langs: 10 августа [ru] / august 10 [en] / 10. august [de] / 10 août [fr] / 10 agosto [it] / 10 de agosto [es]
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Agostino Scilla (10 August 1629 – 31 May 1700) was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early text on paleontology : La vana speculazione disingannata da
Adeline Palmier Wagoner (February 14, 1868 – April 21, 1929) was an American volunteer organizational leader and author. She served as president of the St. Louis , Missouri, branch of the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild , a charity for the poor and afflicted, and as president of the Shakespea
Amos Cassiòli (10 August 1832 – 17 December 1891) was an Italian painter, of battle scenes, historical canvases and portraits. He worked in a Purismo style. [1] Italian painter (1832–1891) Amos Cassioli, Il Carroccio di Legnano
Dirk van der Burg (10 August 1721 – 2 July 1773), was a Dutch 18th century artist, landscape painter and watercolourist. [1] [2] Dutch painter Not to be confused with Dirk van den Berg , Dirk van der Berg , or Dirk van der Borg . Dirk van der Burg Born 10 August 1721 Utrecht , Netherlands Died 2 Jun
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits . John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. [1] He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He wa
#6 François Aimé Louis Dumoulin
François Aimé Louis Dumoulin (10 August 1753 in Vevey – 16 February 1834 in Vevey) was a Swiss painter and engraver. Swiss artist (1753–1834) François Aimé Louis Dumoulin Self-portrait, painted by F.A.L. Dumoulin at the age of 79 in Vevey, 1832 , on display at Vevevy history museum Born ( 1753-08-10
#7 Lawney Reyes
Lawney L. Reyes (1931 – August 10, 2022) was an American Sin-Aikst artist, curator, and memoirist, based in Seattle , Washington. [3] American Sin-Aikst artist (1931–2022) Lawney Reyes Reyes in 2016 Born 1931 ( 1931 ) Bend, Oregon , U.S. [1] Died August 10, 2022 (aged 91) Detail from Reyes' 1972
Lars-Gunnar Nordström (19 August 1924, Helsinki – 10 August 2014, Helsinki) was a Finnish artist, one of the leading pioneers of non-representational art in Finland. His genre of art, concretism , is characterized by an extremely precise, finished, deliberate visual expression. Nordström is particul
Vladimir Bougrine ( Russian : Владимир Бугрин ) also known as Wladimir Bugrin (10 June 1938, Leningrad - 10 August 2001, St. Petersburg ) was a Russian painter. Russian painter Vladimir Bougrine (1938-2001)
#10 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
#11 Sunil Das
Sunil Das (4 August 1939 – 10 August 2015) was an Indian expressionist painter . [1] [2] He is known for the paintings in his Bull Series and his piece "Woman". [3] Indian artist (1939–2015) Sunil Das Born ( 1939-08-04 ) 4 August 1939 Calcutta , India Died 10 August 2015 (2015-08-10) (aged 76) Nat
Tatyana Sherstyuk ( Russian: Татьяна Шерстюк , born August 10, 1981) is a Russian artist and curator based in Moscow. Russian artist and art curator Tatyana Sherstyuk Татьяна Шерстюк Born ( 1981-08-10 ) August 10, 1981 (age 40) Nationality Russian Alma mater Parsons School of Design
#13 Richard Evans (portrait painter)
Richard Evans (1784–1871), was an English portrait-painter and copyist , a pupil and later assistant of Sir Thomas Lawrence . Harriet Martineau by Richard Evans, first exhibited in 1834 English painter
Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835 – August 10, 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. [1] She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa , with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After
#15 Edman Ayvazyan
Edman Ayvazyan ( Armenian : Էդման Այվազյան , Persian : ادمان آیوازیان , ( 1932-08-10 ) 10 August 1932 – ( 2020-03-25 ) 25 March 2020 ) was an Iranian-Armenian painter. He was the first Iranian artist to join Royal Institute of Oil Painters . [1] Iranian-Armenian painter (1932–2020) Edman Ayvazyan Էդ
#16 Harry Peiris
Harry Peiris (10 August 1904 – 14 March 1988) was a Sri Lankan painter. He is considered one the important Sri Lanka artists of the Colombo '43 Group of the 20th century. Sri Lankan painter Harry Peiris Born ( 1904-08-10 ) 10 August 1904 Ceylon Died 14 March 1988 (1988-03-14) (aged 83) Sri Lanka
Kurt von Holleben (7 March 1894 – 14 January 1947) was a German chemist working for Agfa-Gevaert Technical-Scientific Laboratory as the head of the colour screen research group, overseeing development of Additive color screens (kornraster) for the Agfa-Farbenplatte glass plates (1916), and film base
Ramón Martí i Alsina (10 August 1826, Barcelona - 21 December 1894, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter in the Realistic style. Spanish painter Ramón Martí Alsina Ramón Martí Alsina, Self-portrait, 1870 Born Ramón Martí i Alsina' 10 August 1826 Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain Died 21 December 1894 Barcelo
