Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Derain v. Diebenkorn!

André Derain
1880 - 1954
French




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Richard Diebenkorn
1922 - 1994
American



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Vote for the artist of your choice!  Votes go in the comments.  Commentary and links to additional work are welcome.  Polls open for at least one month past posting.

16 comments:

Morgan said...

Derain!

Nichim said...

Woo, two new artists who I never heard of and whose art I enjoy! I vote for Diebenkorn.

lamanyana said...

Diebenkorn

Christine M. said...

Diebenkorn

mcl said...

Diebenkorn, a San Francisco bay area resident who helped set a modern regional style. Always loved his work!

Elizabeth said...

Derain. In Spain. It's plain.

pfly said...

I like Derain! Though perhaps his more Fauvistic ones more than these two. Yay Fauvism!

mrs.5000 said...

I really love Diebenkorn, enough so that my heart leapt a bit just to see his name in orange at the top of the post.

Michael5000 said...

Although "a San Francisco bay area resident," I can not help mentioning that Mr. Diebenkorn was -- exclusively among tournament artists, I expect -- born here in the IAT's own City of Roses. Like many a San Franciscan, he was presumably Itching To Get Away From Portland, Oregon.

Jenners said...

Derain … simply for the color choices in the first piece.

Michael5000 said...

Vote by email for Derain.

Chuckdaddy said...

Diebenkorn

Michael5000 said...

Tough tough tough. Like 'em both. I'm going to have to look into my heart here... urm... Derain. Derain it is.

Candida said...

I have the other problem. Diebenkorn.

Alison said...

Diebenkorn, says the heart

Michael5000 said...

Diebenkorn, says Alison's heart, and so the man from the City of Roses takes the contest by a two-vote swing, 8-6.

Voting is closed in this round.