langs: 22 августа [ru] / august 22 [en] / 22. august [de] / 22 août [fr] / 22 agosto [it] / 22 de agosto [es]
days: august 19 / august 20 / august 21 / august 22 / august 23 / august 24 / august 25
Artist / Artist
#1 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
- ... allery , Manchester (group show, The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock ) [1] 19 March – 22 august 2009: Jersey City Museum , Jersey City, New Jersey (group show with Louis Lozowick , Riva Helfond , ...
#2 Frederik Petersen
Frederik Kastrud Petersen (9 November 1759 – 22 August 1825) was a Norwegian painter known primarily for his portraits. [1] Norwegian painter For the Danish Olympic athlete, see Frederik Petersen (athlete) For the Swedish handballer, see Fredrik Petersen Self-portrait (c.1810/20) Portrait of the art
- Frederik Kastrud Petersen (9 November 1759 – 22 august 1825) was a Norwegian painter known primarily for his portraits. [1] Norwegian painter For the Dani ...
#3 Amasa Hewins
Amasa Hewins (July 11, 1795 – August 18, 1855) was an American portrait, genre and landscape painter . He also exported fine paintings, antiques, and objet d'art from Italy to Boston during the 1850s, selling most of it through private dealers and at auctions in New York City and Boston. American pa
- ... Sharon, Massachusetts , to Esther (Kollock) and Amasa Hewins. He married Elizabeth Newell Alden on august 22, 1820, and thereafter he lived in Dedham . In 1821, Hewins was listed in the Boston business directo ...
#4 Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen
Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (22 August 1857 – 7 July 1916) was a German painter. She was known for her flower painting. Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen, 1913 Born Margarethe Anna Maria Sophie Hormuth ( 1857-08-22 ) 22 August 1857 Heidelberg, Germany Died 7 July 1916 (19
- Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen ( 22 august 1857 – 7 July 1916) was a German painter. She was known for her flower painting. Margarethe Hormuth ...
- ... morgen Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen, 1913 Born Margarethe Anna Maria Sophie Hormuth ( 1857-08-22 ) 22 august 1857 Heidelberg, Germany Died 7 July 1916 (1916-07-07) (aged 58) Heidelberg, Germany Nationality Ge ...
- ... nt Wilhelmine Period Spouse(s) Friedrich Kallmorgen ( m. 1882 ) BIOGRAPHY Hormuth was born on 22 august 1857 in Heidelberg . [1] She studied painting with Ferdinand Keller . [2] in 1882 she married the l ...
#5 Alexandre Descatoire
Alexandre Descatoire (22 August 1874 – 7 March 1949) was a French sculptor. French sculptor
- Alexandre Descatoire ( 22 august 1874 – 7 March 1949) was a French sculptor. French sculptor BIOGRAPHY Buste Paul Doumer Descatoire ...
#6 John Glover (artist)
John Glover RBA (18 February 1767 – 9 December 1849) was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has been dubbed "the father of Australian landscape painting." [6] English painter John Glover John Glover Bor
- ... work was painted on his 79th birthday. AUSTRALIAN LEGACY The John Glover Society was established on 22 august 2001 to honour and promote Glover's memory and his contribution to Australian art. The society comm ...
#7 Arthur Trevor Haddon
Arthur Trevor Haddon (22 August 1864 – 13 December 1941), also known as Trevor Haddon , was a British painter and illustrator. British painter Arthur Trevor Haddon Illustration by Arthur Trevor Haddon, from Yule Logs Born 22 August 1864 London, England Died 13 December 1941 (aged 77) Cambridge, Engl
- Arthur Trevor Haddon ( 22 august 1864 – 13 December 1941), also known as Trevor Haddon , was a British painter and illustrator. Brit ...
- ... tor. British painter Arthur Trevor Haddon Illustration by Arthur Trevor Haddon, from Yule Logs Born 22 august 1864 London, England Died 13 December 1941 (aged 77) Cambridge, England Nationality English Educati ...
- ... nown for Painter, illustrator Movement Orientalist LIFE AND CAREER Arthur Trevor Haddon was born on 22 august 1864 in London. He won a scholarship to the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art and enrolled in 18 ...
#8 Paul-Émile Pissarro
Paul-Émile Pissarro , also Paulémile Pissarro or Paul Émile Pissarro (22 August 1884 in Éragny-sur-Epte , France – 20 January 1972 in Clécy in the department of Calvados , France) was a French impressionist and neo-impressionist painter. He came from the Pissarro family of artists. French painter
- Paul-Émile Pissarro , also Paulémile Pissarro or Paul Émile Pissarro ( 22 august 1884 in Éragny-sur-Epte , France – 20 January 1972 in Clécy in the department of Calvados , France) ...
- ... l-Émile Pissarro Paul-Émile as portrayed c. 1890 by his father Camille Pissarro Born ( 1884-08-22 ) 22 august 1884 Éragny , France Died 20 January 1972 (1972-01-20) (aged 87) Clécy , France Resting place Père ...
#9 Charles Wheeler (sculptor)
Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO CBE PRA (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor who worked in bronze and stone who became the first sculptor to hold the presidency of the Royal Academy , from 1956 until 1966. [1] British sculptor (1892–1974) Sir Charles Wheeler Bank of England facade
- Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO CBE PRA (14 March 1892 – 22 august 1974) was a British sculptor who worked in bronze and stone who became the first sculptor to hold t ...
- ... ler Born Charles Thomas Wheeler ( 1892-03-14 ) 14 March 1892 Codsall , Staffordshire , England Died 22 august 1974 (1974-08-22) (aged 82) Five Ashes, Mayfield , Sussex , England Education Wolverhampton College ...
- ... ittle Sussex farmhouse to evade the noise of constructions near their previous dwelling. He died on 22 august 1974, at the age of 82 and was buried in Codsall. [8] WORKS Notable works include by Wheeler includ ...
#10 Beulah Bettersworth
Beulah Ruth Bettersworth (1894–1968) was an artist and muralist in the early 20th century. She was most known for her still lifes and street scenes. Her painting Christopher Street , Greenwich Village was selected for the White House by President Franklin Roosevelt and is now in the permanent collec
- ... la and Columbus, Mississippi . American painter Beulah Bettersworth Born Beulah Ruth ( 1894-08-22 ) august 22, 1894 St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. Died August 3, 1968 (1968-08-03) (aged 73) Tucson, Arizona , U.S. O ...
