langs: 14 февраля [ru] / february 14 [en] / 14. februar [de] / 14 février [fr] / 14 febbraio [it] / 14 de febrero [es]
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George Marshall Cohen (August 4, 1919 – April 18, 1999) was an American painter and art professor. He was a member of the Chicago-based Monster Roster group of artists and taught art at Northwestern University . 20th-century American painter and academic George Marshall Cohen Born ( 1919-08-04 ) Aug
#2 Val Telberg
Val Telberg (born Vladimir Telberg-von-Teleheim on February 14, 1910 in Moscow, Russian Empire; died 1995, Southampton, New York ) was a Russian Empire-born American artist best known for his photomontages . Russian painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 )
Wilhelm Kaufmann (25 May 1895 – 14 February 1975) was an Austrian painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] Austrian painter Wilhelm Kaufmann Born ( 1895-05-25 ) 25 May 1895 Vienna , Austria-Hungary Died 14 February 1975 (1975-02-14) (
Joseph W. Papin , (September 7, 1931 – March 9, 1992) also known as Joe Papin was a reportorial artist, illustrator , courtroom sketch artist, and political cartoonist . American cartoonist Joseph Wood Papin Born ( 1931-09-07 ) September 7, 1931 St. Louis, Missouri Died March 9, 1992 (1992-03-09) (a
Giulio Parigi (6 April 1571 – 13 July 1635) was an Italian architect and designer. Italian painter, engraver and architect Giulio Parigi Painting by Giulio Parigi in Florence, Italy, showing Archimedes ' mirror used to burn Roman ships Born 1571 Florence , Italy Died 1635 Nationality Italian Educati
Lucas van Uden (18 October 1595 – 4 November 1672) was a leading Flemish landscape painter , draughtsman and engraver, who lived and worked in Antwerp. He was a leading landscape painter who collaborated with various local figure painters. His most original works are his drawings. [1] Extensive land
#7 Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken
Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken , also known as Bô Yin Râ (born 25 November 1876 in Aschaffenburg ; died 14 February 1943 in Massagno / Lugano ), [1] was a German spiritual teacher, poet and painter. [2] [3] [4] German painter Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken, Bô Yin Râ (1920)
Adeline Palmier Wagoner (February 14, 1868 – April 21, 1929) was an American volunteer organizational leader and author. She served as president of the St. Louis , Missouri, branch of the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild , a charity for the poor and afflicted, and as president of the Shakespea
Tella Kitchen (February 14, 1902 – June 21, 1988) [1] was a folk artist known for her paintings of landscapes and town life in rural Indiana and Ohio . She was a self-taught artist , whose work was based on her memories of her life. [2] Her work achieved national recognition, and can be found in t
Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman . The Sherman brothers produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. [1] Some of their so
#11 Jessicka
Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American singer and visual artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka , she was the frontwoman of Florida-based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles-based band Scarling. American singer Jessicka Jessicka in 2004 B
#12 Hansel Mieth
Hansel Mieth (1909–1998) was a German-born photojournalist who worked on the staff of LIFE Magazine. She was best known for her social commentary photography which recorded the lives of working class Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. [1] American photographer Hansel Mieth Hansel Mieth, 1936, by Pete
Mary Tuthill Lindheim (February 14, 1912 – December 30, 2004), born Mary Barbara Tuthill , and also known professionally as Mary Tuthill or Mary Lindheim, was an American sculptor and studio potter . American sculptor Mary Tuthill Lindheim Born Mary Barbara Tuthill ( 1912-02-14 ) February 14, 1912 N
Jan van Helmont [1] ( Antwerp , 14 February 1650 - – between 1714 and 1734) was a Flemish painter of history subjects, genre scenes and portraits. [2] Portrait of Theresia Mechtildis Schilders
#15 Henry Bond
Henry Bond , FHEA (born 13 June 1966) is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics . English writer, photographer, and visual artist This article is about the writer and artist. For other
Reinhard Dietrich (14 February 1932 – 7 March 2015) was a German sculptor. [1] [2] German sculptor "Möwenflug" ( "Gulls' Flight" ), in Warnemünde , by Reinhard Dietrich "Schiwago" 2008
#17 Joseph Rivière
