16″x20″  Oil/Board

Bearskin is an enchanting story from a collection of Grimm’s fairy tales published in 1812. This story greatly resembles the plot of Beauty and the Beast and other tales with a monstrous bridegroom. Typically, the female protagonist must endure the creature until true love prevails. Unlike those tales, Bearskin follows the character of the transformed bridegroom rather than his counterpart.

Read the entire fairy tale here!

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