- ... izona , U.S. Occupation Artist, muralist Years active 1925-c.1953 BIOGRAPHY Beulah Ruth was born on august 22, 1894, in St. Louis, Missouri [1] to Junius B. and Ella Ruth. [2] She studied at the Art Students Le ...
#11 Johann August Nahl
Johann August Nahl (22 August 1710 in Berlin – 22 October 1781 in Kassel ) was a German sculptor and plasterer . German sculptor Monument to Frederic II in Kassel, later completed by Nahl's son He was first taught by his father Johann Samuel Nahl (1664 – 1727), who had been court sculptor of Frederi
- Johann August Nahl ( 22 august 1710 in Berlin – 22 October 1781 in Kassel ) was a German sculptor and plasterer . German sculptor ...
#12 Louise Wright (illustrator)
Louise Wright (born 5 September 1863) was a fashion illustrator. Four of her six siblings were also professional artists. They were all born in Leeds, and almost all of them later moved to London. Fashion artist and illustrator Louise Wright Louise Wright sitting at her easel in 1917 or 1918 Born (
- ... 4), variously a railway engineer and a commission agent. George Edward and Elizabeth had married on 22 august 1859 in St' Jude's Church at Hunslet , Leeds , Yorkshire , England . [7] [8] George Edward Wright a ...
#13 George Longfish
George Chester Longfish [1] (born August 22, 1942) is a First Nations artist, professor, and museum director. [2] His art work blends Pop art with Indigenous motifs, and often features assemblage . [3] [4] Many of his works have been featured in major public museum exhibitions, including the Heard M
- George Chester Longfish [1] (born august 22, 1942) is a First Nations artist, professor, and museum director. [2] His art work blends Pop art wi ...
- ... from 1974 to 1996. Canadian artist and museum director George Chester Longfish Born ( 1942-08-22 ) august 22, 1942 (age 80) Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada Nationality First Nations , Canada Alma mater School of the ...
- ... tor Employer(s) University of California, Davis , C.N. Gorman Museum BIOGRAPHY Longfish was born on august 22, 1942 in Ohsweken, Ontario , Canada, [3] he is from the Seneca and Tuscarora tribes. [6] Ohsweken is ...
#14 Concordia Scott
Sister Concordia Scott (1924 – 2014) was a Scottish sculptor and Benedictine nun , of the Minster Abbey community, [1] Minster-in-Thanet , Kent. Her commissioned works have included statues for Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral and the National Shrine of Wales as well as nu
- ... enedictine community in Minster Abbey, [2] Kent, taking Concordia as her name, and was professed on 22 august 1955. She continued to sculpt, entering a piece for the Manchester Vocations Exhibition in 1959, wh ...
#15 Margo Consuela Bors
Margo Consuela Bors (born 1942) is an American painter, muralist, photographer and illustrator active in the San Francisco Bay area. She is an activist for protecting native plants and animals is supported by big organizations like the California Native Plant Society . American artist
- ... Garibaldi Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1992 Gramercy Towers, San Francisco, California, 1984 august 22 31, 2016 - Bors exhibited her piece of art, Rare Johnny-Jump-Ups Viola pedunculata and Callippe Silv ...
#16 Kurt von Holleben
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
- ... 1927 (in 1929 she married Generalleutnant Karl Rübel ). Holleben had a foster son Herbert Meinecke ( 22 august 1916 – 20 October 2011). DEATH Following his release from American captivity in March 1946, he wrot ...
#17 Jeanne Lombard
Jeanne Lombard (22 August 1865 in Le Grand-Saconnex – 6 December 1945 in Corcelles-Cormondrèche ) was a Swiss painter, best remembered for her still life and portrait paintings about women's suffrage . Her works are part of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire today. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Swiss painter This
- Jeanne Lombard ( 22 august 1865 in Le Grand-Saconnex – 6 December 1945 in Corcelles-Cormondrèche ) was a Swiss painter, best r ...
#18 William Ely Hill
W.E. Hill (1887-1962) was an American cartoonist and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th-century. He is best known for his weekly full-page illustration series "Among Us Mortals" published in the New York Tribune from 1916 to 1922, and for creating the most popular iteration of the opti
- ... kward squad at dancing school," The Poetry of Motion , February 20, 1921 The Washington Times p. 7, august 22, 1917 BURLESQUE CONTROVERSY On August 19, 1917, Hill found himself in a bit of a controversy after t ...
#19 Liudas Vilimas
Liudas Vilimas (September 15, 1912 in Kušlėnai , Russian Empire (now Lithuania ) – August 22, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio ) was a Lithuanian painter. His works included book illustrations, theatrical decorations, paintings, postal stamps , window showcases . His earlier works are expressionist , while l
- Liudas Vilimas (September 15, 1912 in Kušlėnai , Russian Empire (now Lithuania ) – august 22, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio ) was a Lithuanian painter. His works included book illustrations, theatric ...
#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
- ... odge (September 26, 1960) The Shah of Iran (September 12, 1960) Dag Hammarskjold (background only) ( august 22, 1960) Che Guevara of Cuba (August 8, 1960) The Kennedys (July 11, 1960) Caryl Chessman on Death Row ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Castlemaine Art Museum
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
- ... embroidery, enamelling [131] [132] 1978 10 June-1 July: Marc Clark : sculptures 1968-78 [133] 1978, 22 august –4 September: Tribal And Traditional Textiles. The 1978 National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Exhi ...
- ... Impressionist Landscapes [149] [150] 1983, June: Frater and Shore : Pioneer Modernists [151] 1983, 22 august –12 September: Print Council Exhibition 10 [152] 1983, 18 September–23 October: Polly Hurry , 1883-1 ...
- ... s, Orbit Gallery 2021, 10 June—4 July: David Frazer – Wood Engravings , Orbit Gallery 2021, 8 July—2 22 august Orbit: Tashara Roberts – Your Skin My Skin, Orbit Gallery 2021/22, 13 November-28 February: 2021 Ex ...
