Infinite Art Tournament: The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Third-Round Elimination: GRUDGE MATCH: De Hooch v. Homer!
The Infinite Art Tournament Left Bracket Third-Round Elimination: GRUDGE MATCH: De Hooch v. Homer!
Today's match features two artists last seen all the way back in 2015. Dutch master Pieter De Hooch (3-1, 23-22, .511) takes on American Winslow Homer (4-1, 48-19, .716). If you look at those statistics, Homer looks like the clear favorite -- except, when these two guys met in March 2014, it was Mr. De Hooch that ended up winning, seven votes to six. This of course makes this contest a Grudge Match, and means that Homer would have to beat De Hooch outright to stay alive. A tie would go to the Dutchman on the strength of his earlier win.
The artists that fell in the Third Round were Meindert Hobbema and Ferdinand Hodler.
Overcame Gerrit van Honthorst, his countryman from the previous generation, in Round 1.
Shocked American Winslow Homer in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Lost to Remedios Varo in Round 3.
Snuck by his near-contemporary Meindert Hobbema in the Left Bracket Third Round by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Beat the great German expatriate Hans Holbein in an unusually high-octane Round 1 match.
Lost to Dutch master Pieter De Hooch by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Crushed André Beauneveu in the Left Bracket Second Round.
Decisively beat Katsushika Hokusai in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
Crushed Ferdinand Hodler in the Left Bracket Third Round by another two-vote swing.
Both of these artists are wonderful! I'll vote Homer, but it's a slight preference.
Gotta go with Homer. There's so much more motion and expression in his work. De Hooch is just so... so... Dutch. So, Homer for the win.
Doh! I'll go with Homer.
I still like De Hooch better.
Ooh, great matchup! I'll personally go with Chapman's Homer. Or rather, just regular old Homer.
Wow. This might be the first time I'm actually leaning towards an abstain... I'll just slightly go with the Hoochie Cooch (his wife's pet name for him I'm pretty sure).
Homer wins this one with relative ease, and will progress to take on Frida Kahlo next weekend. Thanks for your votes!
The Semi-Finals: Picasso v. Prud'hon!
The Semi-Finals: Gentileschi v. Feininger!