For millions of fans around the world, British actor Rowan Atkinson is Mr Bean, the buffoon in a tweed jacket and skinny red tie. It seems almost impossible to think of him in any other role. That's what makes Rodney Pike's paintings so startling.
The caricature artist from Louisiana in the US has breathed new life into Mr. Bean by inserting him into most famous works of art. Here's your chance to see Mr Bean mashed up with Rembrandt van Rijn or Holbein the Younger.
Pictures credit: Rodney Pike via Paste Magazine
The caricature artist from Louisiana in the US has breathed new life into Mr. Bean by inserting him into most famous works of art. Here's your chance to see Mr Bean mashed up with Rembrandt van Rijn or Holbein the Younger.
As George Washington.
In Vanity by Frank Cadogan Cowper.
In Agnolo Bronzino's Portrait of a Young Man.
In Meditation by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
In Hans Holbein the Younger's Sir Thomas More.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Bouguereau Breton Brother and Sister.
Mr. Bean in Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Thomas Howard
In Diego Velázquez's Portrait of Juan de Pareja.
Rembrandt's Portrait.
Mr. Bean as Rembrandt at 34.
Pictures credit: Rodney Pike via Paste Magazine
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