#2 Château de Linardié
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
- ... arianne CATROUX / relief 10 June to 4 July 1999 France Katherine BOUCHARD / installation 15 July to 22 august 1999 Canada Francis PRATT / painting 15 July to 22 August 1999 UK. Roger BRACE / painting 15 July t ...
- ... herine BOUCHARD / installation 15 July to 22 August 1999 Canada Francis PRATT / painting 15 July to 22 august 1999 UK. Roger BRACE / painting 15 July to 22 August 1999 UK. Jill LANE / painting 15 July to 22 Au ...
- ... 999 Canada Francis PRATT / painting 15 July to 22 August 1999 UK. Roger BRACE / painting 15 July to 22 august 1999 UK. Jill LANE / painting 15 July to 22 August 1999 UK. Frank TOURREL / painting 2 to 26 Septem ...
- ... ugust 1999 UK. Roger BRACE / painting 15 July to 22 August 1999 UK. Jill LANE / painting 15 July to 22 august 1999 UK. Frank TOURREL / painting 2 to 26 September 1999 France Patrick COHN / multi media 7 to 31 ...
#3 Provincetown Art Association and Museum
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) is located at 460 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts . It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is the most attended art museum on Cape Cod. The museum's permanent collection includes over 2,500 objects, a number which
- ... se Webster and several local business men and women established the Provincetown Art Association on august 22, 1914. [3] : 5 For the first two years, the Association met monthly at members' homes or at the ...
- ... Webster establishes the Summer School of Painting 1914 Provincetown Art Association established on august 22 Influx of artists and writers from New York and Paris 1915 The Provincetown Art Association has its ...
#4 Moscow Kremlin Museums
Moscow Kremlin Museums (Russian Музеи Московского Кремля , MMK or Государственный историко-культурный музей-заповедник «Московский Кремль» ) is a major state-run museum in Moscow Kremlin . Its roots lie in the Kremlin Armoury museum founded in 1806, the current form of the museum started in 1991. Th
- ... s in 1814. Emperor Nicholas I changed the name of the museum to “The Moscow Armoury Chambers on the august 22, 1831. STRUCTURES ARMOURY CHAMBER The Armoury Chamber is part of the Grand Kremlin Palace's complex. ...
#5 Michael C. Carlos Museum
The Michael C. Carlos Museum is an art museum located in Atlanta on the historic quadrangle of Emory University 's main campus. The Carlos Museum has the largest ancient art collections in the Southeast, [1] including objects from ancient Egypt , Greece , Rome , the Near East , Africa and the ancien
- ... nounced that Henry Kim would be the new associate vice provost and director of the Museum beginning august 22, 2022. [4] COLLECTION AND ACTIVITIES The museum's collections comprise more than 25,000 works, [5] a ...
#6 Pinacotheca, Melbourne
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,
- ... August. The Two Victors ; Victor Majzner, Victor Seredin, Paintings [97] [98] [99] 1969 10 August — 22 august . Ian Burn, Roger Cutforth, Mel Ramsden, Prints and photographs [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] ...
- ... ids 6ftx6ft stencilled on walls) [136] [137] [138] [139] [140] [20] 1970 Tuesday 11 August-Saturday 22 august . Ross Grounds, Seven Steel Frames , Sculpture/ Installation [141] [142] [143] 1970 Tuesday 25 Augus ...
#7 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
- ... r: William Clift [171] 1977, 25 August – 18 September John Cato [ citation needed ] 1977, 29 July – 22 august : Ralph Gibson [172] 1977, 1–25 July: Boone Morrison 1977, June: Paul Hill 1977 Wynn Bullock (1977), ...
#8 Eva Klabin House Museum
The Eva Klabin House Museum (in Portuguese , Casa Museu Eva Klabin ) is an historic house museum [1] located in the city of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . It is a private institution established in 1990 by the Brazilian collector and philanthropist Eva Klabin [ pt ] (1903–1991), with the purpose of pre
- ... lly open for public visitation by Francisco Weffort , Brazil's Minister of Culture at that time, on august 22, 1995. Besides preserving and displaying the collection, the foundation has also the mission of orga ...
#9 Third Floor Gallery
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
- ... Zaveri. [15] 11 June – 11 July 2010 – For Love of the Game by Chris Steele-Perkins . [16] 17 July – 22 august 2010 – Paradise Rivers by Carolyn Drake . [17] [18] 28 August – 3 October 2010 – strangelands by st ...
#10 Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m 2 ) , the museum is New York City 's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. [2] Located near the Prospect Heights , Crown Heights , Flatb
- ... Chester Architectural style Beaux-Arts NRHP reference No. 77000944 [1] NYCL No. 0155 Added to NRHP august 22, 1977 Replica of the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ) in back lot The Brooklyn M ...
#11 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
- ... by Michael Schultz January 15 - April 25, 2021 artWORK by the League of Milwaukee Artists May 21 - august 22, 2021 The Railroad and the Art of Place: Photographs by David Kahler September 10 - December 19, 202 ...
#12 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
- ... the first time Marquis Tokugawa Yorisada ( 徳川頼貞 ) 77 The Union of Korea and Japan 日韓合邦 Nikkan gappō 22 august 1910 Tsuji Hisashi ( 辻永 ) (1884–1974) October 1927 depicted is the Namdaemun at the time of annexat ...
#13 Nasher Sculpture Center
Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas , Texas , that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a 2.4-acre (9,700 m 2 ) site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District . Museum in Dallas, U
- ... m Rodin to Calder : Masterworks of Modern Sculpture from the Nasher Collection : October 20, 2003 – august 22, 2004 NASHER XCHANGE To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Nasher Sculpture Center presented Nasher ...
#14 Munch Museum
Munch Museum ( Norwegian : Munch-museet ), marketed as Munch (stylised as MUNCH ) since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika , Oslo , Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch . [1] Art museum in Oslo, Norway Munch Museum Munch-museet Construction site of the current
- ... Munch's The Scream is on exhibit in the museum Further information: The Scream § Thefts On Sunday, 22 august 2004, two paintings by Munch, The Scream and Madonna , were stolen from the Munch Museum by armed r ...
