Woman and Bear

Heinrich Aldegrever - Wrath, One of the Seven Deadly Sins (1552)

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Anonymous (mid 16th C.)

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Hendrick Goltzius - Juno Transforms Callisto into a Bear (1590)

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Philips Galle after Marcus Gerards (around 1600)

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Heinrich Ullrich after Jost Amman - Personification of the Persian Empire (early 17th C.)

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Matthijs Naiveu - Amsterdam City Scene with Bear Leader (1696)

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Anonymous - Russian Bear and Austrian Eagle in Hungarian Revolution (1849)

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Franz Dobiaschofsky - Duke Ernst the Iron Saves Cimburgus of Masovia (1850)

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Adolph Tidemand - The Wounded Bear (1858)

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August Jernberg - Dancing Bear (1865)

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Carl Theodor of Piloty - Thusnelda in Triumphal Procession of Germanicus (1873)

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Albert Anker - Snow Bear (1873)

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Jenny Nystrom - Whitebear King Valemon (1890)

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Jules Scalbert - Jardin des Plantes (late 19th C.)

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Ludwig Beckmann (1900)

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Alphonse Mucha (1901)

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Carl Hassmann - A New and Finer Crown for California (1906)

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William Orpin - In the Dublin Mountains (1909)

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Edvard Munch (early 20th C.)

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John Bauer - Poor Little Basse

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Theodor Kittelsen - Whitebear King Valemon (1912)

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Max Klinger (1913)

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Edgar Walter - Arcadia (1916)

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Zofia Plewinska Smidowiczowa (1918)

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Richard Geiger - Gypsy Woman with Tambourine and Bear Rug

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Adolf Münzer - The Fairy Prince (1925)

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Paul Hey (1939)

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Lynn Lupetti (ca. 1988)

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Michael Sowa (around 2000)

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Kevin Peterson - Protector (2014)

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Stefan Petrunov (2016)

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Herakut (2019)

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Lisa Lennon (2019)

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Ian Francis - Ritual Bear Construction (2020)

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Jason Mowry - Artemis (Diana) and the Bear

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John Lally - The Last Song (2020)

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Daniel Eskridge (2020)

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Carly Janine Mazur (undated)

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Nathan Miller (undated)

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Mary Carroll - The Bear that Swallows Me (2021)

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Michael Foulrod (2022)

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Bear

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'In art and culture the bear is a diverse symbol primarily representing strength, courage, family protection, and spiritual renewal through introspection' (AI)

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Mary Carroll

 

A House Divided

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Miles Away

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The Undying

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Circles

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Hex (-> Wolf)

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Time (-> Clock)

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Fables

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Half Remembered Dream (-> Candle)

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Lost Bride

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A World Away

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Promised to the Wild Unknown

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Little Chalk Houses

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The Wind Rises

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Little Tornado

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Ophelia

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Southern Gothic

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Night Comes Soon

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Remember Me

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Far from Everywhere

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Little Fire

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Our Very Own Secret Hideout

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Ouroboros

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Botany of Need

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Foundling

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Uninvited

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Offering

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In Bloom

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June

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The Bear that Swallows Me

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Wild Tooth

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(no title)

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A Mother to the Oracle (-> Deer)

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Arcadia

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Arrival

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Moonrise

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Self Portrait with Memory

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A Siren's Sea Numb Hands

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Between Heaven and Earth

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Housebound

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Tired

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Delirium

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Waters Edge

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Witch

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Tea Party in the Garden

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Mary Carroll

(born 1979)

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