langs: 24 декабря [ru] / december 24 [en] / 24. dezember [de] / 24 décembre [fr] / 24 dicembre [it] / 24 de diciembre [es]
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Siegmund L’Allemand (8 March 1840, Vienna - 24 December 1910, Vienna ) was an Austrian painter, known for history and war scenes, genre works and portraits. Siegmund L'Allemand; by Christian Griepenkerl (1889) Celebration on the 100th Anniversary of the Military Order of Maria Theresa
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
Nikolay Andreyevich Andreyev ( Russian : Николай Андреевич Андреев ; 26 October [ O.S. 14 October ] 1873 – 24 December 1932) was a Russian sculptor , graphic artist and stage designer . [1] As a young man Andreyev studied with Sergey Volnukhin and in 1902 became associated with the Peredvizhniki
John Cleveley the Younger (24 December 1747 – 25 June 1786) was a British artist and marine painter. English painter Launch of HMS Alexander at Deptford in 1778 (BHC1875), by John Cleveley the Younger ( NMM ) The Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii (BHC1838), by John Cleveley the Younger ( NMM )
Cosimo Gamberucci (8 January 1562 – 24 December 1621), [1] a Florentine painter, was a scholar of Battista Naldini . He did not attain to great celebrity in the art, although some of his works in the churches at Florence, particularly his picture of St. Peter curing the lame Man, in San Pietro Maggi
#6 Kay Chiromo
Witness Kay Chiromo (December 24, 1951 – 1994) was a Malawian artist and art educator. [1] He was born in Makoka Village, T.A. Chigaru, Blantyre District . He is considered as one of the most talented and respected artists from Malawi. [2] [3] His medium was oil paintings but he also carried out boo
William Charles May (16 March 1853 [1] – 28 December 1931 [2] ) was an English sculptor and painter active from about 1870 to 1931. English sculptor and painter W. C. May Born William Charles May ( 1853-03-16 ) 16 March 1853 Reading , Berkshire , England Died 28 December 1931 (1931-12-28) (aged 78
#8 Jilma Madera
Jilma Madera (September 18, 1915 – February 21, 2000) was a well-known Cuban sculptor. Her two most famous works are the Christ of Havana and the bust of José Martí at the Pico Turquino . Cuban artist (1915–2000) Lilia Jilma Madera Valiente Born September 18, 1915 La Victoria, Pinar del Río, Cuba Di
#9 Rodney Smith (photographer)
Rodney Lewis Smith (December 24, 1947 – December 5, 2016) was a New York-based fashion and portrait photographer. For other people named Rod Smith, see Rod Smith (disambiguation) . Rodney Smith Born ( 1947-12-24 ) December 24, 1947 Long Island , New York Died December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05) (aged 68
#10 Vico Consorti
Vico Consorti (1902–1979) [1] was an Italian sculptor who built the bronze Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica in 1950. In 1980, a year after his death, he received an award from the city of Grosseto for artistic merits. Italian sculptor Vico Consorti Porta Santa in St Peter's Basilica Born ( 1902-07-
#11 King Robbo
King Robbo (born John Robertson , [2] 23 October 1969 – 31 July 2014 [3] ) was an English underground graffiti artist. His feud with the artist Banksy was the subject of a Channel 4 television documentary called Graffiti Wars , first shown in August 2011. [4] English underground graffiti artist Ki
#12 William Quiller Orchardson
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA (27 March 1832 – 13 April 1910) [1] was a noted Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects who was knighted in June 1907, at the age of 75. Scottish painter (1832–1910) William Quiller Orchardson Portrait from Men of Mark , 1876–1883 Born (
#13 Clark Richert
Clark Richert (May 3, 1941 – December 24, 2021) was an American contemporary artist largely known for his colorful geometric paintings, but whose practice included animation, video, intervention, happenings, and publishing. He also developed Drop City , an artist community near Trinidad, Colorado. [
#14 Carl Balsgaard
Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard (24 December 1812, Copenhagen - 14 August 1893, Copenhagen) was a Danish painter; primarily of still-lifes . Danish painter Carl Balsgaard (1870s) Still-life with Fish and Crab; one of his few without fruits or flowers.
