin Makovsky "Portrait Of Countess Yusupova In The Russian Costume" (1900)
Final score:
111points
Kristin Ingersoll 5 years ago
Just had that laying around the house, eh? (Not knocking her - this is great! I just don't have a random, huge, gold crown with dangly bits in my garage :) )
#11
Abram Arhipov "Woman In A Green Dress" (~1900)
Final score:
106points
#12
Khariton Platonovich Platonov "Portrait Of A Woman" (1903)
Final score:
105points
#13
John William Godward "His Birthday Gift" (1889)
Final score:
104points
#14
Theodoros Rallis "Odalisque" (~1900)
Final score:
104points
#16
Hermann Winterhalter "Portrait Of Clémentine De Boubers, Baronne Renouard De Bussierre" (1854)
Final score:
101points
#17
Frederick Arthur Bridgman "Woman Of Algiers" (~1900)
Final score:
100points
#18
Vladimir Makovsky "Tete-A-Tete" (1909)
Final score:
98points
#19
Paul Cesar Helleu "Portrait Of Lady With A Fan" (~1900)
Final score:
94points
#21
Jean-Marc Nattier "Madame Victoire De France" (1748)
Final score:
89points
#22
Jean-Francois Portaels "The Necklace" (~1850)
Final score:
89points
#24
Tiziano Vecelli "Woman With A Mirror" (~1515)
Final score:
85points
#25
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo "Two Women At A Window" (1655-60)
Final score:
82points
#26
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov "Portrait Of NF Matveeva" (1909)
Final score:
82points
#27
William Etty "The Seamstress" (~1820)
Final score:
81points
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I lobe this even if the painting a more wistful in expression the simile is there
#29
Giorgione "Judith" (1504)
Final score:
79points
whitney sweat 5 years ago
I love that she just has a sword laying around the house... a sign of a truly great woman.
#30
Anders Zorn "Frieda Schiff, Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg" (1894)
Final score:
79points
#31
Giuseppe Maria Crespi "Woman Looking For Fleas" (~1710)
Final score:
79points
#32
Henry Inman "Hayne Hujihini, Eagle Of Delight" (1832-33)
Final score:
79points
Sonika Schroeder 5 years ago
Good grief critics...she cannot change her face...look at the details, the look in the whole, not the face. You are expecting the impossible. This is art. Artistic liberty-ever hear of it?
#33
Charles Landelle "Judith" (1870)
Final score:
78points
#34
Eleanor M. Ross "Edith Cavell" (1917)
Final score:
77points
#35
Franz Xaver Winterhalter "The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal As Crown Princess Of Prussia" (1867)
Final score:
77points
#36
John Singer Sargent "Lady Agnew Of Lochnaw" (1892)
Final score:
77points
#37
Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje "Spanish Beauty" (1880)
Final score:
76points
#38
Ilya Repin "Leisure" (1882)
Final score:
76points
#39
Raja Ravi Varma "The Maharani Of Travancore" (1887)
Final score:
75points
#40
John Collier "Portrait Of A Lady In Oriental Costume" (~ 1900)
Final score:
75points
Amelia Earhart 5 years ago
I am certainly glad she did not chop off the top of her head to remake this one!
#41
Filipp Malyavin "Peasant With Red Scarf" (1905)
Final score:
73points
#42
Edwin Long "A Votary Of Isis" (1891)
Final score:
72points
#44
Alexander Nikolaevich Samokhvalov "Portrait Of A Woman" (1960s)
Final score:
70points
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Yes a very good likeness and expression the core of the paintings
#45
Aykut Aydogdu "Next Chapter"
Final score:
70points
#46
Orest Adamovich Kiprensky "Poor Lisa" (1827)
Final score:
70points
Sonika Schroeder 5 years ago
Cybele Spanjaard - I challenge you and your negativity, your severe criticism to do even slightly better.... I am stunned at how you find fault with every single one of these!! My mouth is hanging open!
#47
Ivan Argunov "Peasant Woman In Russian Costume" (1784)
Final score:
70points
#48
Charles François Prosper Guérin "Girl Reading A Book" (1906)
Final score:
68points
#49
Elizabeth Sonrell "Cordelia" (~1901)
Final score:
65points
#50
Anders Zorn "Burden" (1886)
Final score:
64points
#51
Ali Nemah "Resident Of Baghdad"
Final score:
61points
#52
Viktor Vasnetsov "Alenushka" (1881)
Final score:
60points
#53
Peter Paul Rubens "Rubens's Daughter Clara Serena" (1623)
Final score:
60points
Susan Lustenberger 5 years ago
You are utterly AMAZING!!!! Is there a place where we can read about what all went into this for you? I am fascinated by your process of finding all of your items and recreating the art.
