Jacopo Bassano beat Pompeo Batoni 8-4 in the First Round, but it didn't do him much good in the end. Both artists get knocked out of the tournament this week with records of 1-2, Batoni (12 cumulative votes for, 21 against) falling to Frederic Bazille and Bassano (16-21) overpowered by Gentile Bellini.
Today's contestants are also the duo that handed German abstract painter Willi Baumeister his double eliminations, but Bazille had a greater margin of victory. Does it follow that Bazille will make it past Gentile Bellini? Let's find out!
Frederic Bazille
1841 - 1870
French
- Defeated Willi Baumeister in Round 1.
- Lost to Max Beckmann in Round 2 by mere two votes -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Crushed Pompeo Batoni in the Left Bracket Second Round.
Gentile Bellini
c.1429 - 1507
Venetian
- Lost to Max Beckmann in Round 1.
- Defeated Willi Baumeister in Left Bracket First-Round Elimination by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!
- Made it past Jacopo Bassano in theLeft Bracket Second Round by a safe margin.
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.
Ooo, toughie. Bazille by a petal.
ReplyDeleteI like Bazille better, but it was hard to vote against the synchronized swimming popes.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a huge fan of Bazille (although I enjoy the tree one), and I like Bellini's scenery, even if it is a bit wooden in comparison to Bazille. I am voting for Bellini.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Michael, I think you'll find that (once again) Bazille was defeated by Beckmann, not Basquiat!
Wow, I love how complicated and incestuous things are getting. I can only imagine what Round 4 elimination will look like!
ReplyDeleteI choose Gentile Bellini, who I seem to like a bit more each round.
Morgan: Corrected and corrected.
ReplyDeleteGentile Bellini. I like the Big Pictures, even if they are "stiff".
ReplyDeleteBazille, because I like the picture of the pictures of pictures.
ReplyDeleteVenetian canal takes art salon by a chimneypot.
ReplyDeleteBazille by a black curtain.
ReplyDeleteOver the emails, a vote for Bellini.
ReplyDeleteWhereas for me, I am indefinably moved (it's art!) by the first Bazille, and wish to break the plane of canvas and frolic in the sunlit landscape of the last. A Bazillion votes! Or vote, rather.
ReplyDeleteEasy one for me as Bazille is one of my very favourite artists. When you think he was only 28 when he was killed, the maturity of his painting is astounding. As Monet said, "Had Bazille lived we would all have starved."
ReplyDeleteIt's Bazille by a brushstroke, 6-5.
ReplyDeleteVoting is closed!