#19 Leonard Knijff
Leonard Knyff or Leendert Knijff (10 August 1650, Haarlem - April 1722, London) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter. He was the son of landscape painter Wouter Knijff and the brother of Jacob Knijff and left around 1681 from Holland to England. [1] Knyff collaborated with Kip to produce views of cou
#20 Paul Thek
Paul Thek (November 2, 1933 – August 10, 1988) was an American painter, sculptor and installation artist . Thek was active in both the United States and Europe, exhibiting several installations and sculptural works over the course of his life. Posthumously, he has been widely exhibited throughout th
The California Museum is the state history museum of California , located in its capital city of Sacramento . It is dedicated to Californian history and the stories of California. The museum is home to the California Hall of Fame and has more than 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2 ) of exhibits, event
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
The Pontevedra Museum , (formerly the Pontevedra Provincial Museum ), is a museum in the Galician city of Pontevedra in Spain. It was founded by the Deputation of Pontevedra on 30 December 1927 and has six buildings for its exhibitions. [3] Museum in Pontevedra, Spain Pontevedra Museum Museo de Pont
Yamagata Museum of Art ( 山形美術館 , Yamagata bijutsukan ) opened in Yamagata , Yamagata Prefecture , Japan, in 1964. The Museum's annex opened in 1968. In 1985 the new three-story main building opened; the annex was renovated the following year. [1] [2] [3] The collection includes works by Manet , Mone
#5 Museum of Photographic Arts
The Museum of Photographic Arts ( MOPA ) is a museum in San Diego 's Balboa Park . First founded in 1974, MOPA opened in 1983. [1] [2] MOPA is one of three museums in the US dedicated exclusively to the collection and preservation of photography, with a mission to inspire, educate and engage the bro
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
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
#8 Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Perth Museum and Art Gallery is the main museum and exhibition space in the city of Perth , Scotland. It is located in the Marshall Monument, named in memory of Thomas Hay Marshall , a former provost of Perth. [1] Museum in Perth, Scotland "Perth Museum" redirects here. For other uses, see Perth Mus
#9 North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina . It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding. [1] Since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, the Museum has continue
The Brinton Museum located on the Quarter Circle A Ranch and formerly known as the Bradford Brinton Memorial Museum, is a museum and historic ranch located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Big Horn , Wyoming . The ranch was built in 1893 by William Moncreiffe, a Scottish immigrant and successful busi
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
#12 El Escorial
El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ( Spanish : Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid ), or Monasterio del Escorial ( Spanish pronunciation: [el eskoˈɾjal] ), is a historical residence of the King of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial , 2.06 km
Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable [1] photography gallery in Cardiff Bay , Wales . It opened in 2010 and predominantly featured documentary photography, [2] often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers. [3] It closed in 2016. [ citation needed ] Opening
#14 Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery ( 聖徳記念絵画館 , Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan ) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor , installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō . The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and it
#15 State Historical Society of Missouri
The State Historical Society of Missouri , a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri , specializing in the preservation and study of Missouri's cultural heritage. Established in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and ma
The Queensland Art Gallery ( QAG ) is an art museum located in South Bank , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The gallery is part of QAGOMA . [4] It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only 150 metres (490 ft) away. Art museum in Queensland, Australia Queensland Art G
