In late May 1888, during his stay in Arles, Vincent van Gogh visited Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean. Elated, he described the color of the sea to his brother Theo as being "like mackerel, in other words, changing – you don’t always know if it’s green or purple – you don’t always know if it’s blue – because a second later, its changing reflection has taken on a pink or grey hue." He stayed a few days in the fishing village and in that short period made nine drawings, two paintings with beach scenes and seascapes with fishing boats, and this painting of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer itself.
1888年五月下旬，文森特-梵高在阿尔勒逗留期间访问了地中海的海滨圣玛利。他兴高采烈地向弟弟提奥描述大海的颜色“就像鲭鱼一样，或者说，它在不停变化——你不知道它是绿色还是紫色——你也永远不知道它是不是蓝色的——因为一秒后，它不断变化的反射又出现了粉红色或灰色的色调。” 他在渔村呆了几天，在短短的时间内创作了九幅画，两幅海滩景色和带渔船的海景画，还有这幅表现海滨圣玛利本身的画。
Van Gogh depicted the houses built close together with surfaces in different colors. The rows of cultivated plants (possibly grapevines or flax) lead to the village with the church at its center. The sides of the houses facing the sun are painted in warm and light tints, and the shadow sides in blue. Apart from the rows of cultivated plants, the painting is dominated by the "green blue of the sky heated white-hot," as the artist described the light of Provence in one of his letters.
梵高描绘了紧密排列且拥有不同颜色表面的房屋。一排排农作物（可能是葡萄藤或亚麻）通向以教堂为中心的村庄。
房屋面向太阳的一面涂成暖色和浅色，阴影的一面则涂上了蓝色。除了一排排栽培植物外，这幅画的主要内容是“蒸腾到白热化的蓝绿色天空”，正如画家在他的一封信中所描述的普罗旺斯的光线。
We present today's masterpiece thanks to the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.
感谢位于荷兰奥特洛的克勒-米勒博物馆与我们分享今天的杰作。
