Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday July 26. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
In Week #33 we saw Gerard von Honthorst shake things up by earning the bye week. This sets up a tough tough challenge for Week #34's three 20th century new entrants, who have to face a tough group of veterans who are all already on the all-time top ten list of Ladder of Art winners. But maybe this is the week that some of them finally get knocked off! Let's find out.
Last Week's Results
This Week's Contest
Stuart Davis
1894 - 1964
American
Tournament Record: Tied for 417th. Lost to Jacques-Louis David and Gerard David. 7 votes for, 15 votes against (.318).
Gilbert and George
born 1942 and 1943
British
Tournament Record: Tied for 417th. Lost to Harold Gilman and Giambologna. 7 votes for, 15 votes against (.318).
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
German
Tournament Record: Tied for 420th. Lost to Julian Schnabel and Christian Schad. 6 votes for, 13 votes against (.316).
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.
Canaletto
1697 - 1768
Italian (Venetian); also worked in England
Tournament Record: Placed 448th. Beat Robert Campin, then lost to Caravaggio and Alexander Calder. 7 votes for, 17 votes against (.292).
- Placed First in Week #24.
- Placed First again in Week #26.
- Placed First again in Week #28.
- And again in Week #30.
- And again in Week #32.
Willem Kalf
1622 - 1693
Dutch
Tournament Record: Tied for 454th. Lost to Wassily Kandinsky and Richard Parkes Bonington. 7 votes for, 18 votes against (.280).
- Tied for First in Week #22.
- Placed Second in Week #24.
- Tied for Third in Week #25.
- Placed Fourth in Week #26
- Placed Third in Week #27.
- Placed Second in Week #28.
- Tied for Second in Week #29.
- Placed Fourth in Week #30.
- Placed Fourth in Week #31.
- Placed Fourth in Week #32.
- Placed Fourth in Week #33.
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 Ladder Week #2.
- Finished First again in Week #4.
- ...and again in Week #6.
- ...and in Week #8.
- ...and in Week #10.
- ...and in Week #12.
- ...and in Week #14.
- ...and in Week #16.
- ...and in Week #18.
- ...and in Week #20.
- Tied for First, Week #22.
- Placed Third in Week #24.
- Tied for First, Week #25.
- Tied for First, Week #27.
- Tied for Second, Week #29.
- Placed Second, Week #30.
- Placed Second again, Week #31.
- And again, Week #32.
- Tied for Second, Week #33.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Friday morning!
8 comments:
Davis and Canaletto! That's it for me, this week.
For myself: first of all, it's really nice to have a chance to cast a negative vote against the asshole vulgarians Gilbert & George -- it makes me happy to make the vote, and I'm sure it would make them happy to get it.
I don't think the Schmidt-Rottluff specimans here are any great shakes, but looking at a wider sampling of Schmidt-Rottluff's work I see a lot of good stuff. Not quite enough to vote for him to hang with this crowd, though.
So let's see. Vote for Chase obviously, and less obviously for Davis. Which leaves one for... well, I've been pretty inconsistent when Kalf and Daubigny go head to head, but this time I'm going Daubigny.
Chase, Canaletto, and Davis for me.
Chase, Canaletto, Daubigny.
I like them all, but I guess I'll go with the bottom 4.
I actually kind of like Gilbert and George. They are certainly one of a kind! But they won't make my top 4 here, so Michael5000 can be pleased that them receiving -1 is still in play. But I agree with Michael that the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff images not shown here are pretty cool, so he will get my vote. And then I'll go with Canaletto, Kalf, and Daubigny.
Chase, Kalf, and Canaletto. Vote against Schmidt-Rotluff.
Susan says: Stuart Davis, Canaletto, Willem "The Lobster" Kalf, & Daubigny.
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