Cast votes for up to four of this week's slate of seven artists by Saturday, December 5. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Corot: 8
2. Derain: 4
2. Utrillo: 4
4. Long: 3
4. Lowry: 3
7. Memling: 2
7. Wood: 2
This Week's Contest
Agnolo Bronzino
1503-1572
Italian (Florentine)
Tournament Record: Placed 285th. Beat Brauner, lost to Brown and Jan Bruegel. 17 votes for, 21 against (.447).
Jan Davidsz de Heem
1606 - c. 1683
Dutch
Tournament Record: Placed 286th. Tied with Heckel, beat Laurencin, lost to Massys and Matta. 21 votes for, 26 against (.447).
André Derain
1880 - 1954
French
Tournament Record: Placed 295th. Lost to Diebenkorn and Denis. 12 votes for, 15 against (.444).
- Placed Second in Week #89.
- Tied for Second in Week #90.
Maurice Utrillo
1883 - 1955
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 290th. Lost to Vallotton and Uccello. 21 votes for, 27 against (.438).
- Placed First in Week #88.
- Tied for Second in Week #90.
Richard Long
born 1945
British
Tournament Record: Tied for 299th. Defeated Longhi, lost to Benton and Lorenzetti. 16 votes for, 21 against (.432).
- Placed First in Week #85.
- Tied for Third in Week #87.
- Tied for Second in Week #88.
- Tied for Fourth in Week #89.
- Tied for Fourth in Week #90.
L.S. Lowry
1887 - 1973
British
Tournament Record: Placed 305th. Defeated Lucas van Leyden, lost to Andy Goldsworthy, tied with Maillol, lost to the Master of Moulins. 21 votes for, 28 against (.429).
- Placed Second, Week #83.
- Placed Second, Week #84.
- Tied for Second, Week #85.
- Tied for Third in Week #86.
- Tied for First in Week #87.
- Tied for Fourth in Week #89.
- Tied for Fourth in Week #90.
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).
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.
- Tied for First in Week #68.
- First Place, Week #70.
- Tied for First in Week #72.
- Placed First, Weeks #74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84 & 86.
- Tied for Second, Week #88.
- Placed First, Week #90.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
Derain, Utrillo, and Chase
ReplyDeleteOh Bronzino. That first one is so over the top in so many ways. But if he had like that (what would be the genre: cupid orgies? Naked Greek mythology bedlam?), he'd get my vote. But the Google images search is a lot of awkwardly not-quite-right portraits. And de Heem... I see the talent but am not feeling it. So I'll go with...
ReplyDeleteUtrillo and Chase this round and forever.
I guess Derain still but not for much longer.
And I think I'm done with Lowry's little people. I'll cast my first Ladder vote for Richard "Walk This Way" Long.
I don't know if I've ever said this before, but -- I'll go with Chuck's slate.
ReplyDeleteThere's a 2010 New Yorker review of a Bronzino show that is worth reading, especially if you want to know how Peter Schjeldahl describes that first painting, ties in mashups and madrigals, and makes a case for the relevance of "the most commonly despised period in Western art history," all in the first paragraph. I'll vote for Bronzino, Derain, Utrillo, and--hmmm, Long or Chase?--Long.
ReplyDeleteChase.
ReplyDeleteChase, Long, de Heem, and Derain.
ReplyDeleteChase, Utrillo, Lowry, and de Heem
ReplyDeleteSusan says "VOTES -- Bronzino - not for those, but for his stunning portrait at the Met of an arrogant young Italian aristo. de Heem, Derain & Chase."
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