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Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Rothko v. Rouault!

Mark Rothko
1903 - 1970
Russian-born American




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Georges Rouault
1871 - 1958
French



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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. Morgan12:16 AM, June 11, 2016

    Out of all of those "draws pictures of colored rectangle" artists, Rothko's pretty good! No Albers, but certainly up there! I actually quite like these Rouaults as well, though, so I'll vote for him.

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  2. Christine M.4:46 AM, June 11, 2016

    Rothko.

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  3. boonec19741:54 PM, June 11, 2016

    This is a hard decision for me. I've always liked the famous Rothko's, but not too much. Then again, I've never seen them live, which might be prerequisite to really having a strong opinion on him. Reading about him I did come across two pictures I liked: Entrance to Subway and Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea. Still, I'll lean towards Roualt's stain glass pictures.

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  4. Michael50004:40 PM, June 11, 2016

    Ex-Dork Grace says "Rothko!"

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  5. Michael500010:28 PM, June 11, 2016

    Lawrence says "Rothko"

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  6. DrSchnell9:25 AM, June 12, 2016

    Roualt. Rothko has always left me a little "eh.....whatever", even after seeing them in person.

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  7. Unknown6:34 PM, June 12, 2016

    I love Rothko, so I'm pretty surprised to be going for Roualt here.

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  8. bangfrog11:58 PM, June 12, 2016

    Roualt

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  9. Chuckdaddy's Children7:57 AM, June 14, 2016

    Nora: I like the second one

    Elliott: I hate when people just paint colors and don't actually draw anything. Roualt

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  10. pfly9:14 PM, June 14, 2016

    Call me weird, but I like Rothko.

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  11. Ben12:18 PM, June 16, 2016

    Rouault

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  12. mrs.500010:38 PM, June 18, 2016

    I too really like Rothko's early work. I'll pick him over Roualt.

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  13. Michael50008:09 PM, June 21, 2016

    Susan says "Rothko"

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  14. Michael500011:23 AM, July 10, 2016

    I know people who have wept at Rothko paintings, and I've done my damnedest to feel something when I look at them. Without success, however. Rouault for me.

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  15. Candida11:40 AM, July 15, 2016

    Rothko.

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  16. Michael500011:02 AM, August 15, 2016

    A Tournament shocker, ladies and gentlemen, a Tournament shocker, as Rouault takes down the well-known Mark Rothko by a single vote! Rouault is going to the Second Round! Rouault is going to the Second Round!!!

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