langs: 9 апреля [ru] / april 9 [en] / 9. april [de] / 9 avril [fr] / 9 aprile [it] / 9 de abril [es]
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#1 John Opie
John Opie RA (16 May 1761 – 9 April 1807) [1] was a Cornish historical and portrait painter. He painted many great men and women of his day, including members of the British Royal Family , and others who were notable in the artistic and literary professions. English historical and portrait painter (
#2 Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia . Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes , sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner , Francis Criss , Burgoyne Diller , I. Rice P
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 .
Mária Balážová (born 31 August 1956 in Trnava , Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia) is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern. Mária Balážová Born ( 1956-08-31 ) 31 August 1956 (age 66) Trnava , Slovakia Nationalit
Halcyone Barnes (March 31, 1913 – April 9, 1988) was an American collage artist and watercolor painter. American artist Halcyone Drennan Barnes Born Halcyone Freed March 31, 1913 Dallas, Texas , U.S. Died April 9, 1988 Summit, Mississippi , U.S. Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi,
#6 Jessicka
Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American singer and visual artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka , she was the frontwoman of Florida-based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles-based band Scarling. American singer Jessicka Jessicka in 2004 B
#7 Hansel Mieth
Hansel Mieth (1909–1998) was a German-born photojournalist who worked on the staff of LIFE Magazine. She was best known for her social commentary photography which recorded the lives of working class Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. [1] American photographer Hansel Mieth Hansel Mieth, 1936, by Pete
#8 Wu Zuoren
Wu Zuoren ( Chinese : 吴作人 ; pinyin : Wú Zuòrén ; Wade–Giles : Wu Tso-jen ; 3 November 1908 – 9 April 1997) [1] was a Chinese painter. A native of Jing County , Anhui , he was born in Suzhou , Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting. Chinese pain
#9 Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford
Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford (née Thynne ; 25 March 1760 – 28 December 1832) was an English naturalist and botanical illustrator who made studies and paintings of the plants, algae, and fungi from the Warwickshire area. English painter The Right Honourable The Countess of Aylesford Louisa, Co
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
#11 Prince Gyasi
Prince Gyasi Nyantakyi (born 30 April 1995) also known by the artist name Prince Gyasi is a Ghanaian international visual artist. [1] He is the co-founder of Boxedkids, a non-profit organization helping kids from Accra get an education. [2] [3] Ghanaian visual artist (born 1995) Prince Gyasi Portrai
Henry Hudson Kitson (April 9, 1863, [1] 1864 or 1865 [2] – June 26, 1947) was an English-American sculptor [3] who sculpted many representations of American military heroes. American sculptor This article is about the sculptor. For British navy officer, see Henry Kitson . Sir Henry Hudson Kitson Bor
#13 Gyula Basch
Gyula Basch (April 9, 1851 [1] - January 2, 1928 [2] ), was a Hungarian painter. Hungarian painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2014 ) Self-portrait from 1921 Basch was born in Budapest . After completing his studies at the gymnasium , he attended the polytec
Mary Curtis Richardson (9 April 1848 in New York City – 1 November 1931 in San Francisco ) was an impressionist painter and known as the " Mary Cassatt of the West". Her father, Lucien Curtis went overland to the gold fields of California in 1849. The following year, Mary, her sister Leila and her m
#15 Mati Klarwein
Abdul Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a French painter of German origin best known for his works used on the covers of music albums. French painter (Abdul) Mati Klarwein Klarwein in 1990 Born Matias Klarwein ( 1932-04-09 ) April 9, 1932 Hamburg , Germany Died March 7, 2002 (2002-03
#16 Sonya Clark
Sonya Clark (born 1967, Washington, D.C.) is an American artist of Afro-Caribbean heritage. Clark is a fiber artist known for using a variety of materials including human hair and combs to address race, culture, class, and history. [1] Her beaded headdress assemblages and braided wig series of the l
Jan Snellinck (III) [1] [2] ( Rotterdam , 1640 – Rotterdam , before 1691) was a Dutch landscape painter. He worked his entire career in Rotterdam and is known for his landscapes, moonlight scenes and peasant scenes. [3] [4] Dutch painter Landscape with a rider near a villa
Domenico Galeazzi ( Bologna , 20 May 1647 – Bologna, 9 April 1731) was an Italian painter. Italian painter This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( January 2019 )
#19 Asu Dev
Asu Dev (আশু দেব) born as Ashutosh Deb (13 December 1917 - 6 February 1983) . Asu Dev was born in Dhubri, Assam India . Asu Dev [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a pioneer artist of Assam. He was a painter, sculptor and an Art Educator. During his lifetime he had worked as a Textile Designer in several Cotton
#20 Ivan Nenov
Ivan Nenov ( Bulgarian : Иван Василев Ненов ) (1902–1997) was a Bulgarian painter. [1] This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Bulgarian . (March 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate
#1 Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum
The Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum ( traditional Chinese : 三義木雕博物館 ; simplified Chinese : 三义木雕博物馆 ; pinyin : Sānyì Mùdiāo Bówùguǎn ) is a museum of wooden sculpture in Sanyi Township , Miaoli County , Taiwan . Museum in Sanyi, Miaoli County, Taiwan Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum 三義木雕博物館 Former name Sanyi
