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　　The hauntingpaintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of a travelling tourthat has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg and The Hague, maycome as a surprise to many. Few outside the Nordic world would recognise thework of this Finnish artist who died in 1946. More people should. The 120 workshave at their core 20 self-portraits, half the number she painted in all. Thefirst, dated 1880, is of a wide-eyed teenager eager to absorb everything. Thelast is a sighting of the artist’s ghost-to-be; Schjerfbeck died the year after it was made. Together thisseries is among the most moving and accomplished autobiographies-in-paint.

　　Precociouslygifted, Schjerfbeck was 11 when she entered the Finnish Art Society’s drawing school. "TheWounded Warrior in the Snow", a history painting, was bought by a privatecollector and won her a state travel grant when she was 17. Schjerfbeck studiedin Paris, went on to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where she painted for a year, then toTuscany, Cornwall and St Petersburg. During her 1887 visit to St Ives,Cornwall, Schjerfbeck painted "The Convalescent". A child wrapped ina blanket sits propped up in a large wicker chair, toying with a sprig. Thepicture won a bronze medal at the 1889 Paris World Fair and was bought by theFinnish Art Society. To a modern eye it seems almost sentimental and isredeemed only by the somewhat stunned, melancholy expression on the child’s face, which may have beeninspired by Schjerfbeck’s early experiences. At four, she fell down a flight of steps and neverfully recovered.

　　In 1890,Schjerfbeck settled in Finland. Teaching exhausted her, she did not like thework of other local painters, and she was further isolated when she took on thecare of her mother (who lived until 1923). "If I allow myself the freedomto live a secluded life", she wrote, "then it is because it has to bethat way." In 1902, Schjerfbeck and her mother settled in the small,industrial town of Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Isolation had onedesired effect for it was there that Schjerfbeck became a modern painter. Sheproduced still lives and landscapes but above all moody yet incisive portraitsof her mother, local school girls, women workers in town (profiles of apensive, aristocratic looking seamstress dressed in black stand out). And ofcourse she painted herself. Comparisons have been made with James McNeillWhistler and Edvard Munch. But from 1905, her pictures became pure Schjerfbeck.

　　"I havealways searched for the dense depths of the soul, that have not yet discoveredthemselves", she wrote, "where everything is still unconscious-thereone can make the greatest discoveries." She experimented with differentkinds of underpainting, scraped and rubbed, made bright rosy red spots; doingwhatever had to be done to capture the subconscious-her own and that of hermodels. In 1913, Schjerfbeck was rediscovered by an art dealer and journalist,Gosta Stenman. Once again she was a success. Retrospectives, touringexhibitions and a biography followed, yet Schjerfbeck remained little knownoutside Scandinavia. That may have had something to do with her indifference toher renown. "I am nothing, absolutely nothing", she wrote. "AllI want to do is paint". Schjerfbeck was possessed of a unique vision, andit is time the world recognised that.

　　1. Schjerfbeck’s paintings may come as a surprise to many because_____.

　　[A] herpaintings are rarely known outside the Nordic world

　　[B] herpaintings have never been on show out of the Nordic world

　　[C] herpaintings have the power to haunt people whoever have seen them

　　[D] herpaintings focus on supernatural elements such as ghosts

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　[A] "TheConvalescent" is in fact a portrait of Schjerbeck in her childhood.

　　[B] "TheConvalescent" is a reflection of Schejerbeck’s sentimental childhood.

　　[C] "TheConvalescent" is made as a result of an accident in Schejerbeck’s childhood.

　　[D] "TheConvalescent" is featured by the child’s stunned, melancholy expression.

　　3.Schejerbeck chose to live asecluded life mainly because of ____.

　　[A] she wasexhausted by her teaching job

　　[B] herpersonality prefers this kind of style

　　[C] she couldnot appreciate the work of the other local painters

　　[D] hermother’s health condition required her to adopt such a life style.

　　4.Schjerfbeck remained little knownoutside the Nordic world probably because_____.

　　[A] she didnot make efforts to publicize her works.

　　[B] she knewthat her works would gain worldwide recognition one day.

　　[C] she onlycared about her painting instead of personal fame.

　　[D] the lastthing she was interested in was to have people disturb her

　　5. We caninfer from the passage that the most outstanding characteristics of Schjerfbeck’s paintings is_____.

　　[A] her vividcharacterization of common people

　　[B] hercapture of the characters’ soul

　　[C] themelancholy expression of the characters

　　[D] herunconscious sense of some mysterious elements

　　篇章剖析：

　　這篇文章介紹了畫家Schejerbeck的創(chuàng)作經(jīng)歷。第一段先有畫展引出本文的主人公Schejerbeck來(lái);第二段講述Schejerbeck早期的創(chuàng)作經(jīng)歷和成績(jī);第三段講述Schejerbeck創(chuàng)作如何成熟的;第四段講述Schejerbeck創(chuàng)作的體會(huì)和特點(diǎn)。

　　詞匯注釋：

　　haunting adj不易忘懷的，常浮現(xiàn)在心頭的

　　leg n. 最后一程

　　precociously adv. 過(guò)早地

　　sprig n. 植物的小枝

　　redeem v. 彌補(bǔ)，補(bǔ)救

　　moody adj. 喜怒無(wú)常的, 憂悒來(lái)源：www.examda.com

　　incisive adj.尖刻的

　　convalescentn.恢復(fù)期病人; adj. 恢復(fù)期的;漸愈的

　　難句突破:

　　(1) Thehaunting paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of atravelling tour that has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg andThe Hague, may come as a surprise to many.

　　[主體句式] The haunting paintings may comeas a surprise to many.

　　[結(jié)構(gòu)分析] 這是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句，主語(yǔ)有一個(gè)比較復(fù)雜的介詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)on show...，在這個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)中，充當(dāng)狀語(yǔ)的介詞短語(yǔ)中介詞的賓語(yǔ)帶有以that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句。

　　[句子譯文] 海琳·Schjerfbeck那些讓人不易忘懷的畫在這次巡展最后的展出將會(huì)給人帶來(lái)許多驚喜，而其實(shí)這次巡展已經(jīng)吸引了漢堡和海牙成千上萬(wàn)的游客。

　　(2)To amodern eye it seems almost sentimental and is redeemed only by the somewhatstunned, melancholy expression on the child’s face, which may have beeninspired by Schjerfbeck’s early experiences.

　　[主體句式] It seems almost sentimental andis redeemed only by ...

　　[結(jié)構(gòu)分析] 這是一個(gè)并列句，第二個(gè)分句的狀語(yǔ)比較復(fù)雜，介詞短語(yǔ)的賓語(yǔ)expression帶有一個(gè)由which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語(yǔ)從句。

　　[句子譯文] 一個(gè)現(xiàn)代人看來(lái)這幅畫仿佛是感傷的，只有孩子有點(diǎn)發(fā)呆、憂郁的表情算是一點(diǎn)緩和。這可能是Schjerfbeck小時(shí)候的經(jīng)歷觸發(fā)而創(chuàng)作的。

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