Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday March 14. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Chase: 8
2. Boudin: 7
3. Holbein: 5
3. Delvaux: 5
5. T. Rousseau: 4
5. Savery: 4
7. Parmiaginino: 1
This Week's Contest
Franz Kline
1910 - 1962
American
Tournament Record: Placed 353rd. Lost to Gustav Klimt, beat Yves Klein and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, lost to Klimt again. 2 votes for, 2 against (.392).
Peter Lanyon
1918 - 1964
British
Tournament Record: Tied for 354th. Lost to Georges de La Tour, beat Nicolas Lancret, lost to Andres Amador. 16 votes for, 25 against (.390).
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
German; worked in Switzerland
Tournament Record: Tied for 354th. Defeated R B Kitaj; lost to Banksy and Franz Kline. 16 votes for, 25 against (.390).
Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
Belgian
Tournament Record: Tied for 356th. Beat Maurice Denis; lost to Richard Diebenkorn and Constantin Brancusi. 14 votes for, 22 against (.389).
- Tied for Second in Week #60.
- Tied for Third in Week #61.
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.
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.
- Tied for Third in Week #58.
- Tied for First in Week #59.
- Tied for Third in Week #61.
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.
- Placed First in Week #58.
- Place First in Week #60.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
8 comments:
Vote for Daubigny, Boudin, and Delvaux. Against Lanyon.
Daubigny and Boudin. Anti-votes for Kline and Lanyon.
Kirchner, Daubigny, Boudin, and Holbein.
Holbein, Daubigny, Boudin.
Yee-haw, abstraction! Yes for Klein, yes for Lanyon! And then Holbein naturally.
Holbein and Kline.
Daubigny and Kirchner
Susan says: Kirchner, Delvaux, Boudin & Daubigny.
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