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Show iMiscdtcmeons March 23, 2001 The Summit ('aunty Bee Page A8 Carl Bloch Paintings of Savior Featured at Hope Gallery least in fm Blixh to turn to tire ! eli lung was his and .ri Kciiii-inidi's view of ( bust as tlie In Cjrl Hhuh." liM.ng Savior ays Siding, 'the ait of etching was '('ail BIik.Ii has done the lines) si i ics ever done on die hie ol ( lirisi His entire IkI of work i the Ivo that has cvci Ivcn done hv .en painter." VMolakei sa.s "I he paint i mgs ate filled wuh spun .md led mg 'I he paintings aie a blessing in the entile Chrisiiun community a sublime siiong and lJ7() and Siulptoiv have attempted in xirtia I tie image and life (if Jesus Chi ist as a means of greater knowledge. insight jnd ii ii it i vat k n as well as an atfirmatuin nt dnstime lew. however. Ii.ise been completely successful Ikvjusc nt the 2.0110 year time lao since the death and resurrection nt Chiist and the tael that lew people have seen Hun. Those who have arc limited in describing Him in Danish artist and photographer Soren however, believes a handful of Northern that, I utopean artists such as Carl Bloch i IM4- - IS'HJ) has come closer to the eternal imayp of Cluist and His. mission than must otlieis Because of this, the paintings and etchings of the Damshborn Bloch, have become a focus and a priority in the personal tile as well as business of Ldshcrg who moved to Ciali in lJK7 from his Copenhagen. cap-tunn- Denmark. "Bloch is in a class all by himself when it comes lu know my and understanding the life of Christ," Ldshery said in an interview at his Hope An Gallery which will fmmal-lopen at 250 West Center in Provo Bloch's work creates a in March. special spiritual and emotional connection with the viewer that few art ists are able to cicate." As an ings also appear in I.DS meeting houses and temples and publications throughout the world, l.dslvig says. According to Maik Maglehy. an associate professor of art at BYli. the I.DS church as well as othei Christian denominations, seek an ideal representation of Chiist. It is impossible to adequately represent in a single woik the personality of the Savior, hut somehow Carl Bloch has been said by many to done that." have successfully ldsbcig. Smell grew up fascinated by Bloch's paintings as well as etchings which aie also shown in his gallery. As a family ariisi. Knud Castle wlicie the bulk of Bloch's oiiginJ woik can he seen." LJsbcig says It is because of his ongoing relationship with the Danish officials that b.dsberg received the exclusive lights to reproduce the paintings and other Bloch iclutcd mulciiul Most important because of his inleicst in dealing miageiy and and etchings. lidshcrg's gallery includes other original religious winks from the 10th. 17th. 18th and I'Jth centuries, as well as modem paintings and sculptures, among others from Utah artist Clark Bronson. The gallery also includes a number of works by the noted Danish painter Knud Ldshcrg as well as etchings by Rembrandt and inspiration lot all faiths and iclr gums, Ldsbcig says he has autlio-natio- n to publish a new lx ink bringing mgethci most of Bloch's Bloch. hat will lantasiic." be says "Having such access to the works ol Carl Bloch is one of the giealest things that has hapcned in the art im KM ms. nr JflWU RECREATION WELLER Utah N 2972 900 E Marion, I 4 YAMAHA Cf3 ail. START RATES AS LOW AS 3.95 3 REASONS TO REFINANCE LOWEST RATES IN 2 YEARS C0NS0UDATE HIGH INTEREST CREDIT CARDS NEED SOME CASH? comstock re Hr arc ef irovo artist William Whitaker. 1 1 a senes of diiecling medicaleducalional videos lor libianes. schools, hospitals, umv erotics and government agencies. He also dwotes his time to computer enhanced photography and inspiration.! wisdom as screen savers and Ihe Hope Gallery also provides acquisition and consulting services. at Sylvia Siding, editor-in-chiHope Gallery, said that Bloch's etchings spiang from his desire to cultivate his sensation of the motive of his painting and a longing to fur tiler indulge in his passion for the leligmus paintings. PJjYVEIH .md Maglehy says. In addition to the Bloch paintings we traveled to 'I emotions' b.iiuigtiout Scandinavia, Lutopc. I s V Mexico. Japan and Australia. locally. Ivdsberg's woik was included as part of the annual Utah Spimg Salon at the Springs die Museum His woik is represented in iiiiiiieioiis pi i v ale and public collections aiound Ihe w in Id. lie has been active in producing iX-scr- illusitaiiifs showing these ken dsteig made his debut as a I'.uiiici in lNi(i at ihe AssiKiatun lot National Ail in Copenhagen. I Kiimaik. Dunng the sixties, seventies and eighties he held exhibitions A senes of readings on the life of Chiist serialized in ihe Bra between IW and 1958 was published by Book as lie 'I hat laveth Reproductions of the Bloch paint developed in Denmark and sharpened thiough training in Rome and other I uiopcan counincs, Bloch was a perfectionist in dealing with tlie pcitec t man. the pcrtcct teachci. 1 he son of prominent Danish m I have had a long history in the I DS community due in great pail to the efforts of Dnylel. (iiccn. managing editor of the Improvement I la mag lor centuries the geut artists, nil to Siguid Moellar. ill nil s etchings are tilled wuh .londeitiil pocliy s IV50- ! p.un-su- . Hiding III 1st ame from :i t . convcil fii. live ( lunch of ol I altel day Saints. I dslvlg ( that notes Bloch's images ol ( 'bust A in Provo a! SorviCC;S. J AfczCC-i-z- C I i. Call Your neighbor GARY MORRILL 800.479.2260 or 435.671.1013 light. Another, maybe even more impor-- . community here." crumple, Ldshcrg refeis to an agonizing scene of Christ being comforted by an arrycl in the Garden of Gethseinane pnoi to His humiliation and death. Another Bloch puintmy of tire crucifixion of Chiist with His mother, and Mats Magdalene. John the yyT: Beloved and Joseph of Aiumilhca. standing at the fix it ol the cross has moved those coining to his gallery 1 T V a pT?-- i r, . - VV' - T 1! to tears, lalsbciy says. 'IJiis painting of Christ on the Cross by Bloch prompted one critic-twrite. Never in the whole world of an has there licen a more deep-mo- re clean moie noble showing of this viul shattering motive." I wish I had these paintings in my own home when my own childien were growing up." he says, so they might have a rnoic power! u1 imprint on their souls for what Christ went pcr mo. 2,125 through on oui behalf A former adiunct professor of an 1,508 per mo. at Brigham Young University. Ldshcrg says that Hloch consistently depicted the life, mission and death of Christ in an understandable way that can be accepted by all faiths and religions, even those that are not Christian. I .ike Rembrandt. Bloch was master of light" i.dsbcig explains. Bloch had a fascination with detail LOWER MONTHLY PAYMENTS IN 90 MINUTES? LET'S SEE MARTHA STEWART PULL OFF A MAKEOVER LIKE THAT WITHOUT CHARGING A FEE. AT Q .IONS HANK HOLMI Get High on Hug IN i VI L CAN KITINANCJ. YOUR MINUIF.S IIAI.WHH No luts right. Vtell give your house a KAILAS 1 FES. financial nukcowr Manila could never match, and you won't have to wait around for it. or waste money on things like apprjis.il fees, s-N- OT DRUGS! title fees, or dosing costs. You'll just wi a lower mortgage, atid lower monthly payments, without the headaches. am. A' 11 6.99 i AW NO FEES All'KOVAL 90 Want to really lower your monthly payments? 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