langs: 10 декабря [ru] / december 10 [en] / 10. dezember [de] / 10 décembre [fr] / 10 dicembre [it] / 10 de diciembre [es]
days: december 7 / december 8 / december 9 / december 10 / december 11 / december 12 / december 13
Nathan Corwith Wyeth (April 20, 1870 – August 30, 1963) was an American architect . He is best known for designing the West Wing of the White House , creating the first Oval Office . He designed a large number of structures in Washington, D.C. , including the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potoma
Lillian McNeill Palmer (1871-1961) was an American coppersmith and metalsmith whose work was part of the California Arts and Crafts movement. She worked in tandem with her longtime companion, architect Emily Williams and was the founder of the Women's Business and Professional Club in San Francisco.
Arthur Hardwick Marsh (27 January 1842 – 10 December 1909) was a British painter and watercolourist who flourished during the late Victorian era . English painter Window attributed to A. H. Marsh in Holy Trinity Church in Aldershot , Hampshire
Jasuben Shilpi or Jasu Shilpi [4] (10 December 1948 – 14 January 2013) was an Indian bronze sculpture artist. In her career she made more than 525 bust size and 225 large size statues. She was popularly known as "The Bronze woman of India". [5] Indian bronze sculptor Jasuben Shilpi Born December 10,
#5 Na Hye-sok
Na Hyeseok ( Korean : 나혜석 ; Hanja : 羅蕙錫 , 28 April 1896 – 10 December 1948) was a Korean feminist , poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. [1] Her pen name was Jeongwol (Hangul: 정월, 晶月). [2] She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter. She was the first female professional
Dong-shin Bae ( Korean : 배동신, June 16, 1920 – December 10, 2008) was a Korean artist and watercolor painter. He was a Western painter of Japanese Joseon and South Korea .In 1937, at the age of 17, he went to Japan to study art. In 1943, he graduated from the Department of Western Painting at the Kaw
#7 Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson (May 15, 1974) is a Los Angeles –based painter, illustrator, and author who is best known for his paintings often featured on the covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers for Michael Jackson and Drake . His work is focused on African-American culture and history . The New Yor
Alfred Reginald Thomson RA (10 December 1894 – 27 October 1979) was an English artist and Olympic Gold Medalist , most notable for being an official War Artist to the Royal Air Force during World War Two. English artist For the cricketer, see Alfred Thomson (cricketer) . Alfred Reginald Thomson Born
David Eugene Henry is an American painter and sculptor. He has been included in “ Who’s Who in American Art ” since 2006. American painter and sculptor David Eugene Henry Born ( 1946-12-10 ) December 10, 1946 Rome, Georgia , U.S. Nationality American Known for Sculpture , Painting , Figure Drawing
#10 Thomas Parkinson (painter)
Thomas Parkinson ( born 10 December 1744, Oxford, died c. 1789) was a British portrait-painter. He became a student in the schools of the Royal Academy in 1772. [1] British artist
Jan Baptist Martin Wans or Jan Baptist Wans [1] (10 December 1628 – between 1684 and 1687) was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his landscapes and religious scenes. [2] [3] [4] An Imaginary Landscape near Rome
William Collingwood Smith RWS (10 December 1815 Greenwich – 15 March 1887 Brixton Hill ), [1] was a British watercolourist. British painter William's father William Smith worked for the Admiralty and was a musician and amateur artist. William had no formal training in art, but had studied under Jame
#13 Raoul Hunter
Raoul Hunter (June 18, 1926 – December 10, 2018) [1] was a Canadian sculptor and caricaturist . Canadian artist This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article relies too much on
#14 Daniel Octobre
Daniel Octobre (10 December 1903 – 19 April 1995) was a French painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics . [1] French painter Daniel Octobre Born ( 1903-12-10 ) 10 December 1903 Paris , France Died 19 April 1995 (1995-04-19) (aged 91) Pari
James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute , succeeding Carleton B. Gibson , from 1916–1919. [1] Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket American artist For other people with the same name, see James Barker (disam
#16 Don Voisine
Don Voisine (born 1952 in Fort Kent, Maine ) is an American abstract painter living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York, USA. In the fall of 2016, "X/V," a 15 year survey of his work, was organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art , Rockland, ME. In 1997 he was elected a
#17 Padraig Marrinan
Padraig Marrinan (10 December 1906 – 1973) was an Irish painter. [1] He was born in Belfast , Ireland. He contracted polio when he was five, and received a private education. He taught himself to paint, and made landscapes in counties Antrim , Clare , Donegal and Kerry . His ecclesiastical work incl
