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Back from Europe

Sat Jun 6, 2009, 12:12 PM

Just got back from Europe a couple days ago. I got married on May 10 and have been in France and Spain with Jana since then. The amount and quality of art I saw on the trip was unbelievable. In paris we went to the Louvre, the Pompidou, the Gustave Moreau museum, also saw a William Blake exhibit. In Barcelona in addition to some amazing street art and Gaudi's amazing cathedral, a short train ride took us to Dali's Museum in Figueres. In Madrid we went to the Prado which has a whole room of Bosch paintings including my favorite painting in the world The Garden of Earthly Delights. Also Brueghel's masterpiece The Triumph of Death, and tons of Goya and El Greco. And one the way back I found out I'm going to be in the Smithsonian National Portrait Compitition's Exhibition in the Fall.

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=neogothic-jam Jun 6, 2009, 12:40:57 PM

Awesome Ben! Very cool to see Bosch's stuff! and congrats on your marriage...

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*janellemckain Jun 6, 2009, 1:37:16 PM

WOW!!! Saturated with visual stimulus! Amazing trip... congrats on you wedding!

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*dennisdonohue Jun 6, 2009, 2:01:16 PM

Did you get a chance to see the Casa Batllo in Barcelona? Probably the most inspiring thing that I know of (for me)...

And grats on the marriage!

I took a trip to specifically go to Prado a few years back for the exact reason you did, great great stuff

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~phlogiston99 Jun 6, 2009, 2:12:32 PM

Congratulations on your marriage!

And the Eurotrip is just icing on the cake!

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*glass-eater Jun 6, 2009, 5:56:33 PM

All the best for that humans union

! Joking All the best and that's it. Awesome the inspiration you must have got there... I'm soon going to Basel (Switzerland) to see the Van Gohg exposition... Art can be so exciting ! A lot of

z my friend !!!

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*Smileypen Jun 6, 2009, 8:02:05 PM

Congratulations on your nuptials.

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