Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday March 27. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Mondrian: 5
1. Chase: 5
3. Holbein: 4
4. Boudin: 3
5. Kirchner: 2
5. Riley: 2
7. Polke: -1
This Week's Contest
Jan van Goyen
1598 - 1656
Dutch
Tournament Record: Placed 346th. Lost to Francisco Goya, beat Benozzo Gozzoli, and lost to Natalia Gontcharova. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).
James Ensor
1860 - 1949
Belgium's famous painter
Tournament Record: Tied for 347th. Beat Sir Jacob Epstein; lost to Thomas Eakins and Max Ernst. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
British
Tournament Record: Tied for 347th. Lost to Monet, beat Sir Thomas Lawrence, lost to Berthe Morisot. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400).
Jean Baptiste Oudry
1686 - 1755
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 347th. Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 9 and in Phase 2, Flight 6 of the Play-In Tournament. Beat Gerrard Dou; Lost to Metsu and Millet. 14 votes for, 21 against (.400). Lowest-performing artist from the play-in tournament.
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.
- Placed Third in Week #63.
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.
- Placed Second in Week #63.
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 in Weeks #48, #50, and #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 Weeks #58, #60, and #62.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
I'll start this time. It's tempting to say "Ooh I'll go with the fresh new guys, except I don't really like Henry Moore. I recognize that James Ensor is kind of an acquired taste, but the Entry Into Jerusalem (the second one here) is pretty cool in its room-sized glory, standing in for All of Modern Art -- no, really! -- at the Getty Museum. One vote for Ensor! Additional votes for van Goyen (yay Dutchies!) & Oudry (yay play-in artists!). And I will stick with he, Hans: one vote for Holbein!
ReplyDeleteVote against Moore. Vote for Daubigny, Boudin and Van Goyen.
ReplyDeleteDaubigny, Oudrey, Boudin, and van Goyen.
ReplyDeleteI keep wondering when I'll tire of Dabuigny, but it's not yet. And Holbein 4evah! And before I throw in Boudin as well again, let me consider the others.
ReplyDeleteI love the dead hanging bird of Oudrey, but his others, mostly animal action shots, not as much. Not into Moore. Van Goyen is incredible, but can I vote for yet another dour landscape artist? Now that Ensor character is interesting, but I have no idea what he's going for.
So I'll add in votes for Boudin and Van Goyen, I feel like I have a type!, but I reserve the right to drop one by Friday if figure out what Ensor is all about.
van Goyen, Belgium's famous painter, Oudry, Daubigny. Very strong week!
ReplyDeleteDaubigny, Ensor, van Goyen, Boudin
ReplyDeleteHolbein and Ensor!
ReplyDeleteSusan: van Goyen, Henry Moore (I almost never vote for sculptors but I like Moore very much), Oudry & Daubigny.
ReplyDeleteOudry: Dead birds seem particularly unsuitable to now (not just death, but also Spring Birds) but I have to vote for the Rhino -- I remember voting for him in the Tourney.
Oudry, Boudin, Holbein, Daubigny.
ReplyDeleteFlipping! After reading their bios, I think I appreciate Ensor more. Moore as well, but not enough to put him top 4. I'll drop van Goyen.
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