#18 Fritz W. Schulz
Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz , alias Fritz W. Schulz , (2 April 1884, in Berlin – 12 June 1962, in Hamburg ) was a German marine artist and illustrator of the 20th century. Fritz W. Schulz in seinem Atelier 1955 German painter
#19 Tara Subkoff
Tara Lyn Subkoff (born December 10, 1972) [1] is an American actress, conceptual artist , director, and fashion designer . Subkoff made her film debut in the thriller When the Bough Breaks (1994) opposite Martin Sheen , and has had supporting roles in As Good as It Gets (1997), The Last Days of Disc
#20 Christina Gerarda Enschedé
Christina Gerarda Enschedé (10 December 1791 – 6 March 1873) [1] was a Dutch painter. Dutch painter Christina Gerarda Enschedé Born ( 1791-12-10 ) 10 December 1791 Haarlem, Netherlands Died 6 March 1873 (1873-03-06) (aged 81) Haarlem, Netherlands Nationality Dutch Known for Painting Still life w
#1 New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City , along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research
#2 Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne)
The Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), or MAMC , is an art museum in Saint-Étienne , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It was inaugurated as a separate museum in 1987. It has one of the largest collections of its type in France. Modern and contemporary art museu
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
#4 Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel
The Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel ( CDN ) exhibits Friedrich Dürrenmatt 's paintings and drawings . It is a part of Swiss National Library , just like Swiss Literary Archives , which has a close cooperation with CDN. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2019 ) Cent
The Roswell Museum (formerly Roswell Museum and Art Center ) was founded in 1936 and is located in Roswell, New Mexico , United States. [1] The museum features exhibits about the art and history of the American Southwest , as well as the Robert H. Goddard laboratory. [1] Museum and planetarium in Ne
The Dresden City Art Gallery ( Städtische Galerie Dresden – Kunstsammlung ) is the municipal art collection of Dresden , Germany , housed in the city's Landhaus . It was formed by the 19th and 20th century artworks of the Stadtmuseum Dresden , split off from the Museum and given a separate display i
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#8 National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay)
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) ( Spanish : Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales ) a museum in Parque Rodó , Montevideo , Uruguay . It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales National Museum of Visual Arts Established December 10, 1911 ( 1911-12-10 ) Locatio
The Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool , England , tells the story of Liverpool and its people, and reflects the city’s global significance. It opened 2011 as newest addition to the National Museums Liverpool group replacing the former Museum of Liverpool Life . The museum is housed in a new purpose-b
The Shed (formerly known as Culture Shed and Hudson Yards Cultural Shed ) is a cultural center in Hudson Yards , Manhattan , New York City . Opened on April 5, 2019, the Shed commissions, produces, and presents a wide range of activities in performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture. "Bloomberg B
#11 Museum der bildenden Künste
The Museum der bildenden Künste ( German : "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig , Saxony , Germany . It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity . Art museum in Leipzig, Germany Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Established 1848 Location L
The Penland School of Craft ("Penland" and formerly "Penland School of Crafts" [2] ) is an Arts and Crafts educational center located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Spruce Pine, North Carolina , about 50 miles from Asheville . Historic school building in North Carolina, United States United States h
#13 Hasted Kraeutler
Hasted Hunt was a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea, New York City at 537 West 24th Street. The gallery was founded in 2005 by founding partner Sarah Hasted and W.M. Hunt. Hasted Hunt Gallery represented emerging and established artists from around the world. The addition of two painters a
The Royal Academy of Arts ( RA ) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciatio
#15 National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian , Croatian and Serbian : Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine / Земаљски музеј Босне и Херцеговине) is located in central Sarajevo , the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina . National museum National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Arial photo of
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
