Here's the back half of the Second-Round Elimination Tiebreak that we kicked off last week.
Sir Henry Raeburn
1756 - 1823
British
- Walloped Jacopo Della Quercia in Round 1.
- Lost to Pierre-Paul Prud'hon in Round 2.
- Beat Jacopo Pontormo in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Locked in a tie with Ljubov Popova in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Tied with Lorenzo Ghiberti in a Left Bracket Second Round Elimination Tiebreak match that failed to break its tie. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Pierre Auguste Renoir
1841 - 1919
French
- Pulled away from Sir Joshua Reynolds in Round 1.
- Lost to Rembrandt in Round 2.
- Beat Gerhard Richter in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Locked in a tie with Guido Reni in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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, but likely much longer.
13 comments:
Raeburn
Renoir, without much deliberation.
Rebecca says "Ugh, Renoir is the WORST," which I construe as a vote for Raeburn.
Mariah, also on Facebook, says "Neither. Or both. Renoir had the technique, but Raeburn had the subjects with attitude."
Raeburn.
Raeburn
Raeburn has grown on me quite a bit, and if this were a tournament of portrait painters he'd win hands-down. But I am going with Renoir, because he took on so much more: people in the landscape, in swirling crowds. Cities, gardens, still life, light. Raeburn seems inadequately restless to be quite a great artist, with his dull, dark backgrounds.
Renoir
Raeburn. Though I feel that my reaction to Renoir is due somewhat to overexposure.
Renoir
Renoir. I know we're not supposed to like him anymore, but I'm generally pretty charmed when I meet him in a museum.
Susan votes for Raeburn by email.
Renoir.
And, with the trademark absurdity that we have come to love in the Infinite Art Tournament, the Tiebreaker ends in a 6-6 tie. That gives Raeburn three ties in a row, something that seems like it should be unprecedented, but isn't. This time, though, there's no other tie waiting for him to mix up in, so he and Renoir will be spending some time in the green room for a while.
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