langs: 20 апреля [ru] / april 20 [en] / 20. april [de] / 20 avril [fr] / 20 aprile [it] / 20 de abril [es]
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Johannes de Renialme (Antwerp, ca. 1600 – buried Amsterdam, 20 April 1657) was a Dutch art dealer, active in Amsterdam and Delft between 1640 and 1657, notable for the scale of his dealings. De Renialme was known for being a dealer of Rembrandt , Hercules Seghers , Jan Lievens and Salomon Koninck .
#2 Georg Macco
Georg Macco (23 March 1863, Aachen - 20 April 1933, Genoa ) was a German landscape painter and illustrator, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule . He is primarily known for his Orientalist works. German landscape painter and illustrator This article includes a list of references , related re
Nathan Corwith Wyeth (April 20, 1870 – August 30, 1963) was an American architect . He is best known for designing the West Wing of the White House , creating the first Oval Office . He designed a large number of structures in Washington, D.C. , including the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potoma
Charles Robert Searles (July 11, 1937 – November 27, 2004) was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1937. [1] He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active from the 1960s until he died in 2004 [2] from complications from a stroke. [3] American artist Charles Searle
Cyndra MacDowall (born April 20, 1953) is a Canadian visual artist [1] known for her photography and writing. [2] Canadian photographer Cyndra MacDowall Born ( 1953-04-20 ) April 20, 1953 (age 69) Toronto , Ontario Education BAE at Queens University and MFA at Concordia University Notable work Ecl
#6 Georg Eisler
Georg Eisler (20 April 1928, Vienna – 15 January 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian painter from the school of Oskar Kokoschka . His father Hanns Eisler was a composer and his mother Charlotte Eisler, née Demant a well-known singer and music teacher. Austrian painter This article may be expanded with tex
Alberto Orrego Luco (20 April 1854 in Valparaíso – 2 June 1931 in Santiago ) was a Chilean Impressionist landscape painter and diplomat. Chilean painter and diplomat (1854–1931) Self-portrait (date unknown)
Mamata Banerjee ( Bengali : Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Havi
Richard Ansdell RA (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a British painter of animals and genre scenes. [1] British painter Richard Ansdell Born 11 May 1815 Liverpool , England Died 20 April 1885 (1885-04-20) (aged 69) Farnborough , England Nationality British Known for Painting Notable work Stag at
#10 Johannes Boese
Johannes Boese (27 December 1856, Ostrog (near Ratibor ) - 20 April 1917, Berlin ), also spelled Böse , was a German sculptor and art professor. German sculptor and art professor Not to be confused with Johannes Boese [ de ] (1939-2012), the German archaeologist. Johannes Boese (c. 1900)
#11 Gray Foy
Gray Foy (1922–2012) was a mid twentieth-century American artist who created a visionary body of drawings from 1941 to 1975. His drawings are generally divided into two phases. First, from 1941–48, the artist drew figurative Surrealist landscapes and interiors. Then beginning in the late 1940s, he c
#12 Hélène Bertaux
Hélène Bertaux ( French pronunciation: [elɛn bɛʁto] ( listen ) ), born Joséphine Charlotte Hélène Pilate (4 July 1825 – 20 April 1909) was a French sculptor and women's rights advocate. French sculptor and women's rights advocate Hélène Bertaux (1864) Photograph by Étienne Carjat Psyché sous l'emp
Colin Frangicetto (born July 3, 1981) is a musician and painter from Langhorne, Pennsylvania . He is currently one of two guitarists in the experimental rock outfit Circa Survive , sole musician in Psychic Babble and previously in the band This Day Forward . American musician and painter Colin Frang
#14 Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet ( French: [vwɛ] ; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and mythological paintings, portraits, fres
#15 Lidy Prati
Lidia " Lidy " Elena Prati (1921–2008) was an Argentine painter who was known for her abstract, geometric paintings. Her artwork called into question representational art and was influential in defining the concrete art movement in Latin America. Prati contributed to the publication of Arturo magazi
#16 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
#17 Ilya Bogdesko
Ilya Trofimovich Bogdesko ( Russian : Илья́ Трофи́мович Богде́ско ; April 20, 1923 in Botushany near Rîbnița , Ukrainian SSR [1] – March 29, 2010 in Saint Petersburg , Russia ) was a Soviet and Moldovan graphic artist, People's Painter of the USSR (1963), member of the Academy of Arts (1988). Russia
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
William Rudolf O'Donovan (March 28, 1844 – April 20, 1920 [2] ) was an American sculptor . American sculptor For other people named William O'Donovan, see William O'Donovan (disambiguation) . William Rudolf O'Donovan William Rudolf O'Donovan and his bust of Walt Whitman (May 1891). Photograph by T
#20 Greta Saur
Greta Saur (Sauer) (born 20 April 1909 in Bregenz , Austria; died 6 May 2000 in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), France) was a German painter who lived and worked in Paris . She was an abstract painter , specifically in the style of lyrical abstraction of the "Nouvelle Ecole de Paris". German painter This
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
