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Saturday, February 3, 2018

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Four: Matisse v. Metsu!


It's the antepenultimate match of the Fourth Round of the Infinite Art Tournament!


Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954
French
  • Crushed Chilean Roberto Matta in Round 1.
  • Crushed fifteenth century German Hans Memling in Round 2.
  • Beat Quentin Massys in Round 3. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!






Gabriel Metsu
1629 - 1667
Dutch
  • Defeated Mario Merz in Round 1.
  • Defeated Play-In Tournament artist Jean Baptiste Oudry in Round 2.
  • Tied with Michelangelo(!) in his first try at Round 3.
  • Beat Anders Zorn by a single vote in the Round 3 tiebreaker. 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. Fourth-round matches are open for at least three months after posting.
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14 comments:

  1. UnwiseOwl6:28 AM, February 03, 2018

    Metsu. Matisse does nothing for me.

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  2. Michael50009:34 AM, February 03, 2018

    There are three early votes for Matisse on the Facebook feed.

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  3. Morgan10:11 AM, February 03, 2018

    Metsu!

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  4. Maddy10:27 AM, February 03, 2018

    Metsu.

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  5. Unknown10:36 AM, February 03, 2018

    Metsu

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  6. Christine M.1:28 PM, February 03, 2018

    Matisse

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  7. boonec19744:38 PM, February 03, 2018

    Matisse is something else.

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  8. DrSchnell7:07 PM, February 04, 2018

    Matisse

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  9. mrs.50009:40 PM, February 13, 2018

    They're both something, but I'll go with Matisse.

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  10. Nichim12:12 PM, February 14, 2018

    Metsu.

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  11. Michael500011:44 AM, February 17, 2018

    Susan votes for Matisse.

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  12. Michael500010:23 AM, February 18, 2018

    I feel a little funny about this, but I'm going to go with Metsu here.

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  13. Candida4:10 AM, March 14, 2018

    Metsu all day!

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  14. Michael50007:55 PM, April 09, 2018

    Wow, that one went down to the wire! Metsu hung tough with Matisse, but came up one vote short: seven, to Matisse's eight. Matisse advances, but Metsu stays alive on the Left side, where he'll take on the winner of the Marc/Manet bout.

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Voting in the Infinite Art Tournament? Awesome. And, please be aware that purely anonymous votes are not counted. You don't need to log in or use your real name, but you must identify yourself in some fashion for your vote to count.