Stay home, save lives, cast votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday April 24. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Daubigny: 6
2. Chase: 5
3. Mondrian: 4
3. Ensor: 4
3. van Goyen: 4
6. Boudin: 3
7. Brauner: 2
This Week's Contest
José de Ribera
1591 – 1652
Spanish; worked in Italy
Tournament Record: Beat Richter, lost to Rivera and Reni. 13 votes for, 19 against (.406).
Willem de Kooning
1904 - 1997
Dutch; worked in the United States
Tournament Record: Placed 342nd. Lost to Koons, beat Kossoff, lost to Oskar Kokoschka. 15 votes for, 22 against (.405).
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).
- Placed 2nd in Week #64.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.
- Tied for 3rd Place, Week #67.
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).
- Tied for Third in Week #64.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.
- Tied for Third Place, Week #67.
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.
- Tied for Third in Week #64.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.
- Placed First in Week #66.
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).
- Tied for First in Week #63.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #65.
- In the Great 2nd-Place Scrum of Week #66.
- Tied for Third, Week #67.
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.
- Tied for First in Week #63.
- Placed First in Week #65.
- Placed Second in Week #67.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
I'd vote for everyone here in most weeks. My absolute favorites who I really want to move on are de Ribera and van Goyen, so I'll vote for them. I feel about equivalently about all the other artists except for Chase, who I'll throw a negative vote, not because I don't like him, but because he's the one I want to advance in the ladder the least.
ReplyDeleteOudry, Mondrian, Chase.
ReplyDeleteSeems awfully high for de Kooning, like 170 spots higher than I'd put him.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with Ribera, Ensor, Mondrian, and Chase.
Oudry, Mondrian. van Goyen, and Chase
ReplyDeleteChase and van Goyen. Votes against Kooning and Mondrian.
ReplyDeleteSusan says: "only three this week: van Goyen, Oudry & Chase."
ReplyDeleteWell let's see -- for me, Ensor and Mondrian are easy, and Ribera's pretty easy too once I look him up. Do I want to use a fourth vote? I think I've ridden the Chase and Oudry horses about as far as they'll take me; de Kooning is cheerful but doesn't quite do it for me. Van Goyen seems pretty muddy and ordinary to my eye; I'm going to go negative on him.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Ribera, Mondrian, Ensor...and really, I like everyone else also, but those three would be top for me.
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