langs: 17 декабря [ru] / december 17 [en] / 17. dezember [de] / 17 décembre [fr] / 17 dicembre [it] / 17 de diciembre [es]
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Jean-Claude Mocik , was born on February 9, 1958 in Livry Gargan . He is a filmmaker, video director, a director and teacher. Jean-Claude Mocik Jean-Claude Mocik in 2012, photo Sara Holt Born Jean-Claude Mocik ( 1958-02-09 ) 9 February 1958 Livry Gargan , France Nationality France Known for Dire
Irving Petlin (December 17, 1934 – September 1, 2018) was an American artist and painter renowned for his mastery of the pastel medium and collaborations with other artists (including Mark di Suvero and Leon Golub ) and for his work in the "series form" [1] in which he employed the raw materials of
Pierre Soulages ( French: [sulaʒ] ; born 24 December 1919) is a French painter, engraver, and sculptor. In 2014, François Hollande described him as "the world's greatest living artist." [1] French painter, engraver, and sculptor (born 1919) This biography of a living person needs additional citati
#4 Joel Casique
Joel Gerardo Casique (born 1958 in San Cristóbal , Venezuela ; died 17 December 2010 in Caracas ) was an artist who formed the Escuela Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas. He obtained an art degree at the Art Students League of New York . He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the U
Mario Nannini (13 May 1895 – 24 October 1918) was an Italian painter, active in a Futurist style. Italian painter This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( March 2022 )
Anthelme Claude Honoré Trimolet (8 May 1798 - 17 December 1866) was a French painter, notable for portraits and interiors with figures. French painter (1798–1866) This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline c
Amos Cassiòli (10 August 1832 – 17 December 1891) was an Italian painter, of battle scenes, historical canvases and portraits. He worked in a Purismo style. [1] Italian painter (1832–1891) Amos Cassioli, Il Carroccio di Legnano
Jean-Antoine Houdon ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃] ; [1] 20 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor . 18th and 19th-century French artist Jean-Antoine Houdon 1808 portrait by Rembrandt Peale Born ( 1741-03-20 ) 20 March 1741 Versailles , France Died 15 July 1828 (1828-07-15) (ag
#9 Alexi Worth
Alexi Worth (born 1964, New York, NY) is a painter, curator, art critic, and writer who is known for his conceptually rich and visually graphic works that address modern life and artmaking. He is currently represented by DC Moore Gallery, New York. [1] American painter Alexi Worth Born Alexi Worth (
#10 Fateh Moudarres
Fateh al-Moudarres ( Arabic : فاتح المدرس ) (1922 – 1999) was a Syrian painter and one of the leaders of the modern art movement in Syria. Moudarres studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome , where he was influenced by Surrealism . After he completed his studies, he returned to Syria where he
#11 Benjamin Mecz
Benjamin Mecz (24 August 1985 – 17 December 2017) was an artist who worked between Paris and Tel Aviv. Ben’s practice evolved around the activation of both the viewer and the space. He worked with a sense of urgency and took many initiatives while he was an MFA student at Bezalel Academy of Arts and
#12 Clifton Pugh
Clifton Ernest Pugh AO , (17 December 1924 – 14 October 1990) was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize . [1] One of Australia's most renowned and successful painters, Pugh was strongly influenced by German Expressionism , and was known for his landscapes and port
Aart van den IJssel (17 December 1922 in The Hague – 2 December 1983 in Voorburg ) was a Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman. Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman In this Dutch name , the surname is van den IJssel . Aart van den IJssel Aart van den IJssel Born The Hague Nationality Dutch Aart van
#14 Tommy Steele
Sir Thomas Hicks , OBE (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele , is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. [1] [2] After being discovered at the 2i's Coffee Bar , he recorded a string of hit singles including " Rock with the Cavema
François Marius Granet (17 December 1775 – 21 November 1849) was a French painter . French painter (1775-1849) Francois Marius Granet Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres , Portrait of Granet (1807) Born 17 December 1775 ( 1775-12-17 ) Aix-en-Provence , France Died 21 November 1849 ( 1849-11-22 ) (aged
#16 Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld
Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld ( Hebrew : רבקה חוואלס ליכטנפלד ; 10 January 1932 – 17 December 2017) was an Israeli artist and chess player who survived the Holocaust in her youth. She was two times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1954, 1955) and winner Israeli Women's Chess Champi
#17 Zoltán Joó
Zoltán Joó (17 December 1956) is a Hungarian painter of contemporary figurative fine art. He has worked in the religious art as an altar-painter, too. He likes to carve reliefs and sculptures. His interest artwork is the painted coffered ceiling that is reminds mood of the painted ceilings from the
#18 William Ely Hill
W.E. Hill (1887-1962) was an American cartoonist and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th-century. He is best known for his weekly full-page illustration series "Among Us Mortals" published in the New York Tribune from 1916 to 1922, and for creating the most popular iteration of the opti
#19 John Cotton (ornithologist)
John Cotton (17 December 1801 – 14 December 1849) was a British poet, ornithological writer and artist, who became an early pastoral settler in Victoria, Australia . British painter Platycercus eximius ( Eastern Rosella ) by John Cotton Cotton was born in Balham, London and educated in Richmond . Af
#20 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson ( Icelandic : Ólafur Elíasson ; born 5 February 1967) [1] is an Icelandic – Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995 he established Studio Ol
The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool , which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London . It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group. Art gallery in Liverpool, England For the Minneapolis gallery, see Walker Art Center . Walker Art Gallery Walker Art
#2 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
#3 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
#4 Matenadaran
The Matenadaran ( Armenian : Մատենադարան ), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts , [lower-alpha 1] is a museum, repository of manuscripts , and a research institute in Yerevan , Armenia . It is the world's largest repository of Armenian manuscripts. [5] Art museum, archive
#5 Podlaskie Museum in Białystok
Podlaskie Museum in Białystok is a museum which is based in Białystok the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland with affiliates in Bielsk-Podlaski. [1] This article is a rough translation from Polish . It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator without dual profic
#6 China Art Objects Galleries
China Art Objects Galleries is a contemporary art gallery co-founded by a group of artists in Los Angeles in 1999. [1] Founder Steve Hanson moved the gallery to Mérida , Mexico in 2021. [2] China Art Objects Galleries Established 1999 Location 6086 Comey Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034 United States Coor
#7 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
#8 Lundberg Bakery (Austin, Texas)
The Lundberg Bakery (now known as the Old Bakery and Emporium ) is a historic building in downtown Austin, Texas . It is located at 1006 Congress Avenue, half a block south of the Texas State Capitol grounds. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1969. [1] [2] Unit
#9 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson
The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA ) [1] in Tucson , Arizona , United States, was founded in 1997, by Julia Latane, James Graham, and David Wright. The museum was founded to create a permanent institution for contemporary art in Tucson 's arts district. Originally housed in the HazMat building on
The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue , in the former Felix M. Warburg House , along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City . The first Jewish museum in the United States, as well as the oldest existing Jewish mu
#11 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
#12 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
The Shire Hall is a public building in Stafford , England, completed in 1798 to a design by John Harvey. [1] [2] Formerly a courthouse , it housed an art gallery which closed to the public in July 2017. [3] [4] The court rooms and cells are preserved. [1] The building, its interiors, and the associa
#14 Grohmann Museum
The Grohmann Museum , at the Milwaukee School of Engineering , houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. [ citation needed ] It is next to the German-English Acad
#15 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
291 is the commonly known name for an internationally famous art gallery that was located in Midtown Manhattan at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City from 1905 to 1917. Originally called the " Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession ", the gallery was established and managed by photographer Alfred Sti
