Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 3: Hopper v. Ingres

Edward Hopper
1882 - 1967
American

Took out French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon in Round 1.
Knocked out Raoul Dufy in Round 2.








Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1790 - 1867
French

Beat Victorian painter William Holman Hunt by a two-vote swing in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Crushed Alexander Ivanov in Round 2.







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.

16 comments:

Chuckdaddy said...

Tough call. I find Hopper's to be more interesting, but Ingres' to be more stunning. I'll lean Hopper due to the many Ingres which are kind of awkward or overly elongated, which would normally be okay, but seems to detract a bit from what I like about him.

Christine M. said...

Hopper

Morgan said...

Ingres, but barely. Hopper is very nice as well.

Ben said...

Ingres

mrs.5000 said...

Hopper, certainly.

Mrs. Schroeder said...

HOPPER,HOPPER,HOPPER!!!!

Elizabeth said...

Ingres (though I like the first Hopper a good bit). His take on "Oedipus complex" always cracks me up.

DrSchnell said...

Hopper

Michiel M said...

Hopper

pfly said...

I get why Hopper is popular. And it's not his fault his style has become rather cliched and widely parodied. Still, I have trouble seeing Hopper and not thinking "ooh look, Hopper!" So I am voting Ingres.

lamanyana said...

Hopper

Michael5000 said...

It's an email vote for Hopper!

Michael5000 said...

I've been surprised by how little I've been impressed with Hopper in this show, but I like him well enough to pick him over Ingres.

Nichim said...

Hopper.

Candida said...

Hmm, Hopper.

Michael5000 said...

This one has been over for a while, but I seem to have neglected to formally shut it down. Ingres held on for a 5-5 tie, but then Hopper swept the last third of the voters for a 10-5 win. He's been going at it with Frida Kahlo for a while now; Ingres is going to take on the winner of Jordaens/John pretty soon now.