Little appreciated during his lifetime， his fame grew in the years after his death。 Today， he is widely regarded as one of the history’s greatest painters and an important contributor to the foundations of modern art。 Van Gogh did not begin painting until his late twenties， and most of his best－known works were produced during his final two years。 He produced more than 2，000 artworks， consisting of around 900 paintings and 1，100 drawings and sketches。 Today many of his pieces—including his numerous Self Portraits， Landscapes， Portraits and Sunflowers—are among the world’s most recognizable and expensive works of art。
Van Gogh spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers and traveled between The Hague， London and Paris， after which he taught in England。 An early vocational aspiration was to become a pastor and preach the gospel， and from 1879 he worked as a missionary in a mining region in Belgium。 During this time he began to sketch people from the local community， and in 1885 painted his first major work The Potato Eaters。 His palette at the time consisted mainly of somber earth tones and showed no sign of the vivid coloration that distinguished his later work。 In March 1886， he moved to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists。 Later he moved to the south of France and was taken by the strong sunlight he found there。 His work grew brighter in color and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style which became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888。
The extent to which his mental illness affected his painting has been a subject of speculation since his death。 Despite a widespread tendency to romanticise his ill health， modern critics see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of sickness。 According to art critic Robert Hughes， Van Gogh’s late works show an artist at the height of his ability， completely in control and “longing for concision and grace”。
梵高着意于真实情感的再现，也就是说，他要表现的是他对事物的感受，而不是他所看到的视觉形象。
他最出名的作品就是我们熟悉的《向日葵》。这些简单地插在花瓶里的向日葵，呈现出令人心弦震荡的灿烂辉煌。梵高以重涂的笔触施色，好似雕塑般在浮雕上拍上一块黏土。黄色和棕色调的色彩以及技法都表现出充满希望和阳光的美丽世界。然而在画此作的同时，画家死命想抓住的这个世界还是缓慢却无情地溜走了。或许这画的表面反映了他悲剧性的短促一生接近终结时期的心理状态。他是个热爱自然并能从简单的事物中看到纯粹之美的画家，他说他宁可画从窗户向外看到的树影而不是想象中的美丽幻象。
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Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life。
梵高一生只卖出去了一幅画。
Van Gogh’s Sunflower always grips my imagination。
梵高的画《向日葵》总引起我的想象。
It cannot be denied that Van Gogh was a great artist。
不可否认，梵高是位伟大的艺术家。
Van Gogh is one of the greatest artists in the history。
梵高是历史上伟大的艺术家之一。
And I can report that the Van Gogh Museum is sensational。
我还可以说，梵高博物馆果真震撼人的心灵。
The fact is also confirmed that Van Gogh’s self－confidence。
事实也印证了梵高的这种自信。
Van Gogh suffered from extreme poverty all his life。
梵高终其一生都在极端穷困中度过。
The most striking feature of Van Gogh’s paintings is their bright colors。
色彩鲜明是梵高作品最为显著的特点。
Van Gogh devoted his whole self to painting。
梵高全身心地投入绘画。
It was this painstaking apprenticeship that gave Van Gogh mastery of painting。
这种辛勤的练习，使梵高精通了绘画技巧。
An expert was needed to authenticate the original Van Gogh painting from his imitation。
这幅画是梵高的真迹还是赝品，需由专家来鉴定。
When the famous Dutch painter Van Gogh was alive， nobody wanted to buy his pictures。
当荷兰著名的画家梵高活着的时候，没人要买他的画。
He fobbed this painting off on me as a genuine of Van Gogh， but I later found out that it was a fake。
他诓骗我买下这幅梵高的真画，但我后来发现它是一件赝品。
Vincent van Gogh’s fame may owe as much to a legendary act of self－harm， as it does to his self－portraits。
文森特·梵高那富有传奇色彩的自残行为和他的自画像一样成就了他的名气。
The resulting data were used to build a mathematical model of Van Gogh’s style against which the other paintings could tested。
数据结果用于建立一个梵高风格的数学模型，与其他的测试画作相区别。
Van Gogh， a 30－something Dutch ex－art dealer and ex－preacher， was trying to figure out a place for himself in contemporary art。
当时梵高30多岁，在荷兰当过画商和传教士，正设法在当代艺术界谋得一席之地。
Van Gogh is a world－renowned painter， art history in the world has made an outstanding contribution to an irreplaceable position。
梵高是世界闻名的画家，在世界艺术史上做出了杰出的贡献，具有不可替代的地位。
This is an enchanted valley how can I did not expect to see here Andrew－Wise with Van Gogh’s artistic conception of the images。
这是一片令我入迷的山谷，我怎么也没有想到会在这里见到怀斯的意境与梵高的物象。
But that year， Van Gogh’s paintings are not appreciated by the people in the world， but he did not stop its own unique works of art。
可是当年，梵高的画并不受世人所赏识，但他并没有因此停止自己独特的艺术创作。
Van Gogh， seized by an attack of a metabolic disease became aggressive。
梵高患上一种代谢病，变得争强好斗。
Let’s Talk！
开始交流吧！
Mike： Can I hang the picture here·
麦克：我可以把画挂在这儿吗·
Daisy： Of course， what is that·
黛西：当然可以，那是什么·
Mike： That’s the famous Sunflower by Van Gogh。
麦克：那是梵高著名的《向日葵》。
Daisy： Oh， I heard about it in my art class。
黛西：哦，我在美术课上听说过。
Mike： This art work is so beautiful。
麦克：这个艺术作品太美了。
Daisy： I don’t understand what’s so particular about this Sunflower。
黛西：我不能理解这个向日葵有什么特别。
Mike： You see the color and shape； it is different from all other sunflowers。
麦克：你看看它的颜色和形态，和其他的向日葵都不一样。
Daisy： I still can not feel it。
黛西：我还是感觉不到。
Mike： You have no appreciation for art。
麦克：你不懂得欣赏艺术。
Daisy： Maybe I am， I prefer comics。
黛西：也许是吧，我更喜欢漫画。
Mike： I like this painting， I think it’s great。
麦克：我喜欢这幅画，我觉得它画得很好。
Daisy： I’ll go to read my comics。
黛西：我还是去看漫画吧。
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
巴勃罗·鲁伊斯·毕加索
毕加索是一位真正的天才。毕加索的盛名，不仅因他成名甚早和《亚威农的少女》、《格尔尼卡》等传世杰作，更因他丰沛的创造力和多姿多彩的生活，他留下了大量多层面的艺术作品。
About Picasso
关于毕加索
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso （25 October 1881–8 April 1973） was a Spanish painter， draughtsman， and sculptor who lived most of his life in France。 He is best known for co－founding the Cubist movement， and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and worked in。 Among his most famous works are the proto－Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon （1907） and Guernica （1937）， a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War。