1860 - 1939
Czech
Stunned the well-known Norwegian Edvard Munch in Round 1.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1618 - 1682
Spanish
Defeated Paul Nash after a last-second flipflop in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.
14 comments:
Mucha
Mucha
Mucha.
Mucha gracias
Flip flopper! Well good, I'll say Murillo.
Murillo. I'm bored of the subject matter but like the facial expressions.
Mucha
Bummer! I expected to be making a tough decision between who went to round three between Munch and Nash. I don't care particularly much for either of these guys. I guess I'll lean slightly to Murillo.
Susan votes for Mucha.
Murillo.
Mucha reminds me a little of Alta-Tadema or Bougereau, those guys who I kind of like despite myself. And I'm aware that Murillo's main draw for me here is a painting of St. Rose of Lima, and mostly because I read a big long book about St. Rose of Lima, which would make it a vote of congratulations for myself rather than, you know, "yay Murillo!"
So let's treat ourselves to some Mucha.
I like them both.
Elliott
Mucha! He reminds me of Alta-Tadema, whom I like, period.
Joseph doesn't really look like he wants to leave Potiphar's wife in Murillo's version, by the way. That's not at all how you'd walk away from somebody trying to stop you. I know she has to keep his cloak for the story, but his stance is all wrong for walking away from someone holding on to a piece of cloth casually slung over your shoulder. "No! Don't keep me here, vile woman! You can't hold me! Look at me forcefully... posing...in an effort to leave!"
And we have now treated ourselves to some Mucha, who takes eight votes against Murillo's four.
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