梵高―生不逢时的天才画家.docVIP

梵高―生不逢时的天才画家 　　文森特?梵高（1853―1890）以大胆的用色和粗犷而富于激情的笔触给后人留下了深刻印象，这位后印象主义的先驱深深地影响了二十世纪艺术。然而，在其短暂的一生中，梵高一直饱受精神疾病和抑郁症的折磨；尽管作品上千，在世时却只售出过一幅作品…… 　　今年是梵高逝世125周年，欧美多家美术馆均会设展纪念这位艺术家，一部记录其悲剧人生的音乐剧也将于今年年底在阿姆斯特丹上演。现在，就让我们来缅怀这位天才的短暂一生。 　　Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30th， 1853. His father and grandfather were 1）ministers， but others in his family worked in the art world. Vincent had two brothers and three sisters. He was closest to his younger brother Theo. 　　Although he enjoyed drawing from the time he was a young boy， Vincent had a number of other jobs before he decided to work as an artist full time. He worked as a teacher in London and then as a minister. He also worked in a book store， an 2）art gallery， and as a 3）missionary. At around the age of 27， van Gogh decided to devote himself completely to art. 　　When Vincent first started drawing， he 4）sketched pictures using pencils or 5）charcoal sticks. He used some watercolors as well. He liked to draw pictures of poor hardworking people. 6）Eventually he began to paint using oil paints. 　　In this early part of his 7）career， van Gogh used a lot of dark colors such as browns and dark greens. His pictures were often 8）somber or sad. His most famous early painting was called The Potato Eaters. It was a dark picture of a peasant family eating potatoes for dinner. 　　Much of what we know about van Gogh comes from letters he wrote to his brother Theo. Theo worked in an art gallery in Paris and supported Vincent’s art career. He sent Vincent money and encouraged him. Theo tried to sell Vincent’s paintings， but no one wanted to buy them. 　　Theo wrote to Vincent to tell him about a new style of painting in Paris called Impressionism注. In 1886， Vincent moved to Paris to learn from these new painters. His art became 9）influenced by painters such as Claude Monet， Edgar Degas， and Camille Pissarro. He also became good friends with artist Paul Gauguin. 　　During this time van Gogh began to use brighter colors.