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Edward Wallowitch (May 5, 1932 – March 25, 1981) was an American art photographer who at age 17 had three prints in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the youngest photographer to be so honored, and who collaborated with Andy Warhol . He was active from the 1940s to the 1970s. E
Caroline Russell Compton (January 10, 1907 − August 1, 1987) was a noted Mississippi artist. [2] Her paintings are part of the permanent collection in the Mississippi Museum of Art . [3] American painter Caroline Russell Compton Caroline Compton in 1963 Born ( 1907-01-10 ) January 10, 1907 [1] Vicks
Anson Dickinson (19 April 1779 – 9 March 1852) was an American painter of miniature portraits who achieved fame during his lifetime, producing a very large number of works, but who is now largely forgotten. American painter Anson Dickinson Anson Dickinson by Edward Malbone , July 1804 Born ( 1779-04
Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan (1 August 1859 – 21 April 1939) was a Danish sculptor. [1] Danish sculptor (1859–1939) Photograph of Pedersen-Dan by Peter Elfelt .
#5 Ghostshrimp
Daniel James Bandit (born Daniel Rogers James ; [1] August 14, 1980), better known as Ghostshrimp , is an American graphic artist , animator and illustrator. His illustration work has appeared in The New York Times , The New Yorker , and on many album covers, including the MF DOOM and Bishop Nehru c
Olga Rapay-Markish (1 August 1929 – 1 February 2012; Ukrainian : Ольга Перецівна Рапай-Маркіш , Russian : Ольга Петровна Рапай , Hebrew : אולגה רפאי-מרקיש ) was one of the best-known Ukrainian ceramicists of her era. She is especially noted for her large decorative works on buildings throughout Kiev
Carlo Bossoli (6 December 1815, in Lugano – 1 August 1884, in Turin ) [1] was a Swiss-born Italian painter and lithographer, who spent his early career in Russia. He is best known for historical scenes from the Risorgimento . Italian painter This article needs additional citations for verification .
Lorenzo De Ferrari (14 November 1680 – 28 July 1744) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Genoa . Italian painter
#9 Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Anno ( Japanese : 庵野 秀明 , Hepburn : Anno Hideaki , born May 22, 1960) [1] is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. [1] He is best known for creating the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) . His style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of charact
#10 Cynthia Lahti
Cynthia Lahti (born 1963) is an American contemporary artist from Portland, Oregon , who works in many mediums: "from collage to ceramics, altered books, and painting". [1] American contemporary artist (born 1963) Cynthia Lahti Born Cynthia D. Lahti 1963 Portland, Oregon Education B.F.A., Rhode Isla
Marguerite Stuber Pearson (August 1, 1898 — April 2, 1978) was an American artist, a painter in the style of the Boston School .
#12 Lucinda Childs
Lucinda Childs (born June 26, 1940) is an American postmodern dancer / choreographer and actress. Her compositions are known for their minimalistic movements yet complex transitions. Childs is most famous for being able to turn the slightest movements into intricate choreography. Her use of patterns
#13 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
Gediminas Akstinas (born 1 August 1961 in Vilnius , Lithuania) is a Lithuanian painter . Lithuanian painter
#15 Malcolm Osborne
Malcolm Osborne CBE RA PPRE (1 August 1880 – 22 September 1963) was a British original printmaker known for his intaglio prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2022 ) Malcolm Osborne CBE Born ( 1880-08-01 ) 1 August 1880
#16 Ronald Bladen
Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was an American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. [1] His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism , American Hard-Edge Painting , and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith . [2]
#17 Elvy Kalep
Alviine-Johanna Kalep (26 June 1899 – 15 August 1989), known as Elvy Kalep , [1] was an Estonian aviator and the country's first female pilot, as well as an artist, toy designer and a one-time children's author. Estonian aviator and artist Elvy Kalep Elvy Kalep in 1930 Born Alviine-Johanna Kalep ( 1
#18 Don Voisine
Don Voisine (born 1952 in Fort Kent, Maine ) is an American abstract painter living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York, USA. In the fall of 2016, "X/V," a 15 year survey of his work, was organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art , Rockland, ME. In 1997 he was elected a
#19 Giovanni Santi
Giovanni Santi (c. 1435 – 1 August 1494) was an Italian painter , decorator , and the father of Raphael . He was born in 1435 at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino . He studied under Piero della Francesca and was influenced by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo . He was court painter to the Duke of Urbino and paint
#20 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson ( Icelandic : Ólafur Elíasson ; born 5 February 1967) [1] is an Icelandic – Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995 he established Studio Ol
The National Museum in Szczecin ( Polish : Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie ) is a museum in Szczecin , Poland , established on 1 August 1945. The main part of an exhibition is placed in Old House of the Pomeranian Estates ( Polish : Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich , German : Ständehaus or Altes Landeshau
