langs: 26 декабря [ru] / december 26 [en] / 26. dezember [de] / 26 décembre [fr] / 26 dicembre [it] / 26 de diciembre [es]
days: december 23 / december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29
Alan Ebnother (born December 26, 1952, Alameda, California , United States) is a contemporary American artist. His practice as an artist is usually associated with monochrome , concrete, modernist , post, color-based, radical, minimalist , and abstract painting. [1] American painter This biography o
#2 Alice Neel
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist , who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Her work depi
Juan Carlos del Valle (born 1975) is a realist painter. He alters icons from contemporary myths, such as processed food, toys, and fantastic narratives. From 2004 to 2017 he presented more than forty exhibitions throughout Mexico, the United States and Peru. More recently, his work has addressed rel
#4 Maria Bell
Lady Maria Bell ( née Hamilton ; 26 December 1755 – 9 March 1825) was an English amateur painter (in oils) and sculptor. English painter For the American writer, see Maria Arena Bell .
#5 Hans Liska
Hans Liska (19 November 1907 in Vienna , Austria – 26 December 1983 in Wertheim am Main , Germany) was an Austrian artist, painter, commercial artist and illustrator. [1] German painter
Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan ( Russian : Анатолий Львович Каплан , Yiddish : תנחום קאפלאן ), (1902 – 1980) was a Soviet -era Russian painter , sculptor and printmaker , whose works often reflect his Jewish origins. Belarusian Jewish painter, sculptor, and printmaker The Musicians (1968) by Kaplan
#7 Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen
Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen (14 May 1817 in Middelburg – 16 April 1880 in Sint-Maria-Horebeke ) was a Dutch-born painter, trained in Antwerp . From 1844 Pieterszen worked as a deacon, later as a preacher for the Protestant Union of Belgium in Antwerp, Brussels , Mechelen and Leuven , finally i
#8 Emilio Praga
Emilio Praga (18 December 1839 – 26 December 1875) was an Italian writer, painter, poet and librettist . He is the father of the artist Marco Praga . He belongs to the artistic movement Scapigliatura . Le madri galanti , 1863 Penombre , 1864 Fiabe e leggende , 1867 Memorie del presbiterio , 1881 Ita
Charlotte Park , also known as Charlotte Park Brooks (1918 – 2010) was an American abstract painter. She began work as a professional artist soon after the close of World War II, working in studios first in Manhattan and then in eastern Long Island. She was associated with and drew both support and
#10 Frances Gabe
Frances Gabe (born Frances Grace Arnholtz , June 23, 1915 – December 26, 2016) was a feminist artist and inventor and most well known for designing and building the first "self-cleaning house" [1] in Newberg, Oregon . Disgusted with the nuisance of cleaning as a housewife in the 1970s Gabe invented
José Gutiérrez de la Vega y Bocanegra (26 December 1791 – December 1865) was a Spanish painter who specialized in portraits and religious subjects. Spanish painter Self-portrait (1847)
#12 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
Jean-Louis Titon La Neuville , called Jean-Louis Laneuville ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi lanøvil] , 26 December 1756, Paris – 26 March 1826, Paris) was a French painter, art dealer and expert. He was a gifted portraitist who made portraits of eminent persons of the French Revolution in a sty
Anthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor , visual artist , architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture. American artist and architect Tony Smith Throwback (3-3) , 1976–1979
#15 Henri Le Secq
Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq des Tournelles (18 August 1818 – 26 December 1882) was a French painter and photographer . After the French government made the daguerreotype open for public in 1839, Le Secq was one of the five photographers selected to carry out a photographic survey of architecture ( Comm
#16 Grace Turnbull
Grace Hill Turnbull (December 30, 1880 – December 26, 1976) was an American painter, sculptor and writer. American painter Grace Turnbull Born 1880 Baltimore Died 1976 (aged 95–96) Baltimore Occupation Artist
#17 Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Utrillo ( French: [mɔʁis ytʁijo, moʁ- ] ), born Maurice Valadon ; 26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955), was a French painter of School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes . Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were b
Fyodor Fyodorovich Fedorovsky ( Russian : Фёдор Фёдорович Федоровский ) (December 26 ( O.S. December 14), 1883 in Chernigov – September 7, 1955 in Moscow ) was a Soviet stage designer , People's Artist of the USSR (1951), and active member of the Soviet Academy of Arts (1947; in 1947-1953 - academy'
#19 Aldo Crommelynck
Aldo Crommelynck (26 December 1931 – 22 December 2008) was a Belgian master printmaker who made intaglio prints in collaboration with many important European and American artists of the 20th century. [1] [2] Aldo Crommelynck Born ( 1931-12-26 ) 26 December 1931 Monaco Died 22 December 2008 (2008-12-
#20 David B. Williams (artist)
David B. Williams is a noted Canadian Ojibway aboriginal artist. David B. Williams Born ( 1947-12-26 ) December 26, 1947 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Died September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29) (aged 61) Winnipeg , Manitoba Occupation Artist Originally from Garden River First Nation just outside Sault Ste.
