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Sunday, May 24, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #73


Cast votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday May 29.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results
1. Cragg: 5
2. Guardi: 5
3. Chase: 5
4. Mondrian: 4
5. Oudry: 3
5. Daubigny: 3
7. Botero: 1


This Week's Contest



Sir David Wilkie
1785 - 1841
British

Tournament Record: Tied for 328th. Beaten by Whistler, Defeated Benjamin West and Carel Weight, lost again to Whistler. 20 votes for, 28 against (.417).






Konrad Witz
1410ish - 1446
German

Tournament Record: Tied for 330th place. Defeated Richard Wilson, then lost to Leighton and Wright of Derby. 15 votes for, 21 against (.417).






Vincenzo Catena
c.1480 - 1531
Venetian

Tournament Record: Tied for 330th place. Beat Catlin, lost to Cassatt and Caro. 15 votes for, 21 against (.417).





Benozzo Gozzoli
1421 - 1497
Florentine

Tournament Record: Placed 332nd. Lost to El Greco and Jan van Goyen. 10 votes for, 14 against (.417).





Marcel Duchamp
1887 - 1968
French

Tournament Record: Placed 333rd. Tied with Dufy, lost to Velázquez, beat Zuccarelli and Vasarely, lost to Sluter. 22 votes for, 31 against (.415).





Henri Fantin-Latour
1836 - 1904
French

Tournament Record: Placed 338th. Skunked by Fabritius, beat Fautrier and Fontana, and lost a rematch with Fabritius. 18 votes for, 26 against (.409).
  • Tied for Third Place in Week #69. 
  • Tied for Second Place in Week #70. 
  • Placed First in Week #71.





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.
  • Tied for First Place in Week #68. 
  • Tied for Second Place in Week #70. 
  • Placed Third in Week #71. 
  • Placed Fourth in Week #72. 






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

9 comments:

  1. Wilkie, Gozzoli (what's going on in that bottom one?), Fantin-Latour and Mondrian.

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  2. Witz, Gozzoli, Fantin-Latour, Mondrian.

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  3. I'm gonna go with the last four: Gozzoli (there's a LOT going on in that bottom one, that's what), Duchamp, Fantin-Latour (who knew?), and Mondrian.

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  4. Susan says "Three VOTES today: Sir David Wilkie -- I like him very much. The top one looks like a scene with the miserly old man in a nineteenth-century novel. And Gozzoli & Fantin-Latour." And now that she sees it, I think that I've seen Wilkie's on 19th century novel covers.

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  5. Do not get the Wilkie like or the Fantin-Latour love, but I like most of the others, so no one will get the wrath of a negative vote. I'll also vote for Mondrian, Gozzoli, and Witz.

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  6. Vote against Duchamp.

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  7. Fantin-Latour and Witz. Votes against Duchamp and Mondrian.

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  8. Forgot to say that one of votes was for Duchamp.

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  9. Mondrian, Duchamp, Gozzoli, Fantin-LaTour. Goodbye, Daubigny!

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