Saturday, May 10, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Kneller v. Kokoschka!

Sir Godfrey Kneller
1646 - 1723
German; worked in Britain



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Oskar Kokoschka
1886 - 1980
Austrian; worked internationally




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Vote for the artist of your choice! Votes go in the comments. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

17 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Kokoschka - especially after doing the google.

Christine M. said...

Kokoschka

Chuckdaddy said...

Kokoschka

Morgan said...

Kokoschka

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

First guy for sure. I like when an artist captures an expression on someone's face where you kind of can tell what they were like. That one guy looks like such an arrogant prick . . .

Chuckdaddy said...

Going to flip my pick after seeing some more Knellers. I particularly like his john Locke.

mrs.5000 said...

Kokoschka!

DrSchnell said...

Kokoschka

Ben said...

Kokoschka

pfly said...

I have a special spot for Kokoschka, probably because there was/is one at the Albright Knox and burned into my brain as a child.

lamanyana said...

Kokoschka

Michael5000 said...

Here's an emailed vote for Kokoschka.

Nichim said...

Kneller. I agree with Mr. Noisewater.

Candida said...

Neither really does it for me, but Kokoschka lost me when I googled him. Kneller.

Michael5000 said...

I like Kokoschka and riotous color!

UnwiseOwl said...

Kokoschka. Kneller is fine most days of the week, but Kokoschka has something special here with that nutty technique.

Michael5000 said...

Despite the Chuckdaddy Flip, Kokoschka marches easily to an 11-4 victory in Round One. Sir Kneller will have to try to stay alive in the Left Brackets.