langs: 23 августа [ru] / august 23 [en] / 23. august [de] / 23 août [fr] / 23 agosto [it] / 23 de agosto [es]
days: august 20 / august 21 / august 22 / august 23 / august 24 / august 25 / august 26
#1 Zofia Romer
Zofia Romer née Dembowska (February 16, 1885 – August 23, 1972) was a Polish painter. She was born in 1885 in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia ) to well-known physician Tadeusz Dembowski and his wife Matylda. She grew up in Lithuania and Poland studying under various painters. Polish painter Zofia Romer 1
Jan Hendrik Scheltema (23 August 1861, in The Hague – 9 December 1941, in Brisbane ), [1] was a Dutch and later Australian painter who had a prolific, often strenuous, and arguably impressive career in Australia considering he was a non-British migrant artist without an international reputation on a
Joaquín Torres García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a Uruguayan - Spanish artist [1] who was born in Montevideo , Uruguay . Torres-García emigrated to Catalunya , Spain as an adolescent, where he began his career as an artist in 1891. For the next three decades, Torres-García embraced the Cat
#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
Jeremy Barrett (born 1936 [1] ) is an Australian artist. Australian artist Jeremy Barrett Born ( 1936-09-08 ) 8 September 1936 (age 85) [1] Melbourne, Victoria , Australia [1] Nationality Australian Known for Painting Website jeremybarrett .com .au His work is in the collection of the National G
#6 June Wayne
June Claire Wayne (March 7, 1918 – August 23, 2011) was an American painter, printmaker, tapestry innovator, educator, and activist. She founded Tamarind Lithography Workshop (1960–1970), a then California-based nonprofit print shop dedicated to lithography . [1] June Wayne Born June Claire Kline (
Stephen Lyon Crohn (September 5, 1946 – August 23, 2013) [1] also known as "The man who can't catch AIDS ", was a man notable for a genetic mutation , which caused him to be immune to AIDS. He was a great-nephew of Burrill Bernard Crohn , for whom Crohn's disease is named. [2] American man immune to
Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he began his extensive series of geometric, lyrical abstract painting
C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), is an Australian photographer, nurse and community worker, known for her extensive photographic documentation of the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s. [1] Hardy's work has encompassed both freelance and commercial photography, featuring candid portraiture of co
#10 William Howard Seth-Smith III
William Howard Seth Smith (23 August 1852 – 30 August 1928) was a British architect. He is best known for his contributions to churches and schools in the Surrey area. British painter
#11 Naum Gabo
Naum Gabo , KBE born Naum Neemia Pevsner ( 5 August [ O.S. 24 July ] 1890 – 23 August 1977) (Hebrew: נחום נחמיה פבזנר), was an influential sculptor, theorist, and key figure in Russia's post- Revolution avant-garde and the subsequent development of twentieth-century sculpture. [1] His work com
#12 Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami ( 村上 隆 , Murakami Takashi , born February 1, 1962) is a Japanese contemporary artist . He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion , merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as we
Albert Moritz Wolff (15 June 1854, Berlin – 23 August 1923, Lüneburg ) was a German sculptor and medallion-designer ( medallist ). [1] [2] German sculptor This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2010 ) not to be confused with Albert Wolff (1814–1892). Memorial for Marth
#14 Karel Otáhal
Karel Otáhal (19 January 1901 – 23 August 1972) was a Czech sculptor . His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] Czech sculptor Karel Otáhal Born ( 1901-01-19 ) 19 January 1901 Kostelec na Hané , Austria-Hungary Died 23 August 1972 (1972-08-23)
#15 Elsa Wiezell
Elsa Wiezell (November 19, 1926 – August 23, 2014) [1] was a Paraguayan poet and teacher. Her work also includes paintings that reside in art galleries and cultural centers of Asunción. She was born in Asunción , Paraguay , daughter of Julia Apezteguía and Rubén Wiezell, of Swedish descent. This art
#16 Arthur Dooley
Arthur John Dooley (17 January 1929 – 7 January 1994) was an English artist and sculptor. [1] [2] British sculptor
#17 Blanche McVeigh
Blanche McVeigh (August 23, 1895 – June 1, 1970) was an American printmaker , founder of the Fort Worth School of Fine Arts and Fort Worth Artists Guild, and art educator in Fort Worth, Texas . Known for her mastery of the aquatint medium, McVeigh’s leadership in art education influenced a generatio
Simon Patterson (born 1967) is an English artist and was born in Leatherhead , Surrey . He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1996 for his exhibitions at the Lisson Gallery , the Gandy Gallery , and three shows in Japan. [1] He is the younger brother of the painter Richard Patterson . English a
#19 Alfrēds Kalniņš
Alfrēds Bruno Jānis Kalniņš (23 August 1879, in Cēsis , Governorate of Livonia – 23 December 1951, in Riga , Latvian SSR ) was a Latvian composer , organist , pedagogue , music critic and conductor ; the founder of national Latvian opera. [1] Kalniņš is primarily remembered for his national opera Ba
