资源描述：
《2009考研英语阅读理解精读100篇(6)》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、TEXT6ThehauntingpaintingsofHeleneSchjerfbeck,onshowinthefinallegofatravellingtourthathasalreadyattractedthousandsofvisitorsinHamburgandTheHague,maycomeasasurprisetomany.FewoutsidetheNordicworldwouldrecognisetheworkofthisFinnishartistwhodiedin1946.Morep
2、eopleshould.The120workshaveattheircore20self-portraits,halfthenumbershepaintedinall.Thefirst,dated1880,isofawide-eyedteenagereagertoabsorbeverything.Thelastisasightingoftheartist'sghost-to-be;Schjerfbeckdiedtheyearafteritwasmade.Togetherthisseriesisamo
3、ngthemostmovingandaccomplishedautobiographies-in-paint.Precociouslygifted,Schjerfbeckwas11whensheenteredtheFinnishArtSociety'sdrawingschool.4tTheWoundedWarriorintheSnow”,ahistorypainting,wasboughtbyaprivatecollectorandwonherastatetravelgrantwhenshewas1
4、7.SchjerfbeckstudiedinParis,wentontoPont-Aven,Brittany,whereshepaintedforayear,thentoTuscany,CornwallandStPetersburg.Duringher1887visittoStIves,Cornwall,Schjerfbeckpainted“TheConvalescent”.Achildwrappedinablanketsitsproppedupinalargewickerchair,toyingw
5、ithasprig.Thepicturewonabronzemedalatthe1889ParisWorldFairandwasboughtbytheFinnishArtSociety.Toamoderneyeitseemsalmostsentimentalandisredeemedonlybythesomewhatstunned,melancholyexpressiononthechild'sface,whichmayhavebeeninspiredbySchjerfbeck^earlyexper
6、iences.Atfour,shefelldownaflightofstepsandneverfullyrecovered.In1890,SchjerfbecksettledinFinland.Teachingexhaustedher,shedidnotliketheworkofotherlocalpainters,andshewasfurtherisolatedwhenshetookonthecareofhermother(wholiveduntil1923).ulfIallowmyselfthe
7、freedomtoliveasecludedlife",shewrote,"thenitisbecauseithastobethatway.”In1902,Schjerfbeckandhermothersettledinthesmall,industrialtownofHyvinkaa,50kilometresnorthofHelsinki.IsolationhadonedesiredeffectforitwastherethatSchjerfbeckbecameamodernpainter.She
8、producedstilllivesandlandscapesbutaboveallmoodyyetincisiveportraitsofhermother,localschoolgirls,womenworkersintown(profilesofapensive,aristocraticlookingseamstressdressedinblackstandout).Andofcourseshepaintedherself.Comparisonshavebeenm
