Thomas Hart Benton
1889 - 1975
American
Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 10, with a voting score of .818.
Tied for Second in Phase 2, Flight 2, with a voting score of .364.
Survived the Phase 2 Tiebreaker.
Beat John Robert Cozens easily in Round 1.
Richard Long
born 1945
British
Defeated Pietro Longhi in Round 1.
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ReplyDeleteI like Richard Long well enough, but he's no Thomas Hart Benton.
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ReplyDeleteBenton takes another win, with nine votes to Long's four. That makes him the fifth of the Play-In Artists to make it to the Third Round.
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