Saturday, November 1, 2014

The Semi-Finals: Beckmann v. Fra Angelico!





Max Beckmann
1884 - 1950
German; worked in Netherlands and U.S.








Fra Angelico
c.1387-1455
Italian
  • Defeated Florentine master Andrea del Sarto in Round 1 by a decisive but respectful margin.
  • Beat Sofonisba Anguissola in Round 2 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!! (This match was incorrectly determined a tie in March 2013; the miscount was discovered in May 2013. YOUR VIGILANCE COUNTS!!!)
  • Made it past Arcimboldo in Round 3.
  • Lost to Albrecht Altdorfer in Round 4 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!






17 comments:

Elizabeth said...

A matchup for the centuries! I like Fra Angelico's brand of weirdness better.

Chance said...

Beckmann

mrs.5000 said...

Fra Angelico, without hesitation.

Christine M. said...

Beckmann

Chuckdaddy said...

Major hesitation here, but... I think... I'm just slightly... Leaning Fra

Morgan said...

Fra Angelico all the way! By far my favorite "old religious art" guy.

lamanyana said...

Fra Angelico, with only a little hesitation.

Anonymous said...

Beckmann
--Linda W

pfly said...

The Fraster.

Ben said...

Fra Angelico. The other guy is just too bizarre...

DrSchnell said...

Beckmann

Michael5000 said...

An emailed vote for Beckmann!

Michael5000 said...

Fra Angelico, for sure. I think I've said before that Beckmann always looks to me like a grim take on "Tintin."

Candida said...

Fra Angelico!

UnwiseOwl said...

Most days I'm a Fra Angelico kind of guy, but I'm giving this one to Beckmann.

Nichim said...

Fra Angelico

Michael5000 said...

Look like it's been a few years since the last vote here, so let's call it ten votes for Fra Angelico and six for Beckman which -- according to my calculations -- makes a winner out of Mr. Angelico. He'll move on to the next level, and Beckman will finally be able to get back to the easel.