Iconic Russian artworks get Simpsons makeover
Vasili Vladimirovich Pukirev, The Unequal Marriage (1862)
Ivan Kramskoi, Prayer of Moses After the Israelites Cross the Red Sea (1861)
Viktor Vasnetsov, Three Bogatyrs (1898)
Alexander Ivanov, The Apparition of Christ to the People (1837-57)
Fedor Pavlovich Reshetnikov, Low Marks Again (1952)
Pavel Fedotov, Fresh Cavalier (1847)
Pavel Fedotov, Courtship of a Major (1848)
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Bathing of a Red Horse (1912)
Viktor Vasnetsov, A Game of Preference (1890)
5 November 2013
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Giulia Mangione
When a group of Russian art students were told to re-think the history of Russian painting, they decided to make over a number of masterpieces in the style of The Simpsons. The iconic paintings, re-drawn by students at the Moscow British Higher School of Art and Design, have been turned into cartoons featuring characters in The Simpsons’ signature yellow, with a few familiar faces in the mix. Santa’s Little Helper replaces the dog in Fedor Reshetnikov’s Low Marks Again (1952) while Mr Burns pops up in Vasili Pukirev’s painting, The Unequal Marriage (1862) about the wedding of an elderly high-ranking official to a young and forlorn-looking girl.