Museum de Oude Wolden ( Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm də ˌʔʌudə ˈʋɔldə(n)] ; English: Museum The Old Wolds ), abbreviated as MOW , is a regional museum in the village of Bellingwolde in the Netherlands . The museum focuses on art and history of the regions of Oldambt and Westerwolde in the east of
#18 Louvre
The Louvre ( English: / ˈ l uː v ( r ə )/ LOOV( -rə) ), [4] or the Louvre Museum ( French : Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ( listen ) ), is the world's most-visited museum , and a historic landmark in Paris , France . It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and
#19 Loyola University Museum of Art
The Loyola University Museum of Art ( LUMA ), which opened in the fall of 2005, is unique among Chicago's many museums for mounting exhibits that explore the spiritual in art from all cultures, faiths, and eras. LUMA is located on Loyola University Chicago 's Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago,
The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice , northern Italy . It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal , within the sestiere of Dorsoduro . It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia , the art aca
#1 John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial
The John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial by Daniel Chester French is a memorial installed along Boston 's Fenway , near the intersection of Boylston Street, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . [1] It was created in 1896 to honor Irish-born writer and activist John Boyle O'Reilly not long after his death in
The Lovejoy Columns , located in Portland, Oregon , United States, supported the Lovejoy Ramp, a viaduct that from 1927 to 1999 carried the western approach to the Broadway Bridge over the freight tracks in what is now the Pearl District . The columns were painted by Greek immigrant Tom Stefopoulos
Our Lady of the Porta Vaga (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga , Filipino : Birhen ng Porta Vaga ) is a Roman Catholic Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated Marian painting. Marian apparition Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga Original image decorated w
Edmund Burke is a bronze full length statue of Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas . The original is in Bristol , England, with a second cast on Massachusetts Avenue at 11th and "L" Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C. ,
The Statue of Hiawatha was a monument located at Riverside Park in La Crosse , Wisconsin . The statue was created by Anthony Zimmerhakl and overlooked the convergence of three rivers at Riverside Park: the Mississippi River , Black River , and the La Crosse River . Statue of Hiawather, formerly inst
#6 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 )
#7 Portrait of Cornelius Smelt
The Smelt Portrait is an 1826 painting in oils of the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man , Cornelius Smelt , by Thomas Barber (1771–1843). It was commissioned whilst Governor Smelt was at the height of his popularity. [1] Cornelius Smelt Artist Thomas Barber Year 1826 Medium Oil on canvas Locati
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
#9 Statue of James Cook, Christchurch
The Cook Statue in Victoria Square , Christchurch , commemorates the three journeys of James Cook to New Zealand. The statue, sculpted by William Trethewey , was unveiled on 10 August 1932 by the Governor-General , Lord Bledisloe . It was donated by bookmaker and philanthropist Matthew Barnett (1861
The San Lucas Altarpiece , also known as the San Lucas Polyptych , is a polyptych panel painting by Northern Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna . The altarpiece is a polyptych panel painting featuring 12 figures each in his or her own arch. The seven figures in the top row flank the central
#11 The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis ( Dutch : De samenzwering van de Bataven onder Claudius Civilis ; Swedish : Batavernas trohetsed till Claudius Civilis ) is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt , c. 1661–62, which was originally the largest he ever painted, at about five by five metres i
Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Virgen de Guadalupe ), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions , which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, and a ven
#1 Juhan Maiste
Juhan Maiste (born 10 August 1952 in Kehra ) is an Estonian art historian. [1] Estonian art historian Juhan Maiste In 1976 he graduated from Tartu State University with a degree in art history. Since 2007 he has been a professor at the at University of Tartu. [1] Since 2009 he is the chief editor of
Richard Sedlmaier (10 August 1890 – 1 June 1963) was a German art historian . German art historian
