By+Anthea+Mitchell

If youre an art buff， or even just the sort to enjoy a beautiful painting， you may have stared into the brush strokes of a Van Gogh or Monet piece and wished you could actually go there.2 Well， surprise！ Maybe you can. A number of the most famous works of art have been based on real settings， meaning that your next vacation could take you somewhere acrylic3 or oil based—except perhaps somewhat less messy. So instead of wandering through an art museum on your next vacation， buy a ticket and wander through the painting itself—or as close as you can get.

Vincent Van Goghs Cafe Terrace4

Though Van Gogh was of Dutch origins， he spent a great deal of time in France， and this specific painting was made in Arles at the Place du Forum in 1888. You can still go there and wander through the area， and even stop in at the cafe the painting was based on. Of course， theres more to Arles than just this patch of coffee shops， and if youre interested in continuing the art experience， you can head to the Musee Reattu， a modern art museum that houses two Picasso paintings and many other worthwhile works. You can also rent a bike and cycle through vineyards and countryside， some of which， according to Lonely Planet，5 was featured in other landscape paintings from Van Gogh.

Claude Monets Water Lilies

The subject of over 200 paintings from Monet is nothing if not6 a beautiful destination. If it was worth pounds of paint and miles of canvas7， its certainly worth a visit for your own eyes—and once again， visiting the real life pond of his water lily fascination is an option. The landscape paintings were done at his home in Giverny， a commune8 in northern France on the River Seine.

The trip also has the advantage of being only 80 kilometers from Paris， so you can take in some of the other French sights while there. His home and gardens are open to visitors， and the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny is also located in the area， and hiking there is said to be beautiful if youre feeling up for a walk in what Monet saw so many years ago through a train window—eventually helping him decide to move there. ”He looked out the window and saw this charming village. So he just got off the train，” said Normandy tour guide Brigitte Mueller to NPR9.”He walked until the first pub， sat down， had a big jug of cider and talked to the local people.”

Georges Seurats A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Seurats painting of A Sunday Afternoon is based on a park on the Grande Jatte island in the Seine River， close by Paris. The park itself is now just that—a park. Obviously， you cant expect everything to be the 1880s pixilated10 version the moment you step onto the site—however， it affords a nice view of the water， perfect for a walk in the sun if weather allows.

Theres also various sites around the island with information on various Impressionist painters， including but not limited to Seurat. Reproductions of Van Gogh， Sisley， Gleizes， and Nozal would be visible as well on your walk.11 Once again， its very close to Paris， meaning you can get your fill12 of museums and other French culture while in the neighborhood.

Salvador Dalis Port Lligat Landscape

Not many of Dalis paintings are of this world， and most seem to be based on something internal rather than external. His paintings involving Port Lligat， such as The Madonna of Port Lligat and Port Lligat Landscape， are actually based on a real location， though； even if they feature angels and a trumpeting horse rider. The landscape of the region also had a potentially strong influence on his other works， even if the area was not directly featured in them.

Port Lligat also has the advantage of being Dali and his wife Galas only home for many years， between 1930 and 1982， when Gala died there. Port Lligat is located in Spain on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean， a beautiful place to visit itself， but also an opportunity to see the house museum of their old place for curious fans.

El Grecos View of Toledo

El Grecos View of Toledo is one of only two landscapes still around from El Greco， and depicts13 Toledo， Spain， though the buildings apart from the castle arent accurately represented. Going back today， youll see not only the same church and landscape， but a museum dedicated to Greco.

“The church didnt pay El Greco for two years； he had no money，” Mannuela Carrasco， a guide， told the New York Times. “If El Greco were to wake up from his tomb and see this museum， see this gift shop， I have no idea what he might say.” The city， much like in the painting， is full of beautiful architecture， parks， and right along the side of the Tagus River.

不管你是藝術(shù)愛好者，還是單純喜歡欣賞畫作，盯著梵高和莫奈的筆觸時(shí)，你一定想過，要是能到畫里走一遭該有多好呀。想不到吧，還真有這種可能！不少名畫都是基于真實(shí)的場景創(chuàng)作的，下次度假的時(shí)候，不妨去一個(gè)丙烯顏料或者油畫顏料盡染過的地方。當(dāng)然，實(shí)景可能沒有畫里那么凌亂。下一次度假時(shí)與其再去藝術(shù)博物館里流連，不如買張票，直接走到畫中去吧，抑或盡可能地接近一下。

梵高 《夜晚露天咖啡座》

梵高是荷蘭人，但在法國呆過很長時(shí)間。這幅1888年創(chuàng)作的畫，畫的就是阿爾勒市場廣場?，F(xiàn)在你依然可以去那里逛逛，甚至去畫上的咖啡廳坐一坐。當(dāng)然，阿爾勒遠(yuǎn)不止這一片的幾間咖啡廳，如果你想繼續(xù)藝術(shù)體驗(yàn)，不妨前往雷阿切美術(shù)館。那是一家現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館，藏有兩幅畢加索的畫作和其他價(jià)值連城的藝術(shù)品。你也可以租一輛自行車，穿過葡萄園和鄉(xiāng)村?！豆陋?dú)星球》上說，這里的風(fēng)景也在梵高的其他畫作中出現(xiàn)過。