Painting / Painting
#1 Van Gogh self-portrait (1889)
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh painted a self-portrait in oil on canvas in September 1889. The work, which may have been Van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted shortly before he left Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France. [1] [2] [3] The painting is now at the Musée d'Orsa
- ... int-Rémy and is "unmistakeably" his work. Experts believe it was painted after Van Gogh's letter of 22 august 1889, which indicated that he was still "disturbed" but ready to begin painting again. It was compl ...
#2 Vladimirka (painting)
Vladimirka [lower-alpha 1] ( Russian : Владимирка ) is an 1892 oil painting by the Russian artist Isaac Levitan . The painting depicts the Vladimir Highway , a dirt road leading east from Moscow to Vladimir . Vladimirka is one of three large paintings by Levitan completed in the first half of the 18
- ... re. [4] The house Levitan lived in was later turned into a museum before being destroyed by fire on 22 august 1999. [5] Vladimirka on display at the Tretyakov Gallery Kuvshinnikova wrote about the source of in ...
#3 Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus , in the form of a swan , rapes Leda . [1] According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces , children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra , children of her husban
- ... placed on Pefnos island, depicting the union of Swan/Zeus with Leda. The statue was inaugurated on august 22, 2020, from the Professor of Archaeology Petros Themelis and the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni. A ...
#4 Sunflowers (Van Gogh series)
Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols ) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh . The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles , shows a bouquet of s
- ... canvas, 50 × 61 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim THE ARLES SUNFLOWERS In a letter to Theo , dating from 21 or 22 august 1888, Vincent wrote: "I'm painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse , which won ...
#5 Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)
The Alma Mater , a bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft , is a beloved symbol of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . The 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor", after the University's mott
- ... ampus behind Foellinger Auditorium , but the Alumni Association moved Alma Mater to Altgeld Hall on august 22, 1962, despite student dissent. [5] [8] [11] The Daily Illini protested the new location as in the " ...
#6 Jan Rubens
Jan Rubens (1530–1587) was a Flemish magistrate of Antwerp , best known today as the father of Peter Paul Rubens . Jan Rubens Born 13 March 1530 Antwerp Died 1 March 1587 (1587-03-01) (aged 56) Cologne Nationality Flemish Latin Epitaph for Jan Rubens, written in Latin by Maria complimenting him as
- ... 18 December 1577. [1] His illegitimate daughter with Anna of Saxony , Christina van Diez, was born 22 august 1571. [1] In 1574 his first son with Maria Pypelinckx , Philip Rubens was born. Three years later, ...
#7 United Nations Security Council mural
The United Nations Security Council mural is an oil painting by Norwegian artist Per Krohg exhibited at the United Nations in New York City since August 22, 1952. [1] The mural, a 16' x 26' foot long canvas located on the United Nations Security Council 's east wall, features a central image of a ri
- ... n oil painting by Norwegian artist Per Krohg exhibited at the United Nations in New York City since august 22, 1952. [1] The mural, a 16' x 26' foot long canvas located on the United Nations Security Council 's ...
#8 Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather
Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather , also known as View of the Sea at Scheveningen (Dutch: Zeegezicht bij Scheveningen ), is an early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh , painted at Scheveningen near The Hague in August 1882. It is held in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam . Painting by Vincent va
- ... beach at Scheveningen , on the North Sea coast a few miles from The Hague, on a stormy day on 21 or 22 august 1882. The painting was made quickly, en plein air , on an easel at the beach, with the wind whippin ...
#9 Madonna (Munch)
Madonna is the usual title given to several versions of a composition by the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure created between 1892 and 1895 using oil paint on canvas. He also produced versions in print form . [1] Art composition by Edvard
- ... ber 1992, Bach was sentenced to prison for seven months for handling stolen goods . [11] On Sunday, 22 august 2004, the Munch Museum 's versions of Madonna and The Scream were stolen by masked men wielding fir ...
#10 Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision
Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is one of the paintings that was made as a part of the Stuckism art movement, [1] [2] and is recognized as a "signature piece" for the movement, [3] It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a numbe
- ... dorczuk, Tom. "Modern art is pants" Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine , Evening Standard , 22 august 2006. "Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota and Tracey Emin", Diary, Evening Standard , 14 May 2001. R ...
#11 Spanish–American War Memorial (Columbus, Ohio)
The Spanish–American War Memorial (also known as Memorial to National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans , or simply Memorial to Spanish War Veterans ) is a 1937 memorial commemorating veterans of the Spanish–American War , installed in Columbus, Ohio 's Battelle Riverfront Park , in the United S
- ... eads: "PRESENTED BY THE / NATIONAL AUXILIARY UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / 54TH ANNUAL CONVENTION / august 22 26, 1937 / COPYRIGHTED N.A., V.S.W.V.". The plaque is one a stone base that measures approximately 1 ...
#12 The Signs of the Zodiac
The Signs of the Zodiac is a series of twelve allegorical paintings of the signs of the Zodiac , originally painted around 1640 by Jacob Jordaens and bought by the French Senate in 1802 for the ceiling of the East Gallery of the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. [1] The paintings represent the signs of
- ... the east landing so that it appears that, in contrast to all known calendars, the Zodiac starts on august 22 (the sign of the Virgin). [3] The 12 works were marouflaged on the ceiling of the East Gallery and i ...
#13 The Scream
The Scream is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition . Munch's work, including The Scream , would go on to have a formative influence on
- ... entered Norway under false identities. [38] 2004 THEFT The 1910 version of The Scream was stolen on 22 august 2004, during daylight hours, when masked gunmen entered the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole it and M ...
#14 Nevis Tiger Muskie
The Nevis Tiger Muskie is a sculpture located at 114-122 Bunyan Trails Rd, Nevis, Minnesota . [1] Nevis Tiger Muskie The Nevis tiger muskie in 2019 Year 1949 Subject Tiger muskellunge Dimensions 30.5 feet (9.3 m) long The sculpture is known as the world's largest tiger muskie. [2] It is a represen
- ... atues across the state of Minnesota. [4] It was dedicated by Minnesota governor Luther Youngdahl on august 22, 1950 to all tourists visiting Minnesota. [3] In 1991 it was covered by an awning to keep the elemen ...
