"Semifinals" designates the Fourth to Seventh Rounds of the Infinite Art Tournament. This is a Left Bracket Fourth Round Match between Rubens (5-1-2, 59-30, .663) and Schwitters (3-1, 26-20, .565). Leaving the Tournament after losing to Rubens is Léon Spilliaert (4-2, 38-34, .528).
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.
- Beat Léon Spilliaert, Belgian's other famous painter, in Left Bracket Third Round Elimination.
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
German
- Beat fifteenth century German Martin Schongauer easily in Round 1.
- Defeated Jan van Scorel in Round 2.
- Beat Egon Schiele in Round 3 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Lost to Charles Sheeler in Round 4.
Rubens
ReplyDeleteOh, gee, Schwitters by a lot.
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ReplyDeleteRebecca vote Reubens on FB.
ReplyDeleteGive me the first guy. I'm a sucker for fat babies.
ReplyDeleteMore FB votes: Mariah for Schwitters and the Owl for Peter Paul "first guy" Rubens.
ReplyDeleteOne more: Grace for Rubens.
ReplyDeleteSusan votes for Rubens by email.
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ReplyDeleteRubens is fab, of course, but I'm going with Schwitters, who, you know, makes my eyes so happy.
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ReplyDeleteMorgan went for Schwitters by a lot; I'm going to go for Schwitters by a little.
ReplyDeleteSir Rubens. Or Sir Peter. I'm not really up on my honorifics.
ReplyDeleteRubens struggled a bit in the early rounds, but obviously he's developed some real traction. He wins this one by a pretty solid margin for the semis, with nine votes against Schwitters's five, and moves on to Fourth Round Elimination!
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