langs: 28 апреля [ru] / april 28 [en] / 28. april [de] / 28 avril [fr] / 28 aprile [it] / 28 de abril [es]
days: april 25 / april 26 / april 27 / april 28 / april 29 / april 30 / may 1
Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov , (Armenian Յակուլյան Գևորգ Բոգդանի Georges Yakulov (January 2 (14), 1884, Tiflis — December 28, 1928, Yerevan ) - Russian and soviet artist of Armenian origin, painter , graphic artist , decorator, set designer , art theorist . Close to the circle of avant-garde innovator
José da Cunha Taborda (28 April 1766 - 4 June 1836) was a Portuguese painter and architect. Portuguese painter and architect José da Cunha Taborda portrait of José da Cunha Taborda, 1833 Born ( 1766-04-28 ) 28 April 1766 Died 4 June 1836 (1836-06-04) (aged 70) Nationality Portuguese He was born at
#3 Horst Faas
Horst Faas (28 April 1933 – 10 May 2012) was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best known for his images of the Vietnam War . [1] Horst Faas Born ( 1933-04-28 ) 28 April 1933 Berlin, Nazi Germany Died 10 May 2012 (2012-05-10) (aged 79) Known for Photojournalis
Emory Douglas (born May 24, 1943) is an American graphic artist. He was a member of the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s. [1] As a r evolutionary artist and the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party , Douglas created iconography to represent black-Americ
Harriet Sundström , ( 23 December 1872 – 28 April 1961) was a Swedish landscape artist. [1] Swedish artist (1872–1961) Harriet Sundström
Madeleine Françoise Basseporte , (28 April 1701 – 6 September 1780) was a French painter. From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes ), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time. "Portrait of a young woma
#7 Hugues Merle
Hugues Merle (1822–1881) was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. He has often been compared with William-Adolphe Bouguereau . French painter Hugues Merle The First Thorns of Knowledge ( Les premières épines de la science ), 1864, Dallas Museum of Art Born ( 1822-04-28
#8 Piero Zuffi
Piero Zuffi (28 April 1919 – 2006) was an Italian set designer and painter. Italian scenographer (1919–2006) Piero Zuffi photographed by Paolo Monti . Born in Imola , Zuffi formed as a painter in Latin America . [1] After a few years settled in Paris, in 1952 he moved to Milan, where he started coll
Misha Brusilovsky (born Mikhail Brussilovsky ; 7 May 1931 – 3 November 2016) was a Russian artist, painter and graphic artist . He was a Member of the Russian union of artists, an honored artist of the Russian Federation , a distinguished member of Russian Academy of Arts , a laureate of the "G. S.
#10 Ling Po (artist)
Ling Po (born Chow Yi Hsien, aka 周儀先, aka Zhou Yi-Xian, in Peking, China on April 28, 1917; died April 28, 2014) [1] was an artist and apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright . Chow's English name "Ling Po" was coined by Wright by combining Chow's ancestral home Ningbo (then Romanized as Ning Po) and the f
#11 Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger
Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger , originally Joannes Henricus (28 April 1822 – 14 May 1897), was a Dutch painter, photographer and art educator. Dutch painter Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger (1868). The Bravery of Grote Pier
#12 Na Hye-sok
Na Hyeseok ( Korean : 나혜석 ; Hanja : 羅蕙錫 , 28 April 1896 – 10 December 1948) was a Korean feminist , poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. [1] Her pen name was Jeongwol (Hangul: 정월, 晶月). [2] She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter. She was the first female professional
#13 Sid Barron
Sidney Arnold Barron (June 13, 1917 in Toronto – April 29, 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia ) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist. During his career as a cartoonist, he drew for the Victoria Times , the Toronto Star , Maclean's , and The Albertan . His cartoons were satirical takes on s
#14 Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1982. He studied Painting and Art History at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and Anatomy at Columbia University New York, NY. He received a BFA from the Pratt Institute College of Art in 2004. Lutz lives and works between Red Lion, PA
#15 Button King
Dalton Stevens (April 28, 1930 [1] – November 21, 2016), better known as the Button King , was a hobbyist , outsider artist and musician notable for his unusual button art and related media appearances. Since 1983, Stevens had painstakingly decorated various objects with thousands of colorful button
David Serpell Brokenshire (28 April 1925 – 26 April 2014) was a New Zealand architect and potter . [1] David Brokenshire Born David Serpell Brokenshire ( 1925-04-28 ) 28 April 1925 Thames , New Zealand Died 26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) (aged 88) Christchurch , New Zealand Education Auckland Universi
#17 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
#18 Raúl Sendic
Raúl Sendic Antonaccio (16 March 1926 – 28 April 1989) was a Uruguayan Marxist lawyer, trade unionist and founder of the Tupamaros National Liberation Movement (MLN-T). Raúl Sendic Born Raúl Sendic Antonaccio ( 1926-03-16 ) 16 March 1926 Died 28 April 1989 (1989-04-28) (aged 63) This article needs