#17 Nicola Trussardi Foundation
The Nicola Trussardi Foundation is a non-profit institution for the promotion of contemporary art and culture. Created in 1996, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation ran its own exhibiting space in Piazza della Scala in Milan . From autumn 2003, under the direction of President, Beatrice Trussardi and wit
The Chinese American Museum (Chinese: 華美 博物館 ; abbreviated CAM ) is a museum located in Downtown Los Angeles as a part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument . It is dedicated to the history and experience of Chinese Americans in the state of California , the first such museum in Southern
#19 Pleven Panorama
Pleven Epopee 1877 , more commonly known as Pleven Panorama , is a panorama located in Pleven , Bulgaria , that depicts the events of the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–78 , specifically the five-month Siege of Plevna (Pleven Epopee) which made the city internationally famous and which contributed to t
Rumors of War is a series of artworks by Kehinde Wiley examining equestrian portraiture in the canon of Western art history [1] culminating in a bronze monumental equestrian statue by the artist of an African-American young man (with dreadlocks in a ponytail, jeans ripped at the knees and Nike high-
Inexhaustible Chalice ( Russian : Неупиваемая чаша; also known in English as Inexaustible Cup or Non-intoxicating Chalice ) is a wonderworking icon of the Mother of God (Θεοτόκος ( Theotokos ) or Богородица (Bogoroditsa)) which revealed itself in Serpukhov , Russia in 1878. The icon is venerated in
The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid , Spain . Puerta de Alcalá West side, front view Artist Francesco Sabatini Completion date 1778 Medium Granite , limestone Movement Neoclassicism Dimensions 19.50 m × 43.00 m (64.0 ft × 141.08 ft) Des
#4 Statue of Nelson Mandela, Cape Town City Hall
A Statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled on 24 July 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It was placed on the balcony of Cape Town City Hall overlooking the Grand Parade , Cape Town , South Africa. [6] Nelson Mandela was the first post-apartheid president of South Africa and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 19
Le Dépiquage des Moissons , also known as Harvest Threshing , and The Harvesters , is an immense oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was first revealed to the general public at the Salon de la Section d'Or , Galerie La Boétie in Paris
#6 John Johnstone (East India Company)
John Johnstone (28 April 1734 – 10 December 1795) [3] was a Scottish nabob , [4] a corrupt official of the British East India Company who returned home with great wealth. Described as "a shrewd and unscrupulous business man", [5] he survived several scandals and became a major landowner when he re
#7 Apse of Sant Climent, Taüll
The Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll ( Catalan : Absis de Sant Climent de Taüll ) is a Romanesque fresco in the National Art Museum of Catalonia , Barcelona . This is one of the masterpieces of the European Romanesque . [1] from which the unknown Master of Taüll takes his name. Painted in the early 12t
The Madonna and Child Between St. Francis and St. Nicasius , also known as Castelfranco Madonna , is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giorgione executed around 1504. It remains in the equivalent of its original setting, in a side-chapel of the Cathedral of Castelfranco Veneto , Giorgione
#9 Thomas A. Hendricks Monument
The Thomas A. Hendricks Monument is a public artwork by American artist Richard Henry Park and is located on the southeast corner of the Indiana Statehouse grounds in Indianapolis, Indiana . The monument is a tribute to Thomas A. Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885), the 21st Vice Pre
#10 The Girl Puzzle
The Girl Puzzle Monument honoring activist and journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, pen name Nellie Bly (1864-1922), is a public sculptural installation by American artist Amanda Matthews , CEO/Partner of Prometheus Art Bronze Foundry and Metal Fabrication. The installation is located on the northe
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais , completed in 1851 and 1852 and in the collection of Tate Britain in London. It depicts Ophelia , a character from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet , singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. Painting by John Everett Millais
#12 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? ( French : D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ? ) is a painting by French artist Paul Gauguin . The painting was created in Tahiti , and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by
#13 Portrait of a Young Woman (Rembrandt)
Portrait of a Young Woman or Bust of a Young Woman is a 1632 oil on canvas painting by Rembrandt , signed and dated by the artist. For another Portrait of a Young Woman painted by Rembrandt in 1632, see Allentown Art Museum . Portrait of a young woman Year 1632 Dimensions 60.6 cm (23.9 in) × 45
