langs: 28 декабря [ru] / december 28 [en] / 28. dezember [de] / 28 décembre [fr] / 28 dicembre [it] / 28 de diciembre [es]
days: december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31
Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov , (Armenian Յակուլյան Գևորգ Բոգդանի Georges Yakulov (January 2 (14), 1884, Tiflis — December 28, 1928, Yerevan ) - Russian and soviet artist of Armenian origin, painter , graphic artist , decorator, set designer , art theorist . Close to the circle of avant-garde innovator
Vincenc Makovský (3 June 1900 – 28 December 1966) was an avant-garde Czech sculptor and industrial designer . He was born in Nové Město na Moravě and died in Brno . He was a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, but was not active with the group for long. He founded the School of Arts in Z
Benjamin Björklund (Born 1986 in Trollhättan, Sweden ) is a Swedish painter . Björklund is a self-taught artist whose work includes classic figurative painting . [1] He primarily paints people and animals, with the subjects often being completely alone. His work is inspired by the cold mood of the S
#4 Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst ( Russian : Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст , Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich ) Rosenberg , Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенберг (27 January (8 February) 1866 [1] [2] – 28 December 1924) was a Russian painter and scene and costume desig
#5 Peter Berlin
Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene (28 December 1942) is a German-American photographer, artist, filmmaker, clothing designer/sewer, and model best known by his stage name Peter Berlin . In the early to mid-1970s. [1] For the American lawyer, see Peter Berlin (lawyer) . Peter Berlin Born Armin
#6 Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford
Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford (née Thynne ; 25 March 1760 – 28 December 1832) was an English naturalist and botanical illustrator who made studies and paintings of the plants, algae, and fungi from the Warwickshire area. English painter The Right Honourable The Countess of Aylesford Louisa, Co
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
For the Algerian novelist, see Mohamed Kacimi . Mohamed Kacimi Born December 28, 1942 Meknes , Morocco Died October 27, 2003 Rabat , Morocco Occupation Painter Mohamed Kacimi (1942–2003) was a Moroccan painter. He was the recipient of the Grand Prix du Mérite from the King of Morocco in 2000.
Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk (2 January 1923, Lublin , Poland - 12 April 1975, Örebro , Sweden ) was a Polish-born Swedish painter, drawer and sculptor. Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk, 1974 Born Wojciech Stanisław Szewczyk ( 1923-01-02 ) 2 January 1923 Lublin , Poland Died 12 April 1975 (1975-
#10 Wieland Förster
Wieland Förster (born 12 February 1930) is a German sculptor, artist and writer. [1] [2] A recurring theme of his work is victimhood, reflecting his own youthful experiences during the incineration of Dresden in February 1945 and of the Soviet justice system between 1946 and 1950. [3] German sculpto
#11 Vladimir Tatlin
Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin ( 28 December [ O.S. 16 December ] 1885 – 31 May 1953) [1] was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International , more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, which he beg
#12 Thomas Creswick
Thomas Creswick RA (5 February 1811 – 28 December 1869) was a British landscapist and illustrator, and one of the best-known members of the Birmingham School of landscapists. [1] English painter Self portrait (1828) A View Of Windsor Castle
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo (28 December 1928 – 19 May 2010) was a Latin American painter and journalist . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( July 2018 ) Cueva was born in Cuenca . He was
Kurt von Holleben (7 March 1894 – 14 January 1947) was a German chemist working for Agfa-Gevaert Technical-Scientific Laboratory as the head of the colour screen research group, overseeing development of Additive color screens (kornraster) for the Agfa-Farbenplatte glass plates (1916), and film base
André Bizette-Lindet (28 February 1906 – 28 December 1998) was a French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1930. His work is held in many churches, public buildings and memorials in France and other countries. French sculptor The sculptor in the year he won the Prix de Rome
#16 Witold Skulicz
Professor Witold Skulicz (12 February 1926 in Kraków – 28 December 2009) was a Polish artist. Witold Skulicz Born Witold Skulicz ( 1926-02-12 ) 12 February 1926 Kraków , Poland Died 28 December 2009 (2009-12-28) (aged 83) Kraków, Poland Nationality Polish Founder and President of International Pri
