... into great paintings and it’s just wonderful
Rowan Atkinson’s loveably hapless eccentric stars as the subject of the greatest works of art, from the Renaissance and beyond.
Over the last few years,
has taken on a substantial project, involving the entire history of art.
He has used all his skills in drawing and digital manipulation to painstakingly rework great paintings from the Renaissance to the 20th century. And you’ll be delighted to hear that he’s reimagined them to feature that star of small screen comedy, Mr Bean.
Here’s a tour of the magnificence, starring many of the iconic facial expressions of
most famous creation.John Singer Sargent’s Madame X
An aristocratic Bean from Rembrant
More Rembrandt
Frank Cadogan Cowper’s ‘Vanity’ (with added Bean)
Rembrandt’s Self Portrait
If George Washington drove a yellow Mini
Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’
Édouard Manet’s ‘Plum Brandy’
Napoleon Beanaparte
Gilbert Stuart Bean