#20 Myroslav Yahoda
Myroslav Yahoda , sometime transliterated as Yagoda ( Ukrainian : Мирослав Якович Я́года ; 23 August 1957 – 11 March 2018) was a painter, graphic artist, poet, novelist, playwright and set designer. The "Ukrainian Goya" [lower-alpha 1] – with true integrity in his diverse art – was a prominent figur
#1 Oregon College of Art and Craft
Oregon College of Art and Craft ( OCAC ) was a private art college in Portland, Oregon . The college granted Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees as well as art-focused certificates. The college offered an Artist-in-Residence program and provided continuing education in the arts to
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
#3 Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Aurora, Illinois)
The Grand Army of the Republic Hall is an historic building located at 23 East Downer Place on Stolp Island in Aurora , Illinois , in the United States . United States historic place GAR Memorial Building U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Contributing property Location
#4 Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex
Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex , also known as Mystetskyi Arsenal ( Ukrainian : Мистецький арсенал , translated as the «Art Arsenal») — is Ukraine's flagship public cultural institution, a museum and art exhibition complex located at 10–12 Lavrska Street , in Kyiv , Ukrai
#5 Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is located in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona on the former site of the Loloma Transit Station (N Marshall Way and E 1st St), and opened in January 2015. The two-story, 43,000-square-foot museum features the art, culture and history of 19 states in the Am
#6 Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
Cheekwood is a 55-acre (22 ha) historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens . Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2 ) Georgian -style mansion was opened as a botanical garden and art museum
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,
The Johnstone Gallery was a private gallery located in the suburb of Bowen Hills in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia co-owned by Brian Johnstone and his wife, Marjorie Johnstone (née Mant). It was the leading [1] Brisbane commercial gallery exhibiting contemporary Australian art from 1950 until 197
The Grohmann Museum , at the Milwaukee School of Engineering , houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. [ citation needed ] It is next to the German-English Acad
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Most early
Generator Sound Art is an experimental arts and culture organization based in New York City , co-owned by the sound artists Gen Ken Montgomery and Scott Konzelmann . [1] [2] It focuses upon the work of dedicated Sound Artists , [3] and is an umbrella organization that either facilitated or continues
#12 Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Louvre Abu Dhabi ( Arabic : اللوفر أبوظبي ; French : Louvre Abou Dabi ) is an art museum located on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . It runs under an agreement between the UAE and France, signed in March 2007, that allows it to use the Louvre 's name until 2037, and has been
#13 Artipelag
Artipelag is an art museum located on the archipelago in Stockholm , Sweden . Opened in June 2012, the building was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén to fit into the surrounding landscape. [1] [2] [3] The building covers an area of approximately 10,000 square meters [4] and includes 3,000 s
#1 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
#2 Monument to the Heroes of 1896
The Monument to the Heroes of 1896 ( Filipino : Monumento sa mga Bayani ng 1896 , Spanish : El Grito de la Revolución ) is a sculpture created in 1911 dedicated to the Philippine Revolution . [1] Monument in Quezon City dedicated to the Philippine Revolution Monument to the Heroes of 1896 Filipino:
#3 The Slave Market (Gérôme painting)
The Slave Market ( French : Le Marché d'esclaves ) is an 1866 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme . It depicts an unspecific Middle Eastern or North African setting where a man inspects the teeth of a nude, female slave. The Slave Market Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme Year 1866 Medium Oil on can
The Sistine Chapel ceiling ( Italian : Soffitto della Cappella Sistina ), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art . The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV , for whom
Madonna and Child Kissing is a 1520s oil on panel painting by the Flemish renaissance artist Quentin Matsys in the collection of the Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam , [1] on loan to the Mauritshuis . [1] Painting by Quentin Matsys Madonna and Child Artist Quentin Matsys Year circa 1525–1530 Medium Oil on pa
#6 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
Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David . The painting depicts an image from Homer 's Iliad , showing Andromache , comforted by her son, Astyanax , mourning over her husband Hector , who has been killed by Achilles . [1] This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, br