Akita Museum of Modern Art ( 秋田県立近代美術館 , Akita Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan ) opened in Yokote , Akita Prefecture , Japan in 1994 and houses an important collection of Akita ranga . [1] [2] Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan Akita Museum of Modern Art 秋田県立近代美術館 General information Address Tomigasawa-
Joyce Olga Evans OAM , B.A., Dip. Soc. Stud. (21 December 1929 – 20 April 2019) [1] was an Australian photographer active as an amateur from the 1950s and professional photographic artist from the 1980s, director of the Church Street Photography Centre in Melbourne (1976–1982), art curator and colle
#4 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
Brummels Gallery in South Yarra, Melbourne , Australia, was a commercial gallery established by David Yencken in 1956 to exhibit contemporary Modernist Australian painting, sculpture and prints, but after a period of dormancy became best known in the 1970s, under the directorship of Rennie Ellis, as
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
#7 V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee , Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. [3] [4] The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. The V&A Dundee is also the first building in the United Kingdom designed by Kengo Kuma . This
#8 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City , Missouri , known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art . Art museum in Kansas City, Missouri Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Established 19
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 Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums , with paintings , sculptures , cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis , Missouri , where it is visited by up to a half million pe
The Renaissance Society , founded in 1915, is a leading independent contemporary art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago , with a focus on the commissioning and production of new works by international artists. The kunsthalle-style institution typically presents four exhibition
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 Galeries Dalmau
Galeries Dalmau was an art gallery in Barcelona , Spain , from 1906 to 1930 (also known as Sala Dalmau, Les Galeries Dalmau, Galería Dalmau, and Galeries J. Dalmau). The gallery was founded and managed by the Symbolist painter and restorer Josep Dalmau i Rafel [ ca ] . The aim was to promote, impo
#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
#15 Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church
Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church (also known as St. James Place Museum ) is a historic Primitive Baptist church building at 107 N. Outerbridge Street in Robersonville, North Carolina that currently houses a museum of southern folk art . [2] Historic church in North Carolina, United States Unit
#16 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
Taliesin ( / ˌ t æ l i ˈ ɛ s ɪ n / ), sometimes known as Taliesin East , Taliesin Spring Green , or Taliesin North after 1937, was the estate of Welsh American architect Frank Lloyd Wright . An extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture, it is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the v
#18 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
The Smithsonian Institution ( / s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith- SOH -nee-ən ), or simply the Smithsonian , is a group of museums and education and research centers , the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. Government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". [2] [3] Founded o
#20 Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University , in Cambridge , Massachusetts is the only building designed primarily by Le Corbusier in the United States [2] —he contributed to the design of the United Nations Secretariat Building —and one of only two in the Americas (the other bein
Cannibals is a 2005 painting by the Norwegian kitsch painter Odd Nerdrum . It depicts three men in a barren landscape, devouring the remains of a fourth man whose spine, rib cage and head lie on the ground before them. 2005 painting by Odd Nerdrum Cannibals Artist Odd Nerdrum Year 2005 Medium Oil on
#2 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
#3 Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart
Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1623 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City . The painting has also been titled as Young Man and Woman in an Inn or Portrait of Pieter Ramp . Painting by Frans Hals
Nature morte ( Still Life ), or Compotier et cruche décorée de cerfs , is a Cubist painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . It was exhibited at Exposició d'Art Cubista , Galeries Dalmau , Barcelona, 20 April – 10 May 1912 (no. 44). During this show—the first exhibition of Cubism in Spain—Metzi
#5 Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (French: Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 ) is a 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp . The work is widely regarded as a Modernist classic and has become one of the most famous of its time. Before its first presentation at the 1912 Salon des Indépendants in Paris it was r
The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
#7 Girl with a Cat (Gwen John)
Girl with a Cat is a portrait painting by Gwen John in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] Girl with a Cat Artist Gwen John Year 1918–1922 Medium oil paint , canvas Dimensions 33.7 cm (13.3 in) × 26.7 cm (10.5 in) Location Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession No. 1976.
