langs: 11 августа [ru] / august 11 [en] / 11. august [de] / 11 août [fr] / 11 agosto [it] / 11 de agosto [es]
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Isobel Wylie Hutchison FRGS (30 May 1889 – 20 February 1982) was a Scottish Arctic traveller, filmmaker and botanist . [1] Hutchison published poetry, books describing her travels to Iceland , Greenland , Alaska , and the Aleutian Islands , and articles in National Geographic and other magazines. Sh
#2 Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer (August 28, 1916 – March 2, 2001) was an American candid or street photographer . He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Fr
Alexandre Descatoire (22 August 1874 – 7 March 1949) was a French sculptor. French sculptor
#4 List of works by Louis Davis
This is a list of the stained glass works of Louis Davis (1860–1941). List of works by Louis Davis Born 1861 Abingdon. Oxfordshire Died 1941 Nationality English Education Attended Abingdon School Known for Stained Glass Of Davis' legacy, it was said: "His colour and design satisfy the sense of bea
Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 – 23 April 1823) [1] was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. 18th-century British sculptor For his father, the Flemish painter, see Joseph Francis Nollekens . Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens.
#6 Sue Fuller
Sue Fuller (August 11, 1914 – April 19, 2006) was an American sculptor, draughtsman, author, teacher and printmaker who created three-dimensional works with thread. She was a student of Hans Hofmann in 1934, Stanley Hayter in 1943, and Josef Albers in 1944. She was awarded the Alumni Merit Award by
#7 John Thomas Smith (engraver)
John Thomas Smith , also known as Antiquity Smith (1766–1833), was an English painter, engraver and antiquarian. He wrote a life of the sculptor Joseph Nollekens , that was noted for its "malicious candour", [1] and was a keeper of prints for the British Museum . [2] English artist and antiquarian J
Virginia Randall McLaws (1872-1967) was an American painter and educator. American artist Virginia Randall McLaws Virginia Randall McLaws, from a 1921 yearbook Born ( 1872-08-09 ) August 9, 1872 Augusta, Georgia Died August 11, 1967 (1967-08-11) (aged 95) Savannah, Georgia Nationality American Kno
(Mary) Emma Roberts (1859 – 1948) was a US American artist and visual arts educator who worked primarily in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She produced watercolor paintings of plants and flowers, was one of the cofounders of the city's Handicraft Guild and also worked as an arts educator in the Minneapolis
#10 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
#11 Edward O'Brien (mural artist)
Edward O'Brien (1910-1975) was an American artist and muralist. American painter Edward O'Brien
#12 Giuseppe Bossi
Giuseppe Bossi (11 August 1777 – 9 November 1815) was an Italian painter , arts administrator and writer on art. He ranks among the foremost figures of Neoclassical culture in Lombardy, along with Ugo Foscolo , Giuseppe Parini , Andrea Appiani or Manzoni . Italian painter Giuseppe Bossi, bust by Cam
#13 William Frater
William Frater O.B.E. (1890–1974) was a Scottish-born Australian stained-glass designer and modernist painter who challenged conservative tastes in Australian art. [1] British-born Australian painter and stained-glass designer William Frater Born ( 1890-01-31 ) 31 January 1890 Linlithgow , Scotland
#14 James Abbott McNeill Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler RBA ( / ˈ w ɪ s l ər / ; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo " art fo
#15 Marie Tuck
Marie Anne Tuck (5 September 1866 – 3 September 1947), was an artist and art educator in South Australia. Marie Tuck Self-portrait Born Marie Anne Tuck ( 1866-09-05 ) 5 September 1866 Mount Torrens, South Australia Died 3 September 1947 (1947-09-03) (aged 80) Glen Osmond, South Australia Nationali
#16 Marcel Martí
Marcel Martí (1925–2010) was an Argentine -born sculptor of Catalan descent. For skimountaineer, see Marcel Marti (ski mountaineer) . Marcel Martí Photography of A. Orzáez at 1990 Untitled sculpture by Martí, on display at Artesa Vineyards & Winery in Napa Valley , California .
