1853 - 1890
Dutch; worked in France
Beat up on Hugo van der Goes in Round 1.
Got past Natalia Gontcharova in Round 2.
El Greco
1541 - 1614
Greek; worked in Italy and Spain
Defeated Florentine master Benozzo Gozzoli in Round 1 in a contest that went down to the last vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Tied with Francisco Goya in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
Stunned Paul Gauguin in a lopsided Round 2 tiebreaker.
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
That's just mean to make me choose between these two. I guess I'll vote for the earless wonder on this one.
Van Gogh this time.
Van Gogh for me, he's pretty decent.
Oh IAT, what a tricky beast you can be. El Greco's tie with Goya seemed an ingenious move to avoid Vincent "Goliath" Van Gogh. But alas, a few ties later, and not only had El Greco not fled this rough section of the bracket, but he had to face Van Gogh a round early!
Which is a long way to say that I really planned to vote for El Greco for many more rounds, but that I can't deny that I like Van Gogh better.
I think I'll come down on El Greco's side, but yeah - this one is cruel.
Oh, Van Gogh for me, and nary a moment's hesitation, though I may finally be shedding my antipathy toward El Greco: for instance, I quite like the horse at the center of the painting of men being electrocuted by snakes.
Van Gogh!!!
It was nice knowing you El Greco. Bye bye.
Van Gogh, natch.
I can never quite believe that El Greco was working in the era he was. He reminds me of Cervantes in that. But I've now had the experience a number of times of being walking through a museum when a drop-dead gorgeous painting catches my eye and I wonder who the genius who painted it was, and then it turns out it's not a new discovery but van Gogh. So, van Gogh!
I have always had a thing for El Greco.
After El Greco's stunning upset of Gauguin, you had to wonder if he'd be the guy to make things uncomfortable for van Gogh. Turns out, he wasn't. Van Gogh easily piles up 10 votes against 2, and will be painting in the semi-finals this weekend.
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