#2 Test Site
Test Site was an art installation , that was displayed in the turbine hall of Tate Modern in London , UK, between October 2006 and 9 April 2007. Test Site was designed like Carsten Höller , and was the seventh commission of the series of works in the turbine hall sponsored by Unilever known as "The
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
#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
Sanskar Kendra is a museum at Ahmedabad , India , designed by the architect Le Corbusier . It is a city museum depicting history, art, culture and architecture of Ahmedabad. Another Patang Kite Museum is there which includes a collection of kites, photographs, and other artifacts. [1] The campus is
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]
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire . It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family , and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history . Official country residence of the British monarch This article is about the
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
#9 Amber Room
The Amber Room ( Russian : Янтарная комната , tr. Yantarnaya Komnata , German : Bernsteinzimmer , Polish : Bursztynowa komnata ) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors , located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg . Decorated royal chamb
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
The Springville Museum of Art in Springville , Utah , United States is the oldest museum for the visual fine arts in Utah. In 1986, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . As of 2012, the museum's director is Rita Wright . [3] United States historic place Springville Hi
The National Museum of China ( Chinese : 中国国家博物馆 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Guójiā Bówùguǎn ) flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing , China . The museum's mission is to educate about the arts and history of China . It is directed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Repub
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
#14 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
#15 Bangabandhu Memorial Museum
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum [lower-alpha 1] , also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or simply as Dhanmondi 32 was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman alias Bangabandhu, the founding father and president of Bangladesh. [1] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated with most members of his family
#16 Boeing Galleries
Boeing Galleries ( North Boeing Gallery and South Boeing Gallery ) are a pair of outdoor exhibition spaces within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County , Illinois , USA. The spaces are located along the south and north mid-level terraces, above and east of Wrigley Squa
#17 Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnsley , South Yorkshire , England . Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it now houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, cera
#18 Grohmann Museum
The Grohmann Museum , at the Milwaukee School of Engineering , houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. [ citation needed ] It is next to the German-English Acad
The Detroit Institute of Arts ( DIA ), located in Midtown Detroit , Michigan , has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2 ) [2] [3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2
The Audain Art Museum is a 56,000-square-foot private museum located in Whistler, British Columbia , housing the private art collection of Michael Audain . [1] Designed by Patkau Architects and opened to the public in 2016, it holds a comprehensive permanent collection of British Columbian art. [2]
#1 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
#2 Two Men Contemplating the Moon
Two Men Contemplating the Moon ( German : Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes ) and Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon are a series of similar paintings by Caspar David Friedrich , the setting being among his best-known works. [1] Friedrich painted at least three versions, with one variation fea
#3 Noli me tangere (Andrea del Sarto)
Noli me tangere is an oil on canvas painting by Andrea del Sarto , executed c. 1510, depicting Jesus and Mary Magdalene soon after the resurrection. It was the first painting he produced for the Augustinian San Gallo church in Florence , as recorded by Anonimo Magliabechiano and in Vasari's Lives of
#4 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
#5 List of works by Peder Severin Krøyer
This is a list of works by Peder Severin Krøyer , depicting the artistic career of Krøyer spread over a period of roughly 35 years, from 1866 until his death in 1909. [1] [2] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 2022 )
The Volunteer of 1792 ( French : Le Volontaire de 1792 ) is a statue created in 1899 by the sculptor Paul-François Choppin . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (October 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine
The Weeping Woman (French: La Femme qui pleure [1] ) is a series of oil on canvas [2] paintings by Pablo Picasso , the last of which was created in late 1937. The paintings depict Dora Maar , Picasso's mistress and muse. The Weeping Woman paintings were produced by Picasso in response to the bombing
Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi is an 1886 pastel portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini , now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome. [1] Painting by Giovanni Boldini Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1886) by Giovanni Boldini
#9 Statue of Winston Churchill (Washington, D.C.)