William Kay Blacklock (1872 – 11 August 1924) was a British artist in the mediums of watercolours and oils. [1] British painter (1872–1924) William Kay Blacklock Born William Blacklock 1872 ( 1872 ) Bishopwearmouth , Sunderland , England Died 11 August 1924 (1924-08-11) (aged 51–52) Polperro , L
Edmund Thomas Clint (19 May 1976 — 15 April 1983) was an Indian child prodigy known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life of less than seven years. [1] [2] Indian artist (1976–1983) This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Ed
#19 Trude Waehner
Trude Waehner (1900–1979) was an Austrian painter. Austrian artist Trude Waehner Born ( 1900-08-11 ) 11 August 1900 Vienna, Austria Died 18 May 1979 (1979-05-18) (aged 78) Vienna, Austria Nationality Austrian Education Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, University of Applied Arts
#20 Bernard Safran
Bernard Safran (June 3, 1924 – October 14, 1995) was an American painter known for his realistic portraits and scenes of everyday life in New York and in rural Canada . He created many portraits for Time magazine covers, with subjects that included Elizabeth II , Pope John XXIII , Dwight D. Eisenhow
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
#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
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
#4 Genesee Country Village and Museum
The Genesee Country Village and Museum is a 19th-century living history museum covering more than 600 acres (2.4 km 2 ) located in the town of Wheatland, New York , United States , in the small hamlet of Mumford , about 20 miles (32 km) from Rochester . On the museum property is the 19th-century
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
Musée Saint-Raymond (in English, Saint-Raymond museum ) is the archeological museum of Toulouse , opened in 1892. The site originally was a necropolis, and in later constructions was a hospital for the poor and pilgrims, prison, student residence, stables, barracks and presbytery, eventually becomin
#7 Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is a teaching museum on the campus of Hamilton College [1] in Clinton, New York . The Wellin invites visitors to discover the arts and form unexpected connections through groundbreaking exhibitions, a globally representative teaching collection, and engaging p
#8 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg
The Musée des Arts décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Art) of the city of Strasbourg , France , is found on the ground floor of the Palais Rohan , the former city palace of the Prince-Bishops from the Rohan family . One half of the museum is made up of the magnificent chambers in the late baroque , Ro
The Palace of Versailles ( / v ɛər ˈ s aɪ , v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair- SY , vur- SY ; [1] French : Château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ( listen ) ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles , about 12 miles (19 km) west of Paris , France. The palace is owned by the F
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,
#11 Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator, Willoughby
The Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator is a heritage-listed former incinerator and now art gallery, artists studios and public recreation area at 2 Small Street, Willoughby , City of Willoughby , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. It was designed in partnership between Walter Burley Griffin and Er
#12 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 Korean Art Gallery ( 조선미술박물관 ) is an art museum situated on the south side of Kim Il-sung Square in Chung-guyok , Pyongyang , North Korea , which opened in 1948. Art museum in Pyongyang, North Korea Korean Art Gallery 조선미술박물관 Korean Art Gallery (2012) Established 11 August 1948 ( 1948-08-1
#14 Mostyn (gallery)
Mostyn is a public art gallery in Llandudno , North Wales . It was previously called Oriel Mostyn ('Oriel' is Welsh for 'Gallery') but was rebranded as simply Mostyn following its 2010 revamp. [1] Mostyn, Vaughan Street, Llandudno
Arter is a contemporary art museum in the Dolapdere district of Istanbul , Turkey . Art center in Turkey Arter Arter, Dolapdere, architectural rendering by Grimshaw Architects Established 8 May 2010 ( 8 May 2010 ) Location Irmak Avenue No: 13, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey Type Non-profit art institut
#16 Museum Rudana