#14 A Just View of the British Stage
A Just View of the British Stage or Three Heads are Better than One is an unsigned 1724 engraving attributed to the English artist William Hogarth . It is a satirical view of the management of British plays and mocks the subjects as degenerate. It forms part of an attack on the tastes of the theatre
The Rhodes Colossus is an editorial cartoon illustrated by English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and published by Punch magazine in 1892. It alludes to the Scramble for Africa during the New Imperialism period, in which the European powers, beginning in 1884, expanded their colonial expansion i
The Portrait of Georg Fugger is a 1474 oil on panel Gothic-style portrait painting by Giovanni Bellini , now in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena , United States. [1] It is his earliest surviving portrait and one of the first works in oil (rather than tempera) by an Italian artist. Painting by Gio
Girl with a Red Hat is a rather small painting, signed by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer . It is seen as one of a number of Vermeer's tronies – depictions of models fancifully dressed that were not (as far as is known) intended to be portraits of specific, identifiable subjects. Others believe i
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
#19 Portrait of Ferenc Kölcsey (Anton Einsle)
The Portrait of Ferenc Kölcsey ( Hungarian : Kölcsey Ferenc arcképe ) is a painting by Anton Einsle in the Art Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest . It is probably the most famous portrait of Ferenc Kölcsey , a leading Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician i
#20 Statue of Enrique Díaz de León (University of Guadalajara)
A statue of Enrique Díaz de León [ es ] is installed in Guadalajara , in the Mexican state of Jalisco . It is located at the University of Guadalajara as Díaz de León served as the first dean after its re-foundation in 1925. [1] Statue in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Statue of Enrique Díaz de León
Heber Reginald Bishop (March 2, 1840 – December 10, 1902) was a noted businessman and philanthropist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His collections of art, especially his noted collection of jade , were donated to museums. "An industrialist and entrepreneur, Mr. Bishop was an active patr
Allan Marquand ( / ˈ m ɑːr k w ən d / ; December 10, 1853 – September 24, 1924) was an art historian at Princeton University and a curator of the Princeton University Art Museum . American art historian Allan Marquand Born ( 1853-12-10 ) December 10, 1853 New York City , New York , U.S. Died Septemb
Jaak Kangilaski (10 December 1939 – 30 August 2022) was an Estonian art historian. [1] [2] Estonian art historian (1939–2022) Jaak Kangilaski In 1971, Kangilaski began working as a lecturer at the Estonian SSR State Art Institute (now, the Estonian Academy of Arts ). From 1978 until 1987, he was the
#4 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
William Ian Robertson Finlay , CBE , [1] FRSA (1906–1995) was a Scottish art historian, museum director and writer. [2] [3] [4] Scottish art historian, museum director and writer
Mildred Constantine Bettelheim (June 28, 1913 – December 10, 2008) was an American curator who helped bring attention to the posters and other graphic design in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in the 1950s and 1960s
Maria Perosino (10 December 1961 – 16 June 2014) was an Italian author and art historian. Italian author and art historian (1961–2014) Born in Turin , Perosino graduated in art history at the University of Turin . She was curator of several exhibitions and cultural events, and responsible for the im
Wilhelm von Bode (10 December 1845 – 1 March 1929) was a German art historian and museum curator . Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde , he was ennobled in 1913. [1] He was the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, now called the Bode Museum in his honor, in 1904. German art his
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 Max Fischer (art collector)
Max Fischer (1893–1954) was a German art collector and historian. German art collector and historian (1893-1954) Max Fischer Born 1893 ( 1893 ) Died 1954 ( 1955 ) Nationality German Occupation Historian, art collector Known for art collection, restitutions Notable work Brücke, Erich Heckel , E
#11 Hester Diamond
Hester Diamond (December 10, 1928 – January 23, 2020) was an American art collector, dealer, and interior designer. With her first husband, Harold Diamond , she amassed a collection of Modernist art that the New York Times described as "astonishing." Following her husband's death, Diamond switched h
Rachel Elfreda Fowler (10 December 1872 – 1951) was an English literary scholar and lecturer in art and history at the University of Oxford.
