Hipsters in Masterpieces

Römisch-Ägyptischer Meister, Mummy Portrait, ca. 2nd Century

Römisch-Ägyptischer Meister, Mummy Portrait, ca. 2nd Century

Roberto Bompiani, A Mandolin Player, ca.1850

Roberto Bompiani, A Mandolin Player, ca.1850

“Vitruvian Man,” Leonardo da Vinci ca. 1847 and Devendra Banhart
Submitted by Julie E.

“Vitruvian Man,” Leonardo da Vinci ca. 1847 and Devendra Banhart

Submitted by Julie E.

“Untitled (Marcella Matthaei),” Diane Arbus, 1969 and Hipster
Submitted by Julie E.

“Untitled (Marcella Matthaei),” Diane Arbus, 1969 and Hipster

Submitted by Julie E.

Bleary-Eyed After Reading “All The Sad Young Literary Men” Hipster
“Portrait of the Artist,” Thomas Couture, 1848

Bleary-Eyed After Reading “All The Sad Young Literary Men” Hipster

“Portrait of the Artist,” Thomas Couture, 1848

Hipster Who Wants to “Move You” With his RISD Senior Project Instrument
“La Jouer De Cormouse,” Thomas Couture, 1877

Hipster Who Wants to “Move You” With his RISD Senior Project Instrument

“La Jouer De Cormouse,” Thomas Couture, 1877

Scour the Internet!  Find masterfully-wrought hipsters!  Send them to hipstersinart@gmail.com!  Include your name and last initial!  Also!  Identify their modern-day descendants for an amusing visual pun.  Together, we can create a virtual gallery for art history’s disaffected, be-moustached, parent-subsidized scenesters of yore.

“Self-Portrait with Pipe,” Gustave Courbet, 1849

“Self-Portrait with Pipe,” Gustave Courbet, 1849

Modern Counterpart Juxtaposition
“The Priestess of Delphi,” John Collier, 1891
(submitted by Rachel B.)

Modern Counterpart Juxtaposition

“The Priestess of Delphi,” John Collier, 1891

(submitted by Rachel B.)

(DEPARTURE FROM USUAL CONTENT IN LIGHT OF EXCELLENT DISCOVERY)
Yoga in Priceless Artifacts:
“Ancient Egyptian Relic in Lotus Pose,” Titled by Blogger, Photo by Blogger’s Blackberry.

(DEPARTURE FROM USUAL CONTENT IN LIGHT OF EXCELLENT DISCOVERY)

Yoga in Priceless Artifacts:

“Ancient Egyptian Relic in Lotus Pose,” Titled by Blogger, Photo by Blogger’s Blackberry.

Androgynous Smooching Hipsters
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, “The Kiss,” 1892

Androgynous Smooching Hipsters

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, “The Kiss,” 1892

People are Alienated by his McLuhan References Hipster
“Self-Portrait with Self-Portrait,” Carlo Dolci, 1682

People are Alienated by his McLuhan References Hipster

“Self-Portrait with Self-Portrait,” Carlo Dolci, 1682