Museum Rudana or Rudana Art Museum is an art museum in Peliatan , Gianyar Regency , Bali , Indonesia. It was built by Nyoman Rudana , following the concept of the Bali humanist philosophy of Tri Hita Karana , where art makes a contribution to public wellbeing. This article needs additional citations
#17 Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum , formerly The Smith Institute, is an art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland . The museum was founded in 1874 at the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith . Art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum Loca
#18 Burgh House
Burgh House is a historic house located on New End Square in Hampstead , London , that includes the Hampstead Museum . The house is also listed as Burgh House & Hampstead Museum . Grade I listed local museum in London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom For the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman
#19 Beckford's Tower
Beckford's Tower , originally known as Lansdown Tower , is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill , just outside Bath , Somerset , England. The tower and its attached railings are designated as a Grade I listed building . [1] Along with the adjoining Lansdown Cemetery i
The Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum ( Turkish : Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi ) is a private fine arts museum in Istanbul , Turkey , dedicated to calligraphic art , religious and state documents, as well as paintings of the Ottoman era . The museum was founded by Sakıp Sabancı , and was opened in Jun
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
#2 The Holy Family with Angels
The Holy Family with Angels (1645) is an oil painting on canvas by the Dutch painter Rembrandt . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum . The Holy Family with Angels Artist Rembrandt Year 1645 Medium oil paint Dimensions 117 cm (46 in
#3 Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
Robert Dundas of Arniston , the younger, FRSE (18 July 1713 – 13 December 1787) was a Scottish judge. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1742 to 1746, as Lord Advocate from 1754 to 1760, and as Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1754 to 1761. He was Lord President of the Court of
The St Adrian Civic Guard is a 1612 militia group portrait painting by the Dutch artist Cornelis Engelsz. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg , France. Its inventory number is 364. [1] [2] The painting was bought from Charles Sedelmeyer in 1895 by the director of the Strasbourg museu
Patrick Lyon (1769, Edinburgh, Scotland – April 15, 1829, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-born American blacksmith, mechanic and inventor. After being falsely accused and imprisoned for a 1798 bank robbery, he became a working class hero. [1] A self-made businessman, he was among the fore
#6 Woman-Ochre
Woman-Ochre is a 1955 abstract expressionist oil painting by Dutch / American artist Willem de Kooning , part of his Woman series from that period. It was controversial in its day, like the other paintings in the series, for its explicit use of figures , which Jackson Pollock and other abstract expr
The original Goethe–Schiller Monument (German: Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal ) is in Weimar , Germany. It incorporates Ernst Rietschel 's 1857 bronze double statue of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), who are probably the two most revered figures in German literature.
Mirth & Girth is a portrait painting by School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) student David K. Nelson, Jr., depicting the deceased popular African-American mayor of Chicago , Harold Washington wearing only a bra, G-string , garter belt and stockings. [2] After a brief showing at a May 11, 19
Countess Karolina Maria Adelajda Franciszka Ksawera Małgorzata Edina Lanckorońska ( Polish pronunciation: [ka.rɔˈlʲi.na lant͡skɔˈrɔɲska] 11 August 1898 — 25 August 2002) was a Polish noble , World War II resistance fighter, philanthropist, and historian. Polish WWII resistance fighter, historian (18
Hartwig Karl Friedrich Eggers (27 November 1819, Rostock - 11 August 1872, Berlin ) was a German art historian . He was a member of the literary groups Tunnel über der Spree and Rütli . German art historian Friedrich Eggers; from the Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung (1899)
#3 Lynne Cooke
Lynne Cooke is an Australian-born art scholar. Since August 2014 she has been the Senior Curator, Special Projects in Modern Art, at the National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC . Australian art historian This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inli