Diana Holman-Hunt (25 October 1913 – 10 August 1993) was an English memoir writer and art critic . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( December 2012 ) Holman-Hunt was the granddaughter o
Léon Pressouyre (27 January 1935 - 10 August 2009) was a French historian of medieval art . French historian Léon Pressouyre Born 27 January 1935 Bayonne Died 10 August 2009 (2009-08-10) (aged 74) Athens Occupation Historian of art An agrégé of history , he was a member of the École française de R
Eugen Schileru (pen name of Eugen Schiller ; September 13, 1916 – August 10, 1968) was a Romanian art and literary critic, essayist and translator. Eugen Schileru Grave at Bellu Cemetery Born in Brăila , his parents were Henri Schiller, an otorhinolaryngologist , and his wife Maria ( née Demetrescu)
William Corbett (October 11, 1942 – August 10, 2018) [1] was an American poet , essayist , editor , educator , and publisher. American poet This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Corbett's work and public readings acknowledge the influence
Edward Samuel Morris (10 August 1940 – 29 May 2016) was a British art historian [1] perhaps best known for his "masterly" French Art in Nineteenth Century Britain . [2] British art historian
#8 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
#9 R. Nagaswamy
Ramachandran Nagaswamy (10 August 1930 – 23 January 2022) was an Indian historian , archaeologist and epigraphist who was known for his work on temple inscriptions and art history of Tamil Nadu . He was an authority on Chola bronzes . Indian academic (1930–2022) In this Indian name , the name Ramach
#10 Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III
Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III (August 10, 1925 – November 27, 2008) was an American scholar of ancient art and curator of classical art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , from 1957 to 1996. He was also well known as a numismatist . He also used the pseudonyms Wentworth Bunsen, Isao Tsukinabe and
#11 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
Sarah Cook is a Scotland-based Canadian scholar. She is well known as a historian and curator in the field of New Media art . Cook was a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland , where she worked with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-fou
#13 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
#14 William Jordy
William H. Jordy (1917 – 10 August 1997) was a leading American architectural historian. At the time of his death, Jordy was Henry Ledyard Goddard Professor Emeritus of Art History at Brown University , where he taught for many years. American architectural historian William Jordy Died 10 August 199
#15 Sindika Dokolo
Sindika Dokolo (16 March 1972 – 29 October 2020) was a Congolese art collector and businessman. He owned one of the most important contemporary African art collections, which includes more than 3,000 pieces. [2] He died on 29 October 2020, in a free diving accident near Umm al-Hatab Island in Dubai
#16 Denys Sutton
Denys Miller Sutton (10 August 1917 – 30 January 1991) was a British art critic and historian known for his focus on European artists before 1800 ( Old Masters ) and Asian art . He was art critic for the Financial Times and editor of Apollo magazine. [1]
#17 Johann Christian Schuchardt
Johann Christian Schuchardt (5 May 1799, Buttstädt - 10 August 1870, Weimar ) was a German jurist , graphic artist, art historian and art critic . He served as Goethe's last private secretary. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unc
Annette Michelson (November 7, 1922 – September 17, 2018) was an American art and film critic and writer. Her work contributed to the fields of cinema studies and the avant-garde in visual culture. [1]
Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya , Nicaragua . He is a Poet, painter , and a literary critic , and art critic . Nicaraguan poet, painter, and literature/art critic Julio Valle Castillo Born August 10, 1952 Masaya , Nicaragua Pen name JVC Occupation poet , painter , ess
Patriarch Dymytriy (Yarema) (9 December 1915 – 25 February 2000) was the second patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine, and of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC). Patriarch Dymytriy (Yarema) was successor to Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) from 1993 to 2000 and was succeeded by Metropolitan
#1 Athens Confederate Monument
The Athens Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that was formerly located in the median strip of Broad Street in the Downtown Local Historic District of Athens, Georgia , United States. [1] It is a Carrara marble obelisk mounted on a granite foundation engraved with names of the city's sol
