langs: 29 августа [ru] / august 29 [en] / 29. august [de] / 29 août [fr] / 29 agosto [it] / 29 de agosto [es]
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Christina Quarles (born 1985) is a queer, mixed contemporary American artist and writer, living and working in Los Angeles, whose gestural, abstract paintings confront themes of racial and sexual identities, gender, and queerness. She grew up as an only child to a single mother and started drawing f
Stephen Morgan Etnier (September 11, 1903 – November 7, 1984) was an American realist painter, painting for six decades. His work is distinguished by a mixture of realism and luminism , favoring industrial and working scenes, but always imbued with atmospheric light. Geographically, his career spann
Patrick Procktor RA (12 March 1936 – 29 August 2003) was a British painter and printmaker. [1] British artist (1936–2003)
#4 Bryan Organ
Bryan Organ (born 31 August 1935 [1] in Leicester ) [2] is a British artist considered one of the leading and most innovative English portrait painters of the 20th century. His paintings have included portraits of prominent public figures and of members of the British royal family . [3] Organ is als
Alfred-Pierre Joseph Agache ( French: [alfʁɛd aɡaʃ] ; 29 August 1843 – 15 September 1915), also known simply as Alfred Agache , was a French academic painter . French painter (1843–1915) This article is about Alfred Agache the painter. For the architect of the same name, see Alfred Agache (archi
#6 Walt Speck
Walt Speck (August 29, 1896 – October 11, 1979) was an American painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics . [1] American painter Walt Speck Born ( 1896-08-29 ) August 29, 1896 Detroit , Michigan, United States Died October 11, 1979 (1979-10-
#7 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
Frederick Schiller Cozzens (1846–1928) was an American marine artist . [1] American marine artist Fred S. Cozzens most notable work was of yachts
#9 Suze Oosterhuis-van der Stok
Johanna Suzanna Oosterhuis-van der Stok (1910-1989) was a Dutch ceramist. Dutch artist Suze Oosterhuis-van der Stok Born Suze van der Stok ( 1910-07-17 ) 17 July 1910 The Hague, Netherlands Died 29 August 1989 (1989-08-29) (aged 79) Amersfoort, Netherlands Nationality Dutch Other names Johanna S
#10 Grigory Gagarin
Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin ( Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Гагарин , 11 May [ O.S. 29 April ] 1810 - 30 January [ O.S. 18 January ] 1893 ) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. [1] Russian painter Portrait of Grigory Gagarin by Alexandr Munster
#11 Hermann Nitsch
Hermann Nitsch (29 August 1938 – 18 April 2022) [1] was an Austrian contemporary artist and composer. His art encompassed wide-scale performances incorporating theater, multimedia , rituals and acted violence. He was a leading figure of Viennese Actionism . Austrian artist (1938–2022) Hermann Nitsch
#12 Andy Strangeway
Andy Strangeway (born 1965 in Londesborough , East Riding of Yorkshire ) is a decorator and adventurer from the Yorkshire Wolds . He has landed and slept on all 162 of Scotland's islands of 100 acres (40 hectares) and above. He completed this challenge on 29 August 2007 after landing on Soay, St. Ki
Yamashita Shintarō ( 山下新太郎 ) (29 August 1881 – 11 April 1966) was a Japanese yōga painter. [1] Yamashita Shintarō 山下新太郎 Self-portrait (1904) Born ( 1881-08-29 ) August 29, 1881 Arakawa, Tokyo , Japan Died April 11, 1966 (1966-04-11) (aged 84) Minato, Tokyo , Japan Nationality Japanese Education
#14 Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall [lower-alpha 1] (born Moishe Shagal ; 6 July [ O.S. 24 June ] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. [2] [1] An early modernist , he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, b
#15 Han Sai Por
Han Sai Por ( simplified Chinese : 韩少芙 ; traditional Chinese : 韓少芙 ; pinyin : Hán Shào Fú ; born 19 July 1943 [1] ) is a Singaporean sculptor . A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), East Ham College of Art, Wolverhampton College of Art (now the School of Art and Design of the Univer