A portrait sculpture of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill by William M. McVey is installed outside the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., United States . It is constructed of cast bronze, in small percentage larger-than-life. [1] Statue by William M. McVey in Washington, D.C., U.S. Statue o
Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan 's Grand Army Plaza in New York. The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain. Pulitzer intended his fountain to be "like those in the Place de
#11 Lady Lilith
Lady Lilith is an oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti first painted in 1866–1868 using his mistress Fanny Cornforth as the model, then altered in 1872–73 to show the face of Alexa Wilding . [1] The subject is Lilith , who was, according to ancient Judaic myth, "the first wife of Adam " and is ass
#12 Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Madrid)
The Adoration of the Magi is a very large oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens . He first painted it in 1609 and later gave it a major reworking between 1628 and 1629 during his second trip to Spain. It is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid . Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
#13 Woman with a Fan
La Femme à l'Éventail , or Woman with a Fan , is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . The work was exhibited in 1914 at Moderni Umeni, S.V.U. Mánes , Prague. A 1914 photograph taken at the exhibition in Prague was published in the magazine Zlatá Praha showing Woman with a Fan hanging nex
The Massacre at Chios ( French : Scène des massacres de Scio ) is the second major oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix . [A] The work is more than four meters tall, and shows some of the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios in the Chios massacre . A frieze
Sentimental Music is a circa 1913 painting by Arthur Dove . It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] It is not currently on display. Painting by Arthur Dove Sentimental Music Artist Arthur Dove Year c. 1913 Dimensions 54.9 cm (21.6 in) × 45.7 cm (18.0 in) Location
#16 Parade de cirque
Parade de cirque (English: Circus Sideshow ) is an 1887-88 Neo-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat . It was first exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants (titled Parade de cirque , cat. no. 614) in Paris, where it became one of Seurat's least admired works. Parade de
A Dutch Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil -on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, [1] Netherlands. A Dutch Courtyard Artist Pieter de Hooch Year 1658–1660 Dimensions 6
#18 Jezreel Valley Railway monument
The Jezreel Valley Railway monument , located in Haifa , Israel , is a commemorative monument celebrating the opening of the Jezreel Valley Railway by the Ottoman Empire in 1905. It was designed in Istanbul and transported by sea to Haifa for the official opening of the railway. [1] Jezreel Valley r
#19 Medal of John VIII Palaeologus
The medal of John VIII Palaeologus is a portrait medal by the Italian Renaissance artist Pisanello . It is generally considered to be the first portrait medal of the Renaissance. [1] [2] [3] On the obverse of the medal is a profile portrait of the penultimate Byzantine emperor, John VIII Palaeologus
The exhibition Battle of the Sexes – Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo ( Geschlechterkampf – Franz von Stuck bis Frida Kahlo ) was held from 24 November 2016 to 19 March 2017 at the Städel-Museum in Frankfurt am Main. 140 paintings, films and sculptures reflected the change in gender roles and the perc
#1 Adam Baruch
Adam Baruch ( Hebrew : אדם ברוך ; April 9, 1945 – May 24, 2008) was an Israeli journalist, newspaper editor , writer and art critic . Adam Baruch Baruch in 1999 Born Baruch Meir Rosenblum ( 1945-04-09 ) April 9, 1945 Jerusalem , Israel Died May 24, 2008 (2008-05-24) (aged 63) Jaffa , Israel Occupa
Werner Weisbach (1 September 1873, in Berlin – 9 April 1953, in Basel ) was a German-Swiss art historian . German-Swiss art historian Werner Weisbach Born ( 1873-09-01 ) September 1, 1873 Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire Died April 9, 1953 (1953-04-09) (aged 79) Basel , Switzerland Occu
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
#4 Charles Drury Edward Fortnum
Charles Drury Edward Fortnum (1820–1899), often known as C. Drury E. Fortnum , was an English art collector and historian, known as a benefactor of the University of Oxford . Charles Drury Edward Fortnum Born ( 1820-03-02 ) 2 March 1820 Died 6 March 1899 (1899-03-06) (aged 79) Burial place Highgat
Rosemary Julia Barrow (9 April 1968 – 21 September 2016) was an art historian who specialised in classical themes in Victorian art and the painting of Lawrence Alma-Tadema in particular, whose reputation she attempted to restore. Welsh art historian Rosemary Barrow Rosemary Barrow at Grove House , U