#8 Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston
Grace Elvina Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston , GBE (née Hinds , formerly Duggan ; 16 May 1885 – 29 June 1958) [1] was a United States -born British marchioness and the second wife of George Curzon , British parliamentarian, cabinet minister, and former Viceroy of India . [2] The Most Honoura
The Galerie des Batailles ( French: [galʁi de bataj] ; English: "Gallery of Battles" ) is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles , joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine . 120 m (390 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide, it is an epi
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
#2 Raina Fehl
Raina Fehl (August 23, 1920 – May 3, 2009) was an Austrian -born American classicist, writer and editor. She immigrated to the United States, 1939. United States citizen since 1944. U.S. Army Service 1945–1946, Psychiatric Social Worker, U.S. War Department, Research Analyst, Nuremberg War Crimes Tr
William McAllister-Johnson (1939 – August 23, 2016) was a Canadian scholar and Professor who was a specialist of the history of prints and printmaking , especially in 18th-century France . [1]
#4 Walter Horn
Walter William Horn (18 January 1908 - 26 December 1995) was a German-American medievalist scholar noted for his work on the timber vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages . American art historian For the German slalom canoeist, see Walter Horn (canoeist) . For the German entomologist, see Walthe
Peter Cannon-Brookes (born 23 August 1938) is a British art historian, with a special interest in Czech sculpture, and a curator who founded the journal Museum Management and Curatorship . British art historian
Lucy Rowland Lippard (born April 14, 1937) is an American writer, art critic , activist , and curator . Lippard was among the first writers to argue for the " dematerialization " at work in conceptual art and was an early champion of feminist art . She is the author of 21 books on contemporary art a
John Russell CBE (22 January 1919 – 23 August 2008) was an English art critic . For other people named John Russell, see John Russell (disambiguation) .
Wayne R. Dynes (August 23, 1934 – late July 2021) was an American art historian, encyclopedist, and bibliographer. He was professor emeritus in the Art Department at Hunter College , where he taught from 1972 to 2005. American historian (1934–2021) This article includes a list of references , relate
Robert Esmond George (20 April 1888 – 1959) was an Australian theatre actor and director, but mostly remembered as a watercolor artist and art critic. His wife, professionally known as Elizabeth George, was a well-known journalist.
#10 Emily Genauer
Emily Genauer (July 19, 1911 – August 23, 2002) was an American art critic for the New York World , the New York Herald Tribune , and Newsday . [1] She won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1974. American art critic
#11 Roy Strong
Sir Roy Colin Strong , CH , FRSL (born 23 August 1935) is an English art historian , museum curator , writer, broadcaster and landscape designer . He has served as director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Strong was knighted in 1982. British art hi
#12 Jan Erazim Vocel
Jan Erazim Vocel (August 23, 1803 – September 16, 1871) was a Czech poet, archaeologist, historian and cultural revivalist. [1] Though as heir to his father's trade he was to become a baker, his parents, observing his youthful enthusiasm for Gothic history, eventually heeded his academic calling. [2
#13 Cuesta Benberry
Cuesta Benberry (September 8, 1923 – August 23, 2007) was an American historian and scholar . [1] Considered to be one of the pioneers of research on quiltmaking in America, she was the pioneer of research on African-American quiltmaking. Her involvement in quilt research spans from founding and par
#14 Perpessicius
Perpessicius ( Romanian: [perpeˈsit͡ʃjus] ; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu , also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru , D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius ; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer. One of the promine
Julian Clarence Levi (December 8, 1874 – August 23, 1971) was an American architect, watercolor painter, and philanthropist. [1] Artist, architect and physician Julian Clarence Levi Born ( 1874-12-08 ) December 8, 1874 New York City, US Died August 23, 1971 (1971-08-23) (aged 96) New York City, US
#16 Andrei Pleșu
Andrei Gabriel Pleșu ( Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej ɡabriˈel ˈpleʃu] ; born 23 August 1948) is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics, having been appointed Minister of Culture (1989–91), Minister of Foreign Affair
#17 Guillermo Tovar y de Teresa
Guillermo Tovar de Teresa ( Mexico City , August 23, 1956 – idem , November 10, 2013) was a Mexican historian and an art collector (mainly of painting, literature and ancient books, deeply knowledgeable about the work of the great photographers in Mexico), bibliographer , philanthropist, cultural pr
