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1、印象派大师——文森特·凡高AnImpressionist—VincentVanGogh VincentVanGoghwasamaninahurry,anartistoftremendousenergyandprodigiousoutput.Hekilledhimselfwhenhewasonly37,butheleftbehindhimmorethan2,000paintingsanddrawings,whichestablishedhisreputationinawayhewouldneverhaveconsideredpossible. VanGoghwasborno
2、nMarch30,1835atGrootZundertintheDutchprovinceofNoordBrabant.Hewasthesonofaclergyman.Hisfirstartisticimpressionswereformedasaboy,fromhisunclewhowasanartdealer.Themotivationboreearlyfruitandfromtheageof12theyoungVincentwasdrawing.Theinterestledtoanapprenticeshipinanartdealer’sfirm,Groupil’s,int
3、heHague.Whenhewasonly20,hewastransferredtothefirm’sLondonoffice. InLondonVanGoghfacedhisfirstmajorcrisis,whenhewasrejectedinlove.Afterthat,heturnedtoreligion,expresseddisapprovalwithart-dealingandneglectedhiswork,GroupiltransferredhimfromLondontoParisbut,whenhisworkwasstillunsatisfactory,dism
4、issedhimin1876. TheyoungVanGoghmadereligionaconsuminginterestandduringthenextfewyearstraveledinBritain,BelgiumandHolland,tryingtoestablishhimselfasapreacher,butwithoutsuccess.Hedevelopedstrongopinionsonsocialmorality,customsandchurchlifeandalienatedthosehemixedwithbyanuncompromisingattitude.
5、In1880,attheageof27,hefoundhimselfdrawnbacktoart.HehadajobasanassistantevangelistintheminingvillageofBorinageinBelgiumbutrealizedanartisticdrivewhichwastomotivatehimunceasinglyuntilhisdeath10yearslater. AlthoughhereturnedtoNoordBrabantandhisfamilyearlyin1881,hisfirstrecognizedworksweresetinBo
6、rinageandreflectedtheruralcultureinwhichhewaslivingandhisbeliefinorderandsymmetryinbothsocietyandart.TheperiodresultedinwhatbecameknownastheBrabantcanvases. Atthistimehewasbecomingobsessedwithartisticdevelopment.Althoughhewaslimitedinpracticalexperience,hisworkshowedconfidenceandmaturityfromt
7、hestart,nodoubtinfluencedbythestrengthofhispersonalconvictions.Itwasnotaneasytime,however,emotionally.Thereweretensionswithinthefamily,nowthathewaslivingbackwithhisparentsinBrabant.Hewasshortofmoneyandrebellingagainstsocialandacademicstandard