Joseph Rivière (5 April 1912 – 14 February 1961) was a French sculptor. His work is held in various public places in France. His best known work is the monument to the dead deminers of the Ballon d'Alsace . French sculptor Joseph Rivière Born ( 1912-05-05 ) 5 May 1912 Tours , Indre-et-Loire, France
#18 Giuseppe Cesari
Giuseppe Cesari (14 February 1568 – 3 July 1640) was an Italian Mannerist painter , also named Il Giuseppino and called Cavaliere d'Arpino , because he was created Cavaliere di Cristo by his patron Pope Clement VIII . He was much patronized in Rome by both Clement and Sixtus V . He was the chief of
#19 Kathleen Scott
Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet , FRBS (née Bruce ; formerly Scott ; 27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and also of several larger public monuments. These included a numbe
Carl Eneas Sjöstrand (11 September 1828 – 14 February 1906) was a Swedish sculptor who worked for over 40 years in the Grand Duchy of Finland . [1] [2] Swedish sculptor Carl Eneas Sjöstrand Sjöstrand in 1890s Born ( 1828-07-11 ) 11 July 1828 Stockholm , Sweden Died 14 February 1906 (1906-02-14) (age
#1 Canberra Museum and Gallery
Canberra Museum and Gallery is an art gallery and museum in Canberra , the capital of Australia . It is located on London Circuit, in Civic in the centre of the city. The gallery was opened on 13 February 1998. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2022 ) Canberra Museum a
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington dedicated to the medium of glass . [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, impl
The Jilin Provincial Museum ( simplified Chinese : 吉林省 博物院 ; traditional Chinese : 吉林省博物院 ; pinyin : Jílín shěng bówùyuàn ) is a first-grade museum in Changchun , Jilin province, China, dedicated to history and art. [1] It is a subordinate unit of the Jilin Province Department of Culture and Tourism
#4 National Gallery of Jamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica , in Kingston, Jamaica , is Jamaica 's public art museum. It was established in 1974 and is located in the Kingston Mall, a commercial and cultural center on Kingston harbour. The National Gallery of Jamaica also has a branch in Montego Bay, National Gallery West. Thi
#5 Grand Central Art Galleries
The Grand Central Art Galleries were the exhibition and administrative space of the nonprofit Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, an artists' cooperative established in 1922 by Walter Leighton Clark together with John Singer Sargent , Edmund Greacen , and others. [1] Artists closely associat
The O Street Museum Foundation is a museum which focuses on exploring the creative process. Located in Washington, D.C. , O Street Museum Foundation is housed in five interconnected town houses that include over 100 rooms and 32 secret doors. This article needs additional citations for verification
#7 Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America
Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America is the American-Scandinavian Foundation 's cultural center at 58 Park Avenue (between East 37th Street and East 38th Street), in Murray Hill, Manhattan , New York City . It is dedicated to preserving the history of the Scandinavian and Nordic countrie
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]
#9 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts , which houses significant examples of European , Asian , and American art . Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose will called for
#10 Ronchini Gallery
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums , with paintings , sculptures , cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis , Missouri , where it is visited by up to a half million pe
The Wallraf–Richartz Museum (full name in German: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud ) is one of the three major museums in Cologne , Germany. It houses an art gallery with a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century. Museum in Cologne, Germany Wallraf-R
#13 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education at New York University . ISAW's mission is to cultivate comparative, connective investigations of the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to China . [1] Areas of specia
#14 Bodley Gallery
The Bodley Gallery was an art gallery in New York City, from the late 1940s through the early 1980s. The Bodley specialized in contemporary and modern art . David Mann was director of the gallery during its heyday and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Braun (a.k.a. Georgie Duffee), were the owners.
