1811 - 1879
American
Lost to German-American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt in Round 1.
Crushed Josef Beuys in First-Round Elimination.
George Bellows
1882 - 1925
American
Defeated Bernardo Bellotto in Round 1 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Beaten by Giovanni Bellini in Round 2 in a fair fight.
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.
18 comments:
You know it's Bellows for me. I'm a real homer that way.
Tough choice, but I'm going with Bellows, the kitty notwithstanding.
Bingham ftw!
Bingham
Bellows
Bingham! Love the feeling of revelry and leisure.
Bellows. Awesome stuff.
Bingham. I'm for detachment today.
Bellows.
Bellows!
Bellows.
Bellows
A vote-by-mail for Bingham: "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri is one of my favorites."
Bingham, though I feel sorry for the guy dancing in the boat since it looks like his pants are kind of binding uncomfortably. The laundry drying gets a bonus point. In the one with the cat, I like the "What're YOU lookin' at?!" expression of the guy on the right, too.
Heavens... Bingham? By a hair?
Bingham!
One of the more unlikely results in competitive painting. Bingham and Bellows back-and-forthed to 4-4, until Bellows charged ahead to an comfortable 8-4 lead. Nine days later, the lead shrunk to 8-6, and then only THREE MONTHS later did two last-minute votes (one of them mine) lock things back up at 8-8. Where they are today at the moment I counted them.
So, Bingham and Bellows both stay alive, and will wait to take on the next pair of artist who jam up in the Left Bracket Second Round. Whenever that happens.
By the way, it's generally thought to be a bear cub, not a kitty.
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