#18 Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot ( / ˈ d iː d ə r oʊ / ; [3] French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo] ; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic , and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert . He was a prominent fi
#19 Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 , Ikeda Daisaku , born 2 January 1928) is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. [2] [3] [4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai , the largest of Japan's new religious movements . [5] :
#20 Heribert Reiners
Heribert Reiners (23 August 1884 – 4 June 1960) was a German art historian and academic teacher at the Universities in Bonn and Fribourg . [1] German art historian
#1 Statue of Charles James Fox
The statue of Charles James Fox stands at the north end of Bloomsbury Square in the London borough of Camden . Erected in 1816, the sculptor was Richard Westmacott . It commemorates the Whig politician who died in 1806. Fox is shown in the garb of a Roman senator. The statue is a Grade II* listed st
#2 Independence Monument, Kyiv
The Independence Monument is a victory column located on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv , commemorating the independence of Ukraine in 1991. Victory column in Kyiv, Ukraine Independence Monument Монумент Незалежності Independence Monument in Maidan Nezalezhnosti Coordinates 50°26
The Andrés Bonifacio Monument , commonly known simply as Bonifacio Monument or Monumento , is a memorial monument in Caloocan , Philippines which was designed by the National Artist Guillermo Tolentino to commemorate Philippine revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio , the founder and Supremo of the Katipuna
Boulton, Watt and Murdoch is a gilded bronze statue depicting Matthew Boulton , James Watt , and William Murdoch by William Bloye , assisted by Raymond Forbes Kings . It stands on a plinth of Portland stone . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2017 ) Boulton, Watt and
Chair is a public artwork designed as an advertisement by Bassett Furniture, located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Ave. and V. Street S.E., in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. , United States. Chair was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture
#6 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
The Horse Monument to Platov [1] - a monument in the city of Novocherkassk , Rostov Region . [2] The bronze monument to Platov sitting on horseback is set on Platovsky Prospekt in front of the Ascension Cathedral. It was opened in 2003. The authors of the monument are sculptor Sknarin, the Honored A
#8 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
#9 Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial
Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial (also known as: "Man at the Wheel" statue or "Fishermen's Memorial Cenotaph") is a historic memorial cenotaph sculpture on South Stacy Boulevard, near entrance of Stacy Esplanade in Gloucester, Massachusetts , built in 1925. United States historic place Gloucester Fis
#10 Chicago Picasso
The Chicago Picasso (often just The Picasso ) is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois . The Picasso "precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative." [1] Sculpture by Pablo Picas
#11 Statue of George H. Perkins
The statue of George H. Perkins is a public memorial that stands on the grounds of the New Hampshire State House in Concord , New Hampshire , United States . The statue was designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French , with architect Henry Bacon designing the remainder of the public monument . It hon
#12 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
#13 Statue of Lord Nelson, Bridgetown
A bronze statue of British naval officer Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson was installed at National Heroes Square (formerly Trafalgar Square) in Bridgetown , Barbados from 1813 to 2020. [1] It has since been relocated to the Barbados Museum . Statue formerly installed in Bridgetown, Barbados Stat
#14 Monument to Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg
The Monument to Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg ( Russian: Памятник Ельцину , romanized: Pamyatnik Yeltsinu ) is a monument to Boris Yeltsin , the first President of Russia , Soviet party, Russian political and state leader, one of the founders of postsoviet Russia, in Yekaterinburg , the oblast ce
#15 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
#16 Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin , located in the Freedom Square , Kharkiv , Ukraine , that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the m
#17 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
Jackson Memorial Fountain is a historic fountain located at the entrance to City Park at Parkersburg , Wood County, West Virginia . It was built in 1905 and is a cast iron structure that originally had three tiers. The second tier is topped by Parkersburg's Lady of the Lake statue. It features elabo
#19 The Little Mermaid (statue)
The Little Mermaid ( Danish : Den lille Havfrue ) is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen , depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen , Denmark. [lower-alpha 1] It is 1.25 metres (4.1 ft) tall [2] and weighs 175
#20 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