The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Zuccarelli v. Zurbarán!

At this point, the Infinite Art Tournament would like to thank Phaidon Press for compiling The Art Book, which -- unbeknownst to them -- provided the idea and the basic roster for this complicated art-historical entertainment.  Which is, mind you, far from finished yet.

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Francesco Zuccarelli
1702 - 1788
Florentine; worked in Venice and Britain

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Francisco de Zurbarán
1598 - 1664
Spanish

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The Semi-Finals: Picasso v. Prud'hon!

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"Semifinals" designates the Fourth to Seventh Rounds of the Infinite Art Tournament.  This is a Left Bracket Fourth Round Match between Pablo Picasso (5-1, 37-18, .673) and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (3-1, 29-15, .659).  Leaving the Tournament after a grudge match loss to Picasso is Piero di Cosimo (4-2, 39-27, .591).

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Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
Spanish

• Beat Piero della Francesca easily in Round 1.
• Beat Piero di Cosimo in Round 2.
• Upset by Joachim Patenier in the Round 3 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Pisanello in the Left Bracket Third Round.
• Defeated Piero di Cosimo a second time in a Left Bracket Third Round Elimination Grudge Match.

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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
1758 - 1823
French

• Drubbed Francesco Primaticcio in Round 1.
• Beat Sir Henry Raeburn in Round 2.
• Defeated Nicolas Poussin in Round 3 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
• Lost to Raphael in Round 4.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, First Elimination Round #62/64

Faceoff #1: Watteau v. Wesselmann

Antoine Watteau
1684 - 1721
French

Pasted by Waterhouse in Round 1.

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Tom Wesselmann
1931 - 2004
American

Lost to Britain's Carel Weight in Round 1.

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Faceoff #2: West v. Wilkie

Benjamin West
1738 - 1820
American; worked in Britain

Lost after leading early against Van der Weyden in Round 1.

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Sir David Wilkie
1785 - 1841
British

Drubbed by Whistler's mother's son in Round 1.

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Please note that you may vote only once in each face-off.  Opining that both of the artists in one of the two face-offs is superior to the other is fine, but casting your votes for two artists in the same face-off is not permissible.

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Zoffany v. Zorn!

Johann Zoffany
1733 - 1810
German; worked in Britain and India

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Anders Zorn
1860 - 1920
Swedish

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The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Third-Round Elimination: GRUDGE MATCH: De Hooch v. Homer!

Today's match features two artists last seen all the way back in 2015. Dutch master Pieter De Hooch (3-1, 23-22, .511) takes on American Winslow Homer (4-1, 48-19, .716). If you look at those statistics, Homer looks like the clear favorite -- except, when these two guys met in March 2014, it was Mr. De Hooch that ended up winning, seven votes to six. This of course makes this contest a Grudge Match, and means that Homer would have to beat De Hooch outright to stay alive. A tie would go to the Dutchman on the strength of his earlier win.

The artists that fell in the Third Round were Meindert Hobbema and Ferdinand Hodler.

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Pieter De Hooch
1629 - 1684
Dutch

• Overcame Gerrit van Honthorst, his countryman from the previous generation, in Round 1.
• Shocked American Winslow Homer in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Lost to Remedios Varo in Round 3.
• Snuck by his near-contemporary Meindert Hobbema in the Left Bracket Third Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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Winslow Homer
1836 - 1910
American

• 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.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Van der Weyden v. Whistler!

Rogier Van der Weyden
1399ish - 1464
Dutch

Came from behind to beat Benjamin West in Round 1.

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James Abbot McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American; worked in Britain

Defeated Sir David Wilkie in Round 1.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Tatlin v. Vasarely!

Vladimir Tatlin
1885 - 1953
Russian

Tied with Antoni Tàpies in his first shot at Round One.

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Victor Vasarely
1908 - 1997
Hungarian; worked in France.

Tied with Velázquez (!) in his first shot at Round One.

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