#15 Muriel Moody
Muriel Carrick Moody (nee Wilson , 18 March 1907 – 24 December 1991) was a New Zealand commercial artist, welfare worker, sculptor and potter. New Zealand commercial artist, advertising manager, welfare worker, sculptor and potter (1907–1991) Muriel Moody Muriel Moody, 1988 Born Muriel Carrick Wilso
#16 Rudolph Belarski
Rudolph Belarski (May 27, 1900 – December 24, 1983) was an American graphic artist known for his cover art depicting aerial combat for magazines such as Wings , Dare Devil Aces , and War Birds . He also drew science fiction covers for Argosy in the 1930s and covers for mystery and detective novels.
#17 George A. Norris
George Alexander Norris (24 December 1928 – 12 March 2013) was a Canadian artist and sculptor. Norris is best known for his many public sculptures in Vancouver , British Columbia . [1] Canadian artist and sculptor George Norris
#18 Abraham Cooper
Abraham Cooper RA (1787–1868) was a British animal and battle painter. British painter (1787–1868) For the rabbi, see Abraham Cooper (rabbi) . Abraham Cooper, c. 1827. Carte de visite of Abraham Cooper, 1860s.
Alfred Scott Broad (1854 – 27 April 1929) was an Australian artist, regarded as the first black-and-white artist born in South Australia to be published. He was known as "Alf", and was often referred to as "A. Scott Broad" as though his surname was "Scott-Broad", and was often written that way. An a
#20 Brian Biggs
Brian Biggs (born March 9, 1968, in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is a children's book author and illustrator. [1] He has been published by HarperCollins and Random House , [2] among others, and has illustrated two Little Golden Books . [3] American children's book author and illustrator Brian Biggs in Au
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
#2 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
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]
The Asiatic Society is a government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research", in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions. It was founded by the philologist William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting p
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
#6 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese for " pinacotheca (picture gallery) of the state of São Paulo ") is one of the most important art museums in Brazil . Art museum in São Paulo, Brazil Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo Established 1905 Location São Paulo , Brazil Coordinates 23.5342°S
The Johnstone Gallery was a private gallery located in the suburb of Bowen Hills in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia co-owned by Brian Johnstone and his wife, Marjorie Johnstone (née Mant). It was the leading [1] Brisbane commercial gallery exhibiting contemporary Australian art from 1950 until 197
The Keramik-Museum Berlin (KMB, Berlin Ceramics Museum) is a ceramic art museum in Berlin . It was established in 1990 and is located in a historic building in the Charlottenburg neighborhood since January 2004. Exhibitions feature design classics and works of famous ceramists. Art museum in Schuste
Woodford is a historic mansion at Ford Road and Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Built about 1756, it is the first of Philadelphia's great colonial Georgian mansion houses to be built, and exemplifies the opulence of such houses. [3] A National Historic Landmark , it
Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery ( Russian : Николо-Угрешский монастырь ) is a walled stauropegic Russian Orthodox monastery of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker located in a suburb of Moscow , Dzerzhinsky . It is the town's main landmark and is featured on the city emblem . Monastery of St. Nicholas has on
#11 M+
M+ is a museum of visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong . It exhibits twentieth and twenty-first century visual culture encompassing visual art, design and architecture, and moving image. It opened on 12 November 2021. [1] This article is about the Hong Kong museum. For t
Fountain of Time , or simply Time , is a sculpture by Lorado Taft , measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago , Illinois, in the United States. [1] The sculpture is inspired by Henry Austin Dobson 's
Mermaid ( Danish : (En) Havfrue ), painted in 1873, is the last of at least four oil on canvas paintings of mermaids painted by the Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann . It depicts a mermaid with a melancholic facial expression, leaning against a rock in shallow water, with a night sky
Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate) is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he made in 1890 in Saint-Rémy de Provence based on an early lithograph . [2] [3] The painting was completed in early May at a time when he was convalescing from a severe relapse in his health some two months before hi
Aurora and Cephalus is a 1733 painting by François Boucher , signed by the artist and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy . [1] It shows Cephalus and Aurora (the Roman form of Eos ) from Book VII of Ovid 's Metamorphoses . 1733 painting by François Boucher Aurora and Cephalus (1733) by François
Gisela Marie Augusta Richter (14 or 15 August 1882 – 24 December 1972) was a classical archaeologist and art historian. [1] She was a prominent figure and an authority in her field. British-American art historian and archaeologist
