langs: 13 апреля [ru] / april 13 [en] / 13. april [de] / 13 avril [fr] / 13 aprile [it] / 13 de abril [es]
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#1 Emlen Etting
Emlen Pope Etting Jr. (August 24, 1905 – July 20, 1993) was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and member of Philadelphia's elite Main Line Society. American painter and sculptor Taken in the French quarter just before he went off to fight the war 1944 Emlen Etting Personal details Born Emlen
Kahlil G. Gibran (`ka-lil jə-ˈbrän) (November 29, 1922 – April 13, 2008), sometimes known as "Kahlil George Gibran" (note the artist's preferred Americanized spelling of his first name), was a Lebanese American painter and sculptor from Boston, Massachusetts. A student of the painter Karl Zerbe at
#3 Minnie Evans
Minnie Eva Evans (December 12, 1892 – December 16, 1987) [1] [2] was an African American artist who worked in the United States from the 1940s to the 1980s. [1] Evans used different types of media in her work such as oils and graphite, but started with using wax and crayon . [1] She was inspired to
#4 Néle Azevedo
Néle Azevedo (born 1950) is a Brazilian sculptor, visual artist and independent researcher. She is best known for her "Melting Men" installations. [1] [2] Néle Azevedo Born 1950 Santos Dumont , MG, Brazil Nationality Brazilian Education Art Institute of State University of São Paulo, Brazil (MA, Vis
Dorothy Catherine Wentworth Jenkin (née Venning ; 23 October 1892 – 13 April 1995) was a New Zealand watercolorist , botanical illustrator and printmaker . She was a founding member of the Invercargill Art Society and participated in campaigning for a public art gallery in Invercargill. She was invo
Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac [1] ( née Cullors-Brignac ; born June 20, 1983) is an American activist, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, artist and writer. Cullors created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 and has written and spoken widely about the movement. Other topics on w
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( UK : / ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ k ɒ f s k i / , [1] US : / ˌ m ɑː j ə ˈ k ɔː f s k i / ; [2] Russian : Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский , IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj] ( listen ) ; 19 July [ O.S. 7 July ] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian and Sov
Mary K. Grant , (born Ethel May Kubishta) (April 21, 1902 – April 8, 1975) was an American industrial designer . Grant is known for her ceramic designs for Franciscan Ceramics manufactured by Gladding, McBean & Co. Grant designed several fine china and earthenware shapes for Gladding, McBean. Grant
Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (known as P. C. Skovgaard ; 4 April 1817 – 13 April 1875) was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting . He is especially known for his large scale portrayals of the Danish landscap
James Joseph Power (4 May 1918 in Phibsborough, Dublin – 13 April 2009 in Dublin) was an Irish sculptor, who like his sister May Power (1903-1993) learnt from his father Albert Power (1881-1945). [1] He is known for sculpting (in 1956) the 1916 memorial on Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick. Like his fath
#11 Tracey Emin
Tracey Karima Emin , CBE , RA ( / ˈ ɛ m ɪ n / ; born 3 July 1963) [2] [3] is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing , painting , sculpture , film , photography , neon text and sewn appliqué . [4] Once the "
#12 Thomas Bathas
Thomas Bathas ( Greek : Θωμάς Μπαθάς , 1554 – 1599; also known as Tomios or Tomio , Batta Tornio ) was a Greek painter, educator, and Vikar. He employed the maniera greca on some of his work but he also broke from tradition employing the Venetian style . He traveled around the Venetian Empire going
#13 Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré
Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré (1877 – 1920) was a French realist painter. La Lessive French painter Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré Born 19 March 1877 Paris Died 13 April 1920 ( 1920-04-14 ) (aged 43) Nationality France Dupré was born in Paris and learned to paint from her father Jules Dupré . S
#14 Rose Zeller
Rose Margaret Zeller (13 April 1891 – 1 December 1975) was a New Zealand artist. New Zealand artist, writer and teacher (1891–1975) Rose Zeller Rose Zeller c. 1940. Hand-coloured by Daisy Osborn Born 13 April 1891 Christchurch, New Zealand Died 1 December 1975 Nationality New Zealander
#15 William Quiller Orchardson
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA (27 March 1832 – 13 April 1910) [1] was a noted Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects who was knighted in June 1907, at the age of 75. Scottish painter (1832–1910) William Quiller Orchardson Portrait from Men of Mark , 1876–1883 Born (
James Ingram McDonald (11 June 1865 – 13 April 1935) was a New Zealand painter, photographer, film-maker , museum director , cultural ambassador film censor, and promoter of Maori arts and crafts. New Zealand artist James McDonald Born James Ingram McDonald ( 1865-06-11 ) 11 June 1865 Tokomairiro ,
Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960) is a South African painter and photographer. He was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison . [1] South African painter and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa Born 1960 Durban , South Africa Nationality South African Education Michaeli
Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 – 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school . In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome . French sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias Louis-Ernest Barrias, c. 1899 Born ( 1841-04-13 ) 13 April 1841 Paris , France
John Hartman CM RCA (born 1950) is an Ontario-based painter and printmaker. Canadian artist (born 1950) John Hartman Born ( 1950-04-13 ) April 13, 1950 Midland, Ontario Education B.A., McMaster University , Hamilton (1973), courses in fine art with George Wallace Known for painter , graphic artist
#20 Lezley Saar
Lezley Irene Saar is an African American artist whose artwork is responsive to race, gender, female identity, and her ancestral history. Her works are primarily mixed media, 3-dimensional, and oil & acrylic on paper and canvas. Through her artistic practice Lezley explores western and non-western co
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) is the umbrella organization of Nepali artists, researchers and art critics, and an arts institution for research and for exhibitions. [1] A museum in Kathmandu , in a neoclassical building from the 1930s, [2] presents collections of both traditional and contemporar
The Australian Queer Archives ( AQuA ) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
#4 Watts Towers
The Watts Towers , Towers of Simon Rodia , or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish ) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles
#5 Team Gallery
Team Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, with an additional project space in Venice, CA . It was founded by José Freire and Lisa Ruyter in 1996. Team has represented such artists as Ryan McGinley , Banks Violette , Cory Arcangel , Sam McKinniss ,
Muzeum Sztuki , or the Museum of Art in Łódź , is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Łódź , Poland , whose main goal is to research and display avant-garde art , as well as progressive artistic interventions. Art museum Museum of Art in Łódź Muzeum Sztuki Maurycy Poznański's Palace, the chie
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge . It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge . It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1745 – 1816), and comprises one of
#9 The Collection (Lincolnshire)
The Collection is the county museum and gallery for Lincolnshire in England . It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum . The museum part of the enterprise is housed in a new, purpose-built building close by the Usher Gallery in the city of Lincoln . The Usher Gallery
#10 Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum ( 全米日系人博物館 , Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan ) is located in Los Angeles, California , and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans . Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate wit
#11 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ( Austria ). Contemporary art museum in Austria This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2011 ) Kunsthaus Bregenz Kunsthaus Bregenz Established 1990–1997 Locat
#13 Ternopil Regional Art Museum
Ternopil Regional Art Museum is a museum in the north-central part of Ternopil , Ukraine. It was founded on 1 May 1991 on the base of the former art gallery — a department of museum of regional ethnography . [1] The museum aims to research the stock, education (lectures and excursions), exposition,
#14 Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora ( MoAD ) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco , California . MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora , one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. adjacent to the St. Regis
The Institute of Modern Art ( IMA ) is a public art gallery located in the Judith Wright Arts Centre in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley , which features contemporary artworks and showcases emerging artists in a series of group and solo exhibitions. Founded in 1975, the gallery doe
#16 Museo Alameda
The Museo Alameda was the largest Latino museum in the USA and the first formal Smithsonian affiliate outside of Washington D.C. , located in the historic Market Square in Downtown San Antonio , Texas . In 1996, Secretary I. Michael Heyman of the Smithsonian Institution announced a physical presence
#17 Moderna Museet
Moderna Museet ("the Museum of Modern Art"), Stockholm , Sweden , is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened a new branch in Malmö in the south of Sweden, Moderna Museet Malmö . moderna muse
#18 Führermuseum
The Führermuseum or Fuhrer-Museum ( English : Leader's Museum ), also referred to as the Linz art gallery , was an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned by Adolf Hitler for his hometown, the Austrian city of Linz , near his birthplace of Braunau . Its purpose was to display a selec
#19 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
The Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers is a museum of art located in a mansion, the "logis Barrault", place Saint-Éloi near the historic city of Angers . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( N
#20 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum , New York City , United States.
Self-Portrait is a c. 1669 oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Bol , now in the Rijksmuseum , in Amsterdam . [1] Showing the artist in an embroidered robe leaning on a small sculpture of Cupid, it is thought to have been painted on the occasion of his second marriage to Anna van Erckel in 1669. Pain
St. John is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1625 and now in the Getty Museum , Los Angeles . Painting by Frans Hals St. John St. John , c.1625 Oil on canvas, 69.5 x 55 cm Artist Frans Hals Year 1625 ( 1625 ) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 68.5 c
#3 List of works by Vincent van Gogh
List of works by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. According to the legend, Van Gogh sold only one painting, The Red Vineyard , boug
The Constellations are a series of 23 paintings on paper produced from January 1940 to September 1941 by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró . Art historians and museum curators have said of the paintings: "Universally considered one of the greatest achievements of his career", [1] : 1 p. "The Cons
#5 Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 [lower-alpha 1] is a painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Tsar of Russia Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich , shortly after the elder Ivan had
#6 Exemplary Women of Antiquity
Exemplary Women of Antiquity is a set of paintings produced between 1495 and 1500 by Andrea Mantegna . They show the Carthaginian noblewoman Sophonisba poisoning herself to avoid being paraded in a Roman triumph , the Roman Vestal Virgin Tuccia proving her chastity by carrying water in a sieve, Judi
#7 St John Chrysostom Altarpiece
The St John Chrysostom Altarpiece is a 1510–1511 oil on canvas painting by Sebastiano del Piombo , that is kept in San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice . It belongs to the sacra conversazione genre. [1] Painting by Sebastiano del Piombo St John Chrysostom Altarpiece (c. 1510–1511) by Sebastiano del Piomb
Last Conversation Piece is a public artwork by Spanish sculptor Juan Muñoz in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC , United States . [1] The piece is currently on loan to The Contemporary Austin . [2] Last Conversation Piece Artist Juan Muñoz Year 1994–1995
#9 Statue of Enrique González Martínez
A statue of Enrique González Martínez is installed along the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres , in Centro , Guadalajara , in the Mexican state of Jalisco . The statue was unveiled on the 100th anniversary of his birthday, on 13 April 1971. [1] Statue in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Statue of E
#10 St Mark (Hals)
St. Mark is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1625. It was purchased by Russian philanthropist Alisher Usmanov from the art dealer Colnaghi , London in September 2013 for the Pushkin Museum and donated by him to that museum in November that year, where
#11 Iron Feathers
Iron Feathers is an outdoor 1990 sculpture by Rand Elliott, installed outside Oklahoma City 's Will Rogers World Airport , in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . The steel pipe artwork was dedicated on April 13, 1990. [1] Sculpture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Iron Feathers Artist Rand Elliott Year 199
Alien is a 2012 sculpture by the British artist David Breuer-Weil . It depicts a giant humanoid figure five times as large as a person, embedded head-first in grass. The sculpture was first installed in Grosvenor Gardens in the City of Westminster in April 2013, as part of the City of Sculpture init
#13 Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, Milan)
