Saturday, June 1, 2019

The Ladder of Art -- Week #27


Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday June 7.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.


As the great Tournament audit progresses, one key finding is that Bomberg had originally placed 442nd, not 450th like we'd all thought.  His rock-like plunge down the ladder turns out to have dropped him 13 spots, ouch!  Meanwhile, those of you who pay obsessive attention to the details -- hi, Chuckdaddy! -- may note a few minor discrepancies.  Except, they aren't really discrepancies.  They're corrections.

Meanwhile, some great new paintings to look at this week while you're waiting for Wednesday's colossal "Final Two" match!


Last Week's Results



This Week's Contest



Jean-François de Troy
1679 - 1752
French

Tournament Record: Tied for 439th. Beaten by Toulouse-Lautrec, defeated Cy Twombly, and Lost to Titian. 12 votes for, 28 votes against (.300).





Gilbert Stuart
1755 - 1828
American

Tournament Record: Tied for 439th. Beaten by Clyfford Still and Stubbs. 6 votes for, 14 votes against (.300).






William Merritt Chase
1849 - 1916
American

Tournament Record: Tied for 439th. Beaten by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and Christo. 6 votes for, 14 votes against (.300).
  • Placed Second, Week #26







Willem Kalf
1622 - 1693
Dutch

Tournament Record: Tied for 454th. Lost to Wassily Kandinsky and Richard Parkes Bonington. 7 votes for, 18 votes against (.280).
  • Tied for First in Week #22.
  • Placed Second in Week #24.
  • Tied for Third in Week #25.
  • Placed Fourth in Week #26.





Bernardino Luini
c. 1481 - 1532
Milanese

Tournament Record: Tied for 461st. Lost to Mabuse, AKA Jan Gossaert, and to Aristide Maillol. 6 votes for, 17 votes against (.261).
  • Tied for First in Week #19. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #21. 
  • Placed Third in Week #22. 
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #23.
  • Placed Fourth in Week #24. 
  • Tied for First in Week #25






Edward Wadsworth
1889 - 1949
British

Tournament Record: Placed 490th. Lost to Édouard Vuillard and Alfred Wallis. 4 votes for, 16 votes against (.200).
  • Tied for Third in Ladder Week #6.
  • Tied for First in Ladder Week #7. 
  • Tied for First in Week #9. 
  • First Place, Week #11. 
  • In a three-way tie for First in Week #13. 
  • In a three-way tie for First in Week #15. 
  • Third Place in Week #17. 
  • Placed Second in Week #18. 
  • Tied for First in Week #19. 
  • Placed First in Week #21. 
  • Placed First in Week #23. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #25. 
  • Placed Third in Week #26. 





Charles-François Daubigny
1817 - 1878
French

Tournament Record: Placed 505th.  Lost to Salvador Dali and Aelbert Cuyp. 4 votes for, 26 votes against (.133).
  • Finished First in Ladder Week #2.
  • Finished First again in Week #4.
  • ...and again in Week #6.
  • ...and in Week #8.
  • ...and in Week #10. 
  • ...and in Week #12. 
  • ...and in Week #14. 
  • ...and in Week #16.
  • ...and in Week #18. 
  • ...and in Week #20. 
  • Tied for First, Week #22. 
  • Placed Third in Week #24. 
  • Tied for First, Week #25.








Cast up to four votes in the comments by Friday morning!

8 comments:

Morgan said...

There's probably a week soon where I'm not going to vote Daubigny. But this ain't it! Daubigny. Also, de Troy, Chase, Kalf.

boonec1974 said...

Feel like I should like Chase but don't yet; his pictures just seem a bit too blurry and cluttered for me. But I reserve the right to grow! Instead, I'll vote for the old guards Daubigny and Luini. De Troy is a lot of fun, so much more so than Stuart, but I'll give them both a vote this week.

Nora said...

Daubigny, Wadsworth, Chase and Kalf.

Elliott said...

Wadsworth, Chase, Kalf and de Troy.

Candida said...

de Troy, Chase, Daubigny

Michael5000 said...

I can see why you like de Troy, Charlie, he's kind of the poor man's Bouguereau. I like him; I like all of these guys. My votes will go to Chase and Luini.

mrs.5000 said...

Ooh, I like that new Daubigny! I think I'm inconsistent about whether I prefer him or Wadsworth. It's definitely Daubigny this week! And Chase, Luini, and Kalf. Don't see what you all see in De Troy, but then I'm pretty viscerally anti-Rococo.

Michael5000 said...

Susan votes for Kalf, Luini, Wadsworth & Daubigny.