Hipsters in Masterpieces

Made possible by four years of Brown University's art history courses

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.

Object of Hipster Vice Magazine Editor’s Very Wet Dream Hipster
“Kizette on the Balcony,” Tamara de Lempicka, 1927

Object of Hipster Vice Magazine Editor’s Very Wet Dream Hipster

“Kizette on the Balcony,” Tamara de Lempicka, 1927

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

Cranky Starving Vegan Hipster
“The Artist,” Bernini, 1623

Cranky Starving Vegan Hipster

“The Artist,” Bernini, 1623

Hipster Who Wishes You Hadn’t Just Disturbed Him During His “Me Time” in the Park
“Portrait in the Park at Yerres,” Gustave Caillebotte, 1879

Hipster Who Wishes You Hadn’t Just Disturbed Him During His “Me Time” in the Park

“Portrait in the Park at Yerres,” Gustave Caillebotte, 1879

Foppish Sotheby’s Consultant Hipster
“Self-Portrait,” William Orpen, 1910

Foppish Sotheby’s Consultant Hipster

“Self-Portrait,” William Orpen, 1910

Hipster Dad
“Self Portrait,” Paul Gauguin, 1893

Hipster Dad

“Self Portrait,” Paul Gauguin, 1893

Overzealous Ironic Pirate Halloween Costume Hipster
“Laughing Cavalier,” Frans Hals, 1624

Overzealous Ironic Pirate Halloween Costume Hipster

“Laughing Cavalier,” Frans Hals, 1624