#13 Gerardo Mosquera
Gerardo Mosquera (born 1945 in Havana, Cuba ) is a freelance curator , critic , art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba . He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he resigned in 1989. Since then, his activity turned t
#14 Thomas Hoving
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving (January 15, 1931 – December 10, 2009) was an American museum executive and consultant and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] Thomas Hoving Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art In office 1967–1977 Preceded by James J. Rorimer Succeeded by Philippe
Georges Hulin de Loo (10 December 1862, in Ghent – 27 December 1945, in Brussels ) was a Belgian art historian specialising in Early Netherlandish art . He was educated in his home city of Ghent where he attended high school and university, earning a Ph.D from the Faculty of Arts in 1883, and a degr
#16 Mikhail Alpatov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Alpatov ( Russian : Михаил Владимирович Алпатов , 10 December 1902, Moscow - 9 May 1986, Moscow) was a Soviet historian and art theorist , notable for his contribution to the history of the culture of ancient Rus . [1] Soviet historian and art theorist Mikhail Alpatov Born Mikh
Jeanne Maria Cornelia de Loos-Haaxman (3 November 1881 – 1 May 1976) was a Dutch art historian and writer. [1] Dutch art historian and writer (1881–1976) Jeanne Maria Cornelia de Loos-Haaxman Born Jeanne Maria Cornelia de Loos 3 November 1881 The Hague , Netherlands Died 1 May 1976 Rotterdam , Nethe
#18 Helen Ogilvie
Helen Elizabeth Ogilvie (4 May 1902, in Corowa – 1 August 1993, in Melbourne ) was a twentieth-century Australian artist and gallery director, cartoonist, painter, printmaker and craftworker, best known for her early linocuts and woodcuts, and her later oil paintings of vernacular colonial buildings
#19 Titu Maiorescu
Titu Liviu Maiorescu ( Romanian: [ˈtitu majoˈresku] ; 15 February 1840 – 18 June 1917) was a Romanian literary critic and politician, founder of the Junimea Society. As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Romanian culture in the second half of the 19th century. This articl
The Pink Triangle Park is a triangle-shaped mini-park located in the Castro District of San Francisco, California . The park is less than 4,000 square feet (370 m 2 ) and faces Market Street with 17th Street to its back. The park sits directly above the Castro Street Station of Muni Metro , across
#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
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) , 3,000 pound [1] purported " petrified man" uncovered on October 16, 1869, by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York . He covere
The Snowdog Art Trails are a series of public art exhibitions of large Snowdog sculptures, organised by Wild In Art from 2016 to 2018. [1] They celebrate the Snowdog from the 2012 short film, The Snowman and the Snowdog , and feature sculptures painted in a wide variety of styles, many of which refl
#5 Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial
The Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial ( Māori : Oi Manawa [1] ) is the Crown 's official memorial for those killed or seriously injured in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake . It is located on both sides of the Avon River downstream from the Montreal Street bridge. The memorial opene
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is an 1887 monument dedicated to the last Mexica ruler ( tlatoani ) of Tenochtitlan Cuauhtémoc , located at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City . It is the work of Francisco Jiménez and Miguel Noreña in the "neoindigenismo"
#7 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
The Morgan Morgan Monument , also known as Morgan Park , [6] is a 1.05-acre (0.4 ha) roadside park in the unincorporated town of Bunker Hill in Berkeley County , West Virginia. It is located along Winchester Avenue ( U.S. Route 11 ) and Mill Creek . The park features a granite monument that was er
The Medicine Man is an 1899 bronze equestrian statue by Cyrus E. Dallin . It is located in Fairmount Park , Dauphin Street, west of 33rd Street, Philadelphia , [1] and portrays an indigenous American medicine man . Sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin installed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. The Med
#10 Statue of Jefferson Davis (Frankfort, Kentucky)
The Statue of Jefferson Davis was unveiled in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda, in Frankfort, Kentucky on December 10, 1936. It depicts Jefferson Davis , president of the Confederate States of America . It was erected under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy . [1] It remained
#11 Brown Dog affair
The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration by Swedish feminists of University of London medical lectures; pitched battles between medical students and the police; police protection for the statue of a do
#12 Roger B. Taney Monument (Annapolis)
The Roger B. Taney Monument is a statue of Roger B. Taney (1777–1864), who was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, installed in Annapolis, Maryland , on the State House grounds. The sculpture, by the artist William Henry Rinehart , was unveiled on December 10, 1872. [1] [2] The sculpture,
The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [1] [2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II . It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. . National memorial in Washington, D.C., US For other uses, see World War
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobble stone-sized memorials installed all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig . They remember the fate of the victims of Nazi Germany being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolperstein in Genoa , the capital of the Italia
#15 Ludlow Massacre
The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War . Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their familie
#16 Peace Candle
The Peace Candle is a tower-like structure erected every Christmas season in Easton , Pennsylvania . The approximately 106-foot (32 m) tall structure, which resembles a giant candle , is assembled each year over the Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, a Civil War memorial located in the city's Centre S
#17 Eternal Light Peace Memorial
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestri
#18 List of works similar to the 2020 Utah monolith
In late 2020, the appearance of a series of metal columns was reported internationally. Referred to as "monoliths", these sheet metal structures began to be constructed in the wake of the discovery of the Utah monolith , a 3 m (9.8 ft) -tall pillar made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular
#19 Fearless Girl
Fearless Girl is a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal , on Broad Street across from the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City . The statue was installed on March 7, 2017, in anticipation of International Women's Day the following day. It depicts a 4
#20 Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
Memorial Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater , exhibit hall, and nonsectarian chapel located in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Designed in 1913 as a replacement for the older, wooden amphitheater near Arlington House , ground was broken for its