Saturday, April 4, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #66


Please practice social distancing as you cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday April 10.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results featuring the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65
1. Chase: 7
2. Boudin: 4
2. Mondrian: 4
2. Oudry: 4
2. Ensor: 4
2. van Goyen: 4
7. van Doesburg: 2


This Week's Contest



Johann Zoffany
1733 - 1810
German; worked in Britain and India

Tournament Record: Placed 344th. Lost to Anders Zorn, Tied with Vladimir Tatlin, beat Tiepolo, lost to Zurbarán. 17 votes for, 25 against (.405).





Jan van Goyen
1598 - 1656
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 346th.  Lost to Francisco Goya, beat Benozzo Gozzoli, and lost to Natalia Gontcharova.  14 votes for, 21 against (.400).
  • Placed 2nd in Week #64. 
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.






James Ensor
1860 - 1949
Belgium's famous painter

Tournament Record: Tied for 347th. Beat Sir Jacob Epstein; lost to Thomas Eakins and Max Ernst. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).
  • Tied for Third in Week #64. 
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.






Jean Baptiste Oudry
1686 - 1755
French

Tournament Record: Tied for 347th. Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 9 and in Phase 2, Flight 6 of the Play-In Tournament. Beat Gerrard Dou; Lost to Metsu and Millet. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400). Lowest-performing artist from the play-in tournament.
  • Tied for Third in Week #64.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.





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).
  • Tied for First in Week #63. 
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.





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. 
  • Placed Third in Week #63. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #64. 
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65. 





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 in Weeks #48, #50, and #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 Weeks #58, #60, #62, and #64.





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

8 comments:

Morgan said...

I'll vote for the first four. Wish I could vote for the first five.

mrs.5000 said...

Mondrian




Ensor



Candida said...

Zoffany, Oudry, Mondrian.

Elliott said...

Zoffany, van Goyen, Boudin, and Daubigny.

Chuckdaddy said...

Daubigny, Boudin, Mondrian, and Ensor.

Michael5000 said...

So yeah, Mondrian and Ensor, and then frankly I just can't resist that white duck and so Oudry, possibly against my better judgement. That leaves me one that I can employ as a negative against frou-frou Zoffany.

Michael5000 said...

Susan says "I'm sticking to my guns with van Goyen, Oudry, Boudin & Daubigny."

nora said...

Same as Susan.