Researcher / Researcher
#1 Udo von Alvensleben
Udo August Ernst von Alvensleben (23 January 1897 – 22 August 1962) was a German art historian. German art historian This article needs additional citations for verification . ( September 2020 ) Udo von Alvensleben, ca. 1955
- Udo August Ernst von Alvensleben (23 January 1897 – 22 august 1962) was a German art historian. German art historian This article needs additional citations for ...
#2 Yusuke Nakahara
Yusuke Nakahara (August 22, 1931 – March 3, 2011) was a renowned Japanese art critic , curator , scholar, lecturer, university president, art festival organizer, and cultural administrator. [1] [2] Yusuke Nakahara Nakahara c. 1961 Born August 22, 1931 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Died March 3, 2011 Tokyo, Jap
- Yusuke Nakahara ( august 22, 1931 – March 3, 2011) was a renowned Japanese art critic , curator , scholar, lecturer, university ...
- ... , art festival organizer, and cultural administrator. [1] [2] Yusuke Nakahara Nakahara c. 1961 Born august 22, 1931 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Died March 3, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Education Kyoto University Occupation Art C ...
- ... chiro Haryu , Yoshiaki Tono , and Shinichi Segi . [1] EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Nakahara was born on august 22, 1931, in Kobe , Hyogo , Japan. In the early 1950s, Nakahara graduated from Kyoto University 's Facu ...
#3 Edith Porada
Edith Porada (22 August 1912, Vienna – 24 March 1994, Honolulu ) was an Austrian-born art historian and archaeologist , a leading authority on ancient cylinder seals and a professor of art history and archaeology at Columbia University . [1] American art historian Edith Porada Born 22 August 1912
- Edith Porada ( 22 august 1912, Vienna – 24 March 1994, Honolulu ) was an Austrian-born art historian and archaeologist , a l ...
- ... f art history and archaeology at Columbia University . [1] American art historian Edith Porada Born 22 august 1912 Vienna Died 24 March 1994 (aged 81) Honolulu Alma mater University of Vienna Occupation Art hi ...
#4 AA Bronson
AA Bronson OC RCA LL. D. (born Michael Tims in Vancouver in 1946) [1] is an artist . He was a founding member of the artists' group General Idea , was president and director of Printed Matter, Inc ., and started the NY Art Book Fair and the LA Art Book Fair. Canadian artist (born 1946) AA Bronson Bo
- ... February 3, 1994 , 2000) and a full-body nude self-portrait in the shape of a coffin ( AA Bronson, august 22, 2000 , 2000). [12] He began working professionally as a healer initially out of personal calling, a ...
#5 Viktor Lazarev
Viktor Nikitich Lazarev ( Russian : Ви́ктор Ники́тич Ла́зарев ; 3 September (22 August O.S. ) 1897 – 1 February 1976) was a Russian art critic and historian who specialized in medieval Byzantine , Russian, and Armenian religious art. [1] He was the son of Nikita Lazarev , a Moscow architect, and was
- Viktor Nikitich Lazarev ( Russian : Ви́ктор Ники́тич Ла́зарев ; 3 September ( 22 august O.S. ) 1897 – 1 February 1976) was a Russian art critic and historian who specialized in medieval B ...
- ... to Wassily Kandinsky . Viktor Lazarev Виктор Никитич Лазарев Born ( 1897-09-03 ) 3 September 1897 ( 22 august 1897 O.S. ) Moscow , USSR Died 1 February 1976 (1976-02-01) (aged 78) Moscow , USSR Resting place V ...
#6 Michał Walicki
Michał Marian Walicki (8 August 1904 in St. Petersburg – 22 August 1966 in Warsaw ) was a Polish art historian and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and School of Fine Arts (later Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ). Polish art historian Michał Walicki
- Michał Marian Walicki (8 August 1904 in St. Petersburg – 22 august 1966 in Warsaw ) was a Polish art historian and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology an ...
#7 Otto Kümmel
Otto Kümmel (22 August 1874 – 8 February 1952) was a German art historian , academic teacher, founder and director of the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin and general director of the Berlin State Museums . German art historian Otto Kümmel 1940, Fotografie im Bundesarchiv
- Otto Kümmel ( 22 august 1874 – 8 February 1952) was a German art historian , academic teacher, founder and director of the ...
#8 Werner H. Kramarsky
Werner Hans Kramarsky (March 5, 1926 – August 22, 2019) was a Dutch-born American public official and art collector. His collection included works by Mel Bochner , Eva Hesse , Ellsworth Kelly , Sol LeWitt , Brice Marden , Agnes Martin , Richard Serra . He donated some of it to the Museum of Modern A
- Werner Hans Kramarsky (March 5, 1926 – august 22, 2019) was a Dutch-born American public official and art collector. His collection included works by ...
- ... Kramarsky Born Werner Hans Kramarsky ( 1926-03-05 ) March 5, 1926 Amsterdam , The Netherlands Died august 22, 2019 (2019-08-22) (aged 93) Manhattan , New York City , U.S. Occupation Public official, art collec ...
#9 Nurida Gadirova Ateshi
Nourida Gadirova Ateshi (born 22 August 1965 in Oğuz , in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic) is an Azerbaijani author and scientist who specialises in the archaeology and prehistory of the Caucasus . As of 1995 she was living in Berlin . Azerbaijani author and scientist (born 1965) This artic
- Nourida Gadirova Ateshi (born 22 august 1965 in Oğuz , in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic) is an Azerbaijani author and scientist ...
#10 Jean Sutherland Boggs
Jean Sutherland Boggs CC FRSC (June 11, 1922 – August 22, 2014) was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant . She was the first female Director of both the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art . [1] She was also a specialist in the work of Edgar Degas and Picass
- Jean Sutherland Boggs CC FRSC (June 11, 1922 – august 22, 2014) was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant . She was the first female Director ...