#8 Le goûter
Le Goûter , also known as Tea Time ( Tea-Time ), and Femme à la Cuillère ( Woman with a teaspoon ) is an oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911, and the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912. [1] O
The Statue of Giordano Bruno , created by Ettore Ferrari , was erected at Campo de' Fiori in Rome , Italy , in 1889. Statue of Giordano Bruno The monument to Bruno in the place he was executed, Campo de' Fiori in Rome. Click on the map for a fullscreen view Coordinates 41°53′44″N 12°28′20″E The insc
The Croatian Apoxyomenos ( Croatian : Hrvatski Apoksiomen ) is an Ancient Greek statue cast in bronze in the 2nd or 1st century BC; it was discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule , southeast of the island of Lošinj . It represents an athlete – Apoxyomenos (
The Trinity ( Russian : Троица , tr. Troitsa , also called The Hospitality of Abraham ) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian icons, [3] and it is regarded as one of the highest achievements of R
#12 Funeral Procession (painting)
Funeral Procession is the name of a painting by Ellis Wilson , which went from obscurity to notoriety in 1986, when it was featured heavily in the episode " The Auction " of TV series The Cosby Show ' s second season. In the episode, Mrs. Huxtable wins the painting at an auction and pays $11,000 for
#13 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
The Paumgartner altarpiece (c. 1500) is an early triptych painting by Albrecht Dürer , commissioned by the Paumgartner family of Nuremberg . The central panel depicts a nativity scene , while the wings depict Saint George (left) and Saint Eustace (right). The saint's faces are donor portraits of the
#15 Costa Chapel (Santa Maria del Popolo)
The Costa or St Catherine Chapel ( Italian : Cappella Costa or Cappella di Santa Caterina ) is located in the south aisle of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome . This is the fourth side chapel from the counterfaçade and was dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria . The lunettes were pain
#16 1728 in art
Events from the year 1728 in art . Overview of the events of 1728 in art Overview of the events of 1728 in art List of years in art ( table ) … 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Phi
#17 Sanvitale Madonna and Child
The Sanvitale Madonna and Child is a 1524 fragment of a lunette fresco by Parmigianino at the Palazzetto Eucherio Sanvitale in Parma . [1] It is heavily influenced by Correggio , particularly quoting his Madonna of the Stairs . It dates to just before Parmigianino set off for Rome in 1525, particula
#18 Crucifixion with Mary Magdalene (Perugino)
The Crucifixion with Mary Magdalene (sometimes called the "Pazzi Crucifixion") is a fresco of c. 1495 of the Crucifixion of Christ by Perugino in the chapter house of the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi in Florence . It is his most notable work in Florence. It was a commissio
#19 We Choose Love
We Choose Love is a 2018 memorial painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center , in northeast Portland, Oregon , to commemorate victims of the 2017 Portland train attack . The memorial is temporary, as the station is slated for renovation. Memorial painting in P
Robert Ferguson FRS FRSE FGS (8 September 1769 – 3 December 1840) of Raith , was at various times a Whig Member of Parliament for Fifeshire , Haddingtonshire and Kirkcaldy Burghs , and at the time of his death he was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Fife . [1] [2] The Archers by Sir Henry Raeburn
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
Walter Arthur Liedtke, Jr. (August 28, 1945 – February 3, 2015) [1] was an American art historian , writer and Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [2] He was known as one of the world's leading scholars of Dutch and Flemish paintings. [1] He died in the 2015 Me
#3 Peter Murray (art historian)
Peter John Murray (April 23, 1920 – April 20, 1992) [1] was a British art historian and the Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College , London from 1967 to 1980. [1] Together with his wife, Linda Murray , he wrote primers on Italian Renaissance art which have been used by generations of studen
Friedrich Noack , who wrote under the pseudonym F. Idus , (20 April 1858, Gießen – 1 February 1930, Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German cultural historian and author, who wrote several articles for the Künstlerlexikon (arts dictionary) Thieme-Becker . Friedrich Noack Portrait In 1886, he translated
Christopher Pinney is an anthropologist and art historian, and Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London in the department of anthropology . [1] [2] [3] He is known for his studies on the visual culture of South Asia, specifically India. [2] [3] He was honoured by the
Gayatri Sinha is an art critic and curator based in New Delhi, India. Her primary areas of research are around the structures of gender and iconography, media, economics and social history. She founded Critical Collective , a forum for thinking about conceptual frames within art history and practice
Robert Esmond George (20 April 1888 – 1959) was an Australian theatre actor and director, but mostly remembered as a watercolor artist and art critic. His wife, professionally known as Elizabeth George, was a well-known journalist.