Theodore Ellis Stebbins, Jr. (born August 11, 1938) is an American art historian and curator . Stebbins is currently the Consultative Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums . American art historian Theodore Stebbins Born Theodore Ellis Stebbins, Jr. ( 1938-08-11 ) August 11, 1938 (age
Marjorie Elizabeth Cropper (born 11 August 1944) is a British-born art historian with a special interest in Italian and French Renaissance and Baroque art and art literature. Dean of the National Gallery of Art ’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) since December 2000, she previous
Alfred Charles Freiherr de Rothschild , CVO (20 July 1842 – 31 January 1918), was the second son of Lionel Freiherr de Rothschild and Charlotte Freifrau von Rothschild of the Rothschild family . British Banker born in 1842 Alfred de Rothschild Alfred de Rothschild, by Leslie Ward , 1884 Born Alfred
Hugo Buchthal (August 11, 1909-November 10, 1996) was a German-Jewish art historian, best known for his standard work Miniature Painting in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1957). German-Jewish art historian He studied at the Warburg Institute in Germany, emigrating in 1934 when it moved to London. F
#8 Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox
Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox (1865–1964) was born in Iowa into a Quaker family on August 11, 1865. She received a BA from Bryn Mawr College in 1889. In 1891, she married Isaac Milton Cox. In 1898, she and her family moved to Hawaii, spurred by Isaac's poor health. [1] She taught at Punahou School an
Carl Georg Heise (28 June 1890 – 11 August 1979) was a German art historian . From 1945 to 1955 he was director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg . German art historian (1890-1979)
Salvador Salort-Pons (born April 18, 1970) is a Spanish-American art historian and museum director. Since 2015, Salort-Pons has served as the Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts . American art historian Salvador Salort-Pons Salort-Pons in 2022 Born ( 1970-04-18 ) April 18, 1970 (age 52) Madr
#11 Geoffrey Dutton
Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton AO (2 August 1922 – 17 September 1998) was an Australian author and historian. Australian writer and historian
#12 John Shearman
John Kinder Gowran Shearman (pronounced "Sherman"; 24 June 1931 – 11 August 2003 [1] ) was an English art historian who also taught in America. He was a specialist in Italian Renaissance painting, described by his colleague James S. Ackerman as "the leading scholar of Italian Renaissance painting",
Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky ( Russian : Влади́мир Фёдорович Одо́евский ; 11 August [ O.S. 30 July ] 1803 [1] – 11 March [ O.S. 27 February ] 1869 ) was a prominent Russian Imperial philosopher , writer, music critic , philanthropist and pedagogue . He became known as the "Russian H
Dietrich Felix von Bothmer (pronounced BOAT-mare ; October 26, 1918 – October 12, 2009) was a German -born American art historian, who spent six decades as a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , where he developed into the world's leading specialist in the field of ancient Greek vases . Dietr
#15 Gustaf Britsch
Gustaf Adolf Britsch (11 August 1879 – 27 October 1923) was an early 20th-century German art theorist and the founder of Gustaf Britsch Institute in Starnberg , Germany. This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the
#16 Rodolfo Siviero
Rodolfo Siviero (24 December 1911 - 1983) was an Italian secret agent, art historian and intellectual, most notable for his important work in recovering artworks stolen from Italy during the Second World War as part of the ' Nazi plunder '. Rodolfo Siviero.
Adelbert Van de Walle (1922–2006) was a Flemish - Belgian architect, art historian and professor in the History of Art and Archaeology at the University of Ghent (UGent). [1] Adelbert Van de Walle Born ( 1922-08-11 ) 11 August 1922 Oudenaarde , Belgium Died 28 June 2006 (2006-06-28) (aged 83) Ghen
Ernst van de Wetering (9 March 1938 – 11 August 2021 [1] ) [2] was a Dutch art historian [3] and an expert on Rembrandt and his work. Dutch art historian (1938–2021)
#19 Moritz Thausing
Moritz Thausing (3 June 1838 – 11 August 1884) was an Austrian art historian , and counts among the founders of the Vienna School of Art History . Austrian art historian Portrait of Thausing.