The Budapest Museum Quarter is a proposed new cultural and tourist site to be located on Andrássy út in Budapest , Hungary , and has at its core the merger of the Hungarian National Gallery with the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts into one institution. The concept has been around since at least 2008 wh
#18 Midtown Y Photography Gallery
Midtown Y Photography Gallery was a pioneering nonprofit organisation in New York that offered photographers an opportunity to publicly exhibit their work. The Gallery ran from 1972 until 1996 directed in turn by photographers Larry Siegel, Sy Rubin and Michael Spano. [1] American nonprofit photogra
#19 Edwards Place
Edwards Place is a historic house located at 700 North 4th Street in Springfield , Illinois . The house was begun in 1833 in the Greek Revival style, making it one of the oldest houses in Springfield. (The Elijah Iles House , also in Springfield, was built in 1832.) Additions in 1836 and 1843, and a
The Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) is a visual arts organization and the oldest alternative exhibition space in the city of Chicago. Since 2006, HPAC has been located just north of Hyde Park Boulevard, at 5020 S.Cornell Avenue, in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . Hyde Park Art Center Es
A statue of horticulturist John McLaren is installed in San Francisco 's Golden Gate Park , in the U.S. state of California . Statue in San Francisco, California, U.S. Statue of John McLaren The statue in 2015 Subject John McLaren Location San Francisco , California , U.S. Coordinates 37.77208°N 122
A bronze statue of Balto by Frederick Roth is installed in Central Park , Manhattan , New York. Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was a Siberian Husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala . [1] [2] He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of t
#3 Whaam!
Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein . It is one of the best-known works of pop art , and among Lichtenstein's most important paintings. [1] Whaam! was first exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the Tate Gallery , Londo
#4 Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
The Funerary Monument (or Equestrian Monument ) to Sir John Hawkwood [2] is a fresco by Paolo Uccello , commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood , commissioned in 1436 for Florence Cathedral . The fresco is an important example of art commemorating a soldier-for-hire who fought in the Italian
The Girl in the Blue Bra is the name given to an image of an Egyptian woman who participated in the Tahrir Square protests in opposition to Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the military coup that ousted Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution in opposition to Mubarak's p
#6 A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie is an 1866 landscape oil painting by German-American painter Albert Bierstadt that was inspired by sketches created on an 1863 expedition. 1866 oil painting by Albert Bierstadt A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie Artist Albert Bierstadt Year 1866
The Fuente de las Tarascas (Las Tarascas Fountain), also known as the Fuente de la Fertilidad (Fertility Fountain), [1] is a fountain, sculpture and landmark installed in Morelia , Michoacán , Mexico. The original work was created by Antonio Silva Díaz and Benigno Lara and was installed in 1931 in t
The Three Graces is a 1531 oil on beech panel painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder . [1] [2] Other versions of the subject by the artist from 1530 and 1535 are in a private collection and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , Kansas City respectively. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Louvre) It remai
#9 Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood
Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood is a painting by Alfred Sisley . He produced it during a flood on the Seine , which had begun in late October and reached its peak on 17 December. [1] The painting was finished in December 1872. [ citation needed ] It was bought for 200 francs by Durand-Ruel on 21
#10 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
#11 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
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt ( pronounced [ʒyl də ɡɔ̃kuʁ] ; 17 December 1830 – 20 June 1870) was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond . Jules was born and died in Paris. His death at the age of 39 was at Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy of a stroke brought on by syphilis .
