The Daily Painting: Red Riding Hood

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Red Riding Hood

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John Everett Millais

(English, 1829-1896)

Red Riding Hood, 1865

Oil on canvas

I love classic fairy tales. :)

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 2, 2010 at 8:42 PM
While I love your blog...this painting just isn't my thing. I think it's just too dark,
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R. A.January 4, 2010 at 4:56 PM
It isn't as polished as the paintings I usually like, but I'm a sucker for anything fairytale-ful. :)
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