Left Bracket Seventh Round: Wyeth v. Monet

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Andrew Wyeth provisionally tied with Rembrandt 7-7, then won by rule after my own vote was discounted -- the thinnest margin of victory since Sofonisba Anguissola beat Antonello da Messina 6-6 under the Grudge Match rule back in the year '13.  While Rembrandt fans mutter about how "there were some real funny calls in that match," Wyeth moves on to try his brush against the Giverny Giant, the Emperor of Impressionism, Mr. Claude Monet!

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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.
• Beat Rembrandt by a hair's breadth in Left Bracket Sixth Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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Claude Monet

1840 - 1926
French

Claude Monet was a key figure in the Impressionist movement that transformed French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his long career, Monet consistently depicted the landscape and leisure activities of Paris and its environs as well as the Normandy coast. He led the way to twentieth-century modernism by developing a unique style that strove to capture on canvas the very act of perceiving nature.

- - The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

• Skunked! Skunked Henry Moore in Round 1
  
• Skunked! Skunked Fernand Léger in Round 2
  
• Beat Gustave Moreau easily in Round 3.
• Defeated Norman Rockwell in the Fourth Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Georgia O'Keeffe in Round 5.
• Got past Patinir in Round 6.
• Lost to Leonardo da Vinci in Round 7.

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