Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round Tiebreak: Bingham v. Botero!

The scheduled match for today would have pitted the winner of Botero/Bourgeois against the winner of Bouts/Boucher.  Boucher took care of business ably enough, but a 6-6 tie in the former match makes things a little more complicated.  Here's the first of the two resulting tiebreakers.


George Caleb Bingham
1811 - 1879
American

Lost to German-American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt in Round 1.
Crushed Josef Beuys in First Round Elimination.
Tied with George Bellows in the Left Bracket Second Round.







Fernando Botero
born 1932
Colombian; works in France

Made a serious run at Botticelli -- yes, THAT Botticelli!! -- in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Knocked out French proto-impressionist Eugène Boudin by a comfortable margin in First Round Elimination.
Tied with 20th century "confessional artist" Louise Bourgeois in the Left Bracket Second Round.







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, but likely much longer.

14 comments:

Christine M. said...

Bingham

lamanyana said...

Botero

xhuckdaddy said...

Go Botero!

Morgan said...

Hey, I get another chance to vote for Bingham! I will do so.

Elizabeth said...

Voting for the black cat rather than the fat cat. Bingham.

mrs.5000 said...

A hearty vote for Bingham, and a prediction that this hearty frontiersman will run circles around his grotesquely out-of-shape competitor.

pfly said...

Hmm, Bingham, though I've enjoyed getting to know Botero.

Michael5000 said...

An email voter says "I'm stickin' with Bingham" and describes Mrs.5000 as "spot-on."

Sarah Nopp said...

Botero

Michael5000 said...

Ooops, didn't vote on this one. Bingham by the width of the Mississippi! And by the way, word on the bayou is, it's a bear cub, not a kittycat.

Candida said...

Bingham, despite his inability to draw a bear cub that won't be mistaken for a cat.

Alison said...

Bingham

Alison said...

I thought the bear cat was the last one in Botero's until just now

Michael5000 said...

Bingham takes down Botero in a hail of bullets. His 9-3 victory keeps him moving left in the brackets; he'll advance into our first ever GRUDGE MATCH!!!