langs: 8 августа [ru] / august 8 [en] / 8. august [de] / 8 août [fr] / 8 agosto [it] / 8 de agosto [es]
days: august 5 / august 6 / august 7 / august 8 / august 9 / august 10 / august 11
#1 Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions . Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He
Horst Widmann (born 8 August 1938 in Leoben , Austria ) is an Austrian painter. Austrian painter (born 1938) Horst Widmann Born ( 1938-08-08 ) 8 August 1938 (age 83) Leoben , Austria Nationality Austrian Education School of Art in Linz, Austria Known for Painting Between 1959 and 1963, he studie
Friedrich Georg Weitsch (8 August 1758, Braunschweig – 30 May 1828, Berlin ) was a German painter and etcher . German painter This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( March 2021 ) Self-portra
Milton H. Greene (March 14, 1922 – August 8, 1985) was an American fashion and celebrity photographer and film and television producer, best known for his photo shoots with Marilyn Monroe . American photographer and film producer (1922–1985) "Milton Greene" redirects here. For the 30 Rock character,
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
Marij Pregelj (8 August 1913 – 18 March 1967) was a Slovene painter, considered one of the key figures in Slovene painting in the second half of the 20th century. [1] Slovenian painter and illustrator (1913–1967) Marij Pregelj Born ( 1913-08-08 ) 8 August 1913 Kranj , Slovenia Died ( 1967-03-18 ) 18
Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the well-known poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (" O Holy Night ") (1847), which was set to music by Adolphe Adam . French poet This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sour
#8 Jake Day
Maurice "Jake" Day (July 2, 1892 – May 17, 1983) was an American artist, sculptor, photographer, [1] naturalist and illustrator. He is best known for creating the fawn-like character of Bambi for the 1942 animated Walt Disney feature film Bambi . [3] American artist, creator of Bambi This article is
#9 Karl Rauber
Karl Rauber (8 August 1866, in Konstanz – 5 August 1909, in Solothurn ) was a Swiss history, landscape, and genre painter. Swiss painter This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( October 2021
#10 Don Leicht
Don Leicht (October 12, 1946 – January 22, 2021) was a visual artist who has worked as a painter and sculptor in the Bronx , New York City for over forty years. Leicht has had one person exhibitions in New York, Sweden and (Germany) and is an early figure in the New York City downtown scene in the 1
Antoine Chintreuil (May 15, 1814 – August 8, 1873) was a French landscape painter. He was among the starving artists who lived la vie de bohéme in Paris in the 1840s, as popularized by his friend and fellow Bohemian , the novelist Henri Murger . In 1863, he was one of the principal organizers of the
#12 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
#13 Monica Sjöö
Monica Sjöö (December 31, 1938 – August 8, 2005) was a Swedish-born British-based painter, writer and radical anarcho/ eco-feminist who was an early exponent of the Goddess movement . [1] Her books and paintings were foundational to the development of feminist art in Britain, beginning at the time o
#14 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
#15 Denis Dighton
Denis Dighton (1792 – 8 August 1827) was an English painter , best known for his military portraits and battle scenes. English painter (1792–1827) The Fall of Nelson , Battle of Trafalgar
#16 Garry Kennedy
Garry Neill Kennedy , CM RCA (6 November 1935 [1] – 8 August 2021) was a Canadian conceptual artist and educator from Halifax, Nova Scotia . In the mid-1970s, he created works that investigated the processes and materials of painting. In the first decade of the 2000s, he expanded his work to investi
#17 Hendrik Scheffer
Hendrik Scheffer (The Hague, 25 September 1798 – Paris, 15 March 1862) was a Dutch painter in the Romantic tradition who lived in France for most of his life. In France he is usually known as Henri Scheffer . Dutch painter Hendrik Scheffer Hendrik Scheffer (photo by Pierre Petit ) Born ( 1798-09-25
#18 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
#19 Alexander Nelke
Sergei Alexander Nelke (December 14, 1894 — August 8, 1974) was an Estonian-American artist in the mid to late 20th century. He is primarily known as marine and landscape artist specializing in square rigged sailing vessels. [1] Estonian-American painter Alexander Nelke Alexander Nelke circa 1939 Bo
#20 Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams
Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams ( née Amherst ; 9 July 1801 – 8 August 1876) was an English artist and botanical illustrator. [1] [2] She was born on 9 July 1801 to Sarah Amherst and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst . [3] She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed several w
#1 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#2 Korean Cultural Center New York
The Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) (Korean: 뉴욕한국문화원), a branch of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of South Korea , is a government institution supported by the Korean Consulate General. Inaugurated in December 1979, KCCNY works to establish and promote Korean cu
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum ( TFAM ; Chinese : 台北市立美術館 ; pinyin : Táiběi Shìlì Měishùguǎn ) is a museum in Zhongshan District , Taipei , Taiwan . It is in the Taipei Expo Park . The museum first opened on August 8, 1983, at the former site of the United States Taiwan Defense Command . It was the fir
The Chambers Institution is a municipal structure in the High Street in Peebles , Scotland. The structure, which was designed to accommodate a library, a museum, an art gallery and Peebles Burgh Hall , is a Category A listed building . [1] Municipal Building in Peebles, Scotland Chambers Institution
