029 文森特·梵高

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" The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting."

只有画画的时候，我才感觉自己真正活着。

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These words were written by one of the greatest painters, Vincent van Gogh

这句话出自最伟大的画家之一，文森特·梵高。

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While van Gogh's life was full of disappointments and tragedy, he was able to overcome these in his art

虽然梵高的一生充满了失望和悲剧，但他通过艺术超越了这些。

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He produced some of the most important masterpieces of all time

他创作了一些有史以来最重要的杰作。

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In his art, van Gogh created his own world of light, hope, and happiness

在艺术中，梵高创造了自己充满光明、希望和幸福的世界。

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Vincent van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853

文森特·梵高于1853年出生在荷兰。

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He had a happy childhood and grew up in a small village called Groot-Zundert

他有一个幸福的童年，在一个叫格鲁特-津德尔特的小村庄长大。

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Young Vincent enjoyed playing alone in the nearby fields and often made sketches of the plants he found

年轻的文森特喜欢在附近的田野里独自玩耍，经常为看到的植物画素描。

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He liked to draw at an early age, but he didn't become an artist until later in life

他很小就喜欢画画，但直到后来才成为一名艺术家。

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Van Gogh was first an art dealer and later a church minister like his father

梵高起初是一名画商，后来像他父亲一样成为一名教会牧师。

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He worked as an art dealer, but he was not very good at serving the public

他曾做过画商，却不擅长与公众打交道。

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He was often rude to customers, and he disliked the idea of art being bought and sold

他经常对顾客无礼，而且很反感艺术品被买卖这种交易。

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After studying to be a minister, in 1879 van Gogh moved to Borinage, Belgium, a village of coal miners

在学习了如何当一名牧师之后，梵高于1879年搬到了比利时的博里纳日，一个煤矿工人的村子。

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It was in Borinage that van Gogh started to paint

正是在博里纳日，梵高开始画画。

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The Potato Eaters is dark and gloomy

《吃土豆的人》这幅画色调阴暗、气氛沉闷。

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Its colors communicate the hard life that the miners and their families suffered

它的色彩传达出矿工及其家人所承受的艰辛生活。

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Vincent painted life as he saw it. He felt great kindness for the miners

文森特画下他所看到的生活。他对矿工们怀有深切的同情。

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However, even though he often gave away his clothes and furniture, he was not a good minister

然而，尽管他常常把自己的衣服和家具送人，他并不是一个好牧师。

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Van Gogh left for Paris, the center of art and culture in Europe

梵高动身前往巴黎，那是欧洲当时艺术与文化的中心。

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Once Vincent moved to Paris, his palette and his feelings about life changed. He had renewed energy and enthusiasm

搬到巴黎之后，文森特的调色板和对生活的感受都变了。他重新焕发了活力和热情。

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Instead of the old clothes he wore in Borinage, he wore a colorful scarf, a fashionable hat, and a suit

他不再穿着在博里纳日时的旧衣服，而是戴着彩色的围巾、时髦的帽子，穿上了西装。

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He lived with his devoted brother Theo who was an art dealer there. He helped Vincent meet other artists

他和挚爱他的弟弟提奥住在一起，提奥是那里的画商。他帮助梵高结识了其他艺术家。

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In Paris Vincent met a group of artists called the Impressionists

在巴黎，梵高结识了一群被称为印象派的艺术家。

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The Impressionists didn't paint things realistically

印象派画家并不写实地描绘事物，

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but instead they tried to portray emotions through the use of short brushstrokes and brilliant colors

而是试图通过短小的笔触和鲜亮的色彩来表现情感。

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Vincent was inspired. He painted Bridges in Asnieres with bright colors, in the style of the Impressionists

梵高深受启发。他以印象派风格，用明亮的色彩画下了《阿尼埃尔的桥》。

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After two years in Paris, van Gogh longed for the countryside

在巴黎待了两年后，梵高向往乡村生活。

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He moved from Paris to a small village called Arles in southern France

他从巴黎搬到了法国南部一个叫阿尔勒的小村庄。

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He made a bright yellow house his home

他把一栋明黄色的房子当成了家。

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Van Gogh spent his days painting the nearby wheat fields in the summer sun, the local people, and his beloved yellow house

梵高整天都在夏日阳光下描绘附近的麦田、当地的居民，以及他心爱的黄色房子。

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Yellow had become van Gogh's favorite color

黄色成了梵高最喜爱的颜色。

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It represented all the hope, light, and happiness that he was searching for in life