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
Vejle Museum of Art ( Danish : Vejle Kunstmuseum ) in the town centre of Vejle in southeastern Jutland , Denmark has Danish paintings and sculptures from classic modernism up until pre- COBRA on display. The museum is also home to a collection of Golden Age paintings from the Vejle area as well as a
Randers Museum of Art ( Danish : Randers Kunstmuseum ) is a Danish art museum in Randers in northeastern Jutland , Denmark . The museum is located in the cultural centre of Kulturhuset (The House of Culture) in the town centre and displays many of the major works of Danish painters, especially those
The Palace of Versailles ( / v ɛər ˈ s aɪ , v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair- SY , vur- SY ; [1] French : Château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ( listen ) ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles , about 12 miles (19 km) west of Paris , France. The palace is owned by the F
Galeries Dalmau was an art gallery in Barcelona , Spain , from 1906 to 1930 (also known as Sala Dalmau, Les Galeries Dalmau, Galería Dalmau, and Galeries J. Dalmau). The gallery was founded and managed by the Symbolist painter and restorer Josep Dalmau i Rafel [ ca ] . The aim was to promote, impo
The Royal Ontario Museum ( ROM ) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making the ROM the most-visited museum in Canada .
The National Palace Museum , [note 1] located in Taipei , Taiwan , has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses items spanning 8,000 years of Chinese history from the neolithic
#8 MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is one of the largest art institutions in the United States dedicated solely to contemporary art . It is located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens , New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions perfo
#9 St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
St. Stephen's Cathedral ( German : Stephansdom ) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna , Christoph Cardinal Schönborn , OP . The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz , was largely init
#10 Museum Rudana
Museum Rudana or Rudana Art Museum is an art museum in Peliatan , Gianyar Regency , Bali , Indonesia. It was built by Nyoman Rudana , following the concept of the Bali humanist philosophy of Tri Hita Karana , where art makes a contribution to public wellbeing. This article needs additional citations
#11 National Gallery Singapore
The National Gallery Singapore , often known exonymously as the National Gallery , is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore . It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern wo
The Royal Palace of Milan (Italian: Palazzo Reale di Milano ) was the seat of government in the Italian city of Milan for many centuries. Today, it serves as a cultural centre and it is home to international art exhibitions. It spans through an area of 7,000 square meters and it regularly hosts mode
#13 National Art Gallery, Bulgaria
The National Art Gallery ( Bulgarian : Национална художествена галерия , Natsionalna hudozhestvena galeriya ) is Bulgaria 's national gallery, and houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art. This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations .
#1 Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacid
Galacidalacidesoxiribunucleicacid (also known as Homage to Crick and Watson (Discoverers of DNA) ) is a 1963 painting by Salvador Dalí . The painting's title is a portmanteau of the name of Dalí's wife, Gala Dalí , and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). It is a tribute to Francis Crick and James D. Watson
#2 The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the capture of the Hessian soldiers at the Battle of Trenton on the morning of Thursday, December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War . The focus is on
The Gross Clinic or The Clinic of Dr. Gross is an 1875 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins . It is oil on canvas and measures 8 feet (240 cm) by 6.5 feet (200 cm) . Painting by Thomas Eakins The Gross Clinic Artist Thomas Eakins Year 1875 Medium oil on canvas Movement Realism Dimensions 24
#4 Portrait of Mrs Mary Graham
Portrait of Mrs Mary Graham or The Honourable Mrs Graham is a 1777 oil on canvas painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough , produced shortly after Mary's marriage to Thomas Graham, the future Lord Lynedoch on 26 December 1774. It was one of the first works to enter the collection of the Sc
Nature morte au poron (English: Still life with porrón ) is a 1948 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso . It is a still life painting in a cubist style. Picasso painted three versions of the work on 26 December 1948; one is in the collection of the Welsh National Museum of Art , Cardiff , Wales.
