The 4-foot-wide painting of the mother bear was hung over the postmaster’s door. The paintings were done “Chinese style,” as The Times reported in 1940.

Near West Side mural features flamingos — and one beleaguered looking bear Wicker Park artist JC Rivera’s signature “Bear Champ” character is back, this time in a mass of pink.

Meet Juuso the bear, Finland's fastest (and probably largest) rising artist. A 1,000 pound brown bear is establishing himself in the Finnish art scene after selling several paintings.