Seymour Joseph Guy, 1870 - Story of Golden Locks - fine art print

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The piece of art was made by Seymour Joseph Guy. The over 150 year old original was painted with the size of 34 x 28 in (86,4 x 71,1 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the American artist as the technique for the artwork. Today, the piece of art is part of the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Daniel Wolf and Mathew Wolf, in memory of their sister, the Honorable Diane R. Wolf, 2013 (public domain license). The creditline of the artwork is: Gift of Daniel Wolf and Mathew Wolf, in memory of their sister, the Honorable Diane R. Wolf, 2013. On top of that, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

What specifically does the curator team of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art say about the artwork from the painter Seymour Joseph Guy? (© Copyright - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

While little known today, the English-born Guy was celebrated in his lifetime for his charming and technically accomplished genre paintings of childhood. In this work, the artist depicts his own children reading a version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." The young girl’s menacing bear-like shadow and the boys’ wide eyes suggest that they have reached the story’s frightening climax. In addition to the didactic message of the fairy tale—warning children not to wander from home—Guy presents his adolescent daughter on the verge of change, turning away from childhood games and assuming a more adult, maternal role.

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