The Fontevraud Gradual (often known as the Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany ) is an antiphonary or gradual of the mid-13th century, owned by Eleanor of Brittany (d. 1342), abbess of Fontevraud Abbey , and bequeathed to the abbey on her death. [1] It contains Gregorian chant as well as three early poly
#7 Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States is a 1940 oil-on-canvas painting by Howard Chandler Christy , depicting the Constitutional Convention signing the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Along with Washington Crossing the Delaware by
#8 The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)
The Raising of Lazarus is a large altarpiece of 1517–1519 by the Italian High Renaissance artist Sebastiano del Piombo , for which Michelangelo supplied drawings for some figures. Intended for Narbonne Cathedral in France, it is now normally in Room 18 of the National Gallery in London, where it is
#9 The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the death of the American General Hugh Mercer at the Battle of Princeton on Friday, January 3, 1777 during the American Revolutionary War . The paint
#10 List of major paintings by Masaccio
Masaccio is important for developing naturalistic depiction of 3D space containing figures conceived as accurate plastic objects. In his paintings the newly discovered laws of perspective were applied, the drawing of foreshortened parts was correct, and the anatomy of the human body was well underst
#11 Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is a Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image in the northern Andes region. Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá Patroness of Colombia, La Chinita Venerated in Catholic Church Major shrine Basil
#12 Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze . 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze This article is about the Emanuel Leutze painting. For the actual event, see George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River . For oth
#13 Pisa Altarpiece
The Pisa Altarpiece ( Italian : Polittico di Pisa ) was a large multi-paneled altarpiece produced by Masaccio for the chapel of Saint Julian in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Pisa . The chapel was owned by the notary Giuliano di Colino, who commissioned the work on February 19, 1426 for th
Lampugnani's Conspiracy is an 1826 oil on canvas painting by Francesco Hayez , now in the pinacoteca di Brera in Milan , which acquired it in 1907. It shows the conspiracy led by Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani , Girolamo Olgiati , Carlo Visconti and Cola Montano to overthrow the tyranny of Galeazzo Mari
Woman with Black Glove (French: Femme au gant noir , or Femme Assise ) is a painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Painted in 1920, after returning to Paris in the wake of World War I, the paintings highly abstract structure is consistent with style of experimentation th
Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Virgen de Guadalupe ), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions , which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, and a ven
#17 Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn ( Lithuanian : Aušros Vartų Dievo Motina , Polish : Matka Boska Ostrobramska , Belarusian : Маці Божая Вастрабрамская , German : Mutter Gottes vor den Toren der Morgenröte , Ukrainian : Богородиця біля брами світанку , Russian : Остробрамская икона Божией Матери ) is the
The bust of Sherman Minton is a public artwork by American artist Robert Merrell Gage , located on the main floor of the Indiana Statehouse , which is in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . Cast in bronze in 1956, it was commissioned to honor politician — a United States senator from Indiana an
#19 Conservation-restoration of Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic
The conservation-restoration of Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic refers to the on-going conservation-restoration treatments of American painter Thomas Eakins ' 1875 painting The Gross Clinic throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. These treatments are a testament to the changing methodologies underta
#20 The Marriage of the Virgin (Raphael)
The Marriage of the Virgin , also known as Lo Sposalizio , is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael . Completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello , the painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph . It changed hands several
#1 Ann Temkin
Ann Temkin (born December 26, 1959) [1] is an American art curator, and currently the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York . [2] [3] [4] American art curator (born 1959) Ann Temkin Born Ann T. Temkin ( 1959-12-26 ) December 26,
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
#3 Roar Hauglid
Roar Hauglid (26 December 1910 - 18 November 2001 ) was a Norwegian art historian , antiquarian and publicist. [1]
#4 Walter Horn
