Saturday, April 25, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #69


Cast votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday May 1.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results in which the perils of a small and divided voter pool are lain bare, and where not one but two artists survive negative votes to end up in first place all the same.
1. Chase: 4
1. Mondrian: 4
1. Ribera: 4
4. Oudry: 3
4. Ensor: 3
4. van Goyen: 3
7. de Kooning: -1


This Week's Contest



Henri Fantin-Latour
1836 - 1904
French

Tournament Record: Placed 338th. Skunked by Fabritius, beat Fautrier and Fontana, and lost a rematch with Fabritius. 18 votes for, 26 against (.409).





Francesco Guardi
1712 - 1780
Venetian

Tournament Record: Placed 339th. Defeated Guercino, and Grosz; Lost to Grimshaw and Hammershoi. 20 votes for, 29 against (.408).





Sir Anthony Van Dyck
1599 - 1641
Dutch; worked in Britain

Tournament Record: Placed 340th. Crushed by Albrecht Dürer, beat Duccio, Tied with Van Dongen, lost to Böcklin. 20 votes for, 29 against (.408).






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.
  • Tied for 3rd Place, Week #67. 
  • Tied for 4th Place, Week #68. 







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.
  • Tied for Third Place, Week #67.
  • Tied for Fourth Place, Week #68.






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.
  • Placed First in Week #66. 
  • Tied for Fourth Place, Week #68. 






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.
  • Placed First, Week #67. 






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

9 comments:

Morgan said...

Guardi, van Goyen, Ensor, Daubigny. The outlier on the bottom is Fantin-Latour, who I'm not very moved by, but I don't feel strongly enough that it deserves a negative vote.

Candida said...

van Goyen, van Dyck, Oudry.

Nora said...

Fantin-Latour, Daubigny, van Goyen, and Oudry.

Elliott said...

Dabugny, Oudry, Guardi, and van Goyen.

Chuckdaddy said...

Guardi, Daubigny, and Ensor. Vote against van Goyen.

Marsha said...

Guardi
-Look at that light
-He looks likes he could have been painting in the 1900s; a man ahead of his time.
Daubigny
-Serene
van Dyck
-Oh my god. Look at those faces. They voted for Trump.
Oudry
-Feathers on the bird. Enough said.

Michael5000 said...

I'll take the Chuckdaddy plate except hold the Daubigny and add Fantin-LaTour.

Michael5000 said...

Susan goes with: Fantin-Latour (May & Peonies, what's not to like?), Guardi, van Goyen & Daubigny.

mrs. 5000 said...

I like the new guys! Fantin-Latour, Guardi, Van Dyck, and Ensor.