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Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Sánchez Cotán v. Sargent!

Juan Sánchez Cotán
1561 - 1637
Spanish



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John Singer Sargent
1856 - 1925
American



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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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11 comments:

  1. Christine M.2:35 AM, July 30, 2016

    Sargent

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  2. Michael50005:15 AM, July 30, 2016

    Rebecca Long, who has gone places in the art world since the old days, writes "Well, that one Sánchez Cotán is under my curatorial purview in Chicago, so I might be slightly biased but.... Sánchez Cotán!!!"

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  3. Morgan5:35 AM, July 30, 2016

    Okay, this annoys me, because for the past couple months we've seen a few first-round matchups where both of the artists fail to get any emotional response out of me at all and then THIS one comes along and both of these deserve to be third or fourth round contenders. Sargent gets my begrudging vote, and the other guy will, I am sure, get my vote quite a bit in the future.

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  4. pfly3:03 PM, July 30, 2016

    Sargent

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  5. boonec19749:30 AM, July 31, 2016

    I do like Cotán, but not enough to beat Sargent.

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  6. Nichim11:16 AM, August 02, 2016

    Sargent.

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  7. Michael500010:43 PM, August 14, 2016

    Well it's too bad about Sánchez Cotán, who is quite good, but the Sargent there with the four daughters is one of my favorite paintings ever. So Sargent.

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  8. Candida11:22 AM, August 22, 2016

    Sargent is pretty strong and gets my vote easily here.

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  9. mrs.50008:28 PM, September 05, 2016

    Sargent, yes, and a darn shame to lose Cotán so quickly.

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  10. Michael500011:08 AM, September 11, 2016

    Susan's been trying to vote for Sargent for quite a while, and it's finally taking.

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  11. Michael500010:23 AM, October 07, 2016

    An interesting poll -- Sanchez-Cotan, even with a personal "in," gets drubbed by Sargent, nine votes against one. But who knows! Maybe this is the amazing story where they meet again in the final match! Double elimination is all sorts of crazy.

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