莫奈 《睡蓮》

兩百多幅莫奈的作品畫的都是些優(yōu)美的去處。既然它值幾磅顏料、幾英里畫布，肯定也值得你親眼去看一看。同樣，真實(shí)場景中的睡蓮或許不失為一個(gè)好的選擇。這些風(fēng)景畫是他在吉維尼的家中完成的，吉維尼是法國北部塞納河畔的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)。

這趟旅行的優(yōu)勢還在于，吉維尼距巴黎只有80公里。因此，你也可以順道游覽一下法國其他景點(diǎn)。莫奈的宅邸和花園都對游客開放，吉維尼印象主義繪畫美術(shù)館也在附近。如果你有興趣徒步過去，路上的風(fēng)景也很美。許多年前莫奈正是在火車上看到了這里的風(fēng)景，才決定在此定居的。諾曼底的導(dǎo)游布里奇特·米勒對美國國家公共廣播電臺(tái)說：“他望向窗外，看見了這座迷人的村莊，于是就下了車?！薄八哌M(jìn)路上遇到的第一間酒館，坐下來，要了一大杯蘋果酒，跟當(dāng)?shù)厝肆牧似饋??！?

修拉 《大碗島的星期天下午》

修拉的《大碗島的星期天下午》畫的是塞納河中大碗島上的一個(gè)公園，離巴黎很近。公園現(xiàn)在還和畫上一樣，依舊是個(gè)公園。不過，你也不能指望一踏進(jìn)去，就能看到19世紀(jì)80年代修拉式的點(diǎn)彩風(fēng)景。那里的水景相當(dāng)漂亮，如果天氣不錯(cuò)，陽光下的漫步也是再好不過了。

除了修拉，還有其他幾位印象派畫家畫過該島的景致。漫步之中，你會(huì)見到梵高、西斯萊、格萊茨、諾薩爾畫中的風(fēng)景。同樣這里也離巴黎不遠(yuǎn)，所以從巴黎的那些博物館出來后，還可以在周邊體驗(yàn)一下真實(shí)的法國風(fēng)情。

達(dá)利 《利加特港的景物》

達(dá)利的作品很少有畫現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的，他更多關(guān)注內(nèi)心的感覺而非外在的景象。但有關(guān)利加特港的畫，比如《利加特港的圣母》和《利加特港的景物》，雖然主角是天使和吹號(hào)角的騎士，但卻是以真實(shí)的港口為背景的。當(dāng)?shù)氐娘L(fēng)景對達(dá)利其他的畫作也有很大影響，盡管它們并沒有直接在達(dá)利的畫作中體現(xiàn)。

利加特港還有一個(gè)特別之處：從1930年開始，那里就是達(dá)利和妻子加拉的唯一住所，直到1982年加拉離開人世。利加特港位于西班牙，在地中海的布拉瓦海岸上，本身風(fēng)景就十分優(yōu)美。再加上達(dá)利故居博物館，達(dá)利的追隨者們就更得前去瞻仰一番了。

格列柯 《托萊多風(fēng)景》

《托萊多風(fēng)景》是格列柯僅存的兩幅風(fēng)景畫之一，描繪的是西班牙古城托萊多。盡管除城堡以外，其他建筑并非完全忠于實(shí)景。現(xiàn)在去看的話，不僅能看到當(dāng)初的教堂和風(fēng)景，還有一座格列柯故居博物館。

“教堂長達(dá)兩年都沒有付錢給格列柯；他窮困潦倒?！睂?dǎo)游馬努埃拉·卡拉斯克告訴《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的記者，“格列柯要是起死回生，看到這座博物館，這個(gè)紀(jì)念品商店，真不知道他會(huì)怎么說?！焙彤嬂锏囊粯樱腥R多就在塔古斯河邊，有許多漂亮的建筑和花園。

1. Muses： 繆斯，希臘神話中司科學(xué)與文藝的九位女神，后指靈感（的源泉）。

2. buff： 愛好者，迷；stroke：（書寫或繪畫的）筆觸。

3. acrylic： 丙烯畫。

4. terrace： 露天平臺(tái)。

5. vineyard： 葡萄園；Lonely Planet： 《孤獨(dú)星球》，是第一套針對背包客撰寫的旅行指南系列叢書。

6. be nothing if not： 確實(shí)，極其。

7. canvas： 帆布，油畫布。

8. commune： 村鎮(zhèn)（法國、比利時(shí)等歐洲國家的最小行政單位）。

9. NPR： National Public Radio，美國國家公共廣播電臺(tái)。

10. pixilated： 像素化的。

11. Alfred Sisley： 阿爾弗萊德·西斯萊

（1839—1899），生于巴黎，印象派畫家；Albert Gleizes： 艾伯特·格萊茨（1881—1953），法國立體派畫家；Alexandre Nozal： 亞歷山大·諾薩爾（1852—1929），法國畫家。

12. get ones fill： 盡情享受。

13. depict： 描繪。