The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Second-Round Elimination: Vieira da Silva v. Utamaro!

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

• Defeated Andrea del Verrocchio in Round 1.
• Lost to Vermeer in Round 2.
• Beat Paolo Uccello in the Left Bracket Second Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 - 1806
Japanese

• Beat Paolo Uccello in Round 1.
• Lost to Félix Vallotton in Round 2.
• Crushed Andrea del Verrocchio in the Left Bracket Second Round.

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The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Second-Round Elimination: Toulouse-Lautrec v. Titian!

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 - 1901
French

• Crushed Jean-François de Troy in Round 1.
• Lost to J.M.W. Turner in Round 2.
• Beat Tintoretto in the Left Bracket Second Round.

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Titian
1488ish - 1576
Venetian

• Defeated Mark Tobey in Round 1.
• Lost in a conspicuous upset to James Tissot in Round 2.
• Made it past Jean-François de Troy pretty easily in the Left Bracket Second Round by a safe margin.

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The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Third-Round Elimination: Renoir v. Rivera!

Time for another collision between two big-name painters from which only one can survive... unless there's a tie, of course.  Both Renoir and Rivera have lost a match, and both to the same guy: Rembrandt.  

Leaving the Tournament after his Third Round match with Renoir is Sir William Orpen (2-2-1; 28-31).  Rivera got here by beating Auguste Rodin (3-2, 31-21).

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Pierre Auguste Renoir
1841 - 1919
French

• Pulled away from Sir Joshua Reynolds in Round 1.
• Lost to Rembrandt in Round 2.
• Beat Gerhard Richter in the Left Bracket Second Round.
• Locked in a tie with Guido Reni in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Deadlocked again, this time with Sir Henry Raeburn, in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Cuba's Roberto Matta in a Left Bracket Second Round Elimination tiebreaker.
• Snuck by Sir William Orpen by a single vote in the Left Bracket Third Round. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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Diego Rivera
1886 - 1957
Mexican

• Crushed Luca Della Robbia in Round 1.
• Beat José de Ribera in Round 2 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Lost a squeaker to some cat named Rembrandt in Round 3.
• Beat Auguste Rodin in the Left Bracket Third Round by another two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Wilkie v. Weight!

Sir David Wilkie
1785 - 1841
British

Drubbed by Whistler's mother's son in Round 1.
Defeated Benjamin West in First Round Elimination.

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Carel Weight
1908 - 1997
British

Trounced Tom Wesselmann in Round 1.
Lost to John William Waterhouse in Round 2.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Watteau v. Whistler!

Antoine Watteau
1684 - 1721
French

Pasted by Waterhouse in Round 1.
Lambasted 20th Century artist Tom Wesselmann in First Round Elimination.

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James Abbot McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American; worked in Britain

Defeated Sir David Wilkie in Round 1.
Lost to Rogier Van der Weyden in Round 2, but there's no shame in that.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Four: Turner v. Vermeer!

It's the first Saturday of the month.  Let's celebrate with another Fourth Round match!

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J.M.W. Turner
1775 - 1850
British

• Crushed Cy Twombly in Round 1.
• Defeated Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Round 2.
• Beat James Tissot easily in Round 3.

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Jan Vermeer
1632 - 1675
Dutch

• Beat Veronese easily in Round 1.
• Vanquished Maria Elena Vieira da Silva in Round 2.
• Trounced Félix Vallotton in Round 3.

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The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Second-Round Elimination: Spilliaert v. Smith!

Here's a Second Round Elimination match between the two guys who knocked out Nicolas de Staël.  It promises to be another fine contest, unless you're a diehard Nicolas de Staël fan, in which case you'll probably be disgusted with this whole area of the brackets.

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Léon Spilliaert
1881 - 1946
Belgian

• Slaughtered Nicolas de Staël in Round 1.
• Lost to Sir Stanley Spencer in Round 2.
• Beat Pierre Soulages in the Left Bracket Second Round.

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David Smith
1906 - 1965
American

• Beat Frans Snyders by a single vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Lost to Venetian master Sodoma in Round 2.
• Made it past Nicolas de Staël in the Left Bracket Second Round by a safe margin.

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