#20 William Rubin
William Stanley Rubin (August 11, 1927 – January 22, 2006) was an American art scholar, a distinguished curator, critic, collector, art historian and teacher of modern art. American art curator William S. Rubin Born William Stanley Rubin ( 1927-08-11 ) August 11, 1927 Brooklyn , New York , United
Grey's Monument is a Grade I listed monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne , England . It was built in 1838 to commemorate Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (also known as Earl Grey), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. It was erected to acclaim Earl Grey for the passing
Spectra is the name of a series of art installations by Ryoji Ikeda which use intense white light as a sculptural material. [1] The most recent presentation of spectra was in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for four days ending 24 June, 2018 to mark the winter solstice, and as an installation piece at t
#3 Confederate Soldiers Monument (Durham, North Carolina)
The Confederate Soldiers Monument (popularly known as "The Boys Who Wore Gray" ) was a memorial to the soldiers from Durham County who fought for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War . The statue was seriously damaged by protestors and removed from public view on August 14, 20
#4 Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn
The Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn are small, cobble stone-sized memorials to the former residents of the district who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Third Reich . Conceived and installed by Cologne artist Gunter Demnig , they were set in the pavement at various locat
The Mantineia Base is an ensemble of three ancient Greek bas relief plaques, one of which depicts Apollo , Marsyas , and a slave, and the other two of which each show a group of three Muses . They were discovered in 1887 on the site of the ancient Gree city of Mantineia in Arcadia and were probably
#6 Equestrian statue of Henry IV
The equestrian statue of Henry IV is a bronze equestrian statue completed by Pietro Tacca . [1] The statue, which now stands on the bridge Pont Neuf , was indirectly commissioned by Marie de Médicis for her husband, King Henry IV of France . [1] [2] [3] The original commissioned artist, Giambologna
A-maze-ing Laughter is a 2009 bronze sculpture by Yue Minjun , located in Morton Park in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. [1] [2] [3] Sculpture by Yue Minjun in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada A-maze-ing Laughter The installation in 2013 Artist Yue Minjun Year 2009 ( 2009 ) Type Sculptur
The Wooldridge Monuments are a series of historical monuments located in Maplewood Cemetery of Mayfield, Kentucky . They were built for Colonel Henry G. Wooldridge, to commemorate family members and other loved ones of his life, from 1892 until Wooldridge's death on May 30, 1899. [2] Wooldridge is t
#9 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
#10 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
#11 Monumento a la Raza (Medellín)
The Monumento a la Raza , also known as Monumento a la Raza Antioqueña , [1] [2] is an outdoor sculpture and monument in the city of Medellín , Antioquia , Colombia. It was designed by Colombian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt (1919–1995) and it is made of concrete and bronze. It was placed in th
#12 Karađorđe Monument, Belgrade
Karađorđe Monument ( Serbian : Споменик Карађорђу , romanized : Spomenik Karađorđu ) is either of two monuments in Belgrade , the capital of Serbia . The older one was built in 1913 in the Greater Kalemegdan section of the Belgrade Fortress and demolished by the occupying Austro-Hungarian forces i
The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States ,
#14 List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
During the civil unrest [1] that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in the United States , but also in several
#15 Statue of William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone is a bronze statue by Paul Wayland Bartlett of the English legal scholar William Blackstone . It is located at E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse , at 333 Pennsylvania Avenue in northwest Washington, D.C. , in the Judiciary Square neighborhood. [1] Statue by Paul Wa
#16 Confederate Monument (Hollywood Forever Cemetery)
The Confederate Monument was a memorial installed in Los Angeles ' Hollywood Forever Cemetery , in the U.S. state of California , honoring all Confederates who had died or would die on the Pacific coast. Erected in 1925 in the Confederate section of the cemetery, it was removed in August 2017. [1] C
#17 Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore ( Lakota : Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe , or Six Grandfathers [2] ) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota . Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project'
Meridian (BH 250) is a bronze sculpture by British artist Barbara Hepworth . It is an early example of her public commissions, commissioned for State House, a new 16-storey office block constructed at 66–71 High Holborn , London, in the early 1960s. The sculpture was made in 1958–59, and erected in