Faceoff #1: G. David v. Davis
Gerard David
c.1455 - 1523
Dutch
Lost to Honoré Daumier in Round 1.
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Stuart Davis
1894 - 1964
American
Did all right against Jacques-Louis David in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Deacon v. Delauney
Richard Deacon
b. 1949
British
Drew a tough seed opposite Edgar Degas in Round 1.
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Robert Delaunay
1885 - 1941
French
Lost to Eugène Delacroix by a two-vote swing in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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Well, although I like a lot of artists with styles similar to Stuart Davis, Davis never really did it for me. It's like he's got the feel of late Kandinsky without the zing, or something. And I like the calm yet cluttered look of the Gerard David examples here, so, David.
ReplyDeleteIn the second case, Robert Delaunay *does* work for me, in a kind of Klee-like way, or something.
Davis and Delaunay
ReplyDeleteDavid and Delaunay.
ReplyDeleteDavis, Deacon!
ReplyDeleteDavid and Delaunay.
ReplyDeleteI'm not feeling the bright guys. My votes go for David and Deacon
ReplyDeleteDavid and Deacon
ReplyDeleteA vote-by-email for the colorful ones, Davis and Delaunay.
ReplyDeleteAnd, possibly influenced by pfly, I'm going G. David and Delauney. It don't mean a late Kandinsky thing, if it ain't go that late Kandinsky zing.
ReplyDeleteG. David
ReplyDeleteDeacon
David and Deacon
ReplyDeleteWell! It looks like David takes the top match 8 to 3, and Delauney squeaks by in the lower match, 6 to 5, as this set of brackets begins to move again. Thanks for voting last year!
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