20 Iconic Portraits Given A Fresh Streetwear Makeover By Ross Muir

Classical portraiture has always been synonymous with elegance, restraint, and a certain untouchable grandeur, but contemporary artist Ross Muir isn’t afraid to shake things up. Known for his bold digital edits, Muir takes instantly recognizable historical portraits and reimagines them through the lens of modern streetwear culture, dressing powdered aristocrats and solemn figures in hoodies, sneakers, and graphic tees.

The result is a playful yet striking collision of past and present that makes centuries-old faces feel unexpectedly current. Below, we’ve rounded up some iconic portraits that have been given a fresh streetwear makeover by Ross Muir, and somehow, it just works.

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#1 ˝Square Gogh˝

#2 ˝Frida Perry˝

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#4 ˝Cona Lisa˝

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Muir’s reimagining of Van Dyke’s self portrait.

#6 ˝Frida˝

#7 ˝Apache˝

Muir’s reimagining of Ernst Deger’s ˝Portrait of a young woman,˝ 1890.

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#9

Muir’s reimaginin of ˝Pas Mèche˝ (˝Nothing Doing˝) by Jules Bastien-Lepage.

#10 ˝Completed It, Mate˝

Muir’s remake of ˝After the ball˝ from 1899, by Catalan Artist Ramon Casas.

#11 ˝One Man’s Pigeon, Is Another Man’s Dove.˝

#12 ˝Wee Mary˝

#13 ˝Two Sons˝

#14 ˝Tiga Tiga˝

#15 ˝The Problem With Time˝

#16 ˝High Winds Blow On High Hills˝

#17 ˝Green Lady˝

#18 ˝Green Lady, Red Top˝

#19 ˝Bulletproof˝

A reworking of a painting by Raphael of Saint Sebastian.

#20 ˝Billy Cone-Lly˝

Saumya Ratan

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