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One popular view of Vincent Van Gogh is that his mental health problems gave him some of his artistic genius(天才)．But a new exhibition in Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands argues that this was not the case．The exhibition questions whether depression helped the Dutch artist，who shot himself in a cornfield in Paris in 1890．

Using written documents and a gun that was found by a farmer in 1960 in that same cornfield，experts argue that，far from inspiring his art，Van Gogh's illness actually stopped him working for long periods，and that he heroically fought against its uncreative effects．

The image of Van Gogh as a"mad genius"arguably comes from his own art．In his Self-Portrait With a Bandaged Ear(1889)，he focuses on the wound he gave himself when he cut off his left ear with a razor blade(剃须刀片)in December 1888．According to Jonathan Jones，th e UK newspaper The Guardian's art writer，this is a portrait of an artist both hurt and"liberated by madness"．

Similarly，the finding by American biographers Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith that Van Gogh was shot by someone else is challenged in the exhibition．The museum displays the gun he probably used in his suicide(自杀).Other evidence in the exhibition，including his last works of art that give away his dark thoughts，backs up the belief that Van Gogh died by suicide．

"Van Gogh was not successful during his own lifetime．"This is the idea that many people have about the famous artist．but is it true? It depends on how you see"Success"．For example，in March 1890，a few months before his death，10 of his works were on display at an important exhibition in Paris．

Critics had also started to praise him．J．J．Isaacson wrote in September 1889 that he was a pioneer，a lonely fighter in the dark night，and the generations to come should brand his name upon their memories：Vincent Van Gogh．He probably didn't know how right he was．

24．What does the underlined phrase"the case"in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．That Van Gogh's illness stopped him working．

B．That Van Gogh's illness contributed to his achievements．

C．That Van Gogh had a gift for painting.

D．That Van Gogh had no mental health problems．

25． How do people know that Van Gogh was a"mad genius"according to the text?

A． From the new exhibition． B．From the newspaper The Guardian．

C．From Van Gogh's painting． D．From two American biographers．

26． What can we infer from J．J．Isaacson's assessment?

A．Van Gogh was actually successful．