2017年CRI Mid-19th-century French landscape paintings debut in China

Mid-19th-century French landscape paintings debut¹ in China

Some 40 valuable paintings from the mid-19th-century French Barbizon painters are currently on display at the China Millennium² Monument. The exhibition is expected to give a clear insight into the paintings and to enable local art enthusiasts³ to better understand the larger European movement towards naturalism, a style that is based on representing accuracy and depicting⁴ precise details.

In contrast to their French origin, the curators who have brought these paintings to China are not French; but keepers from Galerie Michael, one of the most highly regarded fine art galleries in the world based in Los Angeles.

Among them is Robert Avellano with NEW PERFECTION Foundation. Our reporter Xu Fei caught up with him at the exhibition to talk about the paintings in relation to Barbizon school and the increase in the number of art and culture exchanges between China and the US.

That was Xu Fei speaking with Robert Avellano with NEW PERFECTION Foundation, also curator at Galarie Michael based in London Angeles. Together with his counterparts, they brought some 40 valuable paintings from the mid-19th-century French Barbizon painters, which are currently being displayed at the China Millennium Monument until December 15th.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

3 enthusiasts   

n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册

4 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。