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!
8 comments:
Derain, Utrillo, and Chase
Oh 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...
Utrillo 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.
There'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.
Chase.
Chase, Long, de Heem, and Derain.
Chase, Utrillo, Lowry, and de Heem
Susan 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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