The Carmel Art Association (CAA) is a Not-for-profit arts organization and gallery located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California . The CAA is Carmel's oldest gallery. It features the work of many local artists living on the Monterey Peninsula . Many of its members were early California artists. The CAA i
#6 National Gallery (Thailand)
The National Gallery ( Thai : พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ หอศิลป ) is an art gallery and one of Thailand's national museums . It is located on Chao Fa Road in Bangkok 's historic Phra Nakhon District , and is housed in the building of the former Royal Thai Mint . The gallery's collections range from tradi
#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
The Night of the Arts ( Finnish : Taiteiden yö , Swedish : Konstens natt ) is an annual event held in several major cities in Finland , usually in August. E.g. in 2019: Helsinki, Turku and Oulu 15 August; Tampere and Vaasa 8 August. It is one of many White Night festivals held worldwide. This articl
Decima Gallery (also Decima Projects , Decima International Arts or Decima ) is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects. [1] It is owned and managed by David West, [1] [2] [3] [4] Alex Chappel, [1] [2] [4] [5] Larry McGinity [5] and Mark Reeves. [4] [5] A
The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) is located in Montclair , New Jersey , United States, a few miles west of New York City. Since it opened in 1914 as the first museum in New Jersey that granted access to the public and the first dedicated solely to art, it has been privately funded. Its collection of m
The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda , Eastern Cape , South Africa . The owner, Helen Martins, turned her house and the area around it into a visionary environment , elaborately decorated with ground glass and containing more than 300 statues including owls , camels , peacocks , pyramids , and
#12 Musée Dobrée
The Musée Dobrée is a museum in Nantes , in the quartier Graslin in the immediate outskirts of the city centre and very close to the city's Natural History Museum . It was given to the city by Thomas Dobrée (13 August 1810 – 1895) and now belongs to the Conseil général de la Loire-Atlantique . In Ja
Arter is a contemporary art museum in the Dolapdere district of Istanbul , Turkey . Art center in Turkey Arter Arter, Dolapdere, architectural rendering by Grimshaw Architects Established 8 May 2010 ( 8 May 2010 ) Location Irmak Avenue No: 13, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey Type Non-profit art institut
#14 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.
The Mdina Cathedral Museum is a religious art museum located inside the mediaeval walled city of Mdina, Malta . The museum is housed within a baroque building, that was built as a Jesuit Seminary. It can be found on the right-hand side of the St. Paul’s Cathedral , in Archbishop’s Square. The museum
The Neue Galerie New York ( German for "New Gallery") is a museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design located in the William Starr Miller House at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City . Established in 2001, it is one of the most recent additions to New York City's
#17 Guild Hall of East Hampton
Guild Hall of East Hampton in the incorporated Village of East Hampton on Long Island 's East End, is one of the United States' first multidisciplinary cultural institutions. Opened in 1931, it was designed by architect Aymar Embury II and includes a visual art museum with three galleries and the Jo
The Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art was an art museum in Northampton, Massachusetts devoted to exhibitions of narrative art , cartoons , comic books , and graphic novels . Open to the public from 1992 to 1999, the Museum's collection at one point numbered 20,000 original works from hu
Greenspon was an art gallery located in the West Village of New York City owned by Amy Greenspon . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( July 2018 ) 71 Morton Street in New York City Founded on a partnership with art dealer Mi
#20 QAGOMA
[3] The Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art , colloquially known as QAGOMA , is an art museum in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. It consists of the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), which is the main building, and a second gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), situated 150 m (490
#1 Soviet Russia (Exhibition, 1967)
Third National Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia" (Moscow, 1967) ( Russian : Третья Республиканская художественная выставка "Советская Россия" 1967 года ) became a main national art event of 1967, as well as one of the largest Soviet art exhibitions of the 1960s. The exhibition took place in Manezh Exhi
#2 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
#3 Black Lives Matter street mural (Indianapolis)
The Black Lives Matter street mural in Indianapolis is a large, colorful mural reading " #BLACKLIVESMATTER ", with a raised fist , that 18 artists painted across a downtown roadway in August 2020, as part of the George Floyd protests . The mural is located on Indiana Avenue , the historic hub of the
#4 Colin Lauder
Colin Lauder (c. 1750 – 25 October 1831), Worlds End Close, Edinburgh ) was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh FRCSEd, and a burgess of Edinburgh . His portrait was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresp
The Auswandererdenkmal ( German for Emigrant Memorial ) is a statue in the port of Bremerhaven , Germany , that depicts an emigrant family. [1] Cast in bronze, it shows an emigrant family with the father looking forward toward the New World and the mother looking back as she leaves the old country.
