Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round TIEBREAK: Böcklin v. Van Dyck!

Van Dyck and Van Dongen fought to a 6-6 tie, which leaves Dossi and Dubuffet hanging briefly in bracket limbo.  So, Van Dyck faces off today against Arnold Böcklin, who has been waiting to resolve the second of his own 6-6 ties.  Next week, Van Dongen will take on Daniel Buren.


Arnold Böcklin
1827 - 1901
German; worked in Italy







Sir Anthony Van Dyck
1599 - 1641
Dutch; worked in Britain






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.

13 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Voting for Böcklin - that first painting is creepilicious.

Christine M. said...

Böcklin

Ben said...

I'll go with Böcklin.

lamanyana said...

Böcklin

chuckdaddy said...

Not only 4 straight votes for Bocklin, but 4 straight votes for Bocklin including an umlaut. You have an impressive crowd here, Michael!

But I'm going to simultaneously break the umlaut and Bocklin streak. Between his drabness and his ties, I'm tired of the Bocklinater. Come on Van Dyck, put Bocklin out of his misery!

mrs.5000 said...

I'll take Van Dyck in this race, and not just because I'm an incompetent slob about umlauts. I actually like Bocklin's whole moody Isle of the Dead thing, but not as much as Van Dyck's portraits.

Morgan said...

Böcklin, most definitely

pfly said...

Another umlauted Böcklin.

Nichim said...

Böcklin for me as well.

Michael5000 said...

By email: "a vote for Bocklin. 'Isle of the Dead' is so much better in reality than reproduction."

Michael5000 said...

Van Dyck for me!

Candida said...

van Dyck!

Michael5000 said...

Umlauted Böcklin survives his second tie-breaker. In his first match that didn't hang on the final vote, he gets by Van Dyck 8-4 and continues his arduous trek leftward through the brackets.