The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round Tiebreaker: Raeburn v. Vieira da Silva!

Until recently, if you'd asked which IAT artist had been in the most ties, the answer would have been "it's a tie."  But no longer.  Sir Henry Raeburn has become, and probably will remain, the King of Ties, having fought to a draw for a remarkable fourth time against Sweden's Anders Zorn.  Meanwhile, Vieira da Silva locked up with Tissot in another "Left Third" match, so we're ready for some tie-breaking.  Raeburn takes on Vieira da Silva today; Zorn will try his luck against Tissot on Thursday.  Who will win?  Us, my friends: us, the art enthusiasts.

Meanwhile, for the good of the order: the matter of Sisley v. van Ruisdael is struggling a bit to make quorum, as sometimes happens with matches that launch during the Christmas season. If you haven't registered your preference there, remember: YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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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!!!
• Deadlocked again, this time with Renoir, in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Blew past Marie Laurencin, finally, in another go at Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
• Tied with Anders Zorn in the Left Bracket Third Round.

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Maria Elena Vieira da Silva
1908 - 1992
Portuguese; worked in France

• Defeated Andrea del Verrocchio in Round 1.
• Lost to Vermeer in Round 2.
• Beat Paolo Uccello in the Left Bracket Second Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Kitagawa Utamaro in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
• Tied with James Tissot in her first try at the Left Bracket Third Round.

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