This would be the Left Bracket Fourth Round Elimination Match between J.M.W. Turner (4-1, 49-18, .731) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (6-1, 60-31, .659). They defeated Ghirlandaio (4-2-2, 53-42, .558) and Jean Tinguely (3-2, 29-28, .509), respectively, to get here.
It is a GRUDGE MATCH, ladies and gentlemen -- these two fellows met five seasons ago, in the halcyon days of June 2017, and Mr. Turner won that round. This time around, the French painter needs to win outright. A tie will go to Turner on the strength of his earlier win.
J.M.W. Turner
1775 - 1850
British
- Crushed Cy Twombly in Round 1.
- Defeated Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Round 2.
- Beat James Tissot easily in Round 3.
- Lost to Jan Vermeer in Round 4.
- Beat Domenico Ghirlandaio decisively in the Left Bracket Fourth Round.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 - 1901
French
- Crushed Jean-François de Troy in Round 1.
- Lost to J.M.W. Turner in Round 2.
- Beat Tintoretto in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Beat Titian in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
- Beat Félix Vallotton in the Left Bracket Third Round.
- Beat James Tissot in Left Bracket Third Round Elimination.
- Beat Jean Tinguely in the Left Bracket Fourth Round.
11 comments:
Toulouse-Lautrec
I'm a fan of both of these artists. Sad to see that one of them has to go! I'm in a particularly Toulouse-Lautrec mood this morning, so it's an easy vote for him, but I probably would have swung that way regardless.
Susan votes for Turner.
I'm going to my flip my vote from their last match-up to Toulouse-Lautrec. Turner's last here is probably my favorite, but I just love Lautrec's colors and movement. And a lot of Turner's are kinda boring, like #3 and #4 above. Elliott casts his vote for Toulouse-Lautrec too.
Turner
Turner
Turner for me. I'm mildly relieved to look back in the annals, and find I'm agreement with my past self.
I thought I had voted in this one, but I guess not. Turner by a mile!
I'm going to say Turner, but only by a kilometer.
Turner, tepidly.
Turner comes back from a 1-4 deficit with six votes in a row, and marches on to try his hand against M.C. Escher in the next round. Watch out for trick stairways, Turner!
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