Skip to main contentDescriptionThree bears sit on a rock in the foreground. The two cubs roll around together and the larger bear looks on. Behind the rock a person wearing a red shirt looks on. From the left corner, a river moves back in the distance to a mountain whose peak is light by the afternoon sun. Included in the hard file is a photo of the painting next to the calendar it was used on in 1937.
The Surprise (or Reel Adventure)
Alternate Title(s)
- Reel Adventure
- Bear Sighting
Artist/Maker
Philip R. Goodwin
United States, 1881 - 1935
Datec. 1925
MediumOil on Canvasboard
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 39 1/2 in. (76.2 × 100.3 cm)
frame: 36 × 44 3/4 in. (91.4 × 113.7 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1997.027
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned lower right
On View
On viewPhilip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin
Philip R. Goodwin