Monday, June 8, 2020

The Ladder of Art -- Week #75


Cast votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday June 12.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.




Last Week's Results
1. Chase: 7
2. Valloton: 6
3. Johns: 4
3. Cragg: 4
5. Witz: 3
5. Guardi: 3
5. Mondrian: 3


This Week's Contest



Jackson Pollock
1912 - 1956
American

Tournament Record: Placed 325th. Defeated Antonio del Pollaiolo and Sigmar Polke; lost to Pissarro and Piero di Cosimo. 18 votes for, 25 against (.419).





Aristide Maillol
1861 - 1944
French

Tournament Record: Placed 326th. Skunked by Magritte, beat Luini, tied with L.S. Lowry, and lost to Nash. 18 votes for, 25 against (.419).





Jasper Johns
b. 1930
American

Tournament Record: Placed 327th. Beaten by Gwen John, defeated Beccafumi, lost to Jordaens. 20 votes for, 28 against (.417).
  • Tied for Third, Week #74.






FĂ©lix Vallotton
1865 - 1925
French

Tournament Record: Tied for 328th. Defeated Utrillo and Utamaro, lost to Vermeer and Toulouse-Lautrec. 28 votes for, 20 against (.417).
  • Placed Second, Week #74.






Benozzo Gozzoli
1421 - 1497
Florentine

Tournament Record: Placed 332nd. Lost to El Greco and Jan van Goyen. 10 votes for, 14 against (.417).
  • Tied for First, Week #73.






Tony Cragg
born 1949
English

Tournament Record: Placed 334th. Tied with Cozens, Lost to Andy Goldsworthy, Lambasted Lucas van Leyden, lost to Mabuse. 22 votes for, 31 against (.415).
  • Tied for First in Week #72.
  • Tied for Third, Week #74.





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. 
  • Tied for First, Week #73.







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

9 comments:

Morgan said...

Vallotton and Gozzoli for sure. And then Cragg and Fantin-Latour, although I feel a bit sad for not voting for Johns here.

chuckdaddy said...

Pollack! And I'll also go Maillol and Gozzoli. And a vote against Fantin-Latour because his works are so fucking boring.

Nora said...

Vallotton, Pollack, Cragg, and Fantin-Latour.

Elliott said...

Vallotton, Cragg, and Maillol.

Vote against Johns.

mrs.5000 said...

Hey, did you mix up Ribera and Mondrian? I bet that doesn't happen very often!

mrs.5000 said...

Well, first of all a vote for Fantin-Latour, because who could possibly fail to love the taut psychological drama implicit in works such as Infiltration of the Secret Portrait Society? Then I guess it's Cragg, Gozzoli, and Vallotton. Looks like I've picked the Morgan slate.

Candida said...

Fantin-Latour, Vallotton, Gozzoli.

Michael5000 said...

Susan says: I seem to have gone down to three VOTES lately, but I love these three: Vallotton, Gozzoli & Fantin-Latour.

Michael5000 said...

And here's me, voting cleanup: Pollock, though I can't save him; Cragg, though it doesn't change anything; and then perhaps Gozzoli, because that's a good trio.