Irene E. Parmelee , her surname also spelled Parmely (1847 – 1934), [1] was an American painter and portrait artist. American painter Irene E. Parmalee Born 1847 Guilford, Connecticut Died ( 1934-08-29 ) August 29, 1934 Los Angeles , California Nationality American Education Nathaniel Jocelyn , Yale
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother. [1] Irish artist (1871–1957) Jack Butler Yeats Yeats in 1904 Born John Butler Yeats ( 1871-08-29 ) 29 August 1871 London , England Died 28 March 1957 (1957-03-28) (aged 85)
William Brockedon (13 October 1787 – 29 August 1854) was a 19th-century English painter, writer and inventor. English painter Self portrait
#19 Erik Henningsen
Erik Ludvig Henningsen (29 August 1855 – 28 November 1930) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his Social Realist paintings of poor and exposed groups in the 1880s and 1890s. He was the younger brother of Frants Henningsen who was also a painter. Erik Henningsen Henningsen pho
#20 Mary Sully
Mary Sully (1896–1963) was a Yankton Dakota avant-garde artist. [1] [2] Her work was largely unknown until the early 21st century. [3] American artist Mary Sully Born Susan Mabel Deloria ( 1896-05-02 ) May 2, 1896 Standing Rock Indian Reservation , South Dakota Died August 29, 1963 (1963-08-29) (age
#1 Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme
The Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme is a private art museum in Chianciano Terme , in Tuscany in central Italy. Its collections range from contemporary to Asian art . [1] [2] The museum was founded Roberto Gagliardi in 2009. [3] It houses about 1000 works [1] and occupies 3000 m 2 in a former hotel
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
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
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
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
#7 North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina . It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding. [1] Since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, the Museum has continue
#8 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
#9 Bangabandhu Memorial Museum
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum [lower-alpha 1] , also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or simply as Dhanmondi 32 was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman alias Bangabandhu, the founding father and president of Bangladesh. [1] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated with most members of his family
#10 Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
The Kamakura Museum of National Treasures ( 鎌倉国宝館 , Kamakura Kokuhōkan ) or Kamakura Museum or Kamakura National Treasure House is a museum located on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Yukinoshita, Kamakura , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan . The museum houses around 4800 objects from the Kamakur
#11 Museum of Religious Art (Certaldo)
The Museum of Religious Art' ( Museo di Arte Sacra ) is an art gallery and museum in Certaldo , opened in 2001 and (with the Palazzo Pretorio and the House of Giovanni Boccaccio ) one of the town's three museums. It is based on the site of a former Augustinian monastery in the medieval upper town [1
#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
Graves Art Gallery is an art gallery in Sheffield , England . The gallery is located above the Central Library in Sheffield city centre. It houses permanent displays from the city’s historic and contemporary collection of British and European art along with a programme of temporary exhibitions. Grav
#14 Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
The Gallery of Modern Art ( GOMA ) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA . Art museum in Queensland, Australia Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Main entrance to GOMA. Established Decem
#15 TeamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com
teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com is an art facility that utilizes digital technology and was established by teamLab and DMM.com . It is located in 6-chome, Toyosu , Koto-ku, Tokyo.
