Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Van Gogh v. Gontcharova!

Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Dutch; worked in France

Beat up on Hugo van der Goes in Round 1.







Natalia Gontcharova
1881-1962
Russian; worked in France

Defeated Arshile Gorky in Round 1.







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.

13 comments:

Christine M. said...

van Gogh

Chuckdaddy said...

I really like Gontcharova.

Van Gogh

Morgan said...

There's a reason that Van Gogh is so famous. He's good! I'll cast my vote for him.

Elizabeth said...

Natalia Gontcharova - merci et spasibo.

Ben said...

Poor Gontcharova--it's hard to compete with van Gogh. He gets my vote.

pfly said...

I'll go with this van Gogh guy, whoever he was.

mrs.5000 said...

This is a cruel match, because Goncharova has been a favorite of mine since some of her paintings were in a PAM show on the Russian avant-garde. But against Van Gogh? I have to vote with the press of people standing in front of Starry Night, the last time we were in MOMA.

Michael5000 said...

Digging Gontcharova, voting for Vincent.

Candida said...

I hate to be predictable, but van Gogh is really more my speed.

lamanyana said...

I think I'll be the first to throw a vote to Gontcharova.

Michael5000 said...

Here's an emailed vote for Vincent van Gogh.

Nichim said...

The problem with Van Gogh is that he's so overplayed that I feel like I'm just looking at postcards. My vote goes to Gontcharova. That last painting of hers is the only one that got me excited.

Michael5000 said...

Only three people were the first to throw a vote to Gontcharova, as opposed to nine for Van Gogh, and the popular Dutchman will advance with momentum into Round Four. Gontcharova is getting a lot of love here, though, so who knows? Maybe she'll win out in the Left Bracket and we'll see them again for the overall championship!