The Brackets!

▼

Saturday, February 1, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Ivanov v. Jawlensky!

It being the first weekend of an even-numbered month, we should be throwing out a Round Four match today. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, a variety of tie situations in the Right Brackets have left us without a pair of complete Third Round contests. Therefore, we'll continue the ordinary weekend parade of First Round entrants.

Also: Today we begin our journey into the artists whose first name begins with "J".


Alexander Ivanov
1806 - 1858
Russian; worked in Italy



-----

Alexei von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
Russian; worked in Germany



----

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.
at

15 comments:

  1. pfly12:46 AM, February 01, 2014

    I've got a thing for fauvism. Ingres.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Elizabeth4:54 AM, February 01, 2014

    That's not Ingres. It appears to actually be someone named Jawlenski or some such?

    Holding my vote until this matter is cleared up.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Elizabeth4:56 AM, February 01, 2014

    Verified on the FB feed: Jawlensky.

    Who does NOT get my vote.

    Ivanov. Let's get some naked Russians in the mix.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Michael50007:17 AM, February 01, 2014

    WHERE'S MY INTERN?!?

    Counting pfly for Jawlensky, Elizabeth for Ivanov. Carry on.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Morgan10:46 AM, February 01, 2014

    In that top one, it looks like the people are sort of avoiding Jesus! "Look at that weirdo! He's all by himself. No one talk to him." Also, why is that guy walking with a staff shaped like a torture implement? I feel like there's some context to this painting that I'm missing, but don't care to look up.

    My vote is for Ivanov, still.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Michael50009:03 PM, February 01, 2014

    Morgan: I'm pretty sure the context is John the Baptist pointing to Jesus and saying, "yo, here comes the guy I've been telling you about."

    ReplyDelete
  7. Chuckdaddy5:56 PM, February 02, 2014

    Jawlensky

    ReplyDelete
  8. Elizabeth9:43 PM, February 02, 2014

    Also, staff topped with a cross? FORESHADOWING, DUDE!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Christine M.3:45 AM, February 03, 2014

    Jawlensky

    ReplyDelete
  10. pfly4:56 PM, February 03, 2014

    Oop yes, confirm me for Jawlensky.

    ReplyDelete
  11. lamanyana6:28 AM, February 04, 2014

    Ivanov

    ReplyDelete
  12. Michael50004:31 PM, February 09, 2014

    Here's a vote-by-email for Ivanov.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Michael50004:33 PM, February 09, 2014

    Now, what ~I'm~ curious about is the context for the SECOND Ivanov.

    I'm having a tough choice here... leaning... towards.... Jawlensky.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Candida1:51 PM, February 14, 2014

    I before J! Ivanov before Jawlenski!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Michael500012:50 PM, April 30, 2014

    And Ivanov takes a nail-biter, 5-4!

    Voting is closed in this match.

    ReplyDelete

Voting in the Infinite Art Tournament? Awesome. And, please be aware that purely anonymous votes are not counted. You don't need to log in or use your real name, but you must identify yourself in some fashion for your vote to count.