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Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Liza has a gift for transforming herself into the subjects of the paintings. Not just the settings, which are fantastic, but her face, expression, focus. I also envy her wardrobe if these were items she had. Veey well done.
postboredom 5 years ago
Amazing recreations. And who is the douche down-voting people who are praising the artist???
Celeste Grant 5 years ago
Glad there aren't too many people playing spot the difference and pointing out any tiny detail they see. This lady has amazing skill and an amazing eye for detail to be able to recreate painting of such broad subject matter. Interesting choice of paintings and artists too.
Marie deHeryng 5 years ago
Liza is exceptionally talented in her interpretations of some of her favourite paintings. With just a small amount of makeup and a very lavish wardrobe she has transformed herself into an artform itself! What a talented eye this woman has! The transformations are magical and beautiful, making art really come to life. What is amusing to me is that Liza is such a gorgeous woman, she makes the original works of art seem even uglier, lolol. I'm sure that wasn't her intent at all, but it can't be helped but be obvious....Anyway, exceptionally well done Liza. You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent.
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for compliment, glad that you like it 😉
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Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
As a whole, they were amazing. And time. I would imagine it was very time consuming.
Mimi 5 years ago
Attention to details! Wow! Even your greatgrandchildren will show off w/ those shots decades ahead and show what a badass greatgrandma they had :) I had so much fun looking through these, you put so much effort in this project and are great at imitation!!
Maryam Siddiqui 5 years ago
dang, shes really good, and she has good clothing to match the paintings too
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Excellent work. You also have a very classic beauty that lends itself well, you could have been the actual model for almost all of these. Thank you for including the titles of the paintings, I often look up paintings/artists after looking at these kind of posts, and it's frustrating when titles or artists are not imcluded
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for compliment 💞 I am taking paintings just from important and famous painters who are significant for culture of country or period. Coz one of my goals is enlightening and perusal when people comparing photos with paintings.
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It's Still Me, Doodlemancer 5 years ago
this is brilliant! I'm impressed by your makeup n photography skills !
Reginald Joseph 5 years ago
This woman gives good face--and posture. She could have easily been an illustration model
Cindy T 123 3 months ago
Literally stunning. This would be so hard to pull off, and she did an excellent job, including even the lighting.
Graeme Gillies 10 months ago
Very talented, some are very close. Beautiful in every way. Congratulations.
Graeme Gillies 10 months ago
Fantastic, all of them. Some are so close, they are all very good, Congratulations.
Anna Thomas 10 months ago
Amazing. So much to recreate these masterpieces and with humour. Well done. It must have taken ages for each one.
Debbie Fetterly 10 months ago
From the tilt of her head to the expression on her face ! BRAVO !
Kathy Davis 11 months ago
I so enjoyed looking at each and every one of these. What an art to have recreated this artwork so beautifully.
Jeanne Southard 11 months ago
Lisa, it looks like is was a wonderfully fun project! You did an excellent job!
Vaughda Wooten 11 months ago
I absolutely love every single one of these! I was mesmerized by each one of them! You have an eye for detail that is unparalleled! I would love to see more!
Vaughda Wooten 11 months ago
Everything you do is incredibly beautiful and spot on! I was fascinated by every single detail!
Jim Ferrin 11 months ago
Very clever. Nice work. You should publish a coffee table book. I was looking for the Mina Lisa and the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Saundra Biggs 11 months ago
Such a creative idea! I cannot imagine the time spent on approximating the dress in the paintings! Bravo!!
Rhonda Greenhaw 11 months ago
Really fun and engaging to view - love the lens turned back on the subject!
Margie Seeley 11 months ago
Fascinating , fun, and beautifully rendered. You must have an amazing collection of materials. Do you sew some of the garments, or where do you find such pieces? Also, you’re very pretty! Thanks,
Maggie Swan 11 months ago
Fun. Great job! It gave me insight into the emotional elements of the paintings. I understood the subjects better through your interpretations. I was very drawn to see them all.
Gloria Jones 11 months ago
I am in awe! I cannot pick a favorite! All are so perfectly done. I could not stop looking! You are talented beyond words Liza!
Elisa Pignoloni 11 months ago
This is amazing art…. Lovely and so well done… Congratulations to you!!!
Michael Dworkin-Robertson 11 months ago
you are so very talented! Don't listen to the people complaining...i look at the whole composition, and you are just so creative and inspiring...i'd even go so far as to say that some of your composition is not only spot on, but even more interesting than the painting! Thank you for this.
cmk845n5js 11 months ago
By the looks out it, you are a “fast” painter. This must be a LOT of hours each day.!!! Simply put, a FANTASTIC job. Keep at it. This would be a neat display for a art function.
Zdravko Kishev 11 months ago
Fantastic cost-play! I cannot imagine the effort and time to recreate the costumes and the paintings! Truly amazing!
