Winslow Homer (9-1, 90-35, .720) has kept hope alive by winning an amazing eight straight in the Left Bracket, and becomes only the second artist to enter an eleventh match. He'll take on an American eight years his junior in Thomas Eakins (5-1, 46-23, .667), who fell to Van Gogh to end up here in the Left Bracket. Only one of them will survive to take on the winner of the Gentileschi v. Benton contest!
1836 - 1910
American
...this great painter of the American scene did not lose the edge when it came to the probity and drama of his art.... In works such as Fox Hunt (1893) and Right and Left (1909), Homer dealt with profound issues of existence, while in his paintings of the pounding surf of the Maine coast he brought nature to center stage.
- Smithsonian
- Beat the great German expatriate Hans Holbein in an unusually high-octane Round 1 match.
- Lost to Dutch master Pieter De Hooch by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Crushed André Beauneveu in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Decisively beat Katsushika Hokusai in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
- Crushed Ferdinand Hodler in the Left Bracket Third Round by another two-vote swing.
- Beat Pieter De Hooch with a dramatic grudge match reversal in Left Bracket Third Round Elimination.
- Defeated Frida Kahlo in the Left Bracket Fourth Round.
- Beat the unbeatable Adolphe William Bouguereau in Left Bracket Fourth Round Elimination.
- Held off Peter Severin Krøyer's comeback attempt in the Left Bracket Fifth Round.
- Beat Frederick Church in Fifth Round Elimination.
1844 - 1916
American
Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), America’s greatest, most uncompromising realist, dedicated his career to depicting the human figure—in oil and watercolor, sculpture and photography. ...Eakins was in the vanguard of young painters who would shift the focus of American art from landscape to the figural subjects favored by the European academies.
- The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Crushed German pioneer Adam Elsheimer in Round 1.
- Soundly defeated Belgian James Ensor in Round 2.
- Racked up a strong victory on late votes against Jan Van Eyck in Round 3.
- Beat Lyonel Feininger in Round 4.
- Beat Caspar David Friedrich easily in Round 5.
- Lost to Van Gogh in Round 6.
12 comments:
Homer
I like them both for pretty similar reasons! Eakins.
To be honest, both are crap.
Eakins. Sorry Homer.
Anonymous -- You didn't say which one you like better!
Oooh. Homer for me.
I hate apples to apples matches, especially when I love both artists. I'll go with Eakins.
Homer, by a smidge.
Of the two, I'd say that Homer is less crap!
Susan votes for Homer.
Homer.
And it's... let's see... six for Homer, three for Eakins, one for both crap. That's Homer with the win, then, and he'll take on Gentileschi in the next round as we continue on the road to determine the least crap artist of all time!
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