1590 - 1656
Dutch
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Pieter De Hooch
1629 - 1684
Dutch
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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.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: van Honthorst v. de Hooch!
Gerrit van Honthorst
1590 - 1656
Dutch
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Pieter De Hooch
1629 - 1684
Dutch
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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.
1590 - 1656
Dutch
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Pieter De Hooch
1629 - 1684
Dutch
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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.
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12 comments:
Gerrit van Honthorst, no contest - just look at all those happy musicians (and he did a lot more paintings of happy musicians, per google image search). I will always vote for happy musicians. And chickens.
A vote for the Hooch!
Abject apologies to anybody who saw the post while it was still missing the second image for Gerrit van Honthorst.
Can I just say the I LOVES the Dutch masters?
De Hooch
de Hooch, but I also like the other guy.
Nice match up, and tough. After googling, um...still tough. Ok, van Honthorst.
I love the way van Honthorst captures his subjects' personalities. He gets my vote!
Oh, definitely de Hooch for me. He sets a scene like no one else. His little human dramas are quieter than van Honthorst's, but, my, they are exquisitely staged. I love the glimpses into spaces beyond the main space. And I just want to lie in the sun on those nice tile floors.
I think the way the personalities of the van Honthorst subjects come out so clearly 400 years later are a lovely affirmation of humanity. But I also very much agree with what Mrs. says about de Hooch. The mom in the second painting is so gently delousing her little daughter's hair! And they have a little doggy! And compact bedrooms!
de Hooch.
Here's a vote-by-mail for de Hooch.
de Hooch, but I really like von Honthorst too.
I guess I never said de Hooch 7, Honthort 3. But that's the way it was.
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