Sarjana Lastname 5 years ago
I get anxiety. They have had no cameras when painting hasve been painted, expression is everything and imitating reality, how painting reflects reality.Cheep when original painting is exquisite, these are normal pastiche, poor copy from original not even scholar. If you would be same school you would make especial photograf in same spirit. You can see that there is style of painting, brush strokes, sharp and blur areas, lighten and highlighted colors. Painting has taken several months if not years and you do same in day, surreal plan, cant succeed.
Janet Lucas Stone 5 years ago
Just gorgeous. She captured the essence of each so marvelously. This was so uplifting!
Mary Peace 5 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing these with us. You put a great deal of effort into all the details, and the effect is brilliant. Please do not worry about those negative comments, e.g. suggesting your face is the wrong shape! That is such a nerve!
Patricia Janke 5 years ago
I can't believe how much I enjoyed this. So much work and time to create this beautiful presentation. I loved it all!!!
DeAnna Goold 5 years ago
This was so fun to look at. You did a great job. Thank you for sharing.
Marvin HoG 5 years ago
It's helps being such a classic beauty that you can fit perfectly into any classically beautiful setting
Barbara Conreaux 5 years ago
Love all her stuff, she is exquisite in every detail, a true artiste!
Andrea Lanteigne 5 years ago
A lot of your recreations— I actually preferred over the original. Some of the expressions in the original paintings look dead and your recreations brought new life into the old painting. Great job! Thank you for sharing!
Mary Fallis 5 years ago
What an act of love and imagination and a marvellous tribute to great art by a women of intelligence and a sense of humour. She also has great focus.
Karen van Heiningen-Kess 5 years ago
Great artist in her own right! With not much, mostly her own interpretation and her expressions, most were spot on! Very interesting
ewadora 5 years ago
I do not know what is best and this attention to detail, great, I have no words to express admiration for the author
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for support and warm words 💞
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Sandy Gilliland 5 years ago
These are amazing!! Spot on!!! Such creativity! If I have ANYthing negative to say, it would be: Not enough of them! More! Do you cosplay? If not, you should!
Jensen Bush 5 years ago
wow I bet this was really fun but a lot of work thank you for sharing this!
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
These are amazing. Quite incredible how she manages to look just like every woman: she's a chameleon. Remarkably talented.
Raine Soo 5 years ago
Congratulations! Liza has transformed herself in the most amazing way. I enjoyed each and every entry.
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Liza has a gift for transforming herself into the subjects of the paintings. Not just the settings, which are fantastic, but her face, expression, focus. I also envy her wardrobe if these were items she had. Veey well done.
postboredom 5 years ago
Amazing recreations. And who is the douche down-voting people who are praising the artist???
Celeste Grant 5 years ago
Glad there aren't too many people playing spot the difference and pointing out any tiny detail they see. This lady has amazing skill and an amazing eye for detail to be able to recreate painting of such broad subject matter. Interesting choice of paintings and artists too.
Marie deHeryng 5 years ago
Liza is exceptionally talented in her interpretations of some of her favourite paintings. With just a small amount of makeup and a very lavish wardrobe she has transformed herself into an artform itself! What a talented eye this woman has! The transformations are magical and beautiful, making art really come to life. What is amusing to me is that Liza is such a gorgeous woman, she makes the original works of art seem even uglier, lolol. I'm sure that wasn't her intent at all, but it can't be helped but be obvious....Anyway, exceptionally well done Liza. You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent.
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for compliment, glad that you like it 😉
Load More Replies... Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
As a whole, they were amazing. And time. I would imagine it was very time consuming.
Mimi 5 years ago
Attention to details! Wow! Even your greatgrandchildren will show off w/ those shots decades ahead and show what a badass greatgrandma they had :) I had so much fun looking through these, you put so much effort in this project and are great at imitation!!
Maryam Siddiqui 5 years ago
dang, shes really good, and she has good clothing to match the paintings too
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Excellent work. You also have a very classic beauty that lends itself well, you could have been the actual model for almost all of these. Thank you for including the titles of the paintings, I often look up paintings/artists after looking at these kind of posts, and it's frustrating when titles or artists are not imcluded
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for compliment 💞 I am taking paintings just from important and famous painters who are significant for culture of country or period. Coz one of my goals is enlightening and perusal when people comparing photos with paintings.
Load More Replies... It's Still Me, Doodlemancer 5 years ago
this is brilliant! I'm impressed by your makeup n photography skills !
Reginald Joseph 5 years ago
This woman gives good face--and posture. She could have easily been an illustration model
Cindy T 123 3 months ago
Literally stunning. This would be so hard to pull off, and she did an excellent job, including even the lighting.
Graeme Gillies 10 months ago
Very talented, some are very close. Beautiful in every way. Congratulations.
Graeme Gillies 10 months ago
Fantastic, all of them. Some are so close, they are all very good, Congratulations.
