Yet nearly 90 years after his premature death at the age of 35, he is best remembered not as a sculptor, nor even as the archetypal tragic, misunderstood, Bohemian addict, but as a painter.

他在35岁就过早地离开人世，然而在大约九十年后，他最为人们所记起的不是作为一名雕刻家，或一个典型的、悲剧式的、被人误解的、放浪不羁的瘾君子，而是作为一名画家。

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Now when they were first shown, most people thought they were a joke, but they really mark Andy's coming of age as a pop painter.

当这些罐头作品第一次被展出的时候，多数人都以为这不过是个玩笑，但是它们的确是安迪作为成熟波普画家的标志。

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I would always say that I wanted to be a painter, but as I grew older I didn't see it as a feasible option and the idea faded.

我总是说我想成为一名画家，等我慢慢长大，我发现这有点不切实际，这个想法慢慢就淡化了。

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OK. So the father, the middle-generation guy, in your story sells his soul to the devil in return for becoming a successful painter - as opposed to a painter who paints a lot but doesn't sell anything.

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Currin is considered a virtuosic painter but has rankled some critics who decry his pictures of vapid women as heartless kitsch.

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