图片尺寸:4000 x 3186 px
作品名称:修路工 THE ROAD MENDERS
创作年代:1889
创作者:文森特·梵高 Vincent van Gogh
实际尺寸:73.66 x 92.71cm 油画
现位于:华盛顿菲利普斯收藏馆
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以下是机器翻译:
梵高在 1889 年画了两个版本的《修路工》。第一个版本是当年许多户外场景的最终作品,是在户外完成的,而不久之后的菲利普斯版本(此篇文章的画作)则是在工作室中创作的。
这两幅作品都描绘了圣雷米一条当时被称为“东方大道”的街道的重新铺设。 1889-90 年秋冬季,这位艺术家在圣保罗德莫索尔精神病院进行了几次远足,其中一次远足时,这一场景令他着迷。
风景中的工人主题一直是梵高在荷兰创作的画作中的一个普遍主题。 12 月 7 日,梵高写信给他在巴黎的弟弟西奥,描述了第一个版本:“我所做的最后一次研究是村庄的景色,他们正在那里工作——在一些巨大的梧桐树下——修复人行道。所以这里有成堆的沙子、石头和巨大的树干——树叶泛黄,到处都能看到房子的正面和小人物。”
菲利普斯的版本,梵高称之为“复制品”,很可能会在十二月中旬推出。 1890 年 1 月 3 日,梵高在寄给提奥的一批画作随附的清单中提到了这两幅画:“大梧桐树——圣雷米的主要街道或林荫大道,向大自然学习——我有一份副本,也许这里已经完成了。”邓肯·菲利普斯将他获得的版本列为“梵高最好的版本之一”。
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Vincent van Gogh painted two versions of The Road Menders in 1889. The first variant, the final work of many outdoor scenes of that year, was executed in plein air, and the Phillips version, which followed shortly thereafter, was created in the studio. Both works depict the repaving a street in Saint-Rémy known at the time as the Cours de l’Est. The scene captivated the artist on one of several excursions from the Asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole during the fall and winter of 1889-90. The theme of workers in the landscape had been a prevalent motif of van Gogh’s paintings executed in Holland. On December 7, van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in Paris, describing a first version: “The last study I have done is a view of the village, where they were at work – under some enormous plane trees – repairing the pavements. So there are heaps of sand, stones and gigantic trunks – the leaves yellowing and here and there you get a glimpse of a house front and small figures.” The Phillips version, which van Gogh called “a copy,” followed most likely in mid-December. On January 3, 1890, van Gogh referred to both paintings in a list that accompanied a shipment of paintings sent to Theo: “The big plane trees – the chief street or boulevard of Saint-Rémy, study from nature – I have a copy which is perhaps more finished here.” Duncan Phillips ranked the version he acquired as “among the best van Gogh’s.”