Faceoff #1: Hilliard v. Hobbema
Nicholas Hilliard
c. 1547 - 1619
British
Lost to American Edward Hicks in Round 1.
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Meindert Hobbema
1638 - 1706
Dutch
Lost to AndÅ Hiroshige in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Hodgkin v. Hofmann
Howard Hodgkin
Born 1932
American
Lost to David Hockney in Round 1.
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Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
German; worked internationally
Beaten by Ferdinand Hodler 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.
14 comments:
Hillard and Hoffman
Hobbema and Hodgkin
Hobbema and Hodgkin!
Hobbema and Hodgkin
Hilliard and then... I don't see either of these 2 being long for this tournament. I guess I'll go Hofman. Oh, and I believe Hodgkin a is Brit.
Hobbema - Nice Trees
Hofmann - Squares!
Hilliard gets a point for working in miniatures, but then I'm forced to conclude that painting wasn't the strong suit of Elizabethan England. Hobbema runs away with the top round, down an allee of curiously spindly trees. In the next frame, cheerfully painted red, Hofmann easily bests Hodgkin in the Duel of the Bright Slatherers.
Hobbema and Hofmann. I mentioned before my parents have had a Hofmann print since I was a little kid, so I'm completely biased.
Hobbema by a tree-lined mile, and Hofmann based partially on pfly's parents' print, partially because I like that first one, and partially because I checked Mrs' response to make sure I wasn't spitting into the wind.
Hilliard and Hobbema, surprise surprise.
Here's an email vote -- two email votes, really -- for Hobbema & Hofmann.
I contacted Candida regarding her voting faux pas -- she is going with Hilliard and Hofmann, really.
So that gives Hofmann a win with 8-3, and sends Hodgkin packing, alas.
Voting is still open in the Hilliard/Hobbema match!
And it's a second 8-3 match landing on the side of Hobbema. He'll have a tough match against Big Name Goya in the next round... but at least he'll have a next round, right?
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