#19 Bernhard, Arnold, and Florian Abel
The brothers Bernhard Abel and Arnold Abel were sculptors and Florian Abel a painter in the middle of the 16th century. For the German footballer, see Florian Abel (footballer) . In 1561, Bernhard and Arnold worked for the Imperial Court in Vienna . On 28 April, they signed a contract on the complet
Samuel Perry Dinsmoor (March 8, 1843 – July 21, 1932) was an American teacher and eccentric sculptor from Lucas, Kansas , United States. [2] American educator and sculptor United States historic place Garden of Eden U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of Kansas Show map of the United
#1 National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ( Norwegian : Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design ), also known as the National Museum , in Oslo is a Norwegian state-owned museum. [1] National Museum in Oslo This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding arti
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is a municipal gallery in Ottawa , Ontario that opened in 1988 at Arts Court. The gallery has a permanent collection of over one thousand works, houses the City of Ottawa -owned Firestone Collection of Canadian Art , and provides community, educational and public program
The Walter Phillips Gallery (WPG) is a contemporary art gallery in Banff, Alberta . It was established in 1976 as a part of The Banff Centre in Banff National Park . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Art museum in Alberta, Canada Walter Phillips Gallery Walt
Toorak Art Gallery was an art gallery 277 Toorak Road, South Yarra , Melbourne, Victoria, which specialised in contemporary figurative and abstract Australian art. It was in operation from 1964 to 1975. [1] [2] Australian art gallery in Melbourne closed 1975
#6 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
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
#8 Korean Cultural Center New York
The Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) (Korean: 뉴욕한국문화원), a branch of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of South Korea , is a government institution supported by the Korean Consulate General. Inaugurated in December 1979, KCCNY works to establish and promote Korean cu
#9 Hannibal Square Heritage Center
The Hannibal Square Heritage Center is a community center in Winter Park, Florida which is run by the Crealdé School of Art . Founded in 2007, the Hannibal Square Heritage Center is located in a historical neighborhood on New England Avenue two blocks west of Park Avenue, between Virginia and Pennsy
#10 Lennoxlove House
Lennoxlove House is a historic house set in woodlands half a mile south of Haddington in East Lothian , Scotland . The house comprises a 15th-century tower, originally known as Lethington Castle , and has been extended several times, principally in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. The house is pro
Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum ( 石川県七尾美術館 , Ishikawa Nanao bijutsukan ) opened in 1995 in Nanao , Ishikawa Prefecture , Japan. The main art gallery on the Noto Peninsula , the collection includes works by Hasegawa Tōhaku . [1] [2] [3] Building in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum 石川県七尾
#12 National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria , popularly known as the NGV , is an art museum in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. Art museum in Melbourne, Australia National Gallery of Victoria NGV International on St Kilda Road in Southbank
#13 Willard Gallery
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]
Murray Art Museum Albury (abbreviated MAMA) is a contemporary art museum located in Albury , Australia . Formerly known as the Albury Regional Art Gallery it was renamed as part of a $10.5 million refurbishment which included renovations to the former gallery building, the neighbouring burrows house
#15 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales ( AGNSW ), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney , Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest i
#16 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
#17 The Lowry
The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays , Salford , Greater Manchester , England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry , known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England . The complex opened on 28 April 2000 [1] and was officially opened
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 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
#20 Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis)
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis , also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral , is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri . Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of its archbisho
Man at the Crossroads (1934) was a fresco by Diego Rivera in New York City 's Rockefeller Center . It was originally slated to be installed in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Plaza , the main building of the center. Man at the Crossroads showed the aspects of contemporary social and scientific culture.
