Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament Second-Round Elimination: Denis v. Brancusi!


Paul Delvaux snuck by Maurice Denis in the First Round, but then lost to Richard Diebenkorn and Constantin Brancusi to leave us this week with a record of 1-2 (14 cumulative votes for, 22 against).  Also leaving us this week is Otto Dix (14-22), who beat Jim Dine but fell to Georges Braque and then Denis.

That means that this contest is between a painter who
lost to Delvaux and a sculptor that beat him. Does that mean that Brancusi will coast unhindered to Round 3? Let's find out!



Maurice Denis
1870 - 1943
French







Constantin Brancusi
1876 - 1956
Romanian; worked in France.
  • Lost an early lead and lost to Cubist master Georges Braque by a single vote in Round 1! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
  • Languished for the better part of a year after the victory was miscalculated as a tie.
  • Broke living American Jim Dine's heart in First Round Elimination.
  • Bumped Paul Delvaux, Belgium's other famous painter, in Left Bracket Round 2.






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.

15 comments:

pfly said...

Brancusi please.

Morgan said...

Denis!

Christine M. said...

Denis

Elizabeth said...

Denis. I like the idea that an angel could walk in the door at any time.

Chuckdaddy said...

Denis

Chuckdaddy's mom said...

Denis

mrs.5000 said...

I like Denis.

Chucknerd said...

Oh, and it looks like the Brancusi/Delvaux link is off.

Michael5000 said...

Thanks Chuck. Fixed that and some other stuff.

Michael5000 said...

by mail: "last and perhaps almost least, Denis over Brancusi." : D

Michael5000 said...

Me: Denis over Brancusi!

Nichim said...

I'm going to put in a vote for Brancusi. I don't like the cubisty first sculpture, but I do like the marble egghead one a lot.

lamanyana said...

Denis

Candida said...

Denis.

Michael5000 said...

Kiss Brancusi goodbye -- Denis has pretty much blown him off the track with a 10-2 margin. Don't know about you, but I sure didn't see that coming.

Thanks for voting!