The Story of Maths is a four-part British television series outlining aspects of the history of mathematics . It was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in October 2008 on BBC Four . The material was written and presented by University of Oxford professor Marcus du Saut
#7 Statue of John Robert Godley
The Godley Statue is a bronze statue situated in Cathedral Square in Christchurch , New Zealand. It commemorates the "Founder of Canterbury " John Robert Godley . It was the first statue portraying a person in New Zealand. The statue fell off its plinth in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake a
Scarlat A. Cantacuzino (June 6, 1874 – August 8, 1949) was a Romanian poet, essayist and diplomat.
#2 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
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
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history . [1] Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the foll
Kurt Nikolai Zoege von Manteuffel (8 August 1881 – 10 January 1941) was a Baltic German art historian . Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel was born in present-day Tallinn , Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire ) and spent his childhood in Estonia. His father belonged to the Balt
Joseph Henri Lemonnier (8 August 1842, Saint-Prix - 17 May 1936, Paris ) was a French art historian ; the first to hold the chair of art history at the Sorbonne . Not to be confused with Henry Monnier (1799-1877), the French actor and playwright This article needs additional citations for verificati
Alexei Komech (8 August 1936 – 28 February 2007) [1] was a Russian preservationist , architectural historian and art critic who helped protect the cultural heritage of Moscow and Saint Petersburg for over 50 years. He was the Director of the Moscow Art History Institute and a member of the Moscow's
Frédéric Henri Godefroid Émile Constantin ( Fritz ) ridder Mayer van den Bergh (22 April 1858 - 4 May 1901) was a Belgian art collector and art historian. Ridder Mayer van den Bergh by Jozef Janssens de Varebeke
Françoise Cachin (8 May 1936, Paris – 4 February 2011, Paris) was a French art historian and curator . She was the founding director of the Musée d’Orsay and the author of numerous books on 19th-century French painting. French art historian Françoise Cachin Françoise Cachin in 1996 Born 8 May 1936 P
#10 Walter Armstrong (art historian)
Sir Walter Armstrong (7 February 1850 Hawick , Roxburghshire – 8 August 1918 London ) was a British art historian and author . [1] The family vault of Sir Walter Armstrong in the Lebanon Circle at Highgate Cemetery British art historian and author Bust by Edward Onslow Ford
Alfred Flechtheim (1 April 1878 – 9 March 1937) was a German Jewish art dealer, art collector, journalist and publisher persecuted by the Nazis. Alfred Flechtheim Photograph by Jacob Hilsdorf (1910) Born ( 1878-04-01 ) 1 April 1878 Münster , Westphalia , German Empire Died 9 March 1937 (1937-03-09)
#12 Mária Molnár
Mária Molnár (born Budapest, 8 August 1966) is a Hungarian art historian, art critic , and art collection curator . She is the founding editor-in-chief of the tri-lingual Central European periodical, Praesens [1] and the founding chair of the National Art Salon of Hungary's "Foundation for a Civil H
#13 David Rosand
David Rosand (September 6, 1938 – August 8, 2014) was an American art historian , university professor and writer. He died on August 8, 2014 from cardiac amyloidosis . [1] Rosand specialized in Italian Renaissance art , [1] and was known for his scholarly work on Venice and Venetian artists, in part
#14 Bamber Gascoigne
Arthur Bamber Gascoigne CBE FRSL (24 January 1935 – 8 February 2022) was an English television presenter and author. He was the original quizmaster on University Challenge , which initially ran from 1962 to 1987. English TV presenter and author (1935–2022) For the 18th-century British politicians, s
Lionel Benedict Nicolson MVO (6 August 1914 – 22 May 1978) was a British art historian and author. British art historian Not to be confused with the 20th-century British painter Ben Nicholson . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citation
#16 H. W. Janson
Horst Woldemar Janson (October 4, 1913 – September 30, 1982), was a Russian Empire-born German-American professor of art history best known for his History of Art , which was first published in 1962 and has since sold more than four million copies in fifteen languages. American art historian H. W. J