The Setting of the Sun is a 1752 oil on canvas painting by François Boucher . It and its pair The Rising of the Sun were both private commissions for Madame de Pompadour as full-scale models for the Gobelins Manufactory . The tapestries produced from the paintings were completed in 1754-1755 and hun
The Wisconsin Workers Memorial is a public artwork by American artists Terese Agnew and Mary Zebell located in Zeidler Park, which is in downtown Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States . The artwork, created in 1995, takes the whole park as its theme, and includes a gazebo in the middle of the park w
The Geographer (Dutch: De geograaf ) is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1668–1669, and is now in the collection of the Städel museum in Frankfurt , Germany. It is closely related to Vermeer's The Astronomer , for instance using the same model in the same dress, and has sometim
Solid Happiness is an oil on canvas painted in Italy by the Chilean artist Roberto Matta in 1997. Germana Ferrari Matta, the painter's last companion and the cataloguer of his oeuvre, certified the work on 28 April 2001. [1] 1997 painting by Roberto Matta This article is an orphan , as no other arti
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 (
#7 John Johnstone (East India Company)
John Johnstone (28 April 1734 – 10 December 1795) [3] was a Scottish nabob , [4] a corrupt official of the British East India Company who returned home with great wealth. Described as "a shrewd and unscrupulous business man", [5] he survived several scandals and became a major landowner when he re
Water Willow is an 1871 oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti . It depicts Jane Morris in the river landscape near Kelmscott Manor , with the manor in the left background and Kelmscott Church below the hill to the right. [1] Water Willow Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti Year 1871 Medium oil on canvas
Fortitude (also known as Lady Fortitude ) is a public artwork by the American artist James King , located in Fortitude Plaza at Howard University in Washington, D.C. , United States . Fortitude was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. [1] Artwork b
#10 Ippy and Gertie Posing at Fashion House Hirsch, Amsterdam
Ippy and Gertie Posing at Fashion House Hirsch, Amsterdam is a circa 1916 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch artist Isaac Israëls . It depicts the twin sisters Helena (1895-1964) and Geertruida Wehmann (1895-1975), models at the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie [ nl ] in the Leidseplein whose
#11 Marquis de Lafayette (Morse)
Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette ) was painted in 1825 by Samuel Morse . Mostly known for his creation of the electric telegraph , Morse was also an artist. Morse was a Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the University of the City of New York . Painting by Samuel Morse Marquis de
#12 The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente is a full-length portrait painting by Diego Velázquez depicting the titular nun . Velázquez painted Jerónima , which is in oil on canvas, in 1620. It is now on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid , Spain . The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente Artist Diego Velázquez Year 1
#13 Francis Horner
Francis Horner FRSE (12 August 1778 – 8 February 1817) was a Scottish Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist. Francis Horner Francis Horner by Henry Raeburn . Member of Parliament for St Mawes In office 1813–1817 Member of Parliament for Wendover In office 1807 – 1812 Member of
#14 Les Trois Grâces
Les Trois Grâces is a set of three public artworks by French-American sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle . The Three Graces were a part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts New York Avenue Sculpture Project. [1] This article needs to be updated . ( July 2017 ) For the three graces from Greek mytho
#15 List of works by Albert Gleizes
This is a list of works by the French artist, theoretician, philosopher Albert Gleizes ; one of the founders of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. [1] [2] [3] [4] Albert Gleizes, circa 1912 The artistic career of Gleizes spanned more than fifty years, from roughly 1901 to the year of hi
The Wiedmann Bible depicts the complete Old and New Testament in images. The original includes 19 Leporello (concertina fold) books which contain 3,333 hand-painted images, and has a total length of 1.17 km (0.73 miles). [1] Created by the Stuttgart artist Willy Wiedmann over a period of 16 years
#17 Bust of Sojourner Truth (U.S. Capitol)
Sojourner Truth is a public artwork by Canadian sculptor Artis Lane , located in Emancipation Hall at the United States Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first statue honoring an African-American woman in the U.S. Capitol building. Bust in Washington, D.C., U.S. Bust of Sojourner
The Rising of the Sun is a 1752 oil on canvas painting by François Boucher . It and its pair The Setting of the Sun were both private commissions for Madame de Pompadour as full-scale models for the Gobelins Manufactory . The tapestries produced from the paintings were completed in 1754-1755 and hun
