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Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Oudry v. Dou!

I'm not out of order!  You're out of order!  This whole Tournament is out of order!

 Well, perhaps it's not quite that bad.  But we did accidentally skip a contest between Memling/Mengs and Merz/Metsu.  It should have been Oudry/Dou last week.  Easily remedied.


Jean Baptiste Oudry
1686 - 1755
French

Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 9 of the Play-In Tournament, with a voting score of 1.000.
Finished First in Phase 2, Flight 6 of the Play-In Tournament, with a voting score of .636.




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Gerrard Dou
1613 - 1675
Dutch

Tied with Arthur Dove in his first try at the First Round, back in January 2013.




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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.
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16 comments:

  1. Christine M.7:46 AM, April 11, 2015

    Oudry

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  2. Morgan11:04 AM, April 11, 2015

    Oudry

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  3. Michael50002:03 PM, April 11, 2015

    From the Facebook feed: Mariah for Oudry, Linda for Dou.

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  4. Michael50002:32 PM, April 11, 2015

    And now Shu-ju's throwing in with Oudry.

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  5. Elizabeth9:49 PM, April 11, 2015

    I generally go for the still lifes (still lives?) but I like the candid slice of life nature of Dou's work. Plus it looks as if the last woman is making cheese. Me for Dou, and Dou for me.

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  6. boonec197412:20 PM, April 12, 2015

    I'm usually kind of a sucker for any chiaroscuro, but in Dou's case, I wish it were a bit lighter so that I could see more of the details. Regardless though, Oudry would be getting my vote. Those hanging dead animals are disturbingly undisturbing.

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  7. pfly2:37 PM, April 12, 2015

    Had to google this one a bit. Survey says: Dou.

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  8. DrSchnell6:58 AM, April 13, 2015

    Dou

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  9. Michael50009:34 PM, April 15, 2015

    Elizabeth, I'm pretty sure she's just chopping onions. Does that change your vote?

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  10. lamanyana6:16 AM, April 16, 2015

    Oudry, though mainly because he painted a rhinoceros.

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  11. mrs.500011:37 AM, April 16, 2015

    Hmmm, yes, I had to take the Google tour also, because I like them both, but I'm breaking for Dou.

    If that tub was really filled with onions, wouldn't she be crying?

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  12. Michael50009:04 PM, April 18, 2015

    I'm surprisingly myself a little with a vote for Oudry.

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  13. Michael500011:03 AM, May 12, 2015

    Susan pulls for Oudry by email.

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  14. Candida9:44 AM, June 13, 2015

    Oudry. But also I just like to say "Oudry-Dou."

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  15. Michael50009:17 PM, July 05, 2015

    ME TOO, Candida!

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  16. Michael50009:49 PM, July 15, 2015

    And Oudry takes it eight votes to five! Now we will being saying "Oudry-Metsu," which is still kind of fun, but not AS fun.

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