它代表了他一生所寻求的全部希望、光明和幸福。

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He painted fast, as if trying to capture a brief moment or feeling with his paintbrush

他作画飞快，仿佛要用画笔捕捉一个短暂的瞬间或感觉。

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He painted flowers, plum orchards, and cherry blossoms before they faded

他画花，画梅园，画樱花，赶在它们凋谢之前。

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At Arles, he reached his artistic peak

在阿尔勒，他达到了艺术巅峰。

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Around this time van Gogh became fascinated with painting sunflowers

大约此时，梵高开始着迷于画向日葵。

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For him, they represented the energy and warmth of the sun

对他来说，它们代表着太阳的能量与温暖。

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He painted many versions of them, in different places and in different shades of yellow

他画了很多向日葵的版本，在不同的地方，用不同色调的黄色。

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Today Sunflowers is one of the most famous paintings in the world, and it sold for $39.9 million

如今，《向日葵》是世界上最著名的画作之一，曾以3990万美元的价格售出。

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It hangs behind bulletproof glass at a Japanese insurance company

它悬挂在一家日本保险公司的防弹玻璃后面。

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Vincent was lonely in Arles. His only friend was the local postman, Roulin

文森特在阿尔勒很孤独。他唯一的朋友是当地的邮递员鲁兰。

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Vincent painted eight portraits of the postman, as well as portraits of his wife and kids

文森特为这位邮递员画了八幅肖像，也为他的妻儿画了像。

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Despite his poverty, Roulin refused to be paid for letting Vincent paint him, and he often invited Vincent for dinner with his family

尽管自己很穷，鲁兰还是拒绝因让文森特画画而收取报酬，他还经常邀请文森特和他的家人共进晚餐。

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Spending time with the Roulins made Vincent feel part of a family, something he had thought he would never feel again

和鲁兰一家相处的时光，让文森特感觉自己像家中的一份子，他原以为自己再也不会拥有这种感觉了。

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Van Gogh had only one friend in his village, and there were no other artists

梵高在村子里只有一个朋友，那里也没有其他的艺术家。

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So he soon invited his friend, and fellow artist from Paris, Paul Gauguin, to come and work with him in Arles

因此，他很快邀请了他的朋友，也是来自巴黎的艺术家同行，保罗·高更，来阿尔勒与他一同创作。

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At first the two friends enjoyed each other's company

起初，这两个朋友很享受彼此的陪伴。

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They made grand plans for the future and complimented and supported each other's work

他们为未来制定了宏大的计划，并且互相赞扬、支持对方的作品，

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but as time passed by, they started quarreling over their ideas about art

但随着时间的推移，他们开始在艺术理念上发生争吵。

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It was after one big fight with Gauguin that Vincent cut off part of his ear

正是在与高更的一次大吵之后，文森特割掉了自己的一部分耳朵。

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He had to be taken to the hospital. Gauguin left Arles

他不得不被送往医院。高更则离开了阿尔勒。

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Van Gogh painted Self Portrait with a Bandaged Ear soon after, and it shows how miserable and sick he was

此后不久，梵高画了《缠着绷带的自画像》，这幅画显示了他当时有多么痛苦和虚弱。

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From this time until his death, he would suffer many mental breakdowns

从这时起直到他去世，他多次遭受精神崩溃的折磨。

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Wheat Fields with Crows is one of Vincent's last paintings

《麦田群鸦》是文森特最后的画作之一。

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It shows how gloomy his thoughts were

这幅画显示了当时他的思想有多么阴郁。

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The sky is dark, the crows appear to be flying madly toward the viewer, and the road seems to lead nowhere

天空阴沉，乌鸦似乎在疯狂地向观者飞来，道路似乎也通向死寂。

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Vincent, who was usually optimistic and tried to celebrate life in his paintings, had lost hope. His illness had overtaken him

文森特通常很乐观，并试图在画中歌颂生命，但此时他已经失去了希望。他的疾病彻底击垮了他。

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Theo came to see him from Paris, but it was too late

提奥从巴黎赶来看他，但为时已晚。

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He died in his brother's arms on July 29, 1890, at the age of 37

1890年7月29日，他在弟弟的怀里去世，享年37岁。

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He didn't become an artist until later in life and didn't live long

他直到人生较晚的阶段才成为一名艺术家，并且活得并不长久，

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but in the short time he painted, Vincent van Gogh created some of the most astonishing and important works of art of all time

但在其短暂的绘画生涯中，文森特·梵高创作出了有史以来最令人惊叹和最具重要意义的艺术作品。