1606 - 1669
Dutch
Survived a brush with Guido Reni in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Pierre Auguste Renoir
1841 - 1919
French
Pulled away from Sir Joshua Reynolds in Round 1.
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.
13 comments:
Rembrandt
Rembrandt for me, too. This is early in the tournament for two artists I've heard of to meet.
Rembrandt for me
Renoir for entirely personal reasons. He was a "gateway" into a whole new world of art.
A strong vote for Renoir. Rembrandt's people are certainly amazing, but I'm not liking the soft focus; it seems to take away from what he does best (his realism). And who wouldn't want to go to one of Renoir's parties! I like that he's using his impressionism to add levity and movement to, what I would think, would be very hard to capture.
Rembrant
Nora: I like both
Elliott: I like both
Renoir
The Boston MFA had a show of Rembrandt's etchings when we were there, and I spent a lot of time looking at them, both with and without my glasses on. Made me happy to be nearsighted, just to see that linework. I would take him over Renoir even if he had never done a single painting.
Susan says "Rembrandt"
Oh criminey. I love both and respect the case against both. Rembrandt's got it, though.
Whoa! Tough one. I'm feeling the Renoir today, though.
It's a tough-fought contest, but Rembrandt prevails, 7 votes to 4.
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