#8 Peter Arrell Browne Widener II
Peter Arrell Browne Widener II (June 25, 1895 – April 20, 1948) was a prominent American racehorse owner and breeder . He inherited a fortune from his father, Joseph E. Widener , a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (and younger son of the extremely wealthy busine
Michael Strang Robinson (1910–1999) was Keeper of Pictures at the National Maritime Museum , London, England. He was an expert on the paintings of Willem van de Velde, the elder and Willem van de Velde, the younger . [1] [2] For others with the same or similar names, see Michael Robinson (disambigua
#10 Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II . His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-pag
Gábor Kovács (born 2 January 1957, in Orosháza ) is a Hungarian financier, banker, art collector, philanthropist and founder of KOGART . Gábor Kovács Born ( 1957-01-02 ) 2 January 1957 Orosháza , Hungary Nationality Hungarian Alma mater MGIMO Occupation financier, banker, art collector, philanth
#12 Dillian Gordon
Dillian Rosalind Gordon OBE is a British art historian who worked as a curator at the National Gallery, London from 1978 to 2010, latterly as Curator of Italian Paintings before 1460. [1] She lives in Oxford . [2] She was appointed OBE in 2011 for services to Early Italian Painting. [3] She has auth
#13 Viktors Eglītis
Viktors Eglītis (15 April 1877 – 20 April 1945) was a Latvian writer and art theorist. He was a leading figure in the Latvian decadent movement and an introducer of modernist poetics. Latvian poet Viktors Eglītis Born ( 1877-04-15 ) 15 April 1877 Sarkaņi Parish , Kreis Wenden , Governorate of Livoni
#14 Hugh Roberts (art historian)
Sir Hugh Ashley Roberts GCVO FSA (born 20 April 1948), [1] is a British art historian and curator . [2] British art historian and curator This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2010 ) Sir Hugh Roberts GCVO FSA Born Hugh Ashley Roberts ( 1948-04-20
#15 Jean Ferré
Jean Ferré (29 May 1929, Saint-Pierre-les-Églises, now part of Chauvigny , Vienne, – 10 October 2006, Saint-Germain-en-Laye ) was a French art historian and a right-political journalist. He was also the founder of the Paris-based Radio Courtoisie in 1987.
#16 Friedrich Schulze (historian)
Friedrich Karl Alfred Schulze (20 April 1881 – 28 August 1960) was a German historian and director of the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig [ de ] . German historian (1881-1960) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 2020 )
Carl Axel Gottlund (24 February 1796 in Ruotsinpyhtää – 20 April 1875 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish explorer, collector of folklore, historian, cultural politician, linguist, philologist, translator, writer, publisher and lecturer of Finnish language at the University of Helsinki . He was a colorful c
#18 Adrian Maniu
Adrian Maniu (February 6, 1891 – April 20, 1968) was a Romanian poet, prose writer, playwright, essayist, and translator. Photo of Adrian Maniu, published in 1970 Born in Bucharest , his father Grigore, a native of Lugoj , was a jurist and professor of commercial law at the University of Bucharest ;
Jurgis Baltrušaitis (May 2, 1873 – January 3, 1944) was a Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature , he was noted as a political activist and diplomat. Himself one of the foremost expo
Leopold David Ettlinger (April 20, 1913 – July 4, 1989) was a Warburg Institute historian of the Italian renaissance and UC Berkeley Art Department Chair , from 1970 to 1980. He wrote some of his books together with his third wife Helen Shahrokh Ettlinger. [1] American art historian This article rel
#1 Statue of David Farragut (Washington, D.C.)
