Sir Peter Paul Rubens
1577 - 1640
Flemish
- Crushed Théodore Rousseau in Round 1.
- Tied with Henri Rousseau in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Lost to Estonia's Michiel Sittow in the Round 2 Tiebreaker. It was a single-vote margin! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Bridget Riley in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Tied with Claus Sluter in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Francisco de Zurbarán in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination by a two-vote swing -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)
1477 - 1549
Siennese
- Defeated living French artist Pierre Soulages in Round 1.
- Beat twentieth century sculptor David Smith in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Lost to Sir Stanley Spencer in Round 3.
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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.
Rubens
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ReplyDeleteRubens. I like how in the first painting two of them are dead, and one of the dead ones is helping carry the other one.
ReplyDeleteWe've got Rebecca and Laurence for Rubens on FB, and Jen P. for Sodoma.
ReplyDeleteOh, the pathos in both! But Reubens has just a little more pathos.
ReplyDeleteOoh, it's an interesting one for me, as Sodoma is pretty great considering I'd never heard of him, and Reubens always disappoints just a little.... but I'm still going to vote for Reubens on balance.
ReplyDeleteWow. I think they're both fantastic. I'm surprised Sodoma isn't more well known. I'll vote for him.
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ReplyDeleteI don't always love Rubens, but wow, what a Pieta. That'll keep me in his corner for now at least.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Candida voted for Rubens by email a while back, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd Susan closes voting by postcard, breaking for Rubens.
ReplyDelete...which makes it a final of Rubens 10, Sodoma 3. Rubens will have a bye week -- no, wait, he'll take on Spilliaert this Thursday. Sodoma returns to the pages of art history after a respectable 2-2 Tournament run.
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