#2 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
The Museum of Black Joy is a virtual museum launched by Philadelphia artist Andrea "Philly" Walls in January 2020. [1] [2] The museum's mission statement says that it exists "To celebrate, cultivate, commemorate, & circulate stories that center Black joy". [3] The museum includes photography, videos
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York in the United States, dedicated to the art, history and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old. [2] Glass museum in Cornin
#5 Dudley Museum and Art Gallery
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery was a public museum and art gallery located in the town centre of Dudley in the West Midlands , England. It was opened in 1883, situated within buildings on St James's Road, and remained at that site until its closure in 2016. [1] Some of the museum collections have sin
#6 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
#7 Candid Camera (Australian photographic exhibition)
Candid Camera: Australian Photography 1950s–1970s was a group retrospective exhibition of social documentary photography held at the Art Gallery of South Australia from 28 May to 1 August 2010. [1]
The China Millennium Monument ( simplified Chinese : 中华世纪坛 ; traditional Chinese : 中華世紀壇 ; pinyin : Zhōnghuá shìjì tán ) is a monumental complex centered around a structure that evokes both a monumental Chinese altar and a sundial . Associated with Jiang Zemin , it was championed from 1994 by CCP of
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
Pier 24 Photography is a non-profit art museum located on the Port of San Francisco directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . The organization houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which collects, preserves and exhibits photography. [1] [2] It produces exhibitions, pu
#11 Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ( Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany ) is one of the most visited museums in Germany. Known as the Bundeskunsthalle for short, it is part of the so-called "Museum Mile" in Bonn . It holds exhibitions relating to art
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
#13 Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery is a public museum in Northampton , England. The museum is owned and run by West Northamptonshire Council and houses one of the largest collection of shoes in the world, with over 15,000 pairs, [1] which was designated by Arts Council England as being of local, nat
#14 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
Magda Danysz Gallery is an art gallery in Paris , France , owned by Magda Danysz , an art dealer and art curator. 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 ) A major contributor to this a
#16 Musée Carnavalet
The Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city . The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau . On the advice of Baron Haussmann , the civil servant who transformed Paris in the latter half of the 19th cen
#17 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 Snead Building located at 815 W. Market St. is a multi-use facility housing two working glass studios (two glass galleries): a Walk-In Workshop and tours by appointment. United States historic place Snead Manufacturing Building U.S. National Register of Historic Places Louisville Glassworks in 2
#19 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
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy , dedicated to the art of calligraphy, [1] is situated in Sokolniki Park , Moscow . The museum collection features calligraphy masterpieces from 65 countries. The concept was elaborated by Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre and the National Union of Cal
#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 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
Bonaparte, First Consul ( Bonaparte, Premier Consul ) is an 1804 portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres . The painting is now in the collection of the Curtius Museum in Liège . Posing the hand inside the waistcoat was often used in portraits of rulers to indi
#4 Ecce homo
Ecce homo ( / ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ / , Ecclesiastical Latin : [ˈettʃe ˈomo] , Classical Latin : [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː] ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John , when he presents a scourged Jesus , bound and crowned with thorns , to
#5 Black Lives Matter street mural (Indianapolis)
The Black Lives Matter street mural in Indianapolis is a large, colorful mural reading " #BLACKLIVESMATTER ", with a raised fist , that 18 artists painted across a downtown roadway in August 2020, as part of the George Floyd protests . The mural is located on Indiana Avenue , the historic hub of the
#6 Madonna Standing (van der Weyden)
The Madonna Standing (or Madonna al latte ) is a small painting by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden dating from about 1430–1432. It is the left panel of a diptych held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM), Vienna since 1772. The right panel portrays St. Catherine and is also attributed by t
#7 Danae (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Danaë is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi . It hangs in the Saint Louis Art Museum , United States. [1] [2] [3] Danae Year c. 1612 Medium oil paint , copper Dimensions 41.3 cm (16.3 in) × 52.7 cm (20.7 in) Accession No. 93:1986 [ edit on Wikidata ]
