The Ladder of Art -- Week #63

Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday March 20.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.

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Last Week's Results

1. Daubigny: 6

2. Boudin: 5
3. Holbein: 4
4. Kirchner: 3

5. Delvaux: 2
6. Kline: 1
7. Lanyon: -1

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This Week's Contest

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Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
German

Tournament Record: Placed 350th. Beat Poliakoff; lost to Pollock and Piper. 12 votes for, 18 against (.400).

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Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 351st. Tied with László Moholy-Nagy; lost to Sir William Orpen and Auguste Rodin. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).

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Bridget Riley
Born 1931
British

Tournament Record: Placed 352nd. Tied with Jean-Paul Riopelle, lost to Paula Modersohn-Becker, beat Luca Signorelli, lost to Rubens. 17 votes for, 26 against (.395).

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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).

•  Placed Fourth in Week #63.

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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. 
• Placed Second in Week #62. 

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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. 
• Placed Third in Week #62. 

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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. 
• Placed First, Weeks #37, 39, & 41. 
• Tied for First in Week #43.
• Placed First, Weeks #45, 47, 49 & 51.
• Placed First again in Week #53.  He took his bye in Week #54, and then waited a few weeks for the Ladder to catch back up to him.
• Placed First in Week #57. 
• Tied for First in Week #59. 
• Placed First in Week #61.

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