Vermeer beat Michelangelo, and Michelangelo beat Wyeth... and Vermeer beat Wyeth! And Bruegel beat van Gogh! Which is how we ended up with this Netherlands v. Netherlands face-off between two of the last six artists standing in the Infinite Art Tournament!
We don't have many matches going, so votes on this one (and the Caillebotte/Leonardo match) are due in two weeks. Vote! Vote! Vote!
Jan Vermeer
Dutch
With Rembrandt and Frans Hals, Vermeer ranks among the most admired of all Dutch artists, but he was much less well known in his own day and remained relatively obscure until the end of the nineteenth century. The main reason for this is that he produced a small number of pictures, perhaps about forty-five (of which thirty-six are known today), primarily for a small circle of patrons in Delft.... His compositions are mostly invented and exhibit the most discriminating formal relationships, including those of color. In addition, Vermeer’s application of paint reveals extraordinary technical ability and time-consuming care.
- The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Beat Veronese easily in Round 1.
- Vanquished Maria Elena Vieira da Silva in Round 2.
- Trounced Félix Vallotton in Round 3.
- Beat Turner in Round 4 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Got past Jan Steen in Round 5.
- Beat Michaelangelo in Round 6.
- Lost to John Singer Sargent in Round 7.
- Outlasted Paul Klee in the Left Bracket Round 7.
- Came from behind to beat Andrew Wyeth in Round 7 Elimination by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
1853 - 1890
Dutch; worked in France
Over the course of his decade-long career (1880–90), he produced nearly 900 paintings and more than 1,100 works on paper. Ironically, in 1890, he modestly assessed his artistic legacy as of “very secondary” importance.... By the outbreak of World War I, with the discovery of his genius by the Fauves and German Expressionists, Vincent van Gogh had already come to be regarded as a vanguard figure in the history of modern art.
- The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Beat up on Hugo van der Goes in Round 1.
- Got past Natalia Gontcharova in Round 2.
- Gave El Greco a real drubbing in Round 3.
- Lambasted Giotto in a Round 4 13-1 blowout.
- Beat Atkinson Grimshaw in Round 5.
- Beat Thomas Eakins in a spirited Round 6 match.
- Beat Remedios Varo by a wide margain, but with a lot of torn voters, in Round 7 match.
- Lost to Brughel in Round 8.
Van Gogh, very easily.
ReplyDeleteVan Gogh, but I miss Remedios Varo
ReplyDeleteThree for Van Gogh and one for Vermeer on the Facebook feed.
ReplyDeleteAnother FBer for van Gogh.
ReplyDeleteVermeer.
ReplyDeleteThat last was Maddy; the name box didn't appear.
ReplyDeleteSusan says "Vermeer -- I expect to be in the minority on this -- and isn't ART grand. How could two artists both be so great & so different?
ReplyDeleteAnd we've got another one (Gretchen) for van Gogh on FB.
ReplyDeleteI second Nichim on the Van Gogh and the Varo.
ReplyDeleteAnother vote for Van Gogh, who's warming up here for another eventual swing at Bruegel.
ReplyDeleteI think there are certainly days I'd pick Van Gogh of the two, but more days that I'd pick Vermeer. Today it's Vermeer.
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