I don't know if you are familiar with the name Carl Bloch
He was a 19th century Danish artist who painted
some of the most familiar and beloved artwork
of the Savior that we use in the LDS church.
The paintings that I grew up with in Primary
and seeing on the walls of the ward buildings
and on the fronts of the Ensign.
I got to see the originals last night.
They are amazing!
And no I didn't travel to Denmark to see them
(I wish I had!!)
They are on display at BYU's
Museum of Art
now until May 7th.
Even Sierra's favorite one was there.
The tickets are free- as is the parking.
You go online to
What a wonderful experience it was.
I got 12 tickets and took as many of my family as I could
get to go. They had a wheel chair there that my mom
used. Her good friend Glenda pushed her around and
read every one of the descriptions to her.
You can rent an I-Pad that has all the info about each painting
on them for 3 bucks.
I am planning on going back, by myself, renting one and spend
the day with my new friend Carl Bloch.
I could sit and analyze them each for a lot longer
time than my dear family had the desire to :)
If you have the time, go.
We are going tomorrow for FHE with my fam. At first I was just going for the free dinner after but now that I read this I'm excited for the art work too!
ReplyDeleteI want to go see it too, by myself--or with grown-up girlfriends. If you get ready to go again, let me know...I'd love to trip along with you, if you don't mind the company.
ReplyDeletei wish we could go see that today!
ReplyDeletewe just ordered a bunch of church art and almost all of our favorites are bloch. i'm so sad i'm missing this exhibit.