有两位艺术家,他们的去世相隔不久——一位是生活于萊茵河下游的德国艺术家。另一位是捷克斯洛伐克血统的美国艺术家。他们两位比同时代任何人都更有名气.实际上,他们在去世之前就早已成为传奇人物。他们体现了两个极端,却又相近得如同手心手背。他们彼此间极为熟悉,而事实上并非亲朋密友。他们中的一位曾为对方画过肖像,从而将其同行的尊容稳稳地置于大演员之列和一个由 There are two artists shortly after their death - one is a German artist living in the lower Rhine. The other is an American artist of Czechoslovak origin. Both of them are more famous than anyone else in the same age, and in fact they were already legendary before they died. They embody the two extremes but are similar in their hand. They are very familiar with each other, but in fact not close friends and relatives. One of them has painted portraits for each other, so as to put the respect of their peers firmly in the list of big actors and a