Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Cézanne v. Chagall!

Paul Cézanne
1839 - 1906
French

Didn't have much trouble with Benvenuto Cellini in Round 1.





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Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Russian-born; worked in France

Defeated Philippe de Champaigne in Round 1.




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Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

17 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Cézanne SVP.

Christine M. said...

Cezanne. Or as one of our students called him, "Say-ZANNY"

Nichim said...

Toughy. I'm going with Cezanne, swayed by the tower of biscotti in the still life.

lamanyana said...

Oh - this one is really close for me. I guess I'll throw a vote to Chagall to balance things out a bit.

Chuckdaddy said...

I thought this decision wiould be harder. But Chagall, he's just so.... dreamy.

mrs.5000 said...

Oh, killer matchup! I have a soft spot for Chagall, and yet I am going to have to vote for Cezanne. Because without him, why, who knows what would have happened? Much of the towering achievement of modern art would come crashing down like a stack of ill-placed biscotti!

Jenners said...

Chagall

pfly said...

Ack! This may be the hardest one yet for me. Well after lengthy thought and prolonged introspection for nearly two minutes, and despite the idea that Cézanne was probably more important, historically and influentially, and biscottially, "the father of us all" and so on, I will say Chagall: Chagall. There, I said it.

Michael5000 said...

There's a certain feeling of the Tournament kicking into another stage with this pairing.

I'm not historically a huge fan of Say-ZANNY, but some recent face-to-face encounters were awfully convincing. His oranges are more orange than other oranges.

Cézanne 2012!

Candida said...

Chagall makes me feel like singing and writing novels and dancing.

Cezanne makes me feel like walking on to see another painting, perhaps one by Van Gogh.

One vote for Chagall, please!

Mm Mud said...

Cezanne for color tones and blends.

Michael5000 said...

A vote-by-mail for Cezanne

Alison said...

Chagall gets my vote, mostly because he kept my interest for a longer period of time

JakeFlo said...

Cezanne!

JFlo said...

Another vote for Cezanne. This is a great 2nd round matchup.

Alison said...

Chagall! I like his ducks

Michael5000 said...

After correcting for the admirably consistent Alison's double-vote, we end up with Cezanne taking down Chagall 9-6 in a heartbreaker.

Voting's closed in this one!