Saturday, July 27, 2019

The Ladder of Art -- Week #35


Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday August 2.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.


You might have noticed that the main tournament has its final match up, thus removing the raison d'etre for the Ladder of Art, essentially a gimmick to keep the site alive between "real" matches.  And yet, here we are at Week #35.

This installment brings us two new contenders, Marin and Mangrove, both of whom went quietly two-and-out in the main tournament.  They'll take on three of the top eight performers in the history of the Ladder, plus two newer veterans who have proven an ability to compete.  I'm sure they'll do fine.



Last Week's Results

1. Canaletto: 7
2. Chase: 5
2. Daubigny: 5
4: Davis: 4
4. Kalf: 4

6. Rottluff: 0
7. Gilbert and George: -1



This Week's Contest



John Marin
1870 - 1953
American

Tournament Record: Placed 416th. Lost to Franz Marc and Theo Van Doesburg. 8 votes for, 17 votes against (.320).





Robert Mangold
born 1937
American

Tournament Record: Tied for 417th. Lost to Manet and Manzù. 7 votes for, 15 votes against (.318).





Stuart Davis
1894 - 1964
American

Tournament Record: Tied for 417th. Lost to Jacques-Louis David and Gerard David. 7 votes for, 15 votes against (.318).
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #34.







Gerrit van Honthorst
1590 - 1656
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 423rd. Lost to Pieter De Hooch, beat Hans Holbein, then lost to Hokusai. 11 votes for, 24 votes against (.314).
  • Placed First in Week #33.






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.
  • Tied for First, Week #27.
  • Placed First, Week #29.
  • Placed First, Week #31.
  • Tied for Second, Week #33. 
  • Tied for Second again, Week #34.






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
  • Placed Third in Week #27.
  • Placed Second in Week #28. 
  • Tied for Second in Week #29.
  • Placed Fourth in Week #30. 
  • Placed Fourth in Week #31.
  • Placed Fourth in Week #32. 
  • Placed Fourth in Week #33. 
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #34.






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.
  • Tied for First, Week #27. 
  • Tied for Second, Week #29. 
  • Placed Second, Week #30. 
  • Placed Second again, Week #31.
  • And again, Week #32. 
  • Tied for Second, Week #33.
  • Tied for Second again in Week #34.






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

10 comments:

Michael5000 said...

I'll start! I vote van Honthorst and Chase.

Morgan said...

I actually think this is a pretty stacked round! I'll vote Daubigny and van Honthorst from the ones we've seen before, and then I'll vote for newcomers Marin and Mangold.

Candida said...

von Honthorst, Chase, Daubigny.

Elliott said...

Daubigny, Chase, Marin, and Kalf.

Chuckdaddy said...

Hey, I'm seeing what everyone sees in Chase finally. He's great! Duabigny and Kalf also get votes from me. And then I can't decide if I should vote against Davis, whose jazzy art really rubs me the wrong way or vote for Marin, whose unfinished watercolors leave a bit to be desired but do seem very much in the spirit of water colors. I'll go positive this week, but I'm coming for you Davis!

nora said...

Marin, Daubigny, Kalf, and Chase.

mrs. 5000 said...

Chase, Van Honthurst, Davis

DrSchnell said...

Marin, Chase, Kalf, Daubigny

Michael5000 said...

Oh no! The Chuckdaddy family got DrSchnell!

Susan says "Stuart Davis, von Honthorst, Willem "Lemon Peel" Kalf, Daubigny."

Michael5000 said...

Ha! The winners are the four beneficiaries of Chuckdaddy's cult, and the guy that everybody else voted for.