Saturday, September 20, 2008

Monet to Picasso Exhibit



Today Millie and I went to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts up at the University of Utah to see the Monet to Picasso exhibit (Mom, dad, Aaron, and Tamara were there also). "Masterworks by such renowned artists as Renoir, Degas, Monet, van Gogh, Dalí, Picasso and Matisse...graced the walls of the Museum’s first floor galleries..." It was fascinating to see these amazing pieces of work up close and in person. Visitors could get so close to the paintings and sculptures that you could see the brush strokes on the canvas'.

This link shows many of the paintings and sculptures we saw today.
Millie's favorite painting was "The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mrs. Monet (La capeline rouge, portrait de Madame Monet)" by Claude Monet

This link shows a couple more paintings we saw...

The Thinker by Rodin was my favorite piece...here is another of Rodin's pieces that was there.
Piet Mondrian's piece was also one of my favorites.
This piece by Pablo Picasso was one of the largest pieces there.

All-in-all it was a very enjoyable and educational experience which we will remember for many years to come.
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Harrison

This morning we were sitting on our bed playing with Olivia (actually we were arguing as to who would feed Olivia her breakfast), when Harrison came in to join us. He quickly accepted the mission of going into the kitchen and getting his little sister a Graham Cracker.

A short time later we hear him struggling with a new box of crackers. The next thing we know the box of crackers popped open and fell to the floor and then "OOHHH! I didn't 'spect that to happen," Harrison exclaims.

We could hardly contain or even disguise our laughter as he came triumphantly back into the room with the broken cracker pieces in hand.

That boy makes me laugh.