Left Bracket Sixth Round Elimination: Rembrandt v. Wyeth

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Well, my friends, we have arrived at the Sweet Sixteen.  Our undefeated artists -- Breugel, Degas, van Gogh, Varo, Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Sargent, and Vermeer -- have now been joined by the eight surviving one-loss artists: Caillebotte, Durer, Gentileschi, Homer, Klee, Picasso, and now Rembrandt and Wyeth.  I feel like this is a pretty respectable set of artists.

Rembrandt beat Michelangelo to survive to this round, whereas Wyeth pummeled poor Charles Sheeler.  On the other hand, Rembrandt did beat Michelangelo, who beat Wyeth several rounds ago, so obviously... well, who knows!

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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606 - 1669
Dutch

Rembrandt was a 17th century painter and etcher whose work came to dominate what has since been named the Dutch Golden Age. One of the most revered artists of all time, Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are seen in his portraits of his contemporaries, illustrations of biblical scenes and self-portraits as well as his innovative etchings and use of shadow and light.

- Biography.com

• Survived a brush with Guido Reni in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Pierre Auguste Renoir in Round 2.
• Edged by Diego Rivera in Round 3 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
• Crushed Salvator Rosa in Round 4.
• Lost to John Singer Sargent in Round 5.
• Beat Rubens in Left Bracket Round 5.
• Beat Diego Rivera again in Fifth Round Elimination. 
• Snuck by Michelangelo by a single vote in the Left Bracket Sixth Round.   YOUR VOTE STILL COUNTS!!!

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Wyeth's "oblique self-portrait," Trodden Weed.

Andrew Wyeth
1917 - 2009
American

Wyeth’s technical resources are remarkable. His work displays a strong linear quality, and within his limited palette—consisting mostly of earth tones—he achieves a subtly extensive range of colour. His paintings are precise and detailed, yet he moves them beyond photographic naturalism by imbuing them with a sense of subjective emotion. This work also exemplifies his use of unusual angles and his mastery of light.... Art historians have often characterized Wyeth’s work as sentimental and antithetical to the abstract trajectory of 20th-century art. In the face of such criticism, Wyeth’s work has always been popular.

- The Britannica

• Defeated Jack Butler Yeats in Round 1.
• Crushed fellow American Grant Wood in Round 2.
• Trounced Frederic Leighton in Round 3.
• Lost to Michelangelo by a single vote in Round 4. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Lambasted James Abbot McNeill Whistler in the Left Bracket Fourth Round.
• Defeated Velázquez in Left Bracket Fourth Round Elimination.
• Crushed Jan Steen in the Left Bracket Fifth Round.
• Beat J.M.W. Turner in Fifth Round Elimination.
• Trounced Charles Sheeler in the Left Bracket Sixth Round.