Vikram Jamwal, Abhishek Dangeti, and Pavan Gajula
2025 Composite Reflections is a method of artwork creation wherein we reimagine an artwork as composed from other constituent artworks. The constituents bear an intimate relation with the main subject.
Themes: Each Composite Reflection focuses on a certain theme while re-imagining the original art piece. We present three types of composite reflections: 1. Artist Portraits, 2. Artistic Movments, and 3. Thematic
Artist Portraits Composite Reflections
Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso, 1907
This self-portrait by Pablo Picasso was re-created using 485 artworks by Picasso.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Self-Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, 1887
This self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh was re-created using 273 artworks by Van Gogh.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Self-Portrait by Edvard Munch, 1911
This self-portrait by Edvard Munch was re-created using 946 artworks by Munch.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Self-Portrait by Salvador Dali, 1941
This self-portrait by Salvador Dali was re-created using 149 artworks by Dali.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Portrait of Jan Brueghel the Elder by Peter Paul Rubens, 1613
This portrait of Jan Brueghel created by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was re-created using 226 artworks by Brueghel.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Art-Movement based Composite Reflections
Impressionism: Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876
This impressionist artwork titled Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was re-created using 1910 artworks belonging to the Impressionism art movement.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Early Renaissance: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1484
This early-renaissance artwork titled The Birth of Venus created by Sandro Botticelli was re-created using 520 artworks belonging to the early-renaissance art movement.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Post Impressionism: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1884
This post-impressionism artwork titled A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. was re-created using 1168 artworks belonging to the post-impressionism art movement.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1884 (alternate recreation)
This post-impressionism artwork titled A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat was re-created using 4846 artworks from 79496 artworks from the WikiArt collection.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Thematic Composite Reflections
Apples by Vincent Van Gogh, 1887
This artwork titled Apples, created by Vincent Van Gogh, was re-created using 306 artworks containing apples as content. The 2000 artwork dataset was, in turn, created with the help of an LLVM. The LLVM annotated the Wiki Art collection based on the food that is present in the artwork. Out of the 79496 artworks, 2000 artworks which contained the keyword `apple' in the caption, were picked.
Original Artwork
Composite Reflection
Iconic Photograph: Russel Kirsch, the Inventor of the First Digital Photograph, 2007
This photograph of Russel Kirsch, the inventor of the first digital photo was re-created using 1380 (out of 11442) artworks belonging to the Delaunay artwork collection. The Delaunay collection includes abstract and non-figurative artworks from 53 different artists.