The Last Drop is a c. 1629 oil painting by Judith Leyster in the John G. Johnson collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art . [1] It was regarded as a work by Frans Hals until 1903, when it was noticed that it is signed 'JL*' on the tankard. Painting by Judith Leyster The Last Drop Artist Judith L
The Thankful Poor is an 1894 genre painting by the African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner . It depicts two African Americans praying at a table, and shares common themes with Tanner's other paintings from the 1890s including The Banjo Lesson (1893) and The Young Sabot Maker (1895). The work is
#1 Rolf de Maré
Rolf de Maré (9 May 1888 – 28 April 1964), sometimes called Rolf de Mare , was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–25. In 1931 he founded the world's first research center and museum for dance in Paris. Swedish art collector This article needs additional citati
#2 Una Johnson
Una Johnson (1905 – April 28, 1997) was an American curator and art historian . She was the head curator of prints and drawings at the Brooklyn Museum for more than 25 years. American curator and art historian
John Currie Wilmerding Jr. (born April 28, 1938), is an American professor of art, collector, and curator , and is best known as a prolific author of books on American art. [1] American art historian and curator John Wilmerding Born John Currie Wilmerding Jr. ( 1938-04-28 ) April 28, 1938 (age 84)
#4 Vasile Pogor
Vasile V. Pogor ( Francized Basile Pogor ; August 20, 1833 – March 20, 1906) was a Moldavian , later Romanian poet, philosopher, translator and liberal conservative politician, one of the founders of Junimea literary society. Raised in the aristocratic circle of Iași , and educated in the French Emp
Carl Tancred Borenius (July 14, 1885, Vyborg – September 2, 1948, Coombe Bisset) was a Finnish art historian working in England, who became the first professor of the history of art at University College London . He was a prolific author, and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on Itali
Hubert Damisch (28 April 1928 – 14 December 2017), was a French philosopher specialised in aesthetics and art history , and professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales ( EHESS ) in Paris from 1975 until 1996. French philosopher Damisch studied at the Sorbonne with Maurice Merleau-P
#7 Peter Fuller
Peter Michael Fuller (31 August 1947 – 28 April 1990) was a British art critic and magazine editor. For the Thoroughbred race horse owner, see Peter D. Fuller . For the Patriarch of Antioch, see Peter the Fuller .
Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (7 November 1851 – 28 April 1924) was a British historian and art critic whose work focused on the Italian Renaissance .
#9 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
#10 Arthur Morrison
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for realistic novels, for stories about working-class life in the East End of London , and for detective stories featuring a specific detective, Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and pub
#11 Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia ( / ˈ p ɑː l i ə / ; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, since 1984. [1] She is critical of many aspects of modern culture [2] [3] and is the author of Se
#12 Ei-Q
Ei-Q ( 瑛九 , Eikyū , April 28, 1911 – March 10, 1960, in English occasionally "Q. Ei" or "Ei Kyu") was a Japanese artist who worked in a variety of media, including photography and engraving. Japanese artist (1911–1960)
Lotte Brand Philip (May 27, 1910 – May 2, 1986) was a German art historian , professor and expert on Netherlandish art , one of the most notable and incisive experts on 14th- and 15th-century art to have studied under Erwin Panofsky . Born a Christian of Jewish descent, she resisted state intimidati
#14 Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara ( French: [tʁistɑ̃ dzaʁa] ; Romanian: [trisˈtan ˈt͡sara] ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock , also known as S. Samyro ; 28 April [ O.S. 16 April ] 1896 [1] – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist . Also active as a journalis
#15 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] :
#16 Magda Danysz
Magda Danysz (born September 1974), is a French art curator and art dealer, she owns her galleries named Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris , in Shanghai , and in London . French art curator and art dealer This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . ( November
#17 Hermann Voss (art historian)
Hermann Voss (born July 30, 1884, in Lüneburg ; died April 28, 1969, in Munich ) was a German art historian and museum director appointed by Hitler to acquire art, much of it looted by Nazis , for Hitler's planned Führermuseum in Linz , Austria. German art historian and museum director Hermann Voss
#18 Rudi Fuchs
Rudolf Herman "Rudi" Fuchs (born 28 April 1942) is a Dutch art historian and curator . Dutch art historian and curator (born 1942) Rudi Fuchs Rudi Fuchs in 1985 Born Rudolf Herman Fuchs ( 1942-04-28 ) 28 April 1942 (age 80) Eindhoven , Netherlands Nationality Dutch Alma mater Leiden University O
#19 Bill Blackbeard
