Saturday, March 7, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #62


Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday March 14.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results
1. Chase: 8
2. Boudin: 7
3.
Holbein: 5
3. Delvaux: 5
5. T. Rousseau: 4
5. Savery: 4
7. Parmiaginino: 1




This Week's Contest



Franz Kline
1910 - 1962
American

Tournament Record: Placed 353rd. Lost to Gustav Klimt, beat Yves Klein and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, lost to Klimt again. 2 votes for, 2 against (.392).






Peter Lanyon
1918 - 1964
British

Tournament Record: Tied for 354th. Lost to Georges de La Tour, beat Nicolas Lancret, lost to Andres Amador. 16 votes for, 25 against (.390).





Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
German; worked in Switzerland

Tournament Record: Tied for 354th. Defeated R B Kitaj; lost to Banksy and Franz Kline. 16 votes for, 25 against (.390).





Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
Belgian

Tournament Record: Tied for 356th. Beat Maurice Denis; lost to Richard Diebenkorn and Constantin Brancusi. 14 votes for, 22 against (.389).
  • Tied for Second in Week #60.
  • Tied for Third in Week #61.





Eugène Boudin
1824 - 1898
French

Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to François Boucher and Dieric Bouts. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
  • Tied for Second in Week #51.
  • Incorrectly counted as tied for 6th in Week #53, so dropped five rungs to a tie for 375th.  Should have tied for 4th.
  • Given another shot, tied for First in Week #55.
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #57. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #58. 
  • Placed Third in Week #59. 
  • Tied for Second in Week #60.
  • Placed Second in Week #61. 






Hans Holbein
1497ish - 1543
German; worked in Britain

Tournament Record: Tied for 392nd. He, Hans, lost to Winslow Homer and Gerrit van Honthorst. 9 votes for, 16 votes against (.360).
  • Tied for First in Week #44.  
  • Tied for Second in Week #46.
  • Placed Second in Week #47.
  • Placed Third in Week #48. 
  • Tied for Second, Week #49. 
  • Tied for First, Week #50. 
  • Tied for First, Week #52.
  • Tied for Second in Week #54.
  • Had a week off during Week #55.
  • Tied for First in Week #56.
  • Tied for Third in Week #58.
  • Tied for First in Week #59. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #61. 





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 all of the even-numbered Ladder Weeks #2 - #20.
  • Tied for First, Week #22. 
  • Placed Third in Week #24. 
  • Tied for First, Week #25.
  • Tied for First, Week #27. 
  • Tied for Second, Weeks #29 - #32. 
  • Tied for Second, Week #33.
  • Tied for Second again in Week #34. 
  • Tied for First, Week #35.
  • Tied for Second, Weeks #37 - #40. 
  • Placed Second, Week #41. 
  • Placed Third in Week #42. 
  • Tied for First, Week #43. 
  • Placed Second, Week #45. 
  • Placed First, Week #46. 
  • Tied for First, Week #48.
  • Tied for First, Week #50.
  • Tied for First, Week #52.
  • Placed First, Week #54.
  • Took two weeks off while the Ladder got sorted out, then took a bye in Week #57.
  • Placed First in Week #58. 
  • Place First in Week #60. 






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

8 comments:

Elliott said...

Vote for Daubigny, Boudin, and Delvaux. Against Lanyon.

Nora said...

Daubigny and Boudin. Anti-votes for Kline and Lanyon.

Chuckdaddy said...

Kirchner, Daubigny, Boudin, and Holbein.

Candida said...

Holbein, Daubigny, Boudin.

Michael5000 said...

Yee-haw, abstraction! Yes for Klein, yes for Lanyon! And then Holbein naturally.

mrs.5000 said...

Holbein and Kline.

Morgan said...

Daubigny and Kirchner

Michael5000 said...

Susan says: Kirchner, Delvaux, Boudin & Daubigny.