1853 - 1890
Dutch; worked in France
Beat up on Hugo van der Goes in Round 1.
Natalia Gontcharova
1881-1962
Russian; worked in France
Defeated Arshile Gorky in Round 1.
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.
13 comments:
van Gogh
I really like Gontcharova.
Van Gogh
There's a reason that Van Gogh is so famous. He's good! I'll cast my vote for him.
Natalia Gontcharova - merci et spasibo.
Poor Gontcharova--it's hard to compete with van Gogh. He gets my vote.
I'll go with this van Gogh guy, whoever he was.
This is a cruel match, because Goncharova has been a favorite of mine since some of her paintings were in a PAM show on the Russian avant-garde. But against Van Gogh? I have to vote with the press of people standing in front of Starry Night, the last time we were in MOMA.
Digging Gontcharova, voting for Vincent.
I hate to be predictable, but van Gogh is really more my speed.
I think I'll be the first to throw a vote to Gontcharova.
Here's an emailed vote for Vincent van Gogh.
The problem with Van Gogh is that he's so overplayed that I feel like I'm just looking at postcards. My vote goes to Gontcharova. That last painting of hers is the only one that got me excited.
Only three people were the first to throw a vote to Gontcharova, as opposed to nine for Van Gogh, and the popular Dutchman will advance with momentum into Round Four. Gontcharova is getting a lot of love here, though, so who knows? Maybe she'll win out in the Left Bracket and we'll see them again for the overall championship!
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