William Elsworth Blackbeard (April 28, 1926 – March 10, 2011), better known as Bill Blackbeard , was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art from American newspapers. This major collection, consist
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
The Confederate Obelisk is a large Confederate monument located in the Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta , Georgia , United States . The structure, a tall obelisk located in the cemetery's Confederate section, was dedicated in 1874. Due to its connection to the Confederate States of America, the monument
#3 National Workers Memorial (Australia)
The National Workers Memorial in the national capital, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , is Australia's place for honouring workers who have died as a result of work-related accidents, incidents and disease. The National Workers Memorial in 2013
#4 Four Southern Poets Monument
The Four Southern Poets Monument , also known as the Monument to Southern Poets and Poets' Monument , [1] [2] is a granite monument in Augusta, Georgia , in the United States. Monument in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Four Southern Poets Monument Year 1913 ( 1913 ) Medium Granite sculpture Location Augus
#5 Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial
The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County is a monument to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 's law enforcement community in honor of fallen officers of both the Pittsburgh Police and suburban departments. The original was dedicated in September 1996 near the Carnegie Science Center but
#6 Monument to Soviet Tank Crews
The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (Czech: Památník sovětských tankistů ) was a World War II memorial located in Prague . [1] It is also known as the Pink Tank because it was controversially painted pink in 1991, first by installation artist David Černý and a second time by members of parliament in p
#7 Statue of the Viscount Slim, London
The statue of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim in Whitehall , London, is a work of 1988–1993 by the sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones . It is one of three memorials to British military leaders of World War II on Raleigh Green, outside the Ministry of Defence 's Main Building , the others being Oscar Nemon
Oldham War Memorial is a war memorial in Oldham , England, comprising a large bronze sculpture group on a granite plinth. It was built to commemorate the men of Oldham who were killed in the First World War . Bronze plaques on the wall of the churchyard nearby list the fallen, including Mabel Drinkw
#9 Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States presidential memorial and a National Historic Landmark District in Lincoln City, Indiana . It preserves the farm site where Abraham Lincoln lived with his family from 1816 to 1830. During that time, he grew from a 7-year-old boy to a 21-year-old m
The World Cup Sculpture , or simply The Champions , is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup Final located near the site of West Ham United Football Club's former Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) stadium in the London Borough of Newham , England. It depicts a famous victory scene photographed after the fi
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
#12 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
The Mojave Memorial Cross , officially known as the White Cross World War I Memorial , is a cross formerly on public land in the Mojave desert in San Bernardino County, California that was at the center of the Salazar v. Buono legal case before the U.S. Supreme Court . [1] [2] [3] [4] The original c
#14 Silent Sam
The Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina , commonly known as Silent Sam , is a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier by Canadian sculptor John A. Wilson , which once stood on McCorkle Place of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1913 until it was pulled down by
#15 List of monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine [1] a number of Soviet-era monuments and memorials associated, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in former Eastern Bloc countries , but also in several other countries. [2] The Bronze Soldier of Tallin
The Argonne Cross Memorial is a memorial to American military personnel who died fighting in France during World War I. It was erected on November 13, 1923, and stands in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Argonne Cross United States The A
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933, none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being
#18 Homomonument
The Homomonument is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam , the capital of the Netherlands . It commemorates all gay men and lesbians who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation. [1] Opened on 5 September 1987, it was the first monument in the world to commemorate gays and lesbians
#19 Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near Ohio 's South Bass Island , in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most decisive naval battles to occur in the War of 1812 . [1] Located on an isthmus on th
#20 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