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!!!
- Beat Sodoma easily in the Left Bracket Third Round.
Léon Spilliaert
1881 - 1946
Belgian
- Slaughtered Nicolas de Staël in Round 1.
- Lost to Sir Stanley Spencer in Round 2.
- Beat Pierre Soulages in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Beat David Smith in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination by a single vote -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Estonia's Michael Sittow in the Left Bracket Third Round.
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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.
I wasn't super into Spilliaert until I read the comments disparaging him from last round, and now I'm entirely in his corner and will vote for him.
ReplyDeleteTough call here. But I'll go with the first guy.
ReplyDeleteMariah votes for the second guy, Spilliaert, on the Facebook feed.
ReplyDeleteRebecca for Rubens on FB.
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ReplyDeleteJen votes for Rubens via FB.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Rubens. I really thought Spilliaert would be two-and-out, and I still scratch my head every time I see he's still around. But I'm glad you like him, those of you that do.
ReplyDeleteI vote Spilliaert. I like him, but I mostly find myself voting against the whole art history of depicting naked women.
ReplyDeleteSusan votes for Rubens.
ReplyDeleteRubens for me!
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ReplyDeleteYeah, it's going to be Rubens.
ReplyDeleteIt's the first guy! It's the whole art history of depicting naked women! It's Peter! Paul! Rubens!, by a score of ten votes to four! Stay tuned to find out what happens in the Rubens/Schwitters throwdown!
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