VanGogh(凡高)wasborninHollandin1853.Heenjoyeddrawingwhenh...

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Van Gogh (凡高) was born in Holland in 1853. He enjoyed drawing when he was a child. He worked for an art dealer(经营者) in London and Paris for four years, before he became a teacher in England for a short time. He moved back to France in 1877 and soon began to paint. He didn’t stay long in Paris. He was attracted by the colors of the countryside and, in 1888, he moved to Arles, a small town in the south of France. There, he painted his most famous paintings.

He enjoyed painting people, farms, flowers, and other natural things. Some of his most famous paintings are The Potato Eaters, The Starry Night, and several different Sunflower paintings. The Starry Night is now kept in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. There is a quiet village and a tall black tree under an angry sky. Some people say that it is a true picture of the stars on that day.

He was poor most of his life. He made hundreds of paintings, but only sold one of them while he lived. He was a lonely, unhappy man who died at the early age of 37.

Today, people love Van Gogh’s use of color and the emotional power(*) of his work. Van Gogh’s paintings are world famous and worth millions of dollars. Museums are around the world proudly show paintings by the great artist.

1. Van Gogh began to paint in____________.

A. Holland B. France C. London D. New York

Gogh moved to Arles because__________.

A. it was a famous small town

B. it was in the south of France

C. he liked teaching in the countryside

D. he enjoyed the colors of the countryside

3. In Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, we can see ___________.

A. some people B. some flowers C. a village and a tree D. a potato

4. Van Gogh died in___________.

A. 1890 B. 1888 C. 1877 D. 1869

5. His paintings are world famous for__________.