每一个艺术家的评传,都一定写明这位艺术家生卒年月、家庭情况、受教于谁等等,更要阐明时代背景或世界思潮。为什么?因为一个艺术家的成长是和他所处的那个时代的种种客观因素分不开的。只有了解了这些情况,才能比较正确地作出评价。任何一个时代的艺术家,即使在生前和他同代的其他艺术家并无来往,只要生活在同一国家或邻近的国家与地区,则他们的作品必然会有不少共同之点。经过几百年之后再来欣赏他们的作品时,随便他当 Each artist’s biography must state clearly the age of the artist, the family circumstances, who he or she should be educated, and more, to clarify the background of the times or the trend of the world. Why? Because an artist’s growth is inseparable from the objective factors of his time. Only by understanding these situations can we make a more accurate assessment. Artists of any age, even though they had no relationship with other artists in their lifetime, lived in the same country or neighboring countries and regions, and their works would inevitably have much in common. After hundreds of years to come back to enjoy their work, just as he