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Pixelated Van Gogh: Artist creates 8-bit versions of the Dutch painter's most famous works

We've enjoyed the 8-bit work of New York artist Adam Lister previously. He's someone who creates pixelated, acrylic paintings based on iconic images from the art world. For this particular limited edition series, Adam focuses on six classic Van Gogh paintings.

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Pixelated acrylic painting of Van Gogh's Starry Night rendered in geometric blocks of blue, white, orange and yellow tones with a dark tree silhouette on the left

Inspired by cubism, minimalism and 8-bit video games, he has reduced the Dutch post-impressionist artist's most famous works to geometric abstractions. The Starry Night, Starry Night Over the Rhone and Three Sunflowers in a Vase are just some of the classics Adam has enjoyed transforming into his typical style.

Speaking of his work, he said: “Having grown up playing Atari and Nintendo video games, this broken-down, angular method of processing and displaying information became an interesting guideline for me to translate and selectively restructure some of the most famous paintings in the world."

If you love this 8-bit style, you'll be happy to discover that his paintings are available as limited-edition prints. See more of Lister's work on his website.

Pixelated portrait of a man with reddish-brown hair in profile, created with geometric blocks of tan, blue, red and green against a blue background, by Adam Lister
Pixelated acrylic painting of Van Gogh's Sunflowers in 8-bit style, with orange and yellow flowers rendered in geometric blocks against a turquoise background
Adam Lister's 8-bit pixelated interpretation of a Van Gogh painting rendered in terracotta, orange, green and cream geometric blocks, with blue water at the base
Pixelated acrylic painting of Van Gogh's Starry Night reduced to geometric blocks of blue, white, green, orange and brown tones
Abstract pixelated painting in shades of blue with yellow and orange geometric blocks, created by Adam Lister as an 8-bit interpretation of a Van Gogh work
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