Friday, July 4, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2 TIEBREAK: Goya v. Hodler!

Halfway Week celebrations continue with the other half of the tiebreaker that started yesterday!



Francisco Goya
1746 - 1828
Spanish

Scored a decisive victory over Jan Van Goyen in Round 1.
Tied with El Greco in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
Tied again, with David in another Round 2 match. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!








Ferdinand Hodler
1853 - 1918
Swiss

Defeated Hans Hofmann in Round 1.
Tied with David Hockney in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!








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.

15 comments:

Elizabeth said...

I still really like Ferdinand Hodler.

Morgan said...

Hodler.

Chuckdaddy said...

Yeah, I can't really explain why, but I love Hodler. And Goya, eh, I guess he's pretty good, but I'm not sure why he's a household name. A strong vote for Hodler.

pfly said...

Hmm, was going to say Goya, but you know...Hodler.

Christine M. said...

Goya

Ben said...

Tough choice, but I'm going to vote for Hodler.

DrSchnell said...

Hodler.

mrs.5000 said...

Definitely Goya. I keep waiting for The Third of May to show up, but it looks like he may not stick around that long. For me, it was his amazing range that made him great. He was a court painter and one of the great pioneers of nightmares: you notice a slight smearing in the faces of royalty and goblins, and feel one could so easily melt into the other.

Michael5000 said...

I like Hodler, but I can't really push him up over Goya. Goya!

Michael5000 said...

Here's a emailed vote: "This is such a hard choice. But Hodler."

UnwiseOwl said...

The beard almost brought Hodler back, but it's Goya for me. (Back in to do my democratic duty after a long break).

Candida said...

I was surprised by how much I liked Hodler, but I guess I'm a Goya gal.

lamanyana said...

Hodler

Nichim said...

Holder, clearly. The whole time I was looking at the Goya's I was thinking "oh man, I hope I like the other guy so I don't have to vote for these."

Michael5000 said...

Goya fought back towards the end, but the Green Mountain voters did him in with a final 1-2 punch. Hodler moves on to Round Three, and Goya limps into the Left Brackets with an odd 1-1-2 record and hopes for a big comeback.