Midway Contemporary Art is a non-profit arts organization located in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Its gallery and research library are located in the Sheridan and Marcy Homes neighborhoods of the city, respectively. Both are free and open to the public. Midway Contemporary Art Midway Contemporary Art i
#16 Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery
Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery ( Ukrainian : Львівська Національна Галерея Мистецтв імені Бориса Возницького ) is the largest art museum in Ukraine, with over 62,000 artworks in its collection, including works of Ukrainian, Polish, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Flemish, Spanish, Aust
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
#18 The Valentine
The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, [1] it was the first museum in Richmond. [2] History Museum & National Historic Landmark in Richmond, Virginia The Valentine The Valentine En
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy , dedicated to the art of calligraphy, [1] is situated in Sokolniki Park , Moscow . The museum collection features calligraphy masterpieces from 65 countries. The concept was elaborated by Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre and the National Union of Cal
#20 Museum of Contemporary Religious Art
The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art ( MOCRA ) is the world's first interfaith museum of contemporary art that engages religious and spiritual themes. MOCRA highlights the ongoing dialogue between contemporary artists and the world's faith traditions, as well as the ways visual art can encourage
Death of Cook is the name of several paintings depicting the 1779 death of the first European visitor to the Hawaiian Islands , Captain James Cook at Kealakekua Bay . Most of these paintings seem to go back to an original by John Cleveley the Younger , painted in 1784, although other versions, like
Libuše and Přemysl (Czech: Libuše a Přemysl ) is an outdoor sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek made in 1889-1897 for Palacký Bridge . Damaged from American bombing on February 14, 1945, bridge statues were removed in 1948 in connection with the bridge reconstruction and installed at Vyšehradské sady
Merahi metua no Tehamana (English Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana ) is an 1893 painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin , currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago . [1] The painting is a portrait of Paul Gauguin's wife Teha'amana during his first visit to
#4 Ohio Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio)
The Mimi Ohio Theatre is a theater on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , part of Playhouse Square . The theater was built by Marcus Loew 's Loew's Ohio Theatres company. It was designed by Thomas W. Lamb in the Italian Renaissance style , and was intended to present legitimate plays. The t
#5 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
#6 Ecce homo
Ecce homo ( / ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ / , Ecclesiastical Latin : [ˈettʃe ˈomo] , Classical Latin : [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː] ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John , when he presents a scourged Jesus , bound and crowned with thorns , to
#7 Le goûter
Le Goûter , also known as Tea Time ( Tea-Time ), and Femme à la Cuillère ( Woman with a teaspoon ) is an oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911, and the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912. [1] O
#8 Portrait of George Dyer Talking
Portrait of George Dyer Talking is an oil painting by Francis Bacon executed in 1966. It is a portrait of his lover George Dyer made at the height of Bacon's creative power. It depicts Dyer sitting on a revolving office stool in a luridly coloured room. His body and face are contorted, and his legs
#9 General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument
The General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is an equestrian statue of American Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman located in Sherman Plaza, which is part of President's Park in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. The selection of an artist in 1896 to design the monument was hig
#10 Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (or in the temple ) is an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ , describing his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem , that is celebrated by many churches 40 days after Christmas on Candlemas , or the "Feast of the Presentation of Jesus". The episode i
#11 Statue of Bee Gees (Redcliffe, Queensland)
A statue of the Bee Gees has been erected at 109 Redcliffe Parade, Bee Gees Way, Redcliffe, Queensland , 4020 Australia. [1] It was unveiled on 14 February 2013 by Barry Gibb, the only surviving member of the group. [1] It was created by sculptor Phillip Piperides. [1] Statue in Redcliffe, Queenslan
#12 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
#13 Raphael Cartoons
The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries , belonging to the British Royal Collection but since 1865 on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, designed by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515–16 and showing scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles . They
#14 The Death of Captain James Cook (Zoffany)
The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 is a painting by Johann Zoffany . The painting records the loss of the British explorer Captain James Cook . The painting was completed in 1794 some years after the death of Cook in 1779. Other paintings of the death of Cook were painted earlier. The
#15 Répétition du "Joueur de flûte" et de "La femme de Diomède" chez le prince Napoléon
Répétition du "Joueur de flûte" et de "La femme de Diomède" chez le prince Napoléon (Rehearsal of "The Flute Player" and "Wife of Diomedes" at the Place of Prince Napoléon) is a painting by French artist Gustave Boulanger . The painting's full title as given in the catalogue for the Paris Salon of 1
