Round Six: Caillebotte v. Degas

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Gustave Caillebotte
1848 - 1894
French

Impressionists such as... Gustave Caillebotte enthusiastically painted the renovated city, employing their new style to depict its wide boulevards, public gardens, and grand buildings.... Caillebotte’s 1877 Paris Street, Rainy Day exemplifies how these artists abandoned sentimental depictions and explicit narratives, adopting instead a detached, objective view that merely suggests what is going on. - The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

• Defeated mobile pioneer Alexander Calder in Round 1.
• Held out against Edward Burra in Round 2.
• Fought to a draw with Caravaggio in Round 3.
• Crushed Corot in the Round 3 tiebreaker.
• Blasted Mary Cassatt in a Round 4 15-0 blowout.
• Beat Frederick Church easily in Round 5.

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Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
French

Edgar Degas seems never to have reconciled himself to the label of “Impressionist,” preferring to call himself a “Realist” or “Independent.” Nevertheless, he was one of the group’s founders, an organizer of its exhibitions, and one of its most important core members. Like the Impressionists, he sought to capture fleeting moments in the flow of modern life, yet he showed little interest in painting plein-air landscapes, favoring scenes in theaters and cafés illuminated by artificial light, which he used to clarify the contours of his figures, adhering to his academic training. - The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

• Whupped it up on sculptor Richard Deacon in Round 1.
  
• Stomped on Eugène Delacroix in Round 2.
  
• Crushed countryman Honoré Daumier in Round 3.
• Bested Caravaggio in Round 4.
• Beat Albrecht Dürer in a tough Round 5 match.

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