William Skeoch Cumming (28 December 1864 Edinburgh – 10 April 1929 Edinburgh), was a Scottish watercolourist, mainly of portraits, military subjects and Scottish Military History. Between 1912 and his death, he turned his hand to the designing and production of four large tapestries. Scottish waterc
#18 Harry Fonseca
Harry Eugene Fonseca (1946 – 2006) [1] [2] was a Nisenan Native American artist, and illustrator. He was an enrolled citizen of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians . [3] Native American painter This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline ci
#19 Jennifer Lash
Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash Fiennes (27 February 1938 – 28 December 1993), also known as Jini Fiennes , was an English novelist and painter. [1] English novelist and painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2009 ) Jennifer Lash Born Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Las
John Allan Wyeth (October 24, 1894 – May 11, 1981) served as a lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and subsequently became a war poet , composer, and painter. [1] [2] After the Armistice , Wyeth lived in Europe and became both a Post-Impressionist painter and a war poe
Museo de Arte de Ponce ( MAP ) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico . [6] [7] [8] [9] It houses a collection of European art , [7] as well as works by Puerto Rican artists. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemis
#2 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales ( AGNSW ), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney , Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest i
#3 YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum
The YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum ( traditional Chinese : 陽明海洋文化藝術館 ; simplified Chinese : 阳明海洋文化艺术馆 ; pinyin : Yángmíng Hǎiyáng Wénhuà Yìshùguǎn ) or Yang Ming Oceanic Culture and Art Museum ( OCAM ) is a museum about oceanic culture and art in Ren'ai District , Keelung , Taiwan . The entrance
The Blanco Renaissance Museum is a museum located in Ubud on Bali , Indonesia that opened December 28, 1998. [1] Blanco Renaissance Museum Blanco Renaissance Museum Established December 28, 1998 ( 1998-December-28 ) Location Ubud , Bali , Indonesia Website blancomuseum .com
#5 Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art
The Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art ( 畠山記念館 , Hatakeyama Kinenkan ) is a private museum established in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [3] Art museum in Shirokanedai Minato-ku Tokyo Japan Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art Hatakeyama Memorial Museum Established October 1964 [1] Location
#6 Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages , known as the Long Island Museum (LIM) , is a nine-acre museum located in Stony Brook, New York . The LIM serves the Long Island community by preserving and displaying its collection of art, historical artifacts, and carriages; providin
#7 Musée national Eugène Delacroix
The Musée national Eugène Delacroix ( English: National Eugène Delacroix Museum ), also known as the Musée Delacroix , is an art museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) and located in the 6th arrondissement at 6, rue de Furstenberg, Paris , France . It is open daily except Tuesday;
#8 Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnsley , South Yorkshire , England . Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it now houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, cera
#9 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
#10 China Art Museum
The China Art Museum , also called the China Art Palace ( simplified Chinese : 中华 艺术 宫 ; traditional Chinese : 中華藝術宮 ; pinyin : Zhōnghuá Yìshù Gōng ; Shanghainese : Zongwu Nyizeh Ghon ) or its original name, Shanghai Art Museum , [3] is a museum of modern Chinese art located in Pudong , Shanghai . [
The Detroit Institute of Arts ( DIA ), located in Midtown Detroit , Michigan , has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2 ) [2] [3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2
#12 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
#13 Louvre
The Louvre ( English: / ˈ l uː v ( r ə )/ LOOV( -rə) ), [4] or the Louvre Museum ( French : Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ( listen ) ), is the world's most-visited museum , and a historic landmark in Paris , France . It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and
The Neue Galerie (New Gallery) is an art museum in Kassel in the state of Hesse , in Germany. The building was constructed between 1871 and 1877 as a museum for works of the Old Masters . The building was damaged and burned out on 22 October 1943 in a devastating air raid carried out on the orders o
#1 Massacre of the Innocents (Bruegel)