Supper at Emmaus (1606) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio , housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera ( Sala XXIX ), Milan . Painting by Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus Artist Caravaggio Year 1606 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 141 cm × 175 cm (56 in × 69 in) Location Pinacoteca di Bre
The Potato Eaters ( Dutch : De Aardappeleters ) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen , Netherlands. [1] It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The original oil sketch of the painting is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, and he also made litho
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
Thomas Jefferson is a 1911 bronze statue of a seated Thomas Jefferson created by Karl Bitter for the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Cleveland , Ohio , United States. [1] Statue by Karl Bitter Thomas Jefferson The statue at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Cleveland Artist Karl Bitter Subject Thomas
#17 Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue
Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue is a series of four large-scale paintings by Barnett Newman painted between 1966 and 1970. Two of them have been the subject of vandalistic attacks in museums. The series' name was a reference to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , the 1962 play by Edward Albee , w
#18 Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) is an oil on canvas portrait painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1937. Mrs. Sheridan ( Elizabeth Ann Linley ) was a talented musician who enjoyed professional success in Bath and London before m
Christopher M. S. Johns (13 April 1955 – 8 May 2022) was an American art historian, and the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art at Vanderbilt University , who specialized in eighteenth-century Italian art, decorative art, material culture, and architecture. [1] He was a lea
William Bayne (1858–1922) was a writer and a lecturer at Dundee Training College. [1] He was born on 13 April 1858 at Lawhead, Cameron in Fife . His father was Thomas Bayne, a shoemaker, and his mother Ann Robertson. He died unmarried at Radernie, Cameron on 17 November 1922, aged 64. William Bayne
#3 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
Anna Anatolievna Narinskaya ( Russian : А́нна Анато́льевна Нари́нская ; born April 13, 1966, Leningrad , USSR) is a Russian journalist, literary critic, exhibition curator. [1] Russian journalist and literary critic (born 1966) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions , the patron
Pierre Max Rosenberg OMRI (born 13 April 1936) is a French art historian , curator , and professor . Rosenberg is the honorary president a director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris , and since 1995, he has held the 23rd seat of the Académie Française . He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the Univer
John Russell Harper OC D.Litt. D.F.A. FRSC (April 13, 1914 – November 17, 1983) was a Canadian art historian who pioneered the field of art history in Canada. Canadian art historian J. Russell Harper Born John Russell Harper ( 1914-04-13 ) April 13, 1914 Caledonia, Ontario Died November 17, 1983 (19
Peter Cannon-Brookes (born 23 August 1938) is a British art historian, with a special interest in Czech sculpture, and a curator who founded the journal Museum Management and Curatorship . British art historian
Pamela Clabburn MBE (13 April 1914 – 2 July 2010) was an English author, conservationist, curator, needlewoman and textile expert. She worked for the staff of Strangers' Hall Museum in Norwich as assistant curator of social history and at Norwich Museum as their assistant history of social history.