- ... ggs Boggs in 1963 Born Grace Jean Sutherland Boggs ( 1922-06-11 ) June 11, 1922 Negritos, Peru Died august 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) (aged 92) Ottawa , Ontario, Canada Nationality Canadian Occupation Academic, art ...
- ... ritten books about the life of Edgar Degas , including Portraits By Degas (1962). [5] Boggs died on august 22, 2014 at the age of 92 in Ottawa , Ontario. [10] HONOURS In 1973, Boggs was made an Officer of the O ...
#11 Per Kværne
Per Kværne (born 1 April 1945) is a Norwegian tibetologist and historian of religion .
- ... International Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (Lancaster 15–2 22 august 1975), pp. 45–46. Abstract only. Kværne, Per. 'The Canon of the Tibetan Bonpos.' Indo-Iranian Journa ...
#12 Ananda Coomaraswamy
Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy ( Tamil : ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி , Ānanda Kentiś Muthū Kumāraswāmī ; Sinhala : ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda Kumārasvāmī ; 22 August 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician , historian and a philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian cultu
- ... ்த குமாரசுவாமி , Ānanda Kentiś Muthū Kumāraswāmī ; Sinhala : ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda Kumārasvāmī ; 22 august 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician , historian and a philosopher of Indian art ...
- ... amil metaphysician (1877–1947) Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Coomaraswamy in 1916 Born ( 1877-08-22 ) 22 august 1877 Colombo , British Ceylon Died 9 September 1947 (1947-09-09) (aged 70) Needham, Massachusetts , ...
#13 Marion Boulton Stroud
Marion Boulton Stroud , also known as Marion Stroud Swingle (March 22, 1939 – August 22, 2015) was an American curator , author, and museum director who was particularly active in her support of contemporary art, and of the use of textiles as a medium. She was the founder and director of The Fabric
- Marion Boulton Stroud , also known as Marion Stroud Swingle (March 22, 1939 – august 22, 2015) was an American curator , author, and museum director who was particularly active in her supp ...
- ... 014 Born Marion Boulton Stroud ( 1939-03-22 ) March 22, 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died august 22, 2015 (2015-08-22) (aged 76) Northeast Harbor, Maine , U.S. Other names Marion Stroud Swingle, Kippy ...
- ... ward, given for "outstanding service to art and artists". [2] [9] [20] DEATH Boulton Stroud died on august 22, 2015, in Northeast Harbor, Maine . [1] In 2016, a substantial part of Boulton Stroud's art collecti ...
#14 Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg
Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen zu Hornberg (5 November 1755 – 3 March 1836) was a member of the aristocratic Gemmingen family . He was a diplomat and enlightenment writer, a Freemason and a friend of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . [1] [2] [3] Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen zu Hornberg 1755–1836
- ... en to try and obtain a position at court, but in this he was not successful. Shortly afterwards, on 22 august 1784, he was placed under police surveillance, and his written work was subjected to censorship for ...
#15 Frantz Jourdain
Frantz Jourdain (3 October 1847 – 22 August 1935) was a Belgian architect and author. He is best known for La Samaritaine , an Art Nouveau department store built in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in three stages between 1904 and 1928. He was respected as an authority on Art Nouveau. French architec
- Frantz Jourdain (3 October 1847 – 22 august 1935) was a Belgian architect and author. He is best known for La Samaritaine , an Art Nouveau depa ...
- ... t Frantz Jourdain Frantz Jourdain in 1923 Born ( 1847-10-03 ) 3 October 1847 Antwerp , Belgium Died 22 august 1935 (1935-08-22) (aged 87) Paris . France Nationality Belgian, French Occupation Architect LIFE Fr ...
#16 Peter Anker (art historian)
Peter Martin Anker (22 August 1927 – 22 December 2012) was a Norwegian museum director, art historian and critic. For other people named Peter Anker, see Peter Anker (disambiguation) .
- Peter Martin Anker ( 22 august 1927 – 22 December 2012) was a Norwegian museum director, art historian and critic. For other peopl ...
#17 Giulio Mancini
Giulio Mancini (21 February 1559 – 22 August 1630) [1] was a seicento physician, art collector, art dealer and writer on a range of subjects. His writings on contemporary artists like Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci remain one of our earliest sources of biographical information; his Considerazioni
- ... an physician, art collector, art dealer and writer Giulio Mancini Born February 21, 1559 Siena Died august 22, 1630 (1630-08-22) (aged 71) Rome Nationality Italian Occupation physician, art critic BIOGRAPHY Man ...
- Giulio Mancini (21 February 1559 – 22 august 1630) [1] was a seicento physician, art collector, art dealer and writer on a range of subjects. Hi ...
#18 Aydin Aghdashloo
Aydin Aghdashloo ( Persian : آیدین آغداشلو ; born October 30, 1940) is an Iranian painter, graphist , art curator, writer, and film critic. [1] Iranian painter Aydin Aghdashloo Aghdashloo in 2014 Born Aydin Aghdashloo ( 1940-10-30 ) October 30, 1940 (age 81) Rasht , Iran Other names Faramarz Khe
- ... 016, Aghdashloo received the Legion of Honour . [5] CONTROVERSY ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT On august 22, 2020, Sara Omatali, a former reporter publicly stated that during an encounter in late 2006, Aydin ...
#19 Adriaan van der Willigen Pz.
Adriaan van der Willigen Pz. (20 September 1810, Hillegom – 22 August 1876, Rheden ) [1] was a 19th-century doctor and historian from the Northern Netherlands.
- Adriaan van der Willigen Pz. (20 September 1810, Hillegom – 22 august 1876, Rheden ) [1] was a 19th-century doctor and historian from the Northern Netherlands. BIOGRAPHY ...
#20 Fritz Wichert
Friedrich Karl Adolf Wichert (born 22 August 1878 in Mainz-Kastel ; died 24 January 1951 in Kampen (Sylt) ) was a German art historian. He was director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the Frankfurt Städelschule and also participated in New Frankfurt . This article does not cite any sources . ( Decemb
- Friedrich Karl Adolf Wichert (born 22 august 1878 in Mainz-Kastel ; died 24 January 1951 in Kampen (Sylt) ) was a German art historian. He was d ...