Several oil-on-oak-panel versions of The Massacre of the Innocents were painted by 16th-century Netherlandish painters Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Pieter Brueghel the Younger . The work translates the Biblical account of the Massacre of the Innocents into a winter scene in the Netherlands i
#2 Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki
The Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki ( 紫式部日記絵巻 ) is a mid-13th century emaki (Japanese picture scroll) inspired by the private diary ( nikki ) of Murasaki Shikibu , lady-in-waiting at the 10th–11th century Heian court and author of The Tale of Genji . This emaki belongs to the classical style of Japanes
Life Electric [1] (also known as The Life Electric ) is a contemporary sculpture , dedicated to the physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827). Completed in 2015 it is located in Como , [2] Italy . Life Electric was designed by Daniel Libeskind , and was a gift to Como, the city where the architect loca
La Femme à l'Éventail , or Woman with a Fan , is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . The work was exhibited in 1914 at Moderni Umeni, S.V.U. Mánes , Prague. A 1914 photograph taken at the exhibition in Prague was published in the magazine Zlatá Praha showing Woman with a Fan hanging nex
A Dutch Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil -on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, [1] Netherlands. A Dutch Courtyard Artist Pieter de Hooch Year 1658–1660 Dimensions 6
The Two Fridas ( Las dos Fridas in Spanish ) is an oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo . The painting was the first large-scale work done by Kahlo and is considered one of her most notable paintings. [1] It is a double self-portrait, depicting two versions of Kahlo seated together. One is wea
Painting 1946 , also known as Painting or Painting (1946) , is an oil-on-linen painting by the Irish -born artist Francis Bacon . It was originally intended to depict a chimpanzee in long grass (parts of which may be still visible); Bacon then attempted to paint a bird of prey landing in a field. Ba
Myra is a large painting which is a reproduction of the mugshot of Myra Hindley shortly after she was arrested for her participation in the Moors murders and was created by Marcus Harvey in 1995. It was displayed at the Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in Lon
David Darryl Galloway FRSA (born 5 May 1937 – 28 December 2019) was an American novelist, curator, journalist and academic. A graduate of Harvard University , he was the founding curator of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art , a longtime contributor to the International Herald Tribune , an emerit
Antonius Petrus Lambertus "Antoine" Bodar (born December 28, 1944 in 's-Hertogenbosch ) is a Dutch Roman Catholic priest, art historian , author of books in the field of culture and church and professor. Dutch priest, art historian and writer Fr. Antoine Bodar in 2020. Bodar was initially known as a
Robert Morse Edsel [1] (born December 28, 1956) is an American businessman and author. He has written three non-fiction books - Rescuing Da Vinci (2006), Monuments Men : Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2007); and Saving Italy (2013) - chronicling the recovery o
Sarah Cook is a Scotland-based Canadian scholar. She is well known as a historian and curator in the field of New Media art . Cook was a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland , where she worked with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-fou
Arthur Noël Grove Annesley (born 28 December 1941) is a British auctioneer, art expert, and the honorary chairman of Christie's .
Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca . [2] This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (April 2012)
Zygmunt Świechowski (18 February 1920 – 28 December 2015) [1] was a Polish art historian and architectural conservator with a particular interest in the Romanesque era . Świechowski was also a leading figure in architectural preservation and restoration work in Poland, and he used photography extens
Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti ( Italian: [fiˈlippo tomˈmaːzo mariˈnetti] ; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye de Créteil betw
#9 Jon Whiteley
Jon Whiteley (19 February 1945 – 16 May 2020) [1] was a Scottish child actor and art historian. Scottish child actor and art historian (1945–2020) This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( May 2020 ) For those of a similar name, s
#10 Michael Levey
Sir Michael Vincent Levey , LVO , FBA , FRSL (8 June 1927 – 28 December 2008) was an English art historian and was the director of the National Gallery from 1973 to 1986. This article is about the British art historian. For the American television personality, see Mike Levey .
