Saturday, June 21, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Lancret v. Landseer!

Nicolas Lancret
1690 - 1743
French



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Sir Edwin Landseer
1802 - 1873
British



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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.

13 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Landseer - what in the world are those dogs doing with a tool box?

Chuckdaddy said...

I'm not sure either will get my vote next round, no matter what they direction they go. But I'll go Landseer this match, based on that very noble-looking cow.

Christine M. said...

Lancret

Morgan said...

Not too excited about either, but I'll vote Landseer.

pfly said...

Lancret, because 1) cow, and 2) cute dog paintings are a slippery slope to overly cute dog paintings, like
http://www.hamsheregallery.co.uk/upload/upload_images/1521.jpg

Gotta draw the line somewhere.

pfly said...

Oops, I confused who did the cow. Nice cow. Still...

mrs.5000 said...

I guess I'm coming down on the side of humans, with a vote for Lancret.

lamanyana said...

Landseer

Ben said...

Landseer

Michael5000 said...

A vote-by-email for Landseer!

Michael5000 said...

Lancret looks like he's doing covers for the 18th century New Yorker. But I'll take him over heroic animal pictures.

Candida said...

Lancret's 18th-century New Yorker covers for me, please!

Michael5000 said...

A real squeaker -- which sounds like something Landseer would enjoy painting -- but Lancret's comeback falls short and it will be heroic animals moving on to Round Two!