Saturday, April 11, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #67


Cough into your elbow while casting votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday April 17.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results featuring the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66
1. Oudry: 5
2. Daubigny: 4
2.
Boudin: 4
2.
Mondrian: 4
2.
Ensor: 4
2.
van Goyen: 4
7. Zoffany: 2


This Week's Contest



Victor Brauner
1903 - 1966
Romanian; worked in France.

Tournament Record: Placed 343rd. Lost to Agnolo Bronzino Tied with Broodthaers, Lost to Blake. 15 votes for, 22 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.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.





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.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.





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.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66. 





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.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.  





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. 
  • Tied for First in Week #63.
  • Placed First in 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 - #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.
  • In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.





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

8 comments:

Morgan said...

I'll vote for Victor "Discount Varo" Brauner, van Goyen, Ensor, and Daubigny.

mrs.5000 said...

OK, Brauner, Ensor, and Mondrian.

Candida said...

Brauner, Mondrian, Chase.

Michael5000 said...

OK, Ensor and Mondrian... and then, geez, I've been off Daubigney for a while but then the arcane rules of image selection give us a lovely new picture that, well, I'll throw in for him one more time. And a vote against Brauner.

Michael5000 said...

And Susan says "van Goyen, Boudin, Chase & Daubigny." Susan, as some of you know, lives on the isle of Manhattan -- keep staying safe and keep keeping well, Susan!.

Nora said...

Same as Susan

Elliott said...

The Susan ticket

Chuckdaddy said...

Want to vote for all of the bottom 5. I like having Mondrian around for diversity, but do I actually like him better than, say, Boudin/Daubigny/Chase... Yeah, too many impressionists/proto-impressionists. I'll go Mondrian, Chase, Daubigny, and Ensor.