Franz Xaver Kraus (18 September 1840 – 28 December 1901) was a German Catholic priest , and ecclesiastical and art historian . [1] German Catholic priest and art historian (1840-1901)
Arthur Jerome Eddy (November 5, 1859 - July 21, 1920 in New York City , New York ) was an American lawyer, author, art collector, and a prominent member of the first generation of American Modern art collectors. His book Cubists and Post-Impressionism was the first American book promoting these new
#13 Marcel Aubert
Marcel Aubert (April 9, 1884 – December 28, 1962) was a French art historian . French art historian Marcel Aubert Marcel Aubert in 1934 Born 9 April 1884 Paris Died 28 December 1962 (1962-12-28) (aged 78) Paris Occupation Art historian
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (21 October 1755 – 28 December 1849) was a French armchair archaeologist and architectural theorist , a Freemason , and an effective arts administrator and influential writer on art. [1] French archaeologist, architectural theorist, artist and art critic Quat
#15 Raissa Calza
Raissa Samojlovna Calza (née Gourevitch ; 15 December 1894 – 24 January 1979) was a Ukrainian dancer who became a prominent classical archaeologist of Roman portraiture. When she was young, she fled to Italy and France following the Russian revolution . Ukrainian archaeologist of Ostia Antica, bal
#16 Mildred Archer
Mildred Archer OBE (28 December 1911 in London – 4 February 2005) was an English art historian who specialized in 18th- and 19th-century art in British India. She was curator of Prints and Drawings at the India Office Library and wrote extensively on the collection and studies on them. English art h
#1 Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait
Jug in the form of a Head, Self-portrait (usually referred to as the Jug Self-portrait ) was produced in glazed stoneware early in 1889 [1] by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin . This self-portrayal is especially stark and brutal, and was created in the aftermath of two traumatic eve
#2 Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
The Confederate Memorial is a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States, that commemorates members of the armed forces of the Confederate States of America who died during the American Civil War . Authorized in March 1906, former Confederate soldier
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
#4 Wongwian Yai
Wongwian Yai , also spelled "Wong Wian Yai" or "Wongwien Yai" ( Thai : วงเวียนใหญ่ , pronounced [wōŋ.wīa̯n jàj] ; lit. ' big roundabout ' ), is a large roundabout (traffic circle) in Thonburi , on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok , Thailand , where the statue of King Taksin is sit
The Tritons’ Fountain ( Maltese : Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni ) is a fountain located just outside the City Gate of Valletta , Malta . It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in travertine slabs. The fountain is one of Mal
#6 San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial
The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II . It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army through deceit, coercion, and brutal force. [1] It is approximated that there
The Tan Kim Seng Fountain is a fountain in Singapore that was erected in 1882 in honor of notable philanthropist Tan Kim Seng for his donations for the Singapore’s first reservoir and waterworks. Tan Kim Seng Fountain The Tan Kim Seng Fountain Coordinates 1°17′27.9″N 103°51′15.2″E Location Esplanade
#8 United States Air Force Memorial
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia , on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery . The Memorial is
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 ,
#10 Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
The Soviet War Memorial is a war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin 's Treptower Park . It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 7,000 of the 80,000 Red Army soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. It opened four years after the en
#11 Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia)
The Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia , was the first installation on Monument Avenue in 1890, and would ultimately be the last monument removed from the site. [3] Before its removal on September 8, 2021, [4] the monument honored Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee , depicted on a
#12 Dade Monument (West Point)
Dade Monument is a monument and United States Military Academy Cemetery , in honor of Major Francis L. Dade and his command of 110 men who were defeated by Seminole warriors at Dade Massacre on 28 December, 1835. The monument has moved several times in its history. First erected in 1845, it original
#13 Spire of Dublin
The Spire of Dublin , alternatively titled the Monument of Light [1] ( Irish : An Túr Solais ), [2] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height, [3] located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney ) on O'Connell Str