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#1 Anzac Memorial
The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial , museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney , Australia . The Art Deco monument was designed by C. Bruce Dellit , with the exterior adorned with monumental figural reliefs and sculptures by Rayner Ho
- ... those who have fought on the nation's behalf'. [10] [2] CENTENARY EXTENSION The Hall of Service On 22 august 2016, work commenced on the $40 million enhancement of the Anzac Memorial. The extension was the “c ...
#2 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
- ... hief William A. Quigley, Tuesday, September 27, 1927, Vehicle State Private John T. Downey, Monday, august 22, 1927, Gunfire Patrolman James F. Farrell, Wednesday, July 6, 1927, Gunfire (Rankin) Sergeant George ...
- ... e John Curtis "Jack" Smith, Monday, August 23, 1909, Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harry H. Exley, Sunday, august 22, 1909, Gunfire State Private John L. Williams, Sunday, August 22, 1909, Gunfire Police Officer James ...
- ... ty Sheriff Harry H. Exley, Sunday, August 22, 1909, Gunfire State Private John L. Williams, Sunday, august 22, 1909, Gunfire Police Officer James Farrell, Saturday, October 23, 1908, Gunfire (Wilkinsburg) Chief ...
#3 List of public art in Surrey
This list comprises works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space in the county of Surrey , England. UK. For brevity this does not include markers and milestones, parts of buildings or ornamental features to main bridges, stained glass and other artistic works attached to place
- ... °N 0.6388°W / 51.3273; -0.6388 Burpham War Memorial Churchyard of St Marks, Burpham Lane, Burpham 22 august 1920 [85] Byfleet War Memorial High Road, Byfleet 1928 [86] 51.34°N 0.48°W / 51.34; -0.48 Chertse ...
#4 Christ of the Abyss
Christ of the Abyss (Italian: Il Cristo degli Abissi ) is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ by Guido Galletti [ it ] , the original cast of which is located in the Mediterranean Sea , off San Fruttuoso , between Camogli and Portofino on the Italian Riviera . Various other casts of the stat
- ... THREE BRONZE STATUES ITALY (1954) The original bronze statue was placed in the Mediterranean Sea on 22 august 1954, at approximately 17 metres (56 ft) depth, and stands 2.5 metres (8 ft) tall. [ citation neede ...
#5 Statue of Heydar Aliyev, Mexico City
The statue of Heydar Aliyev [lower-alpha 1] is a bronze sculpture of the third president of Azerbaijan , Heydar Aliyev , previously installed along Paseo de la Reforma , in Chapultepec , Miguel Hidalgo , Mexico City . Statue formerly displayed in Mexico City Statue of Heydar Aliyev Spanish: Estatua
- ... aijan in Mexico donated two statues to the city: the first being the statue of Aliyev, installed on 22 august 2012 in Mexico-Azerbaijan Friendship Park in Chapultepec; the second, a woman mourning the Khojaly ...
- ... easures 3.60 meters (around 11.81 feet ), [13] and was transported by ship from Azerbaijan. [10] On 22 august 2012, Marcelo Ebrard , then- head of government of Mexico City , inaugurated the project. [1] Tracy ...
#6 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , United States. [1] It covers four acres (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope , a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved
- ... m " speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." The memorial opened to the public on august 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction. [2] [3] Memorial in ...
- ... n Material White granite Height 30 ft (9.1 m) Beginning date 2009 Completion date 2011 Opening date august 22, 2011 Dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Website Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial This national mem ...
- ... tion ceremony The memorial opened to visitors before its planned dedication, with visiting hours on august 22 25, 2011. [57] The official dedication was initially scheduled to have taken place at 11 am Sunday A ...
#7 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
- ... d the resolution on August 12. [25] The House of Representatives received the committee's report on august 22, [26] and passed the legislation the following day. [27] As enacted, the resolution removed the rest ...
#8 Capul de pod Șerpeni Memorial Complex
Capul de pod Șerpeni Memorial Complex ( Romanian : Complexul memorial „Capul de pod Șerpeni” ) is a military memorial located in Șerpeni , a village in the Anenii Noi District of Moldova . It is dedicated to the 12,000 Red Army soldiers who died at Șerpeni Bridgehead on the Dniester in the 1944 Seco
- ... provided substantial support for the construction of this building on the banks of the Dniester. On 22 august 2004, seventy kilometers east of the capital of Chisinau , the memorial complex was opened by the a ...
#9 Confederate Soldier Memorial (Columbus, Ohio)
The Confederate Soldier Memorial , also known as Confederate Monument and Memorial Arch , [1] [2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed at Camp Chase in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio , in the United States. [3] [4] Monument in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Confederate Soldier Memorial The
- ... current stone arch in 1902. [7] The statue on top was toppled and destroyed by vandals overnight on august 22, 2017, [8] and was repaired and re-installed in May 2019. [9] SEE ALSO Ohio portal 1902 in art List ...
#10 Emperor Fountain
The Emperor Fountain stands in the grounds of Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building . [1] Historic site in Derbyshire, England Emperor Fountain Emperor Fountain at Chatsworth House Location Chatsworth House , Derbyshire ,
- ... the fountain. The fountain was seen by Prince Wilhelm of Prussia , who visited the park on Thursday 22 august 1844. [2] The fountain is situated at the north end of the Canal Pond, which was dug in 1703. The m ...
#11 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 new (2016) Senate seal has only the flags of the United States and Florida. [146] Bradenton On august 22, 2017, the Manatee County Commission voted 4–3 to move the Confederate monument in front of the coun ...
- ... Woodlawn." Vandalized several times. Removed and placed in storage by order of Mayor Jeri Muoio on august 22, 2017, since its owner, the United Daughters of the Confederacy , had not claimed it despite notific ...
- ... City , Howard County : Howard County Courthouse Confederate Monument. Dedicated in 1948. Removed on august 22, 2017. [257] Lothian : A statue of Confederate soldier Benjamin Welch Owens was vandalized in June 2 ...
- ... f the UDC announced it was appealing to the North Carolina Supreme Court . [373] OHIO Columbus : On august 22, 2017, a Confederate statue at Camp Chase was damaged, with its head stolen, but it was since repair ...
