It's the first weekend of an even-numbered month, which is supposed to mean a Fourth Round match. This time, though, crowd favorites Caillebotte and Caravaggio fought to a 7-7 tie in Round Three, leaving Mary Cassatt (who took care of business easily against Carpaccio) with no one to throw down against. That tie will be resolved in the fullness of time, but for now we will just continue the weekly march of First Round contests with a pair of artists who both worked in France, but who arguably have somewhat different styles. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
Tsugouharu Foujita
1886-1968
Japanese; worked in France
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Jean Fouquet
1425 - c. 1480
French
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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.
17 comments:
That second Fouquet is seriously trippy, but I'm voting for Foujita.
That FIRST Fouquet is seriously trippy, but I'm also voting for Foujita.
Foujita! Totally unforgivably forgotten. I love his work, esp. his cats.
The Madonna by Fouquet has some seriously misplaced boobage. She should sue her plastic surgeon.
I vote Foujita because pictures of cats, although I really like the second Fouquet for reasons I can't describe.
I like both of these guys. This was the first time it was a close one for me. I'm going to give the edge to the second guy because I hate fucking cats.
I meant the first one. It works quickly, doesn't it?
Foujita. No creepy red and white babies, thanks.
Foujita
Foujita.
Yeah, that first Fouquet... So many thoughts. Why does it appear that the left breast is about to move right off her body? Why is the virgin Mary bald? And seen independently, would you ever guess it was made in the 1400s? And that's not a compliment. That being said, the other Fouquet pictures I googled I liked. But not enough to bounce out the naked woman cat master.
On first thought, and going from just these examples, I was going to say Foujita, but after some googling and research, I'm going with Fouquet. On the first one here, the creepy Madonna, it's part of the "Melun Diptych", if anyone wants to learn more about it.
Wow, this one is a really tough call for me. I am fond of the Melun Diptych, despite (or because of?) the creepy anatomy and the oddly demonic cherubs. I think the imp-angels surely inspired M.C.Escher. They have also found their way into certain contemporary book-works--
http://susancollard.com/artwork/546460_Annunciation_Triptych_open.html
That said, I think I'm going to go with Foujita in this contest. I don't much like his more sentimental work--those big-eyed little girls grate on me--but I really like pieces like the first painting here, the details and the linework and all the receding spaces. And yes, I like the cats too.
Foujita
The first Fouquet is SOOO trippy, and the second is so not.... That might be the fault of Michael5000-who-chose-the-second-image, but I suppose since he is closely related to Michael5000-of-the-present, I of all people will have to trust his judgment.
I'm going to ride the Foujita wave!
And here's a vote-by-postcard, also for Foujita.
Fouquet is seriously interesting, but Foujita is completely charming me, and charm beats interest today.
Fouquet is of many adjectives, but it's a landslide for Foujita, who takes the day 12-2.
Foujita was the first art poster I purchased as a poor college student...inspired me for decades. Now she resides with my daughter for another generation.
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