California museum dares fans to recreate legendary paintings at home and the internet delivered comedy gold

Lockdown life can grind anyone down, particularly when every day starts blending into the next. Luckily, the J. Paul Getty Museum in California stepped in with a wonderfully inventive challenge designed to spark creativity during these dull stretches at home.

Dubbed the "Getty Challenge," the initiative encouraged fans to stage their own homemade parodies of any renowned piece in the collection. Predictably, social media exploded with submissions showing ordinary folks using whatever objects lay around the house to mimic the museum's paintings and sculptures with startling accuracy.

Below you'll find 18 of the most entertaining entries shared so far…

1. Singing fish – Joan Miró

1. The Scream – Edvard Munch

1. Stolen kiss – Ron Hicks

1. Woman with hat – Picasso

1. Portrait of Margaret van Eyck – Jan van Eyck

1. Self portrait – Frida Kahlo

1. Suspense – Charles Burton Barber

1. Black Charley of Norwich – John Dempsey

1. Lovers 2 – René Magritte

1. The Last Supper – Leonardo da Vinci

1. Dreams – Vittorio Corcos

1. Adan creation – Miguel Angel

1. Old woman frying eggs – Diego Velazquez

1. The son of man – René Magritte

1. The Hecce Homo fiasco

1. Thomas Chatterton's death – Henry Wallis

1. American Gothic – Grant Wood

1. Scenes from the life of Saint Jerome – Sano Di Pietro