Two Bored Coworkers Recreate Famous Paintings Using Their Office Supplies
If you’re bored at the office and don’t know what to do (besides work, ugh), Chris Limbrick and Francesco Fragomeni have got you covered. These two (clearly very busy) workers at Squarespace in NY spend their free time recreating famous paintings using whatever they find in their office for a project they’ve called “Fools Do Art.”
There are two simple rules they follow – only use stuff found in the office, and any editing must be done on their smart phones. Given those limitations, they’ve done an amazing job!
More info: foolsdoart.com | Tumblr | Instagram (h/t: modernmet)
“The Girl with the Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer, 1665
“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1506
“The Son of Man” by Rene Magritte, 1964
“Blonde Beauty” by Walt Otto, circa 1950′s
“Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David, 1801
“Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene After the Resurrection” by Alexander Ivanov, 1835
“Two Ballet Dancers” by Edgar Degas, c. 1879
“Portrait of a Man in a Turban” by Jan van Eyck, 1433
“Thinking About Death” Frida Kahlo, 1943
“Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno” by Elisabetta Sirani, 1659
“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt, c.1632
“Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth, 1948
“Tommaso di Folco Portinari” by Hans Memling, 1470
“The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso, 1903-1904
“Lady and the Unicorn: Sight,” c. 1500
“David with the Head of Goliath” by Caravaggio, 1610
“The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo, 1511-1512
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awesome pics but i can't help but wonder... who the heck has unicorn and horse heads in their office supply cupboard?!
I love it!! I want to work with them! And what do they do to have such great props at work? I have paperclips and a damn stapler. lol
I can't help but wonder... Who the heck has unicorn and horse heads in their office supply cupboard and do they have any vacancies?
Where the heck do they work that they have all of that as "office supplies"?
Reading doesn't hurt - it's all written at the beginning of this post :D
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Bored Panda, I know you need advertising to exist, but when the ad covers most of the story with no way to easily remove it, it is frustrating and makes me want to stop visiting your site.
Bored Panda, I know that sites need advertising in order to support and finance the page, but when ads cover most of the words in a story and there is no way to easily remove them, it is extremely annoying. Makes me not want to follow you.
I think they're wonderfully creative, with great senses of humor! Thanks!
Love it! Especially the Mexican hat... By the way, you have someone paying you while you guys set up these pics?1 Must be a great boss!
VERY creative and fun! I'd love to know where they work and I loved it that they used paper toilet seat covers as Elizabethan collars.
They've got great office supplies! I wanna hang out with them at work!
some pictures are really artistic, humouros and not similar at all. and then some are quite similar, good work both ways!
In some pictures you should normally have been partly naked... Or totally like in the last one :)
hahahahahaha!!! This made me laugh out loud in the office! where do these guys work!?
what kind of office do they work in? I work in a law firm we have unicorns and horse heads but no sombreros.
brilliant but what kind of office do they work in? i don't have a sombrero in my office and we are a *GHghghghghgh* serious law firm.
Disappointing that there was no office supply used for the last one. LOL.
When do they get any WORK done? If they are bored, they need to lay them off. Why pay them to play around?
Call me crazy, but shouldn't they be working while at work? Anyway, the pics are hysterical. The Napoleon Crossing the Alps, genuis!
Looks they were not only 2.Also,bored or bored after pot?I know it's biased to assume you smoke pot just because dreadlocks,but I just did:P
I don't smoke pot, but sometimes I can be quite biased :) But, in other words, I enjoyed the photos (sun)
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I wish I was their boss...I wouldn't get anything done because I would be watch to see what they are up to!
That's a lot of props... I wonder what they actually do for work haha
https://www.google.rs/maps/@40.7208599,-74.001013,3a,47.9y,72.02h,57.04t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPlKZZ8z7afgAAAQIt1GCzg!2e0!3e2!6m1!1e1
This is what we do when we are bored at work :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2Fce0Doj8&feature=youtu.be
None of those were office supplies. Anyone who has way to much free time and money can do exactly that. Not impressed!
I can see year end reviews now..."It's been a good year, but due to the out of control office supply budget, we have to let some of you go."
Creative and too much time on their hands. Perhaps brainstorm things to do with their free time. Maybe alternate with something charitable
well, congratulations to their boss for paying them to not do their job... not really unique or inspired... others you've posted were better
awesome pics but i can't help but wonder... who the heck has unicorn and horse heads in their office supply cupboard?!
I love it!! I want to work with them! And what do they do to have such great props at work? I have paperclips and a damn stapler. lol
I can't help but wonder... Who the heck has unicorn and horse heads in their office supply cupboard and do they have any vacancies?
Where the heck do they work that they have all of that as "office supplies"?
Reading doesn't hurt - it's all written at the beginning of this post :D
Load More Replies... Bored Panda, I know you need advertising to exist, but when the ad covers most of the story with no way to easily remove it, it is frustrating and makes me want to stop visiting your site.
Bored Panda, I know that sites need advertising in order to support and finance the page, but when ads cover most of the words in a story and there is no way to easily remove them, it is extremely annoying. Makes me not want to follow you.
I think they're wonderfully creative, with great senses of humor! Thanks!
Love it! Especially the Mexican hat... By the way, you have someone paying you while you guys set up these pics?1 Must be a great boss!
VERY creative and fun! I'd love to know where they work and I loved it that they used paper toilet seat covers as Elizabethan collars.
They've got great office supplies! I wanna hang out with them at work!
some pictures are really artistic, humouros and not similar at all. and then some are quite similar, good work both ways!
In some pictures you should normally have been partly naked... Or totally like in the last one :)
hahahahahaha!!! This made me laugh out loud in the office! where do these guys work!?
what kind of office do they work in? I work in a law firm we have unicorns and horse heads but no sombreros.
brilliant but what kind of office do they work in? i don't have a sombrero in my office and we are a *GHghghghghgh* serious law firm.
Disappointing that there was no office supply used for the last one. LOL.
When do they get any WORK done? If they are bored, they need to lay them off. Why pay them to play around?
Call me crazy, but shouldn't they be working while at work? Anyway, the pics are hysterical. The Napoleon Crossing the Alps, genuis!
Looks they were not only 2.Also,bored or bored after pot?I know it's biased to assume you smoke pot just because dreadlocks,but I just did:P
I don't smoke pot, but sometimes I can be quite biased :) But, in other words, I enjoyed the photos (sun)
Load More Replies... I wish I was their boss...I wouldn't get anything done because I would be watch to see what they are up to!
That's a lot of props... I wonder what they actually do for work haha
https://www.google.rs/maps/@40.7208599,-74.001013,3a,47.9y,72.02h,57.04t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPlKZZ8z7afgAAAQIt1GCzg!2e0!3e2!6m1!1e1
This is what we do when we are bored at work :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2Fce0Doj8&feature=youtu.be
None of those were office supplies. Anyone who has way to much free time and money can do exactly that. Not impressed!
I can see year end reviews now..."It's been a good year, but due to the out of control office supply budget, we have to let some of you go."
Creative and too much time on their hands. Perhaps brainstorm things to do with their free time. Maybe alternate with something charitable
well, congratulations to their boss for paying them to not do their job... not really unique or inspired... others you've posted were better
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