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马戏团 The Circus

修拉 · 1891年 · 巴黎奥赛博物馆
Georges Seurat · 1891 · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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修拉《马戏团》1891,巴黎奥赛博物馆 · Georges Seurat, The Circus, 1891, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

发现 · Discover

女骑手 The rider

一位女骑手站在奔跑的白马背上,保持着平衡。

A female rider keeps her balance on the back of a galloping white horse.

领班 The ringmaster

领班挥着鞭子,指挥着整场表演。

The ringmaster cracks his whip, directing the performance.

小丑 The clown

前景的小丑背对着我们,红色的头发和衣服特别醒目。

In the foreground, a clown with striking red hair and costume stands with his back to us.

上升的线 Rising lines

当时的评论家注意到,画里到处是上升的线条,加上占主导的橙色,营造出一种欢乐感。

A critic of the time noted the ascending lines everywhere and the dominant orange, creating a sense of gaiety.

一排排观众 Rows of spectators

看台上的观众被简化成一排排,几乎变成了图案。

The spectators in the stands are simplified into rows, almost a pattern.

没画完的地方 Unfinished

这幅画没有画完。有些地方还能看到白色的底子和蓝色的构图格线。

The painting was never finished. In places you can still see the white ground and the blue grid of the composition.

画出来的框 A painted frame

修拉在画布边缘画了一圈深色边框,又配了一个同样深蓝色的平面画框,让画框也成为作品的一部分。

Seurat painted a dark border on the edge of the canvas, and added a flat frame in the same blue, making the frame part of the work.

故事 · The story

ACT I 第一幕 · 画室附近的马戏团 A circus near the studio

修拉的画室附近,有一家很受欢迎的马戏团。雷诺阿、德加、图卢兹-罗特列克都画过它。1890年,修拉也开始画它。

Near Seurat's studio was a popular circus, painted by Renoir, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. In 1890, Seurat began to paint it too.

1891年 · 巴黎奥赛博物馆 / 1891 · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

ACT II 第二幕 · 艺术和科学 Art and science

修拉想用这幅画,把艺术创作和科学分析结合在一起:线条的方向、颜色的对比,都经过精心计算。

With this painting, Seurat sought to bring artistic creation and scientific analysis together: the direction of every line, every contrast of colour, carefully considered.

1891年 · 巴黎奥赛博物馆 / 1891 · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

ACT III 第三幕 · 最后一幅 His last painting

1891年3月,这幅没有画完的画在独立艺术家沙龙展出。几天后,修拉因病去世,年仅31岁。1977年起,它收藏在奥赛博物馆。

In March 1891, the unfinished painting was shown at the Salon des Indépendants. A few days later, Seurat died of an illness, aged just 31. Since 1977 it has been at the Musée d'Orsay.

1891年 · 巴黎奥赛博物馆 / 1891 · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

最后一幅,没有画完。 His last painting, left unfinished.

作品档案 · Artwork record

画家(生卒年) · Artist (dates)乔治·修拉(1859–1891) / Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
画名 · Title马戏团 / The Circus (Le Cirque)
年份 · Date1891年 / 1891
材质 · Medium布面油画 / Oil on canvas
尺寸 · Dimensions186 × 152 cm(含画家自绘画框 232 × 198.5 cm) / 186 × 152 cm (232 × 198.5 cm with the artist's painted frame)
收藏地 · Collection巴黎奥赛博物馆(1977年起) / Musée d'Orsay, Paris (since 1977)

关于画家 · About the artist

乔治·修拉(1859–1891),法国画家,生于巴黎,在巴黎美术学院接受过传统训练。他发明了用对比色小点作画的技法,后来被称为点彩派。他31岁就去世了。

Georges Seurat (1859–1891) was a French painter, born in Paris and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts. He developed a technique of painting in dots of contrasting colour, later known as pointillism. He died aged 31.

更多修拉的画 · More by Georges Seurat

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延伸阅读与来源 · Further reading and sources