Faceoff #1: Ghiberti v. Houdon
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1378 - 1455
Florentine
Tied with Domenico Ghirlandaio in a June 2013 First-Round match.
Lost to the colorful Raoul Dufy in his second Round 1 match.
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Jean-Antoine Houdon
1741-1828
French
Lost to American Edward Hopper in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Hunt v. Jawlensky
William Holman Hunt
1827 - 1910
British
Lost to Ingres in Round 1.
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Alexei von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
Russian; worked in Germany
Beaten by Alexander Ivanov 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.
Ghiberti and Jawlensky
ReplyDeleteHoudon and Hunt
ReplyDeleteGhiberti! Hunt!
ReplyDeleteHoudon and Hunt for me.
ReplyDeleteHoudon and Jawlensky
ReplyDeleteGhiberti and Jawlensky!
ReplyDeleteGhiberti and, well, Hunt is sweet, but Jawlensky is a wild beast, so, Jawlensky.
ReplyDeleteHere's some emailed votes for Ghiberti & Hunt.
ReplyDeleteGhiberti and Jawlensky
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go Houdoun, for realpeopleness, and somewhat philistinishly for Hunt, for pretty colors and funny stories.
ReplyDeleteGhiberti and Hunt.
ReplyDeleteThe top contest ends with Ghiberti on top, 7-4. On to the Second Round with him!
ReplyDeleteThe bottom contest remains briefly open for anybody coming along late.
Nobody having come along late, the bottom contest ends with Hunt nipping Jawlensky, 6 votes to 5. And this one is in the record books!
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