#16 Santa Maria dei Fossi Altarpiece
The Santa Maria dei Fossi Altarpiece is a 1496-1498 painting by Pinturicchio , now in the Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria in Perugia . [1] Unusually for an altarpiece, it is painted on canvas stretched over wooden panels. Santa Maria dei Fossi Altarpiece Artist Pinturicchio Year 1496-1498 Medium oil
Sentimental Music is a circa 1913 painting by Arthur Dove . It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] It is not currently on display. Painting by Arthur Dove Sentimental Music Artist Arthur Dove Year c. 1913 Dimensions 54.9 cm (21.6 in) × 45.7 cm (18.0 in) Location
#18 Lumír and Píseň
Lumír and Song (Czech: Lumír a Píseň ) is an outdoor sculpture made by Josef Václav Myslbek in 1889-1897 for Palacký Bridge . Damaged from American bombing on February 14, 1945, statues were removed in 1948 in connection with the bridge reconstruction and installed at Vyšehradské sady in Vyšehrad ,
The Casalmaggiore Altarpiece is a 1540 oil on panel painting by Parmigianino , now in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden , which acquired it from the Este collection in 1746. [1] Painting by Parmigianino It is named after Casalmaggiore , whither the artist had fled from Parma after imprisonment for non-c
Véronique Schiltz (23 December 1942, Châteauroux – 4 February 2019, Paris ) was a French archaeologist, historian of art, and literary translator. She was a specialist in steppes art , in particular that of the Scythians , concentrating on the history and culture of steppe peoples between the first
#2 Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff
Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (21 August 1944 – 14 February 2013) was a German art historian and professor with particular research interest in the fields of gender studies and postcolonial studies. Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (2004)
#3 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
#4 Paul Zucker
Paul Zucker (August 14, 1888 in Berlin – February 14, 1971 in New York City ) was a German -born architect, art historian, art critic and author. Between 1919 and 1935, he practiced architecture in Berlin. [1] American architect Paul Zucker studied architecture and art history in Berlin and Munich;
#5 Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn
Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn (14 February 1712, Hamburg – 24 January 1780, Dresden ) was a German art historian and collector, as well as an amateur engraver. He also served as a diplomat. His elder brother, Friedrich , was a well known poet. This article needs additional citations for verification
#6 Anne Aaserud
Anne Aaserud (23 July 1942 – 14 February 2017) was a Norwegian art historian and museum director. [1] Norwegian art historian and museum director Anne Aaserud Born ( 1942-07-23 ) 23 July 1942 Died 14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) (aged 74) Nationality Norwegian Education University of Oslo Occupation
Ferdinand Alexander "Ferry" Hoogendijk (23 November 1933 – 14 February 2014) was a Dutch journalist and politician. Dutch journalist and politician Ferry Hoogendijk Hoogendijk in 1983 Member of the House of Representatives In office 23 May 2002 – 30 January 2003 Personal details Born ( 1933-11-23
Irina Stolyarova ( Russian : Ирина Столярова ; born 14 February 1966 in Moscow ) is an art collector, nonconformist movement expert, and the art director of the Flying in the Wake of Light collection. Russian art collector This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these iss
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
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
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
#12 Ion Călugăru
Ion Călugăru ( Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon kəˈluɡəru] ; born Ștrul Leiba Croitoru , [1] also known as Buium sin Strul-Leiba Croitoru , [2] B. Croitoru ; [3] [4] [5] February 14, 1902 – May 22, 1956) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and critic. As a figure on Romania's mode
#13 Alexander Colquhoun (artist)
Alexander Colquhoun (15 February 1862 – 14 February 1941) was a Scottish-born Federation era Victorian painter, illustrator and critic. Scottish-born Federation era Victorian painter, illustrator and critic
#14 Michel Ragon
Michel Ragon (24 June 1924 – 14 February 2020) was a French art and literature critic and writer. [1] His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature. French art historian (1924–2020) Michel Ragon Michel Rogan at the Salon du livre de Paris, 2011 Born 24 June 1924 Marseille , France Die
Barbara Buhler Lynes is an art historian, curator, professor, and preeminent scholar on the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe . She retired on February 14, 2020 from her position as the Sunny Kaufman Senior Curator at the NSU Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale , Florida to continue her scholarly work o
#16 Paul Overy
Paul Vivian Overy (14 February 1940 – 7 August 2008) was a British art historian and critic who was an authority on De Stijl . [1] [2] [3] [4] British art historian and critic
#17 Helga Pakasaar
Helga Pakasaar is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Vancouver , Canada. She has worked as curator at Polygon Gallery (formerly Presentation House Gallery) since 2003 and is now the Audain Chief Curator of Polygon. [1] [2] She has also curated exhibitions for Griffin Art Projects in Nort
Deanna Petherbridge CBE (born 1939) is an artist, writer and curator. Petherbridge's practice is drawing-based (predominantly pen and ink drawings on paper), although she has also produced large-scale murals and designed for the theatre. Her publications in the area of art and architecture are conce
#19 William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech , KG , GCMG , PC (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964), was a British Conservative politician and banker. [1] British peer, politician and honorary military colonel The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech KