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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, First Elimination Round #31/64



Faceoff #1: Hausmann v. Kneller

Raoul Hausmann
1886 - 1971
Austrian; worked in Germany and France

Tied against Stanley William Hayter in Round One.
Lost to Domenico Ghirlandaio in his second try at Round 1.



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Sir Godfrey Kneller
1646 - 1723
German; worked in Britain

Lost to Oskar Kokoschka in Round 1.




Faceoff #2: de Kooning v. Kossoff


Willem de Kooning
1904 - 1997
Dutch; worked in the United States

Lost to Jeff Koons in Round 1.



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Leon Kossoff
Born 1926
British

Lambasted by Peter Severin Krøyer in Round 1.




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11 comments:

  1. Elizabeth1:05 AM, November 04, 2014

    #1 - Hausmann

    #2 - not wild about either, but I'll go with de Kooning

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  2. Chuckdaddy7:20 AM, November 04, 2014

    I'm a big fan of the creepy-post-ww1-Germans! And Kossoff.

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  3. Morgan8:47 AM, November 04, 2014

    Hausmann

    de Kooning

    Everyone on the top over everyone on the bottom, though.

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  4. DrSchnell8:59 AM, November 04, 2014

    I agree w/ Morgan - Hausmann and de Kooning, and if I could vote for the top two over the bottom two, I would.

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  5. Ben1:22 PM, November 04, 2014

    Didn't love ANY of them, but being the good citizen that I am, I will cast my votes:

    Hausmann and de Kooning

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  6. pfly8:15 AM, November 05, 2014

    Erm, well, Hausmann and de Kooning, I guess.

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  7. lamanyana6:05 AM, November 06, 2014

    Hausmann & de Kooning!

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  8. mrs.50002:34 PM, November 23, 2014

    Yeah, Hausmann and de Kooning. For now, anyway.

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  9. Michael50009:11 AM, November 25, 2014

    I'm OK with Hausmann. And let's say de Kooning.

    Like many of you, I like the top two artists over the bottom two. I'd go further to say that the eight images here are neatly arranged from best to worst, to my eye.

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  10. Candida5:16 PM, November 27, 2014

    Kneller and, um, de Kooning.

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  11. Michael50008:12 AM, March 07, 2015

    Twin routs in this one, as Hausmann takes out Kneller 9-1 and De Kooning does the same, 9-1, to Kossoff. Since neither had anything like a great First Round showing, Kneller and Kossoff both leave the Tournament ranked in the bottom ten of all artists to date.

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