Vincent van Gogh
后印象主义的先驱——文森特·凡·高

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work — notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color — had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness, he died aged thirty-seven from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).
文森特·凡·高(1853—1890)，荷兰后印象派画家。他的作品以其粗野之美、情感真诚和用色大胆著称，对20世纪的艺术产生了深远影响。凡·高多年生活在痛苦和不安之中，且精神疾病经常发作，于37岁死于枪击，一般认为是自杀(虽然枪始终未找到)。

He began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches, and prints. His work included self portraits, landscapes, still lives, portraits as well as paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.
凡·高自孩提时期开始画画，之后一直不曾间断，并最终决定成为艺术家。他直到25岁以后才开始正式绘画，并在生命的最后两年完成了很多他最出名的作品。在十年多的时间里，凡·高创作了2100多幅作品，包括860多幅油画和1300多幅水彩画、绘画、素描和印制画。他的作品有自画像、风景、静物写生、肖像画以及关于柏树、麦田和向日葵的油画。

In 1885, he painted his first major work, entitled 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. Later, he moved to the south of France and was influenced by the strong sunlight he found there. His work grew brighter in color, and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.
1885年，凡·高创作了第一幅大作《吃马铃薯的人》。这一时期，他的绘画主要是昏暗的大地色调，没有后来作品中的鲜明色彩。之后，他搬到法国南部，那里强烈的阳光对他产生了深远的影响。他的作品在颜色上日益明朗。凡·高在1888年逗留阿尔勒期间逐渐形成了独特且辨识度极高的绘画风格。