Copying masterworks can be a serious endeavor for all artists, no matter if they wish to experience the master’s process or want to pay homage to a favorite piece in the art lexicon. More recently, artists have “appropriated” famous works as a part of their own artwork or they have reinterpreted a masterwork by using different mediums, compositions, colors or, most beguiling, using humor to bring a new facet to an iconic work.

Now the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies gives credence to the copyist tradition by…