- ... ugust 17, 2017). "Toppling Monuments, a Visual History" . The New York Times . Newkirk II, Vann R. ( august 22, 2017). "Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy" . The Atlantic . Retrieved October 10, 2017 . ...
#12 Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow
The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky ( Russian : Памятник Дзержинскому ), also known by the nickname Iron Felix ( Russian : Железный Феликс ), commemorates Felix Dzerzhinsky , Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the first two Soviet state-security organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU . The monument, d
- ... ( Dzerzhinsky Square ) 1992 ( Muzeon Park of Arts ) Dedicated to Felix Dzerzhinsky Dismantled date 22 august 1991 (KGB location) HISTORY CONSTRUCTION AND UNVEILING In 1918, the All-Russian Extraordinary Commi ...
- ... NKVD , NKGB , MGB and KGB . AUGUST COUP AND MUZEON PARK RELOCATION Protesters on Lubyanka Square on 22 august 1991, seeking to dismantle the statue On the evening of 22 August 1991, shortly after the failure o ...
- ... Protesters on Lubyanka Square on 22 August 1991, seeking to dismantle the statue On the evening of 22 august 1991, shortly after the failure of the coup attempt undertaken by the State Emergency Committee , t ...
#13 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
- ... inion about how the potential of campus unrest should be treated", said the letter, which was dated august 22. [77] According to UNC-CH officials, "any petition to the North Carolina Historical Commission reque ...
- ... onument without additional legal clarity, and we would expect no less from our chancellor." [82] On august 22, 2017, at the beginning of the school year, a "Rally for Removal of Silent Sam", announced on a post ...
- ... nvestigation into the toppling. [133] The chair of the UNC board of governors, Harry Smith, said on august 22, 2018, that the board would engage an outside firm to investigate the actions of the university and ...
- ... pled 'Silent Sam' Statue Has Been a Focus Point of Protest for Decades" . Time . Cirillo, Frank J. ( august 22, 2018). "Why 'Silent Sam' had to go" . The Washington Post . We can debate the propriety of how the ...
- ... , Silent Sam's fate and Carol Folt's future were intertwined" . News & Observer . Dulken, Danielle ( august 22, 2019). "Places Dedicated to Enslavers and White Supremacists at UNC-Chapel Hill" . Medium .
#14 List of monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine [1] a number of Soviet-era monuments and memorials associated, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in former Eastern Bloc countries , but also in several other countries. [2] The Bronze Soldier of Tallin
- ... o the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders Riga Latvia May 12 2022 august 22 2022 (began) Government removal [5] Victory Monument Riga Latvia May 2022 August 22, 2022 (began) Go ...
- ... via May 12 2022 August 22 2022 (began) Government removal [5] Victory Monument Riga Latvia May 2022 august 22, 2022 (began) Government removal [6] World Peace monument Helsinki Finland N/A August 4, 2022 Govern ...
- ... i Finland N/A August 4, 2022 Government removal [7] Antakalnis Cemetery memorials Vilnius Lithuania august 22 2022 September, 2022 Government removal [8] Medals from the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn Tallinn Estoni ...
#15 Equestrian statue of King Chulalongkorn
Equestrian statue of Chulalongkorn the Great , ( Thai : พระบรมราชานุสาวรีย์ พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว ) other known as Equestrian statue ( Thai: พระบรมรูปทรงม้า , RTGS : phraborom marup songma , pronounced [pʰráʔ bɔː rom má rûːp soŋ máː ] ) is an outdoor sculpture in cast bronze at the
- ... Thailand Designer Georges Saulo Type Statue Material Bronze Height 5 metres (16 ft) Completion date 22 august 1907 Opening date 11 November 1908 Dedicated to King Chulalongkorn DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION The Equ ...
- ... ch prominent metallurgist, Clovis-Edmond Masson and Georges Saulo , were in charge of such work. On 22 august 1907, Chulalongkorn went to the Susse Frères foundry and mounted on a horse statue to be modeled. T ...
#16 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)
The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 284 ft 6 in (86.72 m) tall neoclassical monument built on Monument Circle , a circular, brick-paved street that intersects Meridian and Market streets in the center of downtown Indianapolis , Indiana . In the years since its public dedicatio
- ... d. [16] In the meantime, construction continued using Schmitz's design. The cornerstone was laid on august 22, 1889. Inside, a copper box contained, among other items, an official list of all Indiana soldiers w ...
#17 Greek Marble Initiative
The Greek Marble Initiative is the biggest contemporary marble sculpting symposium in modern Greece , organized in 2013. Stavros Muronidis, with the support of his associates and contributions from collectors and benefactors, set forth in the spring of 2013 to materialize the most ambitious plan of
- ... eces, constituting a world record of output for a contemporary sculpture symposium. LEGACY Although 22 august 2013 was officially the conclusion day, some of the sculptors continue working, giving birth to new ...
#18 Justice Bell (Valley Forge)
The Justice Bell ( The Women's Liberty Bell , also known as the Woman's Suffrage Bell ) [1] is a replica of the Liberty Bell made in 1915. It was created to promote the cause for women's suffrage in the United States from 1915 to 1920. The bell is on permanent display at the Washington Memorial Chap
- ... State Museum of Pennsylvania , before embarking on a yearlong anniversary tour of Pennsylvania. On august 22, 1996, the Justice Bell returned to Washington Memorial Chapel, where it remains on public exhibitio ...
#19 Statue of Heracles, Arcachon
A Statue of Heracles stands in the Parc Mauresque in Arcachon , in the southwestern French department of Gironde . The marble statue by local sculptor Claude Bouscau [ fr ] was installed in 1948 to commemorate the actions of the French Resistance in fighting German occupying forces during the Seco
- ... ants d'Arcachon morts pour la France" with 16 names, and then "Résistance 18 June 1940 / Libération 22 august 1944". A bronze plaque records that the memorial was inaugurated on 22 August 1948 by Admiral Phili ...
- ... une 1940 / Libération 22 August 1944". A bronze plaque records that the memorial was inaugurated on 22 august 1948 by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau , former commander of the Free French naval forces in the Second ...