공통영어2 미래엔 김성연 3과 변형문제

Welcome to ____ Dream Art Gallery!

I’m Isabel Williams, the docent for the From ____ to Spotlights exhibit.

Today, you’re going to meet three amazing artists who never gave up on their art, despite ____ in their lives.

Each artist has a unique painting style and story ____ has made their work highly valued.

Let’s explore each ____ life and artwork.

The first artist we’re going ____ examine is Bill Traylor.

Traylor was born into slavery in the U.S. in 1853 ____ spent his early life working on a cotton farm in Alabama.

Although he became a free man after the American Civil War, he still had to face racial discrimination, working ____ very low wages on the farm.

Later, when he was around 70 years old, Traylor moved to the city ____ Montgomery, Alabama, where he found a job in a factory.

It wasn’t until he was 85 years old and became too ill to work that ____ turned to drawing to express his life experiences.

Now, we’re going to look ____ some of his paintings, starting with Mean Dog and Man and Large Dog.

Traylor had a strong fear of dogs ____ they had often been used on farms to watch and hunt slaves.

His fear of dogs is ____ strongly in these pieces.

In contrast, ____ with Purse and Man with Umbrella portrays the free lives of African Americans that he observed on the streets of Montgomery.

Using simple shapes and colors, Traylor captured ____ moments in American history from slavery to freedom.

As a ____ he’s now considered an important figure in American folk art.

Next, we have Maud Lewis, a renowned artist ____ for her heart-warming paintings.

Born in a small Canadian town in 1903, Lewis suffered ____ physical weaknesses such as distorted shoulders and fingers.

This limited ____ mobility and caused her to drop out of school.

To make a living, she began to paint and sell ____ cards.

When her parents passed away, Lewis went to live with her aunt in Digby, Nova Scotia, where ____ met her future husband, Everett Lewis.

After marrying, the couple spent ____ rest of their lives there, and Lewis continued to paint.

She often depicted the Digby landscapes in ____ such as Edge of Digby Harbor.

Her artwork used a mixture of ____ and vivid oil paints and simple forms, generating an original, innovative style.

Although her physical limitations confined her to a small cottage, her ____ and imagination were both limitless.

In Red Sleigh, red maple leaves appear on a special winter landscape, and Pair ____ Oxen shows decorated cows standing in a flower field.

With these features, Lewis’ paintings create a magical quality, like that of a fairy ____

As her paintings gradually gained popularity, her story ____ many people and was later made into books and movies.

Maud Lewis expressed her love for the world through her paintings and became ____ iconic figure in Canadian folk art.

Now let’s take a look at the final artist of this exhibition: Anna Ancher, a famous ____ from Denmark.

When observing her paintings, you may notice a ____ theme—they all feature female figures.

Born in Skagen, Denmark, in 1859, she later moved to Copenhagen to ____ a private painting school.

After that, she even studied abroad in Paris, which was unusual for women at the ____

____ to her mother’s encouragement, she was able to take advantage of these opportunities.

Even after getting married, Ancher persisted in painting, objecting to the social pressure that married women were ____ solely focus on household duties.

Ancher differed ____ other artists of that era, who depicted women as still life subjects.

In contrast, she showcased them as active participants in everyday tasks, as seen ____ her works The Maid in the Kitchen and Sewing Fisherman’s Wife.

She ____ skillfully explored light and color, contributing to the rich Impressionist movement in Denmark.

In her painting Sunlight in the ____ Room, the reflection of the sunlight on the blue wall is stunningly portrayed.

Ancher ____ the conventional roles of women in the 20th century and displayed her exceptional artistic talent.

Her paintings continue to ____ us to this day.

Thank you for ____ this guided tour, and I hope my explanations have aided you in appreciating these paintings.

Please take ____ time to further explore the exhibition.