#8 The Reverse of a Framed Painting
The Reverse of a Framed Painting (in Danish: Bagsiden af et indrammet maleri ) is a still life trompe-l'œil painting by Flemish painter Cornelius Norbertus Gysbrechts , made in 1670, [1] when the artist was working as the official painter of the Danish royal court . The painting is commonly consider
Fallen Astronaut is a 3.5-inch (8.9 cm) aluminum sculpture [1] created by Paul Van Hoeydonck. It is a small stylized figure, meant to depict an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was commissioned
#10 Statue of Constantine the Great, York
The Statue of Constantine the Great is a bronze statue depicting the Roman Emperor Constantine I seated on a throne, commissioned by York Civic Trust and designed by the sculptor Philip Jackson . It was unveiled in 1998 and is situated on Minster Yard , outside York Minster . It commemorates the acc
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici , widow of Henry IV of France , for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After negotiating the terms of the contract in early 1622, t
Portrait of Jack Hunter ( Russian : Портрет Джека Хантера ) is a painting by the Russian-American artist Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955) from the collection of the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg . The author portrayed an employee of the American insurance company and collector Jack R. Hunter. T
#13 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
#14 Goethe–Schiller Monument (Milwaukee)
The Goethe–Schiller Monument is a public artwork by German artist Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel located in Washington Park , which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States. The bronze sculpture from 1908 depicts two men, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller , one holding a laur
#15 Silken Painting of Emperor Go-Daigo
Silken Painting of Emperor Go-Daigo is a portrait and Buddhist painting of Emperor Go-Daigo from the Nanboku-chō period . The painting was supervised by the Buddhist priest and protector of Emperor Go-Daigo, Bunkanbo Koshin. After his death, Buddhābhiṣeka opened his eyes on September 20, October 23,
#16 Alexander Marcet
Alexander John Gaspard Marcet FRS (1 August 1770 – 19 October 1822), was a Genevan-born physician who became a British citizen in 1800. [1] [2] [3] His wife Jane Marcet was a prolific author, whose series of books entitled 'Conversations' treated topics such as chemistry , botany , religion and econ
#17 Virgin and Child Enthroned
The Virgin and Child Enthroned (also known as the Thyssen Madonna ) is a small oil-on-oak panel painting dated c. 1433, usually attributed to the Early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden . [1] It is closely related to his Madonna Standing , completed during the same period. The panel is fill
#18 Equestrian statue of Frederick V
An equestrian statue of King Frederick V of Denmark stands in the center of Amalienborg Square, Copenhagen , framed by the four symmetrical wings of the Amalienborg palace. [2] The statue portrays the king in classic attire, crowned with laurels and with his hand outstretched, holding a baton. [3] C
Polyphony is a public artwork by Austrian artist Egon Weiner [1] located on the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus, which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States . Artwork by Egon Weiner Polyphony Artist Egon Weiner Year 1963 Type Bronze Dimensions 320 cm × 320 cm × 160 cm (125
Many valuable paintings have been stolen . The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars . See also: List of most expensive paintings
#1 Paul Léon
Paul Léon (2 October 1874, Rueil-Malmaison - 1 August 1962, Chantilly ) was a French art professor and historiographer . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2022 ) Paul Léon; photograph by the Agence Meurisse (1922)
Michel Draguet (born 23 January 1964) is a Belgian art historian, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles , [1] and the director and CEO of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium since May 2005. [2] Draguet is a member of the board of the federal administration for science: the Belgian Sci
Pieter J.J. van Thiel (1928–2012) was a Dutch art historian known mostly as one of the founders of the Rembrandt Research Project . Pieter Jacobus Johannes van Thiel Born 14 November 1928 Haarlem Died 1 August 2012 Bennebroek Nationality Netherlands From 1964-1991 he was director of the department o
#4 Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art historian , member of the French Resistance , captain in the French military , and one of the most decorated women in French history. She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private
Helen Gee (1919–2004) was an American photography gallery owner, co-owner of the Limelight in New York City, New York from 1954 to 1961. [1] [2] It was New York City's first important post-war photography gallery, pioneering sales of photographs as art. Helen Gee Born ( 1919-04-29 ) April 29, 1919 J
Mary Teissier (born Maria Petrovna Perevostchikova ; 27 December 1917 – 1 August 1990) was a Ukrainian-French socialite, heiress, interior designer, and art collector. She is best known as the long-time mistress of American millionaire J. Paul Getty , with whom she lived with at Sutton Place . When
#7 Peter Turner (writer and photographer)
Peter Turner (1947–2005) was a photographer, curator, and writer. He was the longest-serving editor of Creative Camera .
