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.
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.
Kalf and Kaufmann
ReplyDeleteI like all four, which is probably a first for these left bracket first-round matchups. I'll go with Bonington and Kelly.
ReplyDeleteBonington and Kauffman
ReplyDeleteKalf - I fuckin' love Dutch still life!
ReplyDeleteAnd Kelly because his paintings would translate well into quilts.
I agree with Christine.
ReplyDeleteReb: Nice self-referential use of vocabulary with Dutch roots.
ReplyDeleteBonington and Kauffmann.
ReplyDeleteHuh, 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.
ReplyDeleteBonington and Kelly.
ReplyDeleteBonington & Kelly
ReplyDeleteEmail votes for Bonington and Kaufmann!
ReplyDeleteKalf and Kelly.
ReplyDeleteBonington and Kelly
ReplyDeleteTime'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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