Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Baumeister vs. Bazille

Willi Baumeister
1889 - 1955
German




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Frederic Bazille
1841 - 1870
French




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Vote for the artist of your choice!  Votes go in the comments.  Commentary and links to additional work are welcome.  Polls open for one month past posting.

10 comments:

mrs.5000 said...

Well, they're both likable enough, but I'll go with Bazille--it looks like both of these were painted the year of his death, at age twenty-nine. If he'd lived longer, maybe I'd have heard of him!

dhkendall said...

I wasn't blown away by any of them, until I scrolled down to the last Bazille picture, and *was* blown away at the picture, the use of shadow, etc. Bazille all the way!

Elizabeth said...

Bazille, bien sur.

Jenners said...

Bazille. I don't like art when I feel like I could reproduce it … like the first one.

lamanyana said...

Hmm - I like the first paintings you posted by each of them more than either of the second ones, but that's not a voting option. I think I'll go against the flow and vote for Baumeister.

Nichim said...

I agree with lamanyana, and similarly will vote for Baumeister. I really like that blob that just sat on some kind of delicate wire sculpture.

Voron X said...

Bazille.

Michael5000 said...

I agree with Nichim, and similarly will vote for Baumeister. I really like that blob that just sat on some kind of delicate wire sculpture. Miro working under a pseudonym?

Candida said...

Bazille. There's something that strikes me as very funny about the first one--the pianist in the corner and the guy on the random stairs and the completed paintings nobody's paying attention to, and the tall guy's apparently canary-colored tennis shoes. Okay, maybe it's not incredibly funny, but it strikes me as humorous. And I like it.

Michael5000 said...

Polls closed: Bazille takes it!