题目内容
Some say that madness and genius often come hand in hand. This is especially true 1. the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.
Van Gogh is famous for his 2. (amaze) use of color and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their 3. (paint) look real like photographs. But later on, art became more about the artist’s own ideas. If you see 4. Van Gogh, it won’t look like the real world. It will look even more beautiful.
Some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self-portraits, which 5. (bring) him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a gift for painting; however, he was a troubled man. At one point, he cut off 6. own ear.
Van Gogh is now one of the world’s most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone 7. poor. Almost nobody knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered 8. (great). Some say that his madness was 9. he paid for his art.
Actually, if Van Gogh had died at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. 10. , he would have been remembered by those close to him as a dutiful son.
