Leaving us this week after very respectable runs are Childe Hassam (2-2; 30 vf, 27 va) and Francesco Guardi (2-2; 42 vf, 23 va), both of whom made it to Round Three before being knocked out by losing two straight.
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
1725 - 1805
French
- Lost to Atkinson Grimshaw in Round 1.
- Scorched another French guy 20 years his elder, Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, in First Round Elimination.
- Beat German satirist George Grosz in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination by a two-vote swing -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat that other cubist, Juan Gris, in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination by a two-vote swing -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS AGAIN!!!
- Beat Childe Hassam in the Left Bracket Third Round.
Wilhelm Hammershoi
1864 - 1916
Danish
- Crushed the late Richard Hamilton in Round 1.
- Lost to Old Master Frans Hals by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Hans Hartung in the Left Bracket Second Round by a safe margin.
- Beat Barbara Hepworth decisively in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
- Clobbered Francesco Guardi in the Left Bracket Third Round by another two-vote swing.
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Hammershoi
ReplyDeleteGreuze.
ReplyDeleteThe Hammer!
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ReplyDeleteMy love for Hammershoi is starting to (appropriately) fade a bit, but not enough for Greuze to steal my vote.
ReplyDeleteI'll take Hammershoi's flattened moody scenes over Greuze's moody portraits.
ReplyDeleteI kinda like both, but Hammershoi a bit more.
ReplyDeleteSusan is all for Hammershoi, or all against Greuze; it amounts to much the same thing for present purposes.
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ReplyDeleteI kinda like both, but I'll take Greuze's moody portraits over Hammershoi's flattened moody scenes.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly hard for me! Greuze, ultimately.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a year and a day since the last vote, so I don't feel like I'm cutting anyone off here. Hammershoi takes the win, seven votes to five, and Greuze's four-win streak finally comes to an end.
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