拉尔夫-布莱克洛克，布面油画，1890-91年，托莱多艺术博物馆藏，72 1/8 x 48 1/16英寸
Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919) was a gifted painter but a sad story in art history. For a long time, he couldn’t achieve financial success with his work, and that caused him to have a series of nervous breakdowns. He was eventually institutionalized and spent most of the rest of his life in asylums. His work became hugely popular while he was institutionalized, when he was in no position to enjoy his newfound success. Brook by Moonlight, which fetched a record price at auction, was one of Blakelock’s first paintings to gain widespread attention during his illness.
拉尔夫-阿尔伯特-布莱克洛克（Ralph Albert Blakelock，1847-1919）是一位很有天赋的画家，但他的故事在艺术史上却很悲伤。很长一段时间里，他的工作没有带来经济上的成功，这导致了他一系列的精神崩溃。他最终被监护治疗，并在精神病院度过了余生。他的作品在住院后变得非常受欢迎，但此时他已经没有机会享受这新获得的成功了。《月光下的小溪》曾在拍卖会上拍出破纪录的价格，是布莱克洛克生病期间首次获得广泛关注的画作之一。
Blakelock started out as a conventional landscape painter, but his works soon changed. He chose increasingly to focus on moonlit scenes dominated by silhouetted trees and full moons. His most characteristic paintings are mysterious, semi-abstracted compositions with very thick layers of paint (impasto). Early in his career, Blakelock took an extended trip to the American West, where he stayed at Native American settlements and included them in his paintings. He is said to have absorbed Native American beliefs and spiritualism along the way. There’s clearly a deeply spiritual feeling about his works, one that is even more obvious and poignant considering his life story. It’s no wonder that Blakelock was highly influential on many artists who came after him.
布莱克洛克开始是一位传统的风景画家，但他的作品很快就改变了。他越来越多地把注意力集中在以树木剪影和满月为主的月光场景上。他最具特色的画作是神秘的、半抽象作品，带有非常厚的颜料层。在职业生涯早期，布莱克洛克在美国西部进行了一次长途旅行，途中他住在美洲原住民的定居点，并把他们融入他的绘画中。据说他一路上吸收了印第安人的信仰和唯灵论。直观他的作品，显然有一种深刻的精神感受，结合他的人生故事，这种感觉更为明显和尖锐。毫无疑问布莱克洛克对他之后的许多艺术家都产生了重大的影响。
We present today's painting thanks to the Toledo Museum of Art . : )
感谢托莱多艺术博物馆与我们分享今天的画作。:)
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