Saturday, March 14, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #63


Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday March 20.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results
1. Daubigny: 6
2. Boudin: 5
3.
Holbein: 4
4. Kirchner: 3
5. Delvaux: 2
6. Kline: 1
7. Lanyon: -1



This Week's Contest



Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
German

Tournament Record: Placed 350th. Beat Poliakoff; lost to Pollock and Piper. 12 votes for, 18 against (.400).





Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 351st. Tied with László Moholy-Nagy; lost to Sir William Orpen and Auguste Rodin. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).





Bridget Riley
Born 1931
British

Tournament Record: Placed 352nd. Tied with Jean-Paul Riopelle, lost to Paula Modersohn-Becker, beat Luca Signorelli, lost to Rubens. 17 votes for, 26 against (.395).





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).
  •  Placed Fourth in Week #63.






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. 
  • Placed Second in Week #62. 







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. 
  • Placed Third in Week #62. 






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. 
  • Tied for First, Week #35. 
  • Placed First, Weeks #37, 39, & 41. 
  • Tied for First in Week #43.
  • Placed First, Weeks #45, 47, 49 & 51.
  • Placed First again in Week #53.  He took his bye in Week #54, and then waited a few weeks for the Ladder to catch back up to him.
  • Placed First in Week #57. 
  • Tied for First in Week #59. 
  • Placed First in Week #61.






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

8 comments:

Morgan said...

Mondrian, Riley, Kirchner.

Chuckdaddy said...

Mondrian, Boudin, Chase, and Holbein

Nora said...

Chase, Boudin, and Riley, Vote against Polke.

Elliott said...

Votes for Chase and Boudin. Votes against Polke and Mondrian.

mrs.5000 said...

Mondrian and Holbein for me.

Candida said...

Mondrian, Holbein, Chase.

Michael5000 said...

For me: Mondrian & Holbein, please!

Michael5000 said...

And for Susan, let's see here... Polke, Mondrian, Kirchner & Chase.