Thursday, February 22, 2018

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round: Vieira da Silva v. Tissot!



Maria Elena Vieira da Silva
1908 - 1992
Portuguese; worked in France






James Tissot
1836 - 1902
French
  • Beat Tintoretto in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
  • Put a big upset on Titian in Round 2.
  • Lost big to J.M.W. Turner in Round 3.




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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.

14 comments:

mrs.5000 said...

Vieira da Silva!

Maddy said...

I appreciate Tissot's dresses, but I'm going with da Silva.

Morgan said...

I like both. My vote goes to James Tissot.

Christine M. said...

Tissot

UnwiseOwl said...

De Silva has his moments, but Tissot has him beat. Tissot!

Michael5000 said...

Mariah is going with Vieira da Silva (who I believe identified as female) on Facebook.

boonec1974 said...

Nora and I split, with her going Tissot and me going Vierira de Silva. Nora, "I like that Tis blah blah blah is more realistic."

Michael5000 said...

Susan votes-by-mail for Vieira da Silva.

Michael5000 said...

It's weird not to vote for Tissot until the Third Round, but I'm starting to find Vieira da Silva a bit thin. Plus the woman making eye contact with us on the top Tissot cracks me up. "Goddamn men, spending the whole freaking vacation digging through their Baedicker's when we could just ask this kid for directions, amIright?"

DrSchnell said...

da Silva

Candida said...

As I was scrolling, I was thinking, hey, this da Silva has some lines I could get behind if their opponent isn't all that hot--but then I saw Tissot and am now grabbing on with both hands, with apologies for the mixed metaphor.

Nichim said...

Vieira da Silva

pfly said...

Tissot

Michael5000 said...

And we have, it seems, tied it up, with seven votes apiece for Portugal and France. That will send Vieira da Silva up against much-tied Raeburn for a tiebreaker, and bring his latest non-victim, Zorn, down here to resolve things against Tissot. And YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT!!!