Juliet Wilson–Bareau (born 1935) is a British art historian , curator , and independent scholar , specialising in Francisco Goya and Édouard Manet . [1] From 1993 to 1994, she held the Slade Professorship of Fine Art at the University of Oxford . [2] She curated a show on Goya at the Museo del Prado
#18 Alexia Guggemos
Alexia Guggémos , (August 8, 1966) is a French art critic , curator , writer and digital sociologist . [1] The Art Gorgeous Magazine ranked her in the top 20 most influential women of the French art scene (2019). [2] Alexia-guggemos She writes on Le Huffington Post , 20 Minutes and is the founder of
#19 Miroslav Tyrš
Miroslav Tyrš (born Friedrich Emanuel Tirsch , in Czech: Bedřich Tyrš ; [1] 17 September 1832 – 8 August 1884) was a Czech philosopher, [2] art historian , sports organizer and together with Jindřich Fügner the cofounder of the Sokol movement. Portrait by Jan Vilímek Portrait by František Ženíšek Ty
#20 Iain Pears
Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955 [1] ) is an English art historian , novelist and journalist. [2] [3] Iain Pears at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Mehmetçik Monument (Kartaltepe Mehmetçik Monument) is a monumental sculpture featuring a Turkish soldier on Kartaltepe of Polatlı , a rural area of Ankara Province , Turkey . The name of the monument Mehmetçik is the diminutive form of the common name Mehmet, which is used to nickname Turkish soldie
The St. Jakobs Memorial is a statue originally erected in 1824 in the Canton Basel , Switzerland in memory of the fallen Swiss soldiers in the Battle of St.Jakob at the Birs of 1444. Due to extensive maintaining costs the government demanded the replacement of the first memorial with one built from
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
#4 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
#5 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
Playing the Building was an art installation by David Byrne , ex singer of Talking Heads , and Färgfabriken , an independent art venue in Stockholm . It originally ran from October 8 to November 13, 2005, at Färgfabriken. The concept would later be realized in New York City in the Battery Maritime B
The John B. Castleman Monument , within the Cherokee Triangle of Louisville, Kentucky , was unveiled on November 8, 1913. [2] The model, selected from a competition to which numerous sculptors contributed, was designed by R. Hinton Perry of New York. The statue was erected to honor John Breckinridge
World peace ( Finnish : Maailman rauha or Rauha maailmalle , [1] Swedish : Världsfreden , Russian : Мир во всем мире ) is a bronze sculpture donated by the city of Moscow , Russia to the city of Helsinki , Finland , created by sculptor Oleg Kiryuhin . The sculpture was located at Hakaniemenranta in
The Shoreline memorial is a monument located in Slottsskogen , a large park in central Gothenburg , Sweden . The installation commemorates the location of the final reunion of the band Broder Daniel in 2008. The memorial, in Slottsskogen.
The Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia , United States, from 1980 to 2022. It was 19 feet 3 inches (5.87 m) tall and made from six granite slabs weighing a total of 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg) . [1] The structure was sometimes referred to as an "A
#11 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
#12 Project Graham
Project Graham (also Graham and Meet Graham ) is a lifelike figure depicting what a human would look like if the species evolved to survive car crashes . Created as part of a road safety campaign for the Australian Transport Accident Commission (TAC), [1] it was meant to symbolize the vulnerability
#13 Soldiers' Monument (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
The Soldiers' Monument is a controversial memorial monument at the center of the Santa Fe Plaza . It was erected as a 33 feet (10 m) stone cenotaph , consisting of an obelisk and a plinth during 1867–1868. During the late nineteenth century, the monument was used for annual Memorial Day events, a
The York City War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in York in the north of England. Proposals for commemorating York's war dead originated in 1919 but proved controversial. Initial discussions focused on whether a memorial should be a monument or shoul