Admiral David G. Farragut is a statue in Washington, D.C. , honoring David Farragut , a career military officer who served as the first admiral in the United States Navy . The monument is sited in the center of Farragut Square , a city square in downtown Washington, D.C. The statue was sculpted by f
The Sanctuary of Christ the King [1] [2] [3] ( Portuguese : Santuário de Cristo Rei ) is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking the city of Lisbon situated in Almada , in Portugal . It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue of Rio de Janeiro
The Hiker is a statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson . It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War , the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine–American War . The first version of it was made for the University of Minnesota in 1906, [1] but at least 50 copies were
#4 Iglica
Iglica ( Polish: [iɡˈlʲit͡sa] ; "spire" or "needle") [1] is a needle-like monument in Wrocław , Poland . It was built in 1948 and was 106 metres tall. Today, after renovation, the top ten metres have been removed and it is now 96 metres tall. For the genus of freshwater snails, see Iglica (gastrop
The John Leak Monument is located off Huish Drive, in Victoria Park, Rockhampton, Queensland , Australia. Unveiled on 20 April 2012, the monument represents the contribution made by John Leak VC, the first Queenslander to be awarded a Victoria Cross . Memorial located in Victoria Park, Rockhampton,
#6 Montebello Genocide Memorial
The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument , better known as Montebello Genocide Memorial , is a monument in Montebello , California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area , dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915. The monument, opened in April 1968, is a tower of eight arches supported
#7 Spanish–American War Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
The Spanish–American War Memorial is a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States that commemorates those American military personnel who died in the Spanish–American War . Constructed by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and dedi
#8 County War Memorial, Nottingham
The County War Memorial, Nottingham is a Grade II listed [1] structure in Nottingham . County War Memorial, Nottingham United Kingdom For Men of Nottingham who died in the First World War . Unveiled 20 April 1922 Location 52.950875°N 1.143851°W / 52.950875; -1.143851 Nottingham Designed by Cecil
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
#10 Public sculptures by Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) was an American sculptor who was active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire , to Anne Richardson French and Henry Flagg French on April 20, 1850. [1] His father, a polymath , was a judge and college president who populariz
The Willie Nelson statue , or simply Willie , is a bronze sculpture of singer-songwriter Willie Nelson , located in Downtown Austin, Texas . The statue was commissioned to artist Clete Shields by the nonprofit organization Capital Area Statues. Bronze statue of Willie Nelson by Clete Shields in Aust
The Bull of Navan is a prominent stone sculpture in the town of Navan , in County Meath , Ireland . The statue was sculpted by Galway sculptor Colin Grehan and depicts a large bull being restrained by two men. The image of the bull has historic significance for the town of Navan, where many livestoc
#13 Ludlow Massacre
The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War . Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their familie
The big things of Australia are large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures . There are estimated to be over 230 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in continental Australia . Novelty structures in Australia This art
#15 Monument to the Heroes of the Air
The Monument to the Heroes of the Air ( Romanian : Monumentul Eroilor Aerului ), located in the Aviators' Square, on Aviators' Boulevard, Bucharest , Romania , was built between 1930 and 1935 by sculptors Lidia Kotzebue [ ro ] (1885–1944), and by Iosif Fekete [ ro ] . [1] The structure, 20 m (
#16 Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C. 's West Potomac Park , southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall . It memorializes those who served in the Korean War . For other memorials to the Korean War, see Korean War Memorial .
Augustus of Prima Porta ( Italian : Augusto di Prima Porta ) is a full-length portrait statue of Augustus Caesar , the first emperor of the Roman Empire . The marble statue stands 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) . The statue was discovered on April 20, 1863,
The George Davis Monument is a monument to attorney and Confederate politician George Davis that was erected in Wilmington, North Carolina by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was removed by the City of Wilmington in August 2021. George Davis Monument George Davis monument before the stat