"Semifinals" designates the Fourth to Seventh Rounds of the Infinite Art Tournament. This is a Left Bracket Fourth Round Match between El Greco (4-1-1, 39-32, .549) and Franz Hals (3-1, 29-19, .604). Hugo van der Goes (4-2, 36-36, .500) leaves the Tournament after a close loss to El Greco.
El Greco
1541 - 1614
Greek; worked in Italy and Spain
- Defeated Florentine master Benozzo Gozzoli in Round 1 in a contest that went down to the last vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Tied with Francisco Goya in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
- Stunned Paul Gauguin in a lopsided Round 2 tiebreaker.
- Lost to somebody called Vincent van Gogh in Round 3.
- Easily beat Giulio Romano in the Left Bracket Third Round.
- Defeated Hugo van der Goes in Left Bracket Third Round Elimination by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Frans Hals
1581 - 1666
Dutch
- Outpaced American Philip Guston Round 1.
- Edged out the great Dane Wilhelm Hammershoi in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Laid a beating on Childe Hassam, even though everybody LIKES Childe Hassam, in Round 3.
- Upset by Atkinson Grimshaw in Round 4.
Hals
ReplyDeleteI prefer El Greco.
ReplyDeleteEl Greco, though I love that last picture with the owl.....
ReplyDeleteHals, definitely.
ReplyDeleteEl Greco
ReplyDeleteEl Greco for me.
ReplyDeleteEl Greco for sure.
ReplyDeleteSusan says "Hals. Interesting that he & El Greco are almost contemporaries. Talk about national characteristics!"
ReplyDeleteHals! Hals! Humans and Hals!
ReplyDeleteHals is going to be hard to beat, and I don't think El Greco, as much as I like him, has what it takes. A vote for Hals!
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Well, Hals. Though for me it's close.
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