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1、XX考研英语阅读理解精读100篇(6)TEXT6ThehauntingpaintingsofHeleneSchjerfbeck,onshowinthefinallegofatravel1ingtourthathasalreadyattractedthousandsofvisitorsinHamburgandTheHague,maycomeasasurprisetomany.FewoutsidetheNordicworldwouldrecognisetheworkofthisFinnishartistwh
2、odiedinl946.Morepeopleshould.Thel20workshaveattheircore20self-portraits,halfthenumbershepaintedinall.Thefirst,dated1880,isofawide-eyedteenagereagertoabsorbeverything・Thelastisasightingoftheartist'sghost-to-be;Schjerfbeckdiedtheyearafteritwasmade・Togethe
3、rthisseriesisamongthemostmovingandaccomplishedautobiographies-in-paint・Precociouslygifted,SchjerfbeckwasllwhensheenteredtheFinnishArtSociety'sdrawingschool“TheWoundedWarriorintheSnow”,ahistorypainting,wasboughtbyaprivatecollectorandwonherastatetravelgra
4、ntwhenshewasl7.SchjerfbeckstudiedinParis,wentontoPont-Aven,Brittany,whereshepaintedforayear,thentoTuscany,CornwallandStPees,Cornwall,Schjerfbeckpainted"TheConvalescent”.Achildwrappedinablanketsitsproppedupinalargewickerchair,toyingwithasprig・Thepicturewo
5、nabronzemedalatthel889ParisWorldFairandwasboughtbytheFinnishArtSociety.Toamoderneyeitseemsalmostsentimentalandisredeemedonlybythesomewhatstunned,melancholyexpressiononthechild'sface,whichmayhavebeeninspiredbySchjerfbeckJsearlyexperiences・Atfour,shefell
6、downaflightofstepsandneverfullyrecovered.Ini890,SchjerfbecksettledinFinland.Teachingexhaustedher,shedidnotliketheworkofotherlocalpainters,andshewasfurtherisolatedwhenshetookonthecareofhermother(wholiveduntill923).“IfIallowmyselfthefreedomtoliveasecludedl
7、ife”,shewrote,"thenitisbecauseithastobethatway.”In1902,Schjerfbeckandhermothersettledinthesmal1,industrialtownofHyvinkaa,50kilometresnorthofHelsinki.Isolationhadonedesiredeffectforitwastheretha,tSchjerfbeckbecameamodernpairiter.Sheproducedstilllivesandla
8、ndscapesbutaboveallmoodyyetinchoolgirls,sive,aristolackstandouomparisonsherandEdvardcisiveportrwomenworkercraticlookit).AndofcouavebeenmadeMunch.ButfrmepureSchjerfbeck・“Ihavealwaysshsofthesoul,thathavenoaitsofhermosintown(