Walter William Horn (18 January 1908 - 26 December 1995) was a German-American medievalist scholar noted for his work on the timber vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages . American art historian For the German slalom canoeist, see Walter Horn (canoeist) . For the German entomologist, see Walthe
Andrew Michael Graham-Dixon (born 26 December 1960) is a British art historian and broadcaster. British art historian and broadcaster (born 1960) Andrew Graham-Dixon Graham-Dixon in 2012 Born ( 1960-12-26 ) 26 December 1960 (age 61) London , England Education Westminster School Alma mater Christ
#6 Ursula Hoff
Ursula Hoff AO OBE (26 December 1909 in London, UK – 10 January 2005 in Melbourne ) was an Australian scholar and prolific author on art. She enjoyed a long career at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, where she was deputy director from 1968 to 1973. Her involvement then continued when s
Oliver Samuel Tonks (December 26, 1874 – December 25, 1953) was an American art historian , educator , and curator . Tonks was Professor of Art History Emeritus at Vassar College . American art historian This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 2
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky ( Russian : Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский ) (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov , 23 November [ O.S. 11 November ] 1875 – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for Min
#9 Andrei Pleșu
Andrei Gabriel Pleșu ( Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej ɡabriˈel ˈpleʃu] ; born 23 August 1948) is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics, having been appointed Minister of Culture (1989–91), Minister of Foreign Affair
Petrine Archer-Straw (26 December 1956 – 5 December 2012) was a British artist and influential art historian and curator who specialised in the art of the Caribbean people . [1] In the words of Eddie Chambers : "In her work as an artist, academic, art historian, writer and curator, Archer-Straw cons
Maie Bartlett Heard (1868–1951) was an Arizona -based collector and philanthropist, who cofounded the Heard Museum of native American art. [1] [2] [3] Arizona-based collector and philanthropist (1868–1951) Maie Bartlett Heard Maie Bartlett Heard Born 1868 Died 1951 Occupation art collector, philanth
Allessandro Parronchi (Florence, 26 December 1914 – Florence, 6 January 2007) was an Italian poet, art historian, and literary critic. He won the 1999 Mondello Prize for literature. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2014 ) Parronchi as a young man Although much of
#13 Wendy Beckett
Wendy Mary Beckett [1] (25 February 1930 – 26 December 2018), better known as Sister Wendy , was a British religious sister and art historian [2] who became well known internationally during the 1990s when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art . [3] Her program
Dmytro Antonovych (14 November 1877, in Kiev – 12 October 1945, in Prague ) was a Ukrainian politician and art historian. Ukrainian politician Dmytro Antonovych Дмитро Володимирович Антонович Secretary / Minister of Naval Affairs In office January 6, 1918 – February 9, 1918 Prime Minister Volodymy
The Kiss ( French : Le Baiser ) is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin . The embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating Rodin's monumental bronze portal The Gates of Hell , commissioned for a planned museum o
Bust of Mary Cathcart is a stone bust by Marie-Anne Collot , sculpted between 1768 and 1772. She produced several versions of it - the plaster original of 1768 is in the Louvre , a completed marble version is in the Russian Museum and an incomplete marble version in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy
The Illinois Monument is a public monument located in the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Cobb County, Georgia , United States. The monument honors the soldiers from Illinois who fought in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War . It is lo
The Monument to Nicholas I ( Russian : Памятник Николаю I ) is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square (in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral ) in Saint Petersburg , Russia . It was created by French sculptor Auguste de Montferrand and unveiled on July 7 [ O.S. June
The Thiruvalluvar Statue , or the Valluvar Statue , is a 41-metre-tall (133 ft) stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar , author of the Tirukkural , an ancient Tamil work on Dharma and morality . It is located on a small island near the town of Kanyakumari on the southernmost po
The Trenton Battle Monument is a massive column -type structure in the Battle Monument section of Trenton , Mercer County , New Jersey , United States. It commemorates the December 26, 1776, Battle of Trenton , a pivotal victory for the Continental forces during the American Revolutionary War . Unit
#7 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
The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States ,
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