被拒绝的画 Rejected

它们都曾被官方沙龙拒绝，今天却挂在世界上最重要的博物馆里。 / All of them were once rejected by the official Salon. Today they hang in some of the world's great museums.

19世纪的巴黎，画家要出名，最重要的是进入官方沙龙。可是有些今天最有名的画，当年都被沙龙拒绝了。 / In 19th-century Paris, the surest way for a painter to make a name was the official Salon. Yet some of today's most famous paintings were rejected by it.

1. 草地上的午餐 · Luncheon on the Grass — 1863年，沙龙拒绝了马奈的这幅画。他把它送到“落选者沙龙”，结果成了整个展览最受关注的作品。 / In 1863, the Salon rejected this painting by Manet. He showed it at the Salon des Refusés, where it became the main attraction.
2. 吹笛少年 · The Fifer — 三年后，沙龙又拒绝了马奈的《吹笛少年》。作家左拉却在这幅画里看到了真正现代的感觉。 / Three years later, the Salon rejected Manet's *The Fifer*. The writer Émile Zola, however, saw a truly modern feeling in it.
3. 刨地板的工人 · The Floor Scrapers — 1875年，卡耶博特的这幅画也被拒绝了。有评论家说，画工人干活是“粗俗的题材”。 / In 1875, Caillebotte's painting was rejected too. Some critics called workers at work a “vulgar subject”.
4. 阿涅尔的浴场 · Bathers at Asnières — 1884年，修拉想用这幅巨大的画在沙龙上一鸣惊人，也被拒绝了。他把它送到了新成立的独立艺术家沙龙。 / In 1884, Seurat hoped this huge painting would make his name at the Salon. It was rejected, and he showed it instead at the newly formed Salon des Indépendants.

被拒绝，并没有让这些画消失。今天，它们分别挂在奥赛博物馆和伦敦国家美术馆。 / Rejection did not make these paintings disappear. Today they hang in the Musée d'Orsay and the National Gallery in London.