Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 3: Schiele v. Schwitters!

Egon Schiele
1890 - 1918
Austrian

Beat Christian Schad in Round 1.
Beat Julian Schnabel easily in Round 2.








Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
German

Beat fifteenth century German Martin Schongauer easily in Round 1.
Defeated Jan van Scorel in Round 2.







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:

Elder Moore said...

I find Schiele's work very offputting; therefore, Schwitters.

Christine M. said...

I like them both, so this is tough. Schiele by a nose.

Morgan said...

Not a huge fan of either. Schwitters.

Nichim said...

Schiele

mrs.5000 said...

I really like that top landscape by Schiele--I pretty much like anything he painted that doesn't have people in it--but really, I just can't dig his creepy people floating in space. Schwitters was such a pioneer, and a personal favorite. His work can seem either thrown-together or sublime, or some curious amalgam of the two. My heart takes a little leap if I see it on a museum wall. Definitely has my vote in this contest.

pfly said...

Schwitters for me

DrSchnell said...

Schwitters, underwhelmingly.

boonec1974 said...

I love the creepily awesome Egon.

Michael5000 said...

Susan votes for Schiele.

Candida said...

Schwitters

Michael5000 said...

I'm kind of a combo of Elder Moore and Mrs.5000 on this one.

Anonymous said...

Schiele, absolutely

Michael5000 said...

Schwitters hangs on to take this contest, seven votes against five. He'll proceed to the Fourth Round; Schiele will try again in the Left Brackets.