Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Van der Goes v. Gauguin!

Play-In Tournament Phase 2, Flight 6 closes noon PDT this Saturday!



Hugo van der Goes
1440 - 1482
Dutch

Lost to somebody named Vincent van Gogh in Round 1.
Smeared Arshile Gorky in First Round Elimination.






Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
French; worked in France and Tahiti
  • Took care of business versus Henri Gaudier-Brzeska in Round 1.
  • Tied with Thomas Gainsborough in a gripping Round 2 artists' duel. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
  • Tied again with Jacques-Louis David in Round 2 Tiebreak. YOUR VOTE SURE COUNTS!
  • Finally lost, to El Greco in another Round 2 Tiebreak.





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.

12 comments:

Christine M. said...

Gauguin

Ben said...

van der Goes

Morgan said...

van der Goes, barely.

Chuckdaddy said...

Gauguin

pfly said...

Gauguin

Elizabeth said...

van der Goes - I keep seeing more interesting things to wonder about in his paintings every time I look at them. However, Gauguin's "Washerwomen" is definitely growing on me.

mrs.5000 said...

Van der Goes is awesome! And yet, I'm going to stick with Gauguin.

lamanyana said...

Gauguin

Michael5000 said...

Van der Goes, easy peasy. I don't "get" Gauguin. I once wrote a handful of art historians saying pretty much "Gauguin is pretty much just famous for being famous, isn't he? I mean, he's just not really a very good painter, am I right?" The response was rather chilly.

Michael5000 said...

Here's a late emailed vote for van der Goes.

Candida said...

van der Goes

Michael5000 said...

That late, late vote breaks a tie, and van der Goes goes to the Third Round, knocking Gauguin out of the match and the Tournament with a tiny 6-5 victory!