The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Leighton v. Witz!

Frederic Leighton
1830 - 1896
British

Tied with Fernand Léger in his first try at Round One.
Tied with Paula Modersohn-Becker in his second try at Round One.
Tied with Adriaen van Ostade in his third try at the First Round.
Beat Spain's Antoni Tàpies in a fourth try at Round 1.

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Konrad Witz
1410ish - 1446
German

Defeated Richard Wilson in Round 1.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round: van Scorel v. Seurat!

Jan van Scorel
1495 - 1562
Dutch

• Defeated Sebastiano del Piombo in Round 1.
• Lost to Kurt Schwitters in Round 2.
• Beat Christian Schad in the Left Bracket Second Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Martin Schongauer by a two-vote swing in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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Georges Seurat
1859 - 1891
French

• Defeated Gino Severini in Round 1.
• Trounced Richard Serra in Round 2.
• Lost to Charles Sheeler in Round 3 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round: Rodin v. Rivera!

Auguste Rodin
1840 - 1917
French

• Upset by Alexander Rodchenko in Round 1. By a single vote! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Ousted Piet Mondrian in First Round Elimination.
• Beat James Rosenquist in the Left Bracket Second Round.
• Beat 18th Century Englishman George Romney by a two-vote swing in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. 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.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Four: Signac v. Spencer!

Once again, the Fourth Round brings us to a pair of artists who were alive at the same time, yet who each had his own stylistic thing going on.  To celebrate the first Saturday of October, here's a Fourth Round match between Paul Signac and Sir Stanley Spencer!

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Paul Signac
1863 - 1935
French

• Defeated Luca Signorelli easily in Round 1.
• Beat Paula Modersohn-Becker in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Got past Rennaisance Estonian Michiel Sittow in the Third Round.

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Sir Stanley Spencer
1891 - 1959
British

• Crushed Chaim Soutine in an amazing come-from-behind victory in Round 1.
• Beat Belgium's famous painter Léon Spilliaert in Round 2.
• Beat Sodoma in Round 3.

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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Third Round: Renoir v. Orpen!

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.

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Sir William Orpen
1878 - 1931
British

• Tied with Adriaen van Ostade in his first try at Round One.
• Upset Piet Mondrian in his second try at Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Beat Alexander Rodchenko by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
• Lost to Salvator Rosa in Round 3.

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We interupt this Art Tournament to inform you that...

My running avatar made it to Fallingwater!

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Tanguy v. Newman!

Yves Tanguy
1890 - 1955
French

Lost to Rufino Tamayo in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Tied with Gerard Ter Borch in Round 1 Elimination.  
Beat Kenneth Noland in a First Round Elimination tiebreaker.

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Barnett Newman
1905 - 1970
American

Beat Bruce Nauman in Round 1.
Lost to Ben Nicholson in Round 2, in a November 2015 match.

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