Story of Golden Locks | Seymour Joseph Guy | c. 1870 Tivadar Csontváry-Kosztka The Sphinx

The Sphinx

and the relentless spread of the plague

Her expression is melancholic

making "The Garden of Earthly Delights" an enduring masterpiece of Renaissance art

This work belongs to Matisse's series of paintings focused on the human form

Story of Golden Locks | Seymour Joseph Guy | c. 1870 Tivadar Csontváry-Kosztka The SphinxAbout the artwork: Story of Golden Locks feels like a quiet snapshot of Victorian childhood where innocence and mischief coexist. Painted around 1870 by Seymour Joseph Guy, a British born artist who specialized in intimate domestic scenes, the work shows a young girl absorbed in reading the fairy tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a story that had recently become popular in nineteenth century childrens literature. Guy uses warm light, meticulous