Faceoff #1: Fantin-Latour v. Fautriet
Henri Fantin-Latour
1836 - 1904
French
Skunked by Carol Fabritius in Round 1.
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Jean Fautrier
1898 - 1964
French
Routed by Lyonel Feininger in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Flavin v. Fouquet
Dan Flavin
1933 - 1996
American
Lost to Lucio Fontana by a knife edge in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
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Jean Fouquet
1425 - c. 1480
French
Lambasted by Tsugouharu Foujita in Round 1.
Vote for the two artists of your choice! Votes generally go in the comments, but have been known to arrive by email, by postcard, or in a sealed envelope.
Please note that you may vote only once in each face-off. Opining that both of the artists in one of the two face-offs is superior to the other is fine, but casting your votes for two artists in the same face-off is not permissible.
Fantin-Latour and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Flavin
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Fouquet pour moi aussi.
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteYup, Fantin-Latour et Fouquet, s'il vous plait.
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteNone of these pictures really did it for me until I saw the last one with the woman holding a baby with her boob hanging out while she is being mobbed by little kids who look like they're made of chocolate. That one wins.
ReplyDeleteFautrier
ReplyDeleteFouquet
Not a real fearsome foursome. I'll go Fautrier and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteOops. I meant Fantin-Latour and Fouquet
ReplyDeleteAn emailed vote says:
ReplyDeleteFantin-Latour and Flavin.
Fantin-Latour and Fouquet.
ReplyDeleteFouquet, for sure. I've no dog in the other fight, so I'll go with the Noisewater ticket.
ReplyDeleteFantin-LaTour crushes Fautrier 10-1 in the top match. The bottom match is still theoretically open for another week or so.
ReplyDeleteOh, definitely Flavin. He's amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt's close, but I lean Flavin.
ReplyDeleteI love that Flavin. It's so shiny!
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll vote for Flavin.
ReplyDeleteFouquet
ReplyDeleteMe!
ReplyDeleteFlavin for president!
ReplyDeleteI have this thing where it always bugs me when people say "Go to this site and vote for my [sister's [daughter's [friend's]]] video/proposal/photo/etc.!" Even though (or maybe, because) I realize that it's just a way of driving traffic, like a bar hiring a band whose members can produce lots of friends for the show, I always feel like, "Well that's hardly ethical! What if your daughter ISN'T the cutest child posing with a puppy?"
ReplyDeleteSo since I don't throw those kinds of votes around myself, I'm hardly going to let Flavin's family do it, especially when they are clearly under the sway of Tournament enthusiast Chuckdaddy.
Therefore, Fouquet wins this one 11 to 2, and will march boldly forward to take on Carol Fabritius!
Thanks for voting, real people!