Faceoff #1: Bonington v. Kalf
Richard Parkes Bonington
1802 - 1828
English, worked in France
Tied with Pierre Bonnard in his initial Round 1 outing, in March 2012.
Lost to Henri Cartier-Bresson in his second Round 1 go-around.
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Willem Kalf
1622 - 1693
Dutch
Lost to Wassily Kandinsky in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Kelly v. Kauffmann
Ellsworth Kelly
Born 1923
American
Lost to Anselm Kiefer in Round 1 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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Angelica Kauffmann
1741 - 1807
Austrian; worked internationally
Pounded by Anish Kapoor in Round 1.
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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:
Kalf and Kaufmann
I like all four, which is probably a first for these left bracket first-round matchups. I'll go with Bonington and Kelly.
Bonington and Kauffman
Kalf - I fuckin' love Dutch still life!
And Kelly because his paintings would translate well into quilts.
I agree with Christine.
Reb: Nice self-referential use of vocabulary with Dutch roots.
Bonington and Kauffmann.
Huh, I'm going to vote a little strangely here... Bonington, probably because I saw some live a few weeks ago and thought it was yum, though no doubt I would have fuckin' loved a Dutch still life too; and, Kelly, even though I haven't really been wowed when I saw 'em in person.
Bonington and Kelly.
Bonington & Kelly
Email votes for Bonington and Kaufmann!
Kalf and Kelly.
Bonington and Kelly
Time's up! Surviving the First Round are Bonington, who beat Kalf 8 votes to 4 in a tough bracket, and Kelly, who takes out Kauffmann 7 votes to 5.
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