Anatoliy Mefodіyovich Shevchuk (25 December 1954 – 31 March 2011) is a historian of Ukrainian fine art, writer, and translator. Ukrainian 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 me
#3 Kim Lenaghan
Kim Lenaghan (24 December 1960 – 11 September 2022) was a Northern Irish freelance radio and television broadcaster, writer and critic who was based in Belfast and worked mainly in the fields of the visual and cinematic arts, music and cuisine culture. She was best known as the presenter of BBC Radi
#4 Sandu Tudor
Sandu Tudor ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsandu ˈtudor] ; born Alexandru Al. Teodorescu , known in church records as Brother Agathon , later Daniil Teodorescu , Daniil Sandu Tudor , Daniil de la Rarău ; December 22 or December 24, 1896 – November 17, 1962) was a Romanian poet, journalist, theologian
#5 Humphrey Brooke (art historian)
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Humphrey Brooke CVO (31 January 1914 – 24 December 1988) was a British civil servant and art historian . He was a Monuments Man during the Second World War, then deputy director of London's Tate Gallery and secretary of the Royal Academy from 1952 to 1968. Serious depressio
Léonce Rosenberg (12 September 1879 in Paris – 31 July 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was an art collector, writer, publisher, and one of the most influential French art dealers of the 20th century. His greatest impact was as a supporter and promoter of the cubists, especially during World War I and in
Harold Mattingly (24 December 1884 – 26 January 1964) was a British classical scholar , specialising in art history and numismatics . His interests included the history of Ancient Rome , Etruscan and Roman currency , and the Roman historian Tacitus . British classical scholar For his son, also a his
Michael Strang Robinson (1910–1999) was Keeper of Pictures at the National Maritime Museum , London, England. He was an expert on the paintings of Willem van de Velde, the elder and Willem van de Velde, the younger . [1] [2] For others with the same or similar names, see Michael Robinson (disambigua
Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi (24 December 1837 – 1 June 1905) was an Italian savant and abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome.
#10 Charles Ephrussi
Charles Ephrussi (24 December 1849 – 30 September 1905) was a French art critic , art historian , and art collector . He also was a part-owner (from 1885) and then editor (from 1894) as well as a contributor to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts , the most important art historical periodical in France. Crit
#11 Jeannine Baticle
Jeannine Baticle (1920 – 24 December 2014) was a French art historian, and curator, She was the Honorary Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Department of Paintings of the Louvre Museum, [1] and a specialist in Spanish painting . Jeannine Baticle Born 1920 ( 1920 ) Died 24 December 2014 (2014
#12 Clarence King
Clarence Rivers King (January 6, 1842 – December 24, 1901) was an American geologist , mountaineer and author. He was the first director of the United States Geological Survey from 1879 to 1881. Nominated by Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes , King was noted for his exploration of the Sierra
#13 Vasant Sarwate
Vasant Sarwate ( Devanagari : वसंत सरवटे 3 February 1927 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian cartoonist and writer who was published primarily in Marathi publications during his lifetime. Indian cartoonist (1927– 2016) Vasant Sarwate Born ( 1927-02-03 ) 3 February 1927 Kolhapur , Maharashtra , India D
Martha Leeb Hadzi (1919–2003) was an art historian and an archeologist. American art historian
#15 Rodolfo Siviero
Rodolfo Siviero (24 December 1911 - 1983) was an Italian secret agent, art historian and intellectual, most notable for his important work in recovering artworks stolen from Italy during the Second World War as part of the ' Nazi plunder '. Rodolfo Siviero.
Guillaume Apollinaire [lower-alpha 1] ( French: [ɡijom apɔlinɛʁ] ; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet , playwright, short story writer , novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent. French poet and writer For other uses, see Apollinaire (disambiguation) . Guillaume Apoll
Jean-Claude Lemagny (born 24 December 1931) is a French library curator and historian of photography; a specialist in contemporary photography, he has contributed to the world of fine-art photography in several roles. [1] French historian and curator of photography
Louis-Antoine Prat (born 24 December 1944 in Nice ) is a French art historian and art collector , specialized in drawings . French art historian and art collector Louis-Antoine Prat Born ( 1944-12-24 ) 24 December 1944 Nice , France Nationality French Occupation art historian , art collector Spouse
#19 Vittorio Sgarbi
Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi (born 8 May 1952 in Ferrara ) is an Italian art critic, art historian, writer, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. He is President of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto . He was appointed curator of the Ital
#20 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
#1 Dumbarton Bridge (Washington, D.C.)