Inés Katzenstein is an Argentine curator, art historian, and art critic who specializes in Latin American art. [1] This biographical article is written like a résumé . ( May 2019 ) Inés Katzenstein Born Argentina Nationality Argentine Occupation Curator Art historian Art critic Years active 2000-p
#10 Kōji Taki
Kōji Taki ( Japanese : 多木 浩二 , Hepburn : Taki Kōji , 27 December 1928 – 13 April 2011) was a Japanese critic and philosopher . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This artic
#11 Bernard Noël
Bernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) [1] was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992 and the Prix Robert Ganzo (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010. [2] French writer and poet (1930–2021) Bernard Noël
#12 Evelyn Sharp (businesswoman)
Evelyn Sharp (died April 16, 1997) was an American hotelier, philanthropist, and art collector. She was the owner of the Beverly Wilshire and Stanhope hotels. [1] American businesswoman Evelyn Sharp Born Manhattan , New York , U.S. Died ( 1997-04-16 ) April 16, 1997 Manhattan , New York , U.S. Educa
#13 Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 , Ikeda Daisaku , born 2 January 1928) is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. [2] [3] [4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai , the largest of Japan's new religious movements . [5] :
#14 Ioan T. Morar
Ioan T. Morar ( Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an ˈte moˈrar] ; born April 13, 1956) is a Romanian journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, literary and art critic, diplomat and civil society activist. He is a founding member of the satirical magazine Academia Caţavencu (to which he notably contribute
#15 David Sellin
David Frost Sellin (13 April 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 11 April 2006, Washington, D.C.) was an American art historian, curator, educator, and author. He taught at a number of universities, worked on the staffs of several museums, and served as curator of the U.S. Capitol , 1976-1980. [1] Am
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
#2 National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial or Dandi Memorial is a memorial in Dandi , Gujarat , India , that honors the activists and participants of the Salt Satyagraha , an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India which was led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. [1] The memorial is spread over a
#3 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster , Central London , built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he lost his life. The monument was constructed bet
#5 List of statues of Vladimir Lenin
This article is a list of current and former known monuments of Vladimir Lenin . Some or all of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that
A part of Beşiktaş Vişnezade Park is oriented under the name " Şairler Sofası ". Şairler Sofası is the 1998 sculpture by Gürdal Duyar whos name the park goes by. The depicted characters in the sculpture as well as the figures depicted in the other sculptures in the greater park are 19th and 20th cen
The Surrogate's Courthouse (also the Hall of Records and 31 Chambers Street ) is a historic building at the northwest corner of Chambers and Centre Streets in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City . Completed in 1907, it was designed in the Beaux Arts style. John Rochester Thomas created
The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial built in Washington, D.C. between 1939 and 1943 under the sponsorship of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Roosevelt thought that it was a suitable memorial to the Founding Fathers of the United States and to Thomas Jefferson , the principal author o
#9 Blueprints at Addison Circle
Blueprints at Addison Circle is a steel sculpture located in Addison, Texas inside a 133-foot-diameter (41 m) roundabout . The sculpture consists of 25 poles and five art panels. The sculpture weighs 410,000 pounds (190,000 kg) and required 650 US gallons (2,500 l ) of custom " Sharpie blue "
#10 Winged Victory of Samothrace
The Winged Victory of Samothrace , or the Nike of Samothrace , [2] is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace , north of the Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era , dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BCE. It is composed of a stat
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives. [1] In addition to film and television, the Awa
The Edouard Suenson Memorial is located in front of Nyboder on Store Kongensgade in Copenhagen , Denmark . It commemorates Vice Admiral Edouard Suenson who commanded the Danish ships in the Battle of Heligoland 9 May 1864. The monument was designed by Theobald Stein and inaugurated on 9 May 1889. [1
#13 Lion of Venice
The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture in the Piazza San Marco of Venice , Italy , which came to symbolize the city – as well as one of its patron saints, St Mark – after its arrival there in the 12th century. The sculpture surmounts one of two large granite columns in the Squ
#14 Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park , in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War . [1] The remains of a small
#15 Columbus Firefighters Memorial
The Columbus Firefighters Memorial , or Firefighters' Memorial , [1] is a monument commemorating firefighters who died while serving by Ed Nothaker, installed in Columbus, Ohio 's Battelle Riverfront Park , in the United States. It was erected in 1958 and features an eternal flame on top of Greek co
#16 Big Bulls
The Big Bulls are a set of seven large statues of bulls that decorate the city of Rockhampton , Queensland , Australia. [1] The set is regarded as one of Australia's big things and is intended to reinforce Rockhampton's claim to being the Beef Capital of Australia. [2] [3] Initially there were two b
#17 Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust
For the statue in Nashville, see Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue . For the statue in Memphis , see Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument . Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust Artist Loura Jane Herndon Baxendale Completion date 1978 Medium Bronze Dimensions (44 inches ) Weight 3,000 pounds [1] [ better source