Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Saturday, February 15. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
It's another peculiar one! Last week's results promote four artists onto this rung, instead of the usual three. They run smack into Cozens, Holbein, and Canaletto, all coming off of a tie for First two weeks ago. What's more, we've got all-conquering Daubigny, fresh off of what amounted to a three-week vacation. And then we bring in enough new artists to get us up to seven? No!! We're already at eight! That makes today's match particularly precarious: barring ties, a full half of the field will fall off the Ladder this week.
Last Week's Results
1. Chase: 8
2. Campin: 5
3. Gilman: 4
4. Boudin: 3
4. Delacroix: 3
6. Lancret: 2
6. Frink: 0
This Week's Contest
Eugène Delacroix
1798 - 1863
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 364th. Defeated Robert Delaunay, lost to Degas and Gerard David. 14 votes for, 23 against (.378).
- Tied for Fourth in Week #57.
Harold Gilman
1878 - 1919
British
Tournament Record: Tied for 364th. Beat Gilbert and George,then lost to Giacometti Giulio Romano. 14 votes for, 23 against (.378).
- Placed Third in Week #57.
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.
Robert Campin
1375ish - 1444
Flemish
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to Canaletto and Canova. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
- Placed Sixth in Week #51, so dropped ten rungs to 380th.
- Tied for First when brought back in for Week #55.
- Placed Second in Week #57.
John Robert Cozens
1752 - 1797
English
Tournament Record: Placed 369th. Tied with Tony Cragg, lost decisively to Thomas Hart Benton and Pietro Longhi. 15 votes for, 25 against (.375).
- Placed Third in Week #53.
- Tied for Second in Week #54.
- Had a week off during Week #55.
- Tied for First in Week #56.
Hans Holbein
1497ish - 1543
German; worked in Britain
Tournament Record: Tied for 392nd. He, Hans, lost to Winslow Homer and Gerrit van Honthorst. 9 votes for, 16 votes against (.360).
- Tied for First in Week #44.
- Tied for Second in Week #46.
- Placed Second in Week #47.
- Placed Third in Week #48.
- Tied for Second, Week #49.
- Tied for First, Week #50.
- Tied for First, Week #52.
- Tied for Second in Week #54.
- Had a week off during Week #55.
- Tied for First in Week #56.
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.
- And again in Week #34.
- And again in Week #36.
- And again in Week #38.
- And again in Week #40.
- Tied for First in Week #42.
- Tied for First again in Week #44.
- Tied for Second in Week #46.
- Placed Fourth in Week #47.
- Placed Fourth in Week #48.
- Tied for Second, Week #49.
- Tied for Third, Week #50.
- Tied for Second, Week #51.
- Tied for Third, Week #52.
- Placed Second, Week #53.
- Placed Fourth in Week #54.
- Had a week off during Week #55.
- Tied for First in Week #56.
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, Week #48.
- Tied for First, Week #50.
- Tied for First, Week #52.
- Placed First, Week #54.
- Took two weeks off while the Ladder got sorted out, then took a bye in Week #57.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
9 comments:
Delacroix, Boudin, Cozens, Canaletto. Honorable mention for Daubigny, who, as I understand, has been honorably mentioned a few times before.
I'll vote the "anti-Morgan ticket" of Holbein, Campin, Gilman, and against Cozens -- but I 100% agree about honorable mention for Daubigny.
Gilman, Canaletto, Daubigny, and Boudin.
Holbein, Boudin and Daubigny. And then a tough call between Gilman, Campin, and Delacroix. And I even like Cozens and Canaletto as well. What's decision making going to be like in ladder 158! I'll go Delacroix, although the romanticism rubs me a bit the wrong way, I can't help get swept into it.
Daubigny, Canaletto, and Cozens. Vote against frog lady artist.
Daubigny, Canaletto, Cozens, Delacroix
Holbein, Campin, Gilman.
Susan votes: Boudin, Cozens (I like him a lot, but I fear others don't), Canaletto & Daubigny.
Delacroix, Campin, Holbein, Daubigny.
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