#6 Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti
Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti (29 March 1929 – 9 April 2021) was a Danish art historian and museum director. Danish art historian (1929–2021) Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti Born ( 1929-03-29 ) 29 March 1929 Died 9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) (aged 92) Nationality Danish Alma mater Courtauld Institute o
#7 Billy Klüver
Johan Wilhelm Klüver (November 11, 1927 – March 20, 2004) was an electrical engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories who founded Experiments in Art and Technology . Klüver lectured extensively on art and technology and social issues to be addressed by the technical community. He published numerous ar
Louis Edmond Duranty (6 June 1833 – 9 April 1880) was a prolific French novelist and art critic . [1] French novelist and art critic This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2008 ) Louis Edmond Duranty; portrait by Edgar Degas , 1879. Duranty supported the realist cause
Matthew D. Teitelbaum CM (born February 13, 1956) is a Canadian art historian , who is currently the director of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , Massachusetts . Canadian art historian (born 1956) Matthew Teitelbaum Teitelbaum in 2011 Born Matthew D. Teitelbaum ( 1956-02-13 ) February 13, 1956 (age
#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
#11 Art criticism
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art . [1] [2] [3] Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. [2] [3] A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation [1] [2] [3] but it is questionable whether such cr
#12 John Golding (artist and writer)
John Golding CBE (10 September 1929 – 9 April 2012) [1] was a British artist, art scholar, and curator, perhaps best known for his seminal text Cubism: A History and an Analysis, 1907–1914 , [2] first published in 1959 and later revised in several subsequent editions. [3] John Golding Born ( 1929-09
#13 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
#14 Carlotta Nobile
Carlotta Nobile (Rome, 20 December 1988 – Benevento , 16 July 2013) was an Italian art historian , violinist, writer, blogger, and artistic director of Santa Sophia Academy chamber orchestra in Benevento from September 2010 up to her death. Polyhedral (having many sides) personality of artist and sc
#15 Rachael Poole
Rachael Emily Poole (née ' Mallerson ; June 13, 1860, London—April 9, 1937, Oxford) was an historian of portraiture , with a particular focus on miniatures , active in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] She played a key part in cataloguing local and university artwork and architecture in Oxford. [3] This a
#16 Botho Graef
Franz Botho Graef (12 October 1857, Berlin – 9 April 1917, Königstein im Taunus ) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian . His father was painter Gustav Graef , and his sister, Sabine Lepsius , was also an artist of some note. Graef taught at the University of Jena from 1904 until 19
#17 Ernest Chesneau
Ernest Chesneau (9 April 1833 – 24 February 1890) was a French art historian and critic. [1] This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (December 2016) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Fren
Johan August Strindberg ( / ˈ s t r ɪ n ( d ) b ɜːr ɡ / , [1] Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ( listen ) ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright , novelist , poet , essayist and painter . [2] [3] [4] A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindb
#19 Andrew Ritchie (art historian)
Andrew Carnduff Ritchie (1907–1978) was a Scottish-born American art historian specialising in British 18th-century sculpture, a professor, museum director and post-World War II ' Monuments Man '. He was the director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., [1] director of Painting and Sc
Charles Pierre Baudelaire ( UK : / ˈ b oʊ d ə l ɛər / , US : / ˌ b oʊ d ( ə ) ˈ l ɛər / ; [1] French: [ʃaʁl(ə) bodlɛʁ] ( listen ) ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic . His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and
#1 Equestrian statue of John A. Logan
Major General John A. Logan , also known as the General John A. Logan Monument and Logan Circle Monument , is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general John A. Logan . The monument is sited in the center of Logan Circle , a traffic circle and public park i
#2 List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium
This is a list of statues and monuments of Leopold II of Belgium [1] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909), the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own initiative, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
