Cast votes for up to four of this week's slate of seven artists by Saturday, October 9. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Hodler: 10
2. Kiefer: 7
2. Chase: 7
4. Fragonard: 6
5. Leighton: 5
5. Vaserely: 5
7. Siberechts: 2
This Week's Contest
Francis Bacon
1909-1992
British
Tournament Record: Placed 245th. Defeated Avercamp, lost decisively to Audubon and Baldung.
Richard Parkes Bonington
1802 - 1828
English, worked in France
Tournament Record: Tied for 246th. Tied with Bonnard, Lost to Cartier-Bresson, beat Kalf, lost to Kiefer.
Raoul Dufy
1877 - 1953
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 246th. Tied with Duchamp, beat Ghiberti, lost to Hopper and Hunt. 25 votes for, 28 against (.472).
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1732 - 1806
French
Tournament Record: Placed 250th. Beat Francis and Frankenthaler, lost to Friedrich, beat Hockey, lost to Gabi. 31 votes for, 35 against (.470).
- Tied for Third in Week #105
- Placed Fourth in Week #106
Pieter De Hooch
1629 - 1684
Dutch
Tournament Record: Tied for 253rd. Beat van Honthorst and Homer (who recovered to place 7th!), lost to Varo, beat Hobbema, lost a rematch to Homer. 32 votes for, 37 against (.455).
- Placed Second, Week #104.
- Placed First, Week #105.
Anselm Kiefer
Born 1945
German
Tournament Record: Tied for 258th. Beat Kelly, lost to Kapoor, beat Bonington, lost to Cartier-Bresson. 23 votes for, 27 against (.460).
- Tied for Third, Week #102.
- Tied for First, Week #103.
- Tied for Third, Week #105.
- Tied for Second, Week #106.
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).
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 #89.
- Placed First, Week #91.
- Tied for First, Week #93.
- Placed First, Weeks #95, 97, 99, 101.
- Tied for First, Week #103.
- Placed Second, Week #105.
- Tied for Second, Week #106.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Saturday morning!
I remember voting for Bacon before souring on him about a decade ago. I chose him over Avercamp and Audobon! Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteBut alas, he won't even make my top 4 this time. Those will go to Chase, Kiefer, de Hooch, and Bonnington.
Bonington, Fragonard, De Hooch, Chase.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Merritt Chase, Anselm Kiefer.
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ReplyDeleteB.C. Bargeld-Emmereich says:
de Hooch; Bonnington; Bacon; Fragonard
the attendant mammal concurs in most every particular
we (I) thought last week’s cat in whatshisname’s thing was a skull
B.C. Bargeld-Emmereich
And I'm just going to get in here myself to get Dufy on the board because, cheerful. Also De Hooch and I suppose Chase.
ReplyDeleteBacon by far, and I'll also throw in a vote for Bonington.
ReplyDeleteI like bonigton.I like how realistic it is is. I also like plus fragnard. the emotion colores and realisticness ia mazing. y third is hooch. i love how hesets the seen. my last vote is for chase. his emotion and color and semi realistic but also kinds absract. -Nora Boone
ReplyDeleteDe Hooch, Bonington, Kiefer, Chase
ReplyDeleteVOTES: Bonington, Dufy (yes cheerful -- we need cheerful), De Hooch & Chase
ReplyDeleteBacon: The Horror, then Bonington SAD that he only lived to be 26 -- what a waste of a fine talent. Re Chase, the second painting. There is a place where you can walk down into Riverside Park, with steps & then a wall curving down, that is very like that painting. I checked on Google -- Chase could easily have been in Riverside Park & painted that very spot!
And lastly, Becca says "Not wild about any of them this time. The first electrocution one made me feel the most- though it was surely uncomfortable. So if I must choose one it is that one."
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