#16 Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa ( Zeitz MOCAA ) is a public non-profit museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Zeitz MOCAA opened on September 22, 2017 [1] as the largest museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. [2] The museum is located in the Silo District at the Victoria & Alfr
#17 National Gallery Singapore
The National Gallery Singapore , often known exonymously as the National Gallery , is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore . It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern wo
#18 Museum of Modern Art Australia
The Museum of Modern Art Australia ( MOMAA ), alternatively named the 'Museum of Modern Art of Australia,' or, according to McCulloch , the 'Museum of Modern Art and Design' (MOMAD), [1] was founded by Australian art patron John Reed in 1958 in Tavistock Place, a lane-way off 376 Flinders Street , M
#19 Glenbow Museum
The Glenbow Museum is an art and history regional museum in the city of Calgary , Alberta , Canada. The museum focuses on Western Canadian history and culture, including Indigenous perspectives. The Glenbow was established as a private non-profit foundation in 1955 by lawyer, businessman and philant
#1 Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God
The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God ( Russian : Феодоровская икона Божией Матери ), also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia , is the patron icon of the Romanov family. It is one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region . Her feast days are Ma
Theotokos of Port Arthur ( Our Lady of Port Arthur , also known in Russian as Theotokos upon Swords and the Far Eastern Gatekeeper [1] ) is an Eastern Orthodox icon , representing the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) with the Mandylion and God the Father , flanked by two angels. The icon's dimensions (withou
#3 La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra (Calif. 1996)
La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra: California 1996 is a 10 ft x 30 ft rectangular mural, currently located in the University of Southern California 's Graduate Student Lounge within the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. [1] The mural was painted by artist Judy Baca in collaboration with students from the U
#4 Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen and Leonard
Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen and Leonard or Four Saints is a 1514 oil on canvas altarpiece by Correggio , now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . He painted it for the church of Santa Maria della Misericordia and it shows Saint Peter , Saint Martha , Mary Magdalene and Leonar
#5 Portrait of Lady Theresa Shirley
The Portrait of Lady Shirley is a 1622 painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck , a Flemish Baroque artist. It is a portrait of Teresa Sampsonia (1589–1668), a Circassian noblewoman of the Safavid Empire of Iran . She was the wife of Elizabethan English adventurer Robert Shirley , whom she accompanied on hi
#6 The Danish Constituent Assembly
The Danish Constituent Assembly ( Danish . Den Grundlovsgivende Rigsforsamling ) is a monumental oil painting by Constantin Hansen depicting the Danish Constituent Assembly 's first meeting on 23 October 1848 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen , Denmark . The painting was commissioned by merchan
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
Charlotte Klonk is a German art historian . [1] Klonk is most notable for her work on English landscape art in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, as well as for her work on museum interiors, particularly the white cube. She is currently a professor of art history at the Humboldt Unive
Pinkney Near (1927 - 1990) was curator of the Cincinnati Museum of Art and afterward curator of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for thirty years. He was responsible for the VMFA 's acquisition of many treasured works of art, including arranging for the museum to purchase from John Lee Pratt the Fra
Sydney M. Irmas (July 27, 1925 – August 29, 1996) [1] was an American attorney, investor, philanthropist and art collector. American lawyer Sydney M. Irmas Born July 27, 1925 Los Angeles, California, US Died August 29, 1996 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, US Education University of California, Lo
#5 Paige Powell
Paige Powell (born 1950 or 1951) [1] is an American photographer, curator , art consultant , and animal rights activist . Powell was the public affairs director of the Portland Zoo before she moved to New York City in 1980. Between 1982 and 1994, she worked at Interview magazine. She started out sel
Erik Georg Ragnar Kruskopf (born 29 August 1930 in Helsinki ) is a Finland-Swedish art critic, art historian and writer. He has also worked as among assistant director at the Finnish National Opera , editor at the Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet and art history professor at the University of Tro
Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo (born 29 August 1946) is an Indian historian and archaeologist. He is from Khariar , Nuapada , Odisha, India . [1] He is the president of Khariar Sahitya Samiti. He is a famous archaeologist and authors of several books on Odisha. He has discovered of pre-historic rock art
Antoine Schnapper (10 July 1933 – 29 August 2004) was a French art historian on art of the 17th and the 18th century. A student of André Chastel , he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre in 1989 on Jacques-Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of th