The Dumbarton Bridge, also known as the Q Street Bridge and the Buffalo Bridge , is a historic masonry arch bridge in Washington, D.C. For other uses, see Dumbarton Bridge (disambiguation) . United States historic place Dumbarton Bridge U.S. National Register of Historic Places D.C. Inventory of His
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during specific events or caused by specific circumstances in history. Each sculpture is an eight metres (26 ft) tall statue of bronze , copper or concrete . Sculpture series by Jens Galschiot
#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
The Cloak of Conscience and Tolerance is a sculpture by Anna Chromý carved from a single block of white marble excavated from the Michelangelo Quarry in Carrara , Italy, where Michelangelo sourced the marble for his iconic David. Anna Chromy's creation represents her largest work of art since Chromy
#5 Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz Monument ( Polish : Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza ) is a monument dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz at the Krakowskie Przedmieście in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw , Poland . The Neo-Classicist monument was constructed in 1897–1898 by sculptor Cyprian Godebski . Adam Mickiewicz Monument P
#6 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
#7 Goddess of Democracy (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong's Goddess of Democracy is a 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming , inspired by the original 10-metre tall Goddess of Democracy . The original foam and papier-mâché statue was erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989, and dest
The Princesses Monument (German - Prinzessinnen-Denkmal ) or Princesses Group ( Prinzessinnengruppe ) is a sculpture by the German artist Johann Gottfried Schadow showing the sisters Louise and Frederica , princesses of Prussia . Schadow first produced busts of the sisters and then between 1795 and
#9 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 Henry W. Grady statue is a monumental statue of Henry W. Grady in Atlanta , Georgia , United States . Built by Alexander Doyle in 1891, the statue lies at the intersection of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta and was unveiled shortly after Grady's death in 1889. The statue h
#11 Cubi
The Cubi series is a group of stainless steel sculptures built from cubes, rectangular solids and cylinders with spheroidal or flat endcaps. These pieces are among the last works completed by the sculptor David Smith . The artist died in a car accident on May 23, 1965, soon after the completion of C
#12 Christ of Havana
The Christ of Havana (Spanish: Cristo de La Habana ) is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth , on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana , Cuba . It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera , who won the commission for it in 1953. The Christ of Havana
The King Zog statue is a statue located in Tirana , Albania . It commemorates Zog I of Albania , who ruled Albania from 1925 to 1939. Statue in Tirana, Albania King Zog statue Statuja e Mbretit Zog Coordinates 41.3357°N 19.8164°E / 41.3357; 19.8164 Location Zog I Boulevard Designer Kreshnik Xhiku
#14 George Washington (Canova)
George Washington was a life-size marble statue of George Washington , done in the style of a Roman general , by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova . Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed in 1820 and installed in the rotunda of the North Carolina State H
The Animals in War Memorial is a war memorial , in Hyde Park , London, commemorating the countless animals that have served and died under British military command throughout history. It was designed by English sculptor David Backhouse and unveiled in November 2004 by Anne, Princess Royal . For the
#16 Shiv Smarak
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Smarak or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial is a monument under construction dedicated to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj , the 17th century Indian warrior king and founder of the Maratha Empire . The statue will be located in the Arabian Sea , near the coast of Mumbai
Floralis Genérica is a sculpture made of steel and aluminum located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas , Avenida Figueroa Alcorta , Buenos Aires , a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano . Catalano once said that the flower "is a synthesis of all the flowers and, at the same time
#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 Le Passe-muraille (sculpture)
Le passe-muraille (French: The Walker-Through-Walls ), also known as Chambre sensorielle , is the name of a bronze sculpture created in 2006 by French sculptor Jean-Bernard Métais . It is located in the "Parc du Pescatore" in Luxembourg City and was set up over the old casemate -network of the city.