Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Millet v. Miro!

Jean-François Millet
1814 - 1875
French



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Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Spanish



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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.

10 comments:

Christine M. said...

Millet

Morgan said...

Mir\'o!

mrs.5000 said...

This is like comparing apples and bananas! Miro wins by an ambiguous follicle.

boonec1974 said...

Wow, this is a tough little corner of the bracket. Next match-up Millais or Michelangelo? Ouch. I was at first leaning Millet. Besides being quite the grain, he might be my favorite Barbizonista of the tournament. Those peasants are bad ass! But Miró seems to be creating his own vivid alternate universe where we've all been turned into shapes and squiggles. That's hard to beat. I'll go slightly for Miró.

pfly said...

Miro my hero!

Michael5000 said...

Linda went for Millet on the Facebook feed.

Michael5000 said...

With proper respect to Millet, I have an unfortunate mental connection of him to grandmotherliness. Not that there's anything wrong with grandmotherliness. Whereas I connect Miro with grooviness. For a few years, Joan Miro was among my favorite female painters of 20th Century Europe!

So, Miro.

And yes, I know now.

Michael5000 said...

Susan emails in a vote for Millet.

Candida said...

Millet.

Michael5000 said...

Miro squeaks by Millet, squeaks! ...five votes to four.