Then please, everyone send me their picks, so that I can start on Monday. Thank you!
Definitive slate:
1- McTeague: Antonio López
2- Pingy: Todd Schorr
3- Nora: Anselm Kiefer
4- ladylurks: Cynthia Sheppard
5- 24Emmy: LeRoy Neiman
6- CINNAMON: David Hockney
7- aikugur: Edgar Mendoza
8- Cutie: Amit Bahr
9- Confusion: Brett Amory
10- The Dark Poet: Freank Frazetta
11- MrFilmkritik: Jeremy Lipking
12- DameOctaviaSpencer: Michaël Borremans
13- Peppin: Liu Xiaodong
So, a reminder to @Peppin , @MrFilmkritik , @The Dark Poet , @Confusion , @Cutie and @Nora to please send me your Round 1 submission in the next 48 hours. Thank you!
Will do - I'm just finalizing my full slate before I leave for the US next week!
I think this is starting in a few hours. Good luck to everyone! I hope I can bring you some joy with my picks to represent Edgar Mendoza's work and, even if I don't pass from the first part of the game, I hope you can enjoy some of his paintings (especially if you didn't know them before).
Because of my covid I can't guarantee it will start tomorrow, but I'll try. If not tomorrow, Tuesday at the latest!
Oops, sorry, I thought I had all submissions and I was about to open the thread, but I saw @Confusion is missing. Confu, please, send your R1 submission ASAP! I have a window now to start the game. Thank you!
So, I updated the first post, with the ranking of Season 7 (plus the previous rankings too).
Who's in for Season 8? Theme: Classic painters before the 19th century. Why "before the 19th century"? Because the last time I wanted to do a classic season (Season 5) y'all ended up picking 19th century painters, so I changed that season to be exclusively about 19th century, and we're owed a true classic, oldie season.
Already claimed:
1- @Pingy - Caravaggio
2- McTeague - Giorgione
3- @ladylurks - Joseph Wright of Derby
Anyone else?
In case people are lost, there are countless, COUNTLESS huge painters unused! Raffaello Sanzio, Michelangelo, El Greco, Zurbarán, the Flemish Renaissance painters, Tiziano, Tintoretto, De Lorena, Watteau, Fragonard... I mean, the list is endless, from Medieval painters to Renaissance, to Baroque, to Rococó, the British landscapists, the Dutch portraitists... There are hundreds, we can have many Classic Seasons yet!
Oh, and the season would run probably in November. Certainly closer to the end of the year than to the beginning of the last quarter.
I'm thinking of Claudio de Lorena for now!!!
I might change later after a deep research...
You need cooling... Baby I'm not fooling...
I'm gonna send ya... Back to schooling...
I'm in for the next season. I've got got my eye on some prospects and will narrow it down.
You have MONTHS to decide. Although you risk that someone else claims the painter you wanted! As of now, I lock De Lorena and Panini for you, but be sure to tell us if you drop them or definitely choose one of them, so that people can claim the other if they want to.
Thanks!
So, as of now:
1- Pingy - Caravaggio
2- McTeague - Giorgione or Van Hoogstraten
3- ladylurks - Joseph Wright of Derby
4- Nora - Claudio De Lorena or Giovanni Paolo Panini
5- CINNAMON - TBD
LOL, the Italian dominance! Hope there's more variety coming.