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Yesterday we went to the Van Gogh Museum, here in Amsterdam.
昨天我们去了位于阿姆斯特丹的凡·高博物馆。
Van Gogh was also a member of the Impressionist Movement.
凡·高也是印象派运动的一员。
Altogether, he painted about 800 oil paintings and did 1,600 drawings.
他总共画了大约800幅油画和1600幅素描。
One of his most famous oil paintings is The Potato Eaters, which he painted in 1885.
他最为著名的油画之一就是他于1885年所画的《食土豆者》。
Among his works, my favourite is Starry Night, which he completed in 1889.
在他的作品中，我最喜欢的是他在1889年完成的《星夜》。
Unfortunately, although van Gogh committed his whole being to painting, he received little reward for his affort.
不幸的是，尽管凡·高全身心致力于绘画，但他几乎没有因为他的成就获得任何报酬。
His younger brother, Theo, acting as his agent, tried hard to sell van Gogh's paintings, but could only sell one painting, for 400 francs, before van Gogh died in 1890.
他的弟弟，Theo，作为他的经理人，努力推销梵高的画作，但在梵高1890年去世之前，仅卖掉了一幅画，价值400法郎。
Today, van Gogh's paintings are worth upwards of millions of dollars each.
今天，梵高的每幅画价值上百万美元。
Tomorrow we are off to another museum in Amsterdam.
明天我们要离开这里去阿姆斯特丹的另一间博物馆
The most famous paintings there are by Rembrandt.
那里最著名的是伦勃朗的画。
He lived from 1606 until 1669.
他1606年出生，1669年去世。
My aunt really wants to see a painting of his called The Night Watchman, which was painted in 1642.
我姑姑非常想看他在1642年所画的一幅《夜巡者》。
I'll tell you more about my trip when I get back.
我回来之后会告诉你更多的旅行内容。
Regards, Li Ming
问候你，李明
