Waiting For An Artist. The girls come from four different Bouguereau paintings. Click for bigger.

These lovely girls have one thing in common: they were all painted by William Bouguereau. But they may never have met in real life (the paintings date from 1869 to 1890). Digital artist nemish put them together for a photoshop contest on Worth1000.com, in which contenders were simply invited to photoshop a bench in any way they liked (the bench is shown left).

Below you can see the original paintings featuring the four girls. Click each to access the gallery where you can find more remastered versions of the same works.

The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896, nine years before the death of William Bouguereau. Our famous friend got the Olympic spirit right from the start. On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, here are some of Bouguereau’s paintings (or maybe not his?) of sporting beauties on their way to Olympic Gold. Click each image to see the original artwork, and many other remastered versions.

Petrol Madonna, by digital artist JannaR, was inpired by Bouguereau’s Virgin of the Lilies. Click for full image.

Although automobiles only appeared at the end of William Bouguereau’s lifetime, the master must have anticipated today’s oil crisis (or not?). On Bouguereau Remastered you can find the following four oil-inspired masterpieces. Click each to access the associated galleries.

In July 2008, Worth1000.com organised a Star Wars Ren contest, inviting digital artists to place Star Wars characters, items, vehicles and scenes into classic art works. Out of the 44 entries, three were remastered Bouguereaus, two of which were prize winners. Below are close-ups. Click each to view the full artworks.

Silver: Yoda. Based on Bouguereau’s L’admiration (Admiration, 1897). Created by Mandrak

Bronze: Pet. Based on Bouguereau’s Retour des champs (Returned from the fields, 1898). Created by Aards2

Reverie Princess — Princess Leia in a remastered version of Bouguereau’s Reverie (Revery, 1894). Created by carlosnumbertwo

Here are thumbnails of the original Bouguereau works. Click each to access their galleries and discover more remastered versions of the same paintings.

The New Mother is a remastered version of Bouguerau’s La Charité (Charity, 1859). Click for full image.

This lovely remastered Bouguerau depicts Australian actress Nicole Kidman as a new mother of baby girl Sunday. It was the winning entry in a News in Pictures contest on FreakingNews, in July 2008. The image was photoshopped by digital artist Hamid1976.

The original Charity painting dates from 1859. It’s shown below, together with the full 2008 New Mother. Click each for bigger.

The New Mother has been added to the Gods & Saints group, where you can find one other remastered version of the same painting.