The Brackets!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: de Heem v. Laurencin!

Jan Davidsz de Heem
1606 - c. 1683
Dutch

Tied with Erich Heckel in his initial First Round outing, back in October 2013.





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Marie Laurencin
1883 - 1956
French

Fought to a tie with Sir Thomas Lawrence in her First Round debut, last July.




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Vote for the artist of your choice! Votes go in the comments. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

15 comments:

  1. Jan Davidsz de Heem, to be sure. I do love me some still lifes (lives?), and that last one with the boy and the pensive lion is just great.

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  2. As much as I love a good still life, I will vote for Laurencin.

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  3. De Heem! Still lifes run deep.

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  4. Nice flowers, but I'll say Laurencin.

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  5. De Heem for me. Laurencin is just neither here nor there, know what I mean? No? Well, that's OK.

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  6. by email, Susan says "de Heem (never liked Laurencin -- too pallid)." I like "pallid."

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  7. So, this one ends with de Heem on top, 8 to 5. The tie is broken!

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