#3 National War Memorial (Canada)
The National War Memorial ( French : Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada ), titled The Response ( French : La Réponse ), is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939. Origin
#4 Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a Civil War monument located in Downtown Detroit , Michigan . This example of civic sculpture stands in a prominent location on the southeast tip of Campus Martius Park , where five principal thoroughfares—Michigan Avenue, Monroe Street, Cadillac Squar
#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
The Maitland Brown Memorial , also known as Explorers' Monument , is a monument located in Esplanade Park in Fremantle , Western Australia . [1] [2] Unveiled on 8 February 1913, [3] it is approximately 6 metres (20 ft) high, and consists of a head and shoulders statue of Maitland Brown sitting on
The Albert Pike Memorial is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring Albert Pike (1809–1891), a senior officer of the Confederate States Army as well as a poet, lawyer, and influential figure in the Scottish Rite of freemasonry . The memorial, which now only includes the base and Goddess of Mas
Rhodes Must Fall was a protest movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes . The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention [2] [3] and led to a wider movement to " decolonise " educati
#9 Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant
The equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant is a public monument in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States . Located in Fairmount Park , the monument honors Ulysses S. Grant , who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and later as President of the United States . The
#10 Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine
The demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine started during the fall of the Soviet Union as continued struggle against totalitarianism and dominance of neighboring Moscow. During Euromaidan it has become a widespread phenomenon and dubbed by Ukrainians Leninopad (Ленінопад), a pun litera
#11 The Big Egg Hunt
The Big Egg Hunt , also known as the Faberge Big Egg Hunt , was a 2012 charity fundraising campaign, in aid of Action for Children and Elephant Family, and sponsored by the jeweller Faberge . The two charities backed the largest ever Easter egg hunt, known as The Big Egg Hunt , in London in the Spri
#12 Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a figural group sculpted by Adolph Alexander Weinman atop a pedestal designed by architect Albert Randolph Ross in Baltimore , United States , commemorating the Union military personnel of the American Civil War . The figural group shows Bellona and the per
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
Columbus Fountain also known as the Columbus Memorial is a public artwork by American sculptor Lorado Taft , located at Union Station in Washington, D.C. , United States . A centerpiece of Columbus Circle , Columbus Fountain serves as a tribute to the explorer Christopher Columbus . [2] The unveilin
#15 Canadian National Vimy Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War . It also serves as the place of commemoration for Canadian soldiers of the First World War killed or presumed dead in France who hav
The George Mason Memorial is a memorial to Founding Father George Mason , the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that inspired the United States Bill of Rights . The Memorial is located in West Potomac Park within Washington, D.C. at 24 E Basin Drive SW, which is a part of the Tidal Basin
#17 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a historic monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia , United States. The World War I "Unknown" is a recipient of the Medal of Honor , the Victoria Cross , an
#18 Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine
The demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine started during the Russo-Ukrainian War . During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine it has become a widespread phenomenon and dubbed by Ukrainians Pushkinopad (Пушкінопад), a pun literally translated as " Pushkinfall ", with the coinage of
#19 Firdos Square statue destruction
On April 9, 2003, during the US invasion of Iraq , a large statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was destroyed by Iraqi civilians and United States Marines. The event received global media coverage, wherein it came to symbolize the end of Hussein's rule in Iraq. [1] Toppling of a large
#20 Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini . It is located in the south transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City . The piece was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself. However, construction of th