#8 Stephen Bann
Stephen Bann CBE , FBA (born 1 August 1942 in Manchester , England) is the Emeritus Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol . [1] He attended Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge , attaining his PhD in 1967. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . (
#9 Max Herz
Max Herz (born as Herz Miksa ( Ottlaka , Hungary (today Grăniceri , Romania ), 19 May 1856 – Zurich , Switzerland , 5 May 1919) Hungarian architect, conservator, museum director and architectural historian, active in Egypt . Hungarian architect (1856–1919) For the German businessman, see Max Herz (b
Andrew Stanislaus (Andrzej Stanisław) Ciechanowiecki (28 September 1924 – 2 November 2015), Dąbrowa Coat of Arms , was a Polish-British nobleman, diplomat, prisoner and agent of Communist Poland , economist, academic, art historian, philanthropist, art collector, antique dealer, antiquarian and exhi
#11 Margot Lovejoy
Margot Lovejoy (21 October 1930 – 1 August 2019) [1] was a digital artist and historian of art and technology. She was Professor Emerita of Visual Arts at the State University of New York at Purchase . She was the author of Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age. Lovejoy was recipient of a 1987
#12 Alain Pasquier
Alain Pasquier (born 1 August 1942) is a French art historian specialising in ancient Greek art , museography and conservation. French art historian
#13 Ernestine Carter
Ernestine Marie Carter OBE (née Fantl; 10 October 1906 – 1 August 1983) was an American-born British museum curator, journalist, and fashion writer. She became hugely influential in her roles as women's editor, and later associate editor of The Sunday Times . Ernestine Carter (OBE) Ernestine Carter
#14 Edmund von Mach
Edmund von Mach (August 1, 1870 – July 15, 1927) was a German-American art historian and lecturer on art. [1] American art historian Edmund von Mach in 1915
Michał Weinzieher (1 June 1903, in Będzin , Russian Empire , Polish lands of the Russian Partition – April 1944, in Kraków ) was a Polish art historian and art critic, museologist , and separately also a writer on constitutional law (known for his studies of the thought of Leon Petrazycki ). He also
Arthur Jerome Eddy (November 5, 1859 - July 21, 1920 in New York City , New York ) was an American lawyer, author, art collector, and a prominent member of the first generation of American Modern art collectors. His book Cubists and Post-Impressionism was the first American book promoting these new
#17 Arlene Raven
Arlene Raven ( Arlene Rubin : July 12, 1944, Baltimore, Maryland – August 1, 2006, Brooklyn , New York) was a feminist art historian , author, critic, educator, and curator. Raven was a co-founder of numerous feminist art organizations in Los Angeles in the 1970s. American art historian Arlene Raven
Michael Eissenhauer (born 28 November 1956 in Stuttgart ) is a German art historian and was director-general of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin . [1] German art historian Michael Eissenhauer in the Gemäldegalerie , 2015
#19 John Ravenal
John B. Ravenal (born August 1, 1959 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an art historian, writer, and museum curator. Before 1998, he was the Associate Curator of 20th-Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art . From 1998 to 2015 he was curator of contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art
#20 Iris Love
Iris Cornelia Love (August 1, 1933 – April 17, 2020) was an American classical archaeologist , best known for the rediscovery of the Temple of Aphrodite in Knidos . American archaeologist (1933–2020) Iris Love Born ( 1933-08-01 ) August 1, 1933 New York City, U.S. Died April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17) (a
#1 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
#2 Double eagle
A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. [1] (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy oz (30.0926 grams) was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/oz.) The coins are 34 mm x 2 mm and are made from a 90% gold (0.900 fine = 21.6 kt) and 10% copper alloy a
#3 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
Chain Reaction is a peace monument and public art sculpture composed of a metal framework of stainless steel and fiberglass surrounded by concrete, depicting a mushroom cloud created by a nuclear explosion . Designed by American editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 5.5
