文森特·凡高的一生是19世纪艺术景观的神化体现,他是受人讥讽的局外人,不被社会所理解,唯独符合他自己的行为规范。事实上,他的经历看来是符合了一种强大的文化神话的需要,由于他始终是最富有传奇色彩的艺术家之一,他的艺术经常被蒙上一层误解,这最主要地就集中在他的疯狂症与人们推测的怪癖方面。 但是,凡高也有一种敏锐的分析能力,他那些具有雄辩的书信明显地包含着对他的绘画设想充满睿智的描述,显露出他对绘画对生活的一种总体的极具反思性的态度。 Vincent van Gogh’s life is the deification of the nineteenth century art landscape, he is ridiculed by outsiders, not by the community to understand, but in line with his own code of conduct. In fact, his experience seems to be in line with the needs of a strong cultural myth. As he has always been one of the most legendary artists, his art is often misunderstood, and most of all focused In his madness and people speculated that the quirks. However, Van Gogh also had a keen analytical ability. His eloquent correspondence obviously contained a wise description of his painting concept, revealing his overall reflective attitude toward life in painting .