Anna Thomas 10 months ago
Amazing. So much to recreate these masterpieces and with humour. Well done. It must have taken ages for each one.
Debbie Fetterly 10 months ago
From the tilt of her head to the expression on her face ! BRAVO !
Kathy Davis 11 months ago
I so enjoyed looking at each and every one of these. What an art to have recreated this artwork so beautifully.
Jeanne Southard 11 months ago
Lisa, it looks like is was a wonderfully fun project! You did an excellent job!
Vaughda Wooten 11 months ago
I absolutely love every single one of these! I was mesmerized by each one of them! You have an eye for detail that is unparalleled! I would love to see more!
Vaughda Wooten 11 months ago
Everything you do is incredibly beautiful and spot on! I was fascinated by every single detail!
Jim Ferrin 11 months ago
Very clever. Nice work. You should publish a coffee table book. I was looking for the Mina Lisa and the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Saundra Biggs 11 months ago
Such a creative idea! I cannot imagine the time spent on approximating the dress in the paintings! Bravo!!
Rhonda Greenhaw 11 months ago
Really fun and engaging to view - love the lens turned back on the subject!
Margie Seeley 11 months ago
Fascinating , fun, and beautifully rendered. You must have an amazing collection of materials. Do you sew some of the garments, or where do you find such pieces? Also, you’re very pretty! Thanks,
Maggie Swan 11 months ago
Fun. Great job! It gave me insight into the emotional elements of the paintings. I understood the subjects better through your interpretations. I was very drawn to see them all.
Gloria Jones 11 months ago
I am in awe! I cannot pick a favorite! All are so perfectly done. I could not stop looking! You are talented beyond words Liza!
Elisa Pignoloni 11 months ago
This is amazing art…. Lovely and so well done… Congratulations to you!!!
Michael Dworkin-Robertson 11 months ago
you are so very talented! Don't listen to the people complaining...i look at the whole composition, and you are just so creative and inspiring...i'd even go so far as to say that some of your composition is not only spot on, but even more interesting than the painting! Thank you for this.
cmk845n5js 11 months ago
By the looks out it, you are a “fast” painter. This must be a LOT of hours each day.!!! Simply put, a FANTASTIC job. Keep at it. This would be a neat display for a art function.
Zdravko Kishev 11 months ago
Fantastic cost-play! I cannot imagine the effort and time to recreate the costumes and the paintings! Truly amazing!
Sarjana Lastname 5 years ago
I get anxiety. They have had no cameras when painting hasve been painted, expression is everything and imitating reality, how painting reflects reality.Cheep when original painting is exquisite, these are normal pastiche, poor copy from original not even scholar. If you would be same school you would make especial photograf in same spirit. You can see that there is style of painting, brush strokes, sharp and blur areas, lighten and highlighted colors. Painting has taken several months if not years and you do same in day, surreal plan, cant succeed.
Janet Lucas Stone 5 years ago
Just gorgeous. She captured the essence of each so marvelously. This was so uplifting!
Mary Peace 5 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing these with us. You put a great deal of effort into all the details, and the effect is brilliant. Please do not worry about those negative comments, e.g. suggesting your face is the wrong shape! That is such a nerve!
Patricia Janke 5 years ago
I can't believe how much I enjoyed this. So much work and time to create this beautiful presentation. I loved it all!!!
DeAnna Goold 5 years ago
This was so fun to look at. You did a great job. Thank you for sharing.
Marvin HoG 5 years ago
It's helps being such a classic beauty that you can fit perfectly into any classically beautiful setting
Barbara Conreaux 5 years ago
Love all her stuff, she is exquisite in every detail, a true artiste!
Andrea Lanteigne 5 years ago
A lot of your recreations— I actually preferred over the original. Some of the expressions in the original paintings look dead and your recreations brought new life into the old painting. Great job! Thank you for sharing!
Mary Fallis 5 years ago
What an act of love and imagination and a marvellous tribute to great art by a women of intelligence and a sense of humour. She also has great focus.
Karen van Heiningen-Kess 5 years ago
Great artist in her own right! With not much, mostly her own interpretation and her expressions, most were spot on! Very interesting
ewadora 5 years ago
I do not know what is best and this attention to detail, great, I have no words to express admiration for the author
Liza Yukhnyova (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you for support and warm words 💞
Load More Replies... Sandy Gilliland 5 years ago
These are amazing!! Spot on!!! Such creativity! If I have ANYthing negative to say, it would be: Not enough of them! More! Do you cosplay? If not, you should!
Jensen Bush 5 years ago
wow I bet this was really fun but a lot of work thank you for sharing this!
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
These are amazing. Quite incredible how she manages to look just like every woman: she's a chameleon. Remarkably talented.
Raine Soo 5 years ago
Congratulations! Liza has transformed herself in the most amazing way. I enjoyed each and every entry.
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