Robert Eisler (27 April 1882 – 17 December 1949) was an Austrian Jewish polymath who wrote about the topics of mythology , comparative religion , the Gospels , monetary policy , art history , history of science , psychoanalysis , politics , astrology , history of currency , and value theory . He lec
Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (16 January 1676 – 1742) was a Florentine diplomat, painter, art collector, and biographer of artists. Niccolò Gabburri Portrait of Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti Born 17 December 1675 Florence Died 8 May 1742 (aged 66)
Francesco Leonetti (27 January 1924 [1] [2] – 17 December 2017) was an Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist. Francesco Leonetti Born ( 1924-01-27 ) 27 January 1924 Cosenza , Italy Died 17 December 2017 (2017-12-17) (aged 93) Milan , Italy Occupation Poet, novelist, te
Calvin Tomkins (born 17 December 1925) is an author and art critic for The New Yorker magazine. American author and art critic
Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian , archaeologist , and professor. [1] He was known for archaeology work in Samothrace , Greece and the related publications. He was a professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1935, until his death in 19
Jacques Lassaigne (Born: Paris, December 17, 1911- Died: February 10, 1983) was a French art historian, an art critic who served as president of the International Association of Art Critics from 1966 to 1969, and a museum curator acting as chief curator of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Pari
Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt ( pronounced [ɛdmɔ̃ də ɡɔ̃kuʁ] ; 26 May 1822 – 16 July 1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic , book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt . [1] French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Ac
Helen Gee (1919–2004) was an American photography gallery owner, co-owner of the Limelight in New York City, New York from 1954 to 1961. [1] [2] It was New York City's first important post-war photography gallery, pioneering sales of photographs as art. Helen Gee Born ( 1919-04-29 ) April 29, 1919 J
#10 Paweł Leszkowicz
Paweł Leszkowicz (born 17 December 1970) is a Polish art historian and art curator. He works as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of History of Art, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań , and lectures at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań . He is a member of International Association of
Oliver Waterman Larkin (August 17, 1896, Medford, Massachusetts – December 17, 1970) was an American art historian and educator. He won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Art and Life in America . [1] American art historian and educator
#12 Camilla Gray
Camilla M. Gray , also known as Camilla Gray-Prokofieva , (1936 – 17 December 1971) was a British art historian whose book, The Great Experiment: Russian Art 1863–1922 , broke new ground in promoting this branch of modernism. Gray organised several exhibitions in London on the relevant artists such
Mieczysław Jan Gębarowicz (17 December 1893 – 18 February 1984) was a Polish art historian , soldier, dissident, museum director and custodian of cultural heritage . Mieczysław Gębarowicz Mieczysław Gębarowicz Born Mieczysław Jan Gẹbarowicz ( 1893-12-17 ) 17 December 1893 Jarosław , Austrian Empire
#14 Donald Brook
Donald Brook (born 8 January 1927-died 17 December 2018) was an Australian artist, art critic and theorist whose research and publications centre on the philosophy of art, non-verbal representation and cultural evolution . He initiated the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide and was Emeritus Pro
#15 Gustav Ecke
Gustav Emil Wilhelm Ecke (13 June 1896 – 17 December 1971) was a German and later American historian of art best known for his book Chinese Domestic Furniture , first published in wartime China in 1944. The book presented the aesthetic of a neglected art form for scholars and connoisseurs and descri
Giuliano Briganti (2 January 1918 – 17 December 1992) was an Italian art historian . Italian art historian 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 does not cite any sourc
#17 Katarina Adanja
Katarina Adanja ( Subotica , December 17, 1921 - Belgrade , September 12, 1989), was an art historian from Yugoslavia . Art historian This article needs additional citations for verification . ( August 2021 ) Katarina Adanja Born ( 1921-12-17 ) 17 December 1921 Subotica , Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pres
#18 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] :
Wojciech Karpiński (11 May 1943 – 18 August 2020 [1] ) was a Polish writer, historian of ideas and literary critic. Polish writer and literary critic (1943–2020) Wojciech Karpiński (2016) Born ( 1943-05-11 ) 11 May 1943 Warsaw Died 18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) (aged 77) Paris Occupation Writer, his
#20 Albert Aurier
Gabriel-Albert Aurier (5 May 1865 – 5 October 1892) was a French poet , art critic and painter , associated with the Symbolist movement. Albert Aurier, c. 1890
#1 General Beauregard Equestrian Statue
The General Beauregard Equestrian Statue , honoring P. G. T. Beauregard , was located in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States. The statue, by Alexander Doyle , one of the premier American sculptors, was officially unveiled in 1915. United States historic place Beauregard, Gen., Equestrian Statue
Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot (27 m) statue built in the likeness of Mary, the mother of Jesus , that sits atop the Continental Divide overlooking Butte, Montana . Our Lady of the Rockies The statue atop a mountain Coordinates 46.000472°N 112.446272°W / 46.000472; -112.446272 Location Butte
#3 List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium
This is a list of statues and monuments of Leopold II of Belgium [1] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909), the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own initiative, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
The Bust of Lenin is a sculptural image of Lenin, erected in 1978 in front of the Taganrog City Administration. The Lenin bust is installed in front of the Administration building of Taganrog City (73 Petrovskaya St.), and was built in 1978. The sculptor is B.A. Plenkin, and architect S. Tserkovniko
#5 Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans)
The Robert E. Lee Monument , formerly in New Orleans , Louisiana , is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by noted American sculptor Alexander Doyle . It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. Any future display is uncert
The Aztec sun stone ( Spanish : Piedra del Sol ) is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City , and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture . [1] It measures 358 centimetres (141 in) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in) thick, an
#7 Monument of Gratitude to France
Monument of Gratitude to France ( Serbian : Споменик захвалности Француској , romanized : Spomenik zahvalnosti Francuskoj ) [1] in Belgrade 's Veliki Kalemegdan Park was formally unveiled on 11 November 1930, the 12th anniversary day of the end of the First World War , in the presence of King Alex
Juan Pablo Duarte Square , usually shortened to Duarte Square , is a 0.45-acre (0.18 ha) triangular park in Hudson Square , in Lower Manhattan , New York City . The park, operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), is bound by Sullivan Street and the LentSpace plo
Howard War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at William Street, Howard , Fraser Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. It was built in 1921. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1] Historic site in Queensland, Australia Howard War Memorial Howard War Memorial, 2
30th Street Station , officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station , is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It is metropolitan Philadelphia 's main railroad station and a major stop on Amtrak 's Northeast and Keystone corridors. Railway station in Philadelphia,
#11 Stefan Starzyński Monument
The Stefan Starzyński monument (Pomnik Stefana Starzyńskiego) in Bank Square in Warsaw is one of two Warsaw monuments dedicated to the memory of the former President of Warsaw , Stefan Starzyński . It is the work of sculptor Andrzej Renes. Stefan Starzyński monument Pomnik Stefana Starzyńskiego The
#12 Welcome to Lagos
Welcome to Lagos ( Yoruba : Agba Meta or Aro Meta ) is an Art Deco statue of three Lagos white-cap chiefs located in Lagos , Nigeria. [1] Designed by Bodun Shodeinde in 1991 and standing over 12 ft high, the three sculpted chiefs were built to welcome people coming into Lagos State . [2] Statue of
#13 Victims of Communism Memorial
The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW , two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol . [1] The memorial is dedicated "to the more than one hundred million victims o
The Carl Nielsen Monument , located at the corner of Grønningen and Store Kongensgade in central Copenhagen , Denmark , is a monument to Danish composer Carl Nielsen created by his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen . It depicts a young man playing pan-pipes on a wingless Pegasus and is also known as The
#15 Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial
The Response 1914 (also known as the Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial ) is a war memorial in the public gardens to the north of the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne , and to the west of Newcastle Civic Centre . Designed by Sir William Goscombe John , the memorial
#16 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
#17 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
#18 Equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar (Washington, D.C.)
An equestrian statue of Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar by the American artist Felix de Weldon is located in Washington, D.C. , at Virginia Avenue NW , 18th Street NW , and C Street NW, near the United States Department of Interior and the Pan American Union Building of the Or
#19 Hussain Sagar
Hussain Sagar (alternatively referred to as Tank Bund ; [1] Telugu pronunciation: [ɦusen sɑːgər] ) is a heart-shaped lake in Hyderabad, Telangana , built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1563. It is spread across an area of 5.7 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi) and is fed by the River Musi . A large m
The Henry W. Maxwell Memorial is a public memorial located in Brooklyn 's Grand Army Plaza in New York City. The memorial, designed by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , consists of a bronze tablet featuring a relief of Maxwell, a local philanthropist and park commissioner, affixed to a boulder . The