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Saturday, August 10, 2019

The Ladder of Art -- Week #37


Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday August 16.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.


With two artists coming off bye-week and a tie for fourth last week, there's only one new kid on the slate for Week #37.  Will Cosimo Rosselli become the new voters' darling?  Only we the voters can say!



Last Week's Results

1. Canaletto: 7
2. Kalf: 5
2. Marin: 5
4. Honthorst: 4
4. Verrochio: 4

6. Piero della Francesca: 2
7. Tapies:1



This Week's Contest




Cosimo Rosselli
1439 - 1507
Florentine

Tournament Record: Tied for 412th. Lost to James Rosenquist and George Romney. 7 votes for, 14 votes against (.333).





Andrea del Verrocchio
1435 - 1488
Florentine

Tournament Record: Placed 415th. Lost to Vieira da Silva, beat Veronese, and then lost to Utamaro. 10 votes for, 21 votes against (.323).
  •  Tied for Fourth in Week #36.






John Marin
1870 - 1953
American

Tournament Record: Placed 416th. Lost to Franz Marc and Theo Van Doesburg. 8 votes for, 17 votes against (.320).
  • Tied for Third in Week #35. 
  • Tied for Second in Week #36.






Gerrit van Honthorst
1590 - 1656
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 423rd. Lost to Pieter De Hooch, beat Hans Holbein, then lost to Hokusai. 11 votes for, 24 votes against (.314).
  • Placed First in Week #33.
  • Tied for Third in Week #35.
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #36.





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.





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. 
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #34. 
  • Tied for Third in Week #35. 
  • Tied for Second in Week #36.





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.
  • Tied for Second again in Week #34. 
  • Tied for First, Week #35.





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

9 comments:

  1. Marin, van Honthorst, Kalf, Daubigny.

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  2. I'll go with Verrochio, Chase, and... I guess I'll get back with van Honthorst, who like so many people is so much more interesting when he's being naughty than when he's being respectable.

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  3. Verrocchio, van Honthorst, Chase.

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  4. Rosselli, Chase, Daubigny, and Kalf.

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  5. Daubigny and Marin

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  6. Daubigny, Marin, Honthorst, and Chase.

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  7. Susan says she'll "go with the last four: von Honthorst, Chase, Willem "Mother of Pearl" Kalf. Daubigny."

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  8. Chase and Verrocchio are the standouts for me in this batch.

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  9. So let's see, we also have Nora chiming in with Daubigny, Marin, Chose, and von Honthorst.

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