#5 National Monument to the Forefathers
The National Monument to the Forefathers , formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument , [1] commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims . Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States . It is thought to be the world's largest solid granite monument. [2] Thi
U Wisara Monument is a statue of U Wisara in Yangon , Burma . It is located directly west of the northwest corner of Kandawmingala Lake on U Wisara Road , and is located several metres southwest of the Shwedagon Pagoda . The statue was erected on August 1, 1943. [1] U Wisara Monument
#7 Het Zinneke
Het Zinneke ( Brusselian dialect for "the mutt"), sometimes called Zinneke Pis by analogy with Manneken Pis , is a bronze sculpture in central Brussels , Belgium, erected in 1998. [1] Created by Tom Frantzen , it represents a urinating dog , along the same lines as Manneken Pis (a boy) and its deriv
#8 Eternity Memorial Complex, Chișinău
Eternity Memorial Complex ( Romanian : Complexul Memorial Eternitate ) is a memorial located in Chișinău , the capital of Moldova . The memorial is located along P. Halippa Street (formerly Marshal Malinovsky Street). It is dedicated to Soviet soldiers who died in the battles against the German-Roma
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
The Burnham Pavilions were public sculptures by Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel in Millennium Park , which were located in the Loop community area of Chicago , Illinois . Both pavilions were located in the Chase Promenade South. Their purpose was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham
#11 Statue of Queen Anne, Queen Anne's Gate
A Grade I-listed statue of Queen Anne stands on a pedestal alongside the north wall of No. 15 Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster , London . [1] [2] It portrays the queen wearing a brocaded skirt and bodice and an open cloak [3] with the insignia of the Order of the Garter ; on her head is a small crow
The Memorial Gates are a war memorial located at the Hyde Park Corner end of Constitution Hill in London. Also known as the Commonwealth Memorial Gates , they commemorate the armed forces of the British Empire from five regions of the Indian subcontinent ( India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Nepal and S
#13 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
#14 Readymoney Drinking Fountain
The Readymoney Drinking Fountain , also occasionally known as the Parsee Fountain , is a Grade II listed structure near the middle of the Broad Walk footpath on the east side of Regent's Park , in London . It lies southeast of London Zoo , close to the highest point of Regent's Park, about 41 metres
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobble stone-sized memorials installed all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig . They remember the fate of the victims of Nazi Germany being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolperstein in Genoa , the capital of the Italia
La Défense de Paris is a bronze statue by French sculpture Louis-Ernest Barrias . It commemorates the French dead from the Siege of Paris in 1870–71, during the Franco-Prussian War . The sculpture group was unveiled to the west of Paris on 12 October 1883, erected on an existing plinth that had prev
#17 Confederate Monument (Greenville, South Carolina)
The Confederate Monument (Greenville, South Carolina) is a shaft of granite topped by a marble statue of a soldier—the oldest public sculpture in Greenville—that memorializes the Confederate dead of the American Civil War from Greenville County , South Carolina . The monument is flanked by two perio
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
Rolvenden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Rolvenden , Kent , in south-eastern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was unveiled in 1922 and is today a grade II listed building . [1] Rolvenden War Memorial United Kingdom For men from Rolvenden killed in th
#20 Statue of Robert Burns (Albany, New York)
A statue of Robert Burns stands in Washington Park in Albany , New York, United States. The statue was designed by Charles Calverley and was unveiled in 1888. Four bas-reliefs around its pedestal, in part designed by George Henry Boughton , were later added in 1891. The statue is one of the oldest p