#2 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland)
The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland , Ohio , honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. [1] It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is located on the southeast quadrant of Public Squa
#3 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
A statue of Thomas Guy stands in the forecourt of Guy's Hospital in the borough of Southwark in Central London . The statue is Grade II listed. Statue of Thomas Guy The statue in 2020 Artist Peter Scheemakers Completion date c. 1732 Subject Thomas Guy Location London , England Owner Guy's & St Tho
The James Oglethorpe Monument is a public monument in Chippewa Square , Savannah , Georgia , United States . The monument honors James Oglethorpe , the founder of the Province of Georgia , who established the city of Savannah in 1733. Efforts towards the monument's erection began in 1901 and were le
The Lion Monument ( German : Löwendenkmal ), or the Lion of Lucerne , is a rock relief in Lucerne , Switzerland , designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution , when revolutionaries stormed
#7 Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial
The Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial is a monument on the main concourse of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . It commemorates the 1,307 Pennsylvania Railroad employees who died in World War II . Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Pennsylvania Railroad World War I
The Louis XIV Victory Monument was an elaborate trophy memorial celebrating the military and domestic successes of the early decades of Louis XIV 's personal rule, primarily those during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672-1678, on the Place des Victoires (Victories' Square) in central Paris. It was design
Playing the Building was an art installation by David Byrne , ex singer of Talking Heads , and Färgfabriken , an independent art venue in Stockholm . It originally ran from October 8 to November 13, 2005, at Färgfabriken. The concept would later be realized in New York City in the Battery Maritime B
#10 Monument of Gratitude to France
Monument of Gratitude to France ( Serbian : Споменик захвалности Француској , romanized : Spomenik zahvalnosti Francuskoj ) [1] in Belgrade 's Veliki Kalemegdan Park was formally unveiled on 11 November 1930, the 12th anniversary day of the end of the First World War , in the presence of King Alex
#11 Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain
The Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain is a memorial fountain in President's Park in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. Dedicated in October 1913, it commemorates the deaths of Archibald Butt (the military aide to President William Howard Taft ) and Francis Davis Millet (a journalist and painter, a
Lilyvale Stand Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Lilyvale Road, Crinum , Central Highlands Region , Queensland , Australia. It was built in 1998. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 April 2004. [1] Historic site in Queensland, Australia Lilyvale Stand Monument Lilyvale Stan
#13 List of works by Henri Chapu
Henri Chapu (1833–1891) was a French sculptor. Henri Chapu Chapu was born in Le Mée-sur-Seine on 30 September 1833. He trained at the École Gratuite de Dessin as a tapestry maker. In 1849 his successes led him to the École des Beaux-Arts , Paris, where he became a pupil of James Pradier , François D
#14 Monument to the Mersey Tunnel
The Monument to the Mersey Tunnel stands in Chester Street, Birkenhead , Wirral , Merseyside , England, near the western entrance to the Queensway Tunnel , one of the two Mersey Tunnels carrying roads under the River Mersey between Liverpool and the Wirral. It consists of shaft with a light on the t
Frank D. Layman Memorial is a historic monument located at Hunter in Greene County, New York . It was erected in 1901 to commemorate Frank D. Layman, who died on the site of the memorial on August 10, 1900, while fighting a forest fire . It is pyramidal in shape, four sided, and rises upward from a
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
#17 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
#18 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 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
The Fr. Pat Noise plaque is a hoax commemorative plaque installed by two brothers on the balustrade of O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin , Ireland. [1] It is about a fictitious Roman Catholic priest named Father Pat Noise. Plaque about a fictitious priest Plaque purportedly in memory