Saturday, July 1, 2017

The Semi-Finals: Magritte v. Lissitzky!





"Semifinals" designates the Fourth to Seventh Rounds of the Infinite Art Tournament.  This is a Left Bracket Fourth Round Match between René Magritte (4-1, 39-23, .629) and El Lissitzky (3-1, 27-22, .551). Lorenzo Lotto (3-2, 28-30, .483) leaves the Tournament after falling to Magritte.


René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Belgian







El Lissitzky
1890 - 1941
Russian

  • Defeated 15th century German Stefan Lochner in Round 1.
  • Got all modern on Fra Filippo Lippi in Round 2.
  • Beat famous photographer Ansel Adams in Round 3.
  • Lost to Leonardo da Vinci in Round 4.






14 comments:

Christine M. said...

Magritte

UnwiseOwl said...

Lissitzky.

Morgan said...

Lissitzky, but it's close.

Maddy said...

Lissitzky.

Unknown said...

Magritte

boonec1974 said...

I just can't stop myself from voting for Magritte.

Michael5000 said...

Mariah on FB: "Lissitzky. I adore Magritte, but have never seen Lissitzky and the work is stunning!"

Nichim said...

Tough. My vote goes to Magritte.

DrSchnell said...

Magritte

Michael5000 said...

I'm taking the El.

Michael5000 said...

Susan votes for Magritte.

mrs.5000 said...

Hmmmm. Owie. OK, Magritte.

Candida said...

Magritte.

Michael5000 said...

El Lissitzky -- which is of course Spanish for "The Lissitzky," have I used that gag yet? -- loses by three votes to the French guy. He had a heck of a run! Magritte will continue on into Four Round Elimination, where he'll take on Andy Goldsworthy and another chance for glory!