David Mirvish , CM OOnt (born August 29, 1944) is a Canadian art collector, art dealer, theatre producer, real estate developer and son of the late Toronto discount department store owner "Honest" Ed Mirvish and artist Anne Lazar Macklin. Canadian art collector, businessman (b. 1944) David Mirvish 8
#10 Johnny Roosval
John (Johnny) August Emanuel Roosval (29 August 1879 – 18 October 1965) was a Swedish art historian , Medieval ecclesiastical art specialist, and university professor. Johnny Roosval
#11 Jack Hillier (art historian)
Jack Ronald Hillier (29 August 1912 – 5 January 1995) was a British scholar of Japanese art. Hillier was born on 29 August 1912 in Fulham , England to Charles Hillier and his wife Minnie (née Davies). [1] His father was a postman; one of five siblings, Hillier had a "happy, if slightly impoverished,
#12 David M. Heyman
David Melville Heyman (August 29, 1891 – January 7, 1984) was an American financier, health services leader, philanthropist, and art collector . Heyman founded the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York in 1942 and the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York in 1944, and served a
#13 Ion Vinea
Ion Vinea (born Ioan Eugen Iovanaki , sometimes Iovanache ; April 17, 1895 – July 6, 1964) was a Romanian poet, novelist, journalist, literary theorist, and political figure. He became active on the modernist scene during his teens—his poetic work being always indebted to the Symbolist movement —and
#14 Kim H. Veltman
Kim (Keimpe) Henry Veltman (5 September 1948 – 1 April 2020) [1] was a Dutch/Canadian historian of science and art , director of the Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (VMMI), consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of "linear perspective and the visual dimensions of s
#1 Statue of George Frisbie Hoar
The George Frisbie Hoar statue is a public monument in Worcester , Massachusetts , United States . Located on the north side of the Worcester City Hall , the monument honors George Frisbie Hoar , a politician from the city. The monument, which consists of a statue designed by Daniel Chester French ,
The Statue of Erasmus is a public monument by Hendrick de Keyser in Rotterdam , the Netherlands . Statue of Erasmus Location Grotekerkplein, Rotterdam Designer Hendrick de Keyser Material Bronze Height 223 cm Weight 1,554 kg Dedicated date 22 April 1622 Restored date 1677, 1964, 1998
#3 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
Northumberlandia (the "Lady of the North") is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington , Northumberland , northern England . Northumberlandia under construction in August 2011 The head pictured from below showing lips, nostrils, e
#5 Statue of Nelson Mandela, Parliament Square
Nelson Mandela is a bronze sculpture in Parliament Square , London, of former President of South Africa and anti- apartheid activist Nelson Mandela . Originally proposed to Mandela by Donald Woods in 2001, a fund was set up and led by Woods's wife and Lord Richard Attenborough after the death of Woo
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial is a state historic site operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency . It is located in a small park at the intersection of Main and Ottawa Streets in Troy Grove, Illinois . The memorial marks the site of the birthplace of “Wild Bill” Hickok and features a plaque
The Macdonald Monument ( French : Monument à Sir John A. Macdonald ) is a monument to John A. Macdonald , first Prime Minister of Canada , by sculptor George Edward Wade (1853-1933), located at Place du Canada in Montreal , Quebec , Canada. Former monument in Montreal Macdonald Monument Monument à S
#9 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
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933, none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being
#11 Statue of Robert Burns (Albany, New York)
A statue of Robert Burns stands in Washington Park in Albany , New York, United States. The statue was designed by Charles Calverley and was unveiled in 1888. Four bas-reliefs around its pedestal, in part designed by George Henry Boughton , were later added in 1891. The statue is one of the oldest p
The Oregon Holocaust Memorial is an outdoor memorial dedicated to victims of the Holocaust . [1] Located in Portland , Oregon 's Washington Park , the memorial was dedicated on August 29, 2004. Owned by the American Jewish Committee and constructed by Atlas Landscape Architecture and the Walsh Const
#13 First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark
First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark is a marble monument with bas-relief and inscription by sculptor Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941) near the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey . It was dedicated in 1916. [2] It was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 19
The End of the Trail is a sculpture by James Earle Fraser located in Waupun, Wisconsin , United States. It depicts a weary Native American man hanging limp as his weary horse comes to the edge of the Pacific Ocean. [1] The statue is a commentary on the damage Euro-American settlement inflicted upon
The Monument to Faina Ranevskaya , designed and sculpted by David Begalov is located in front of Faina Ranevskaya 's birth house in Taganrog , Russia. Monument to Faina Ranevskaya Памятник Ф.Г.Раневской Location Taganrog Designer David Begalov Material bronze Height 215cm Completion date 2008 Open
#16 Peter Pan statue
The statue of Peter Pan is a 1912 bronze sculpture of J. M. Barrie 's character Peter Pan . It was commissioned by Barrie and made by Sir George Frampton . The original statue is displayed in Kensington Gardens in London, to the west of The Long Water , close to Barrie's former home on Bayswater Roa