Denmark Loans Works by Bloch, Hofmann, and Schwartz to Mormon Country

DESERT NEWS
By Emmilie Buchanan

"Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda", was acquired by the
BYU Museum in 2001 and is part of their permanent collection.

UTAH---Beginning in 2010, more than 306,000 visitors saw the works of Danish painter Carl Bloch at BYU's Museum of Art. Now, thanks to an unprecedented agreement, the Frederiksberg Castle museum in Denmark will loan eight additional Bloch paintings from the King’s Oratory’s "Life of Christ" series to BYU as part of a new exhibit. Starting in November, the BYU Museum of Art will open a free exhibit that features not only Bloch's greatest commissioned work, but also works by two other 19th century artists depicting the life of Christ. "Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann, and Frans Schwartz," will run until May 2014.”[link]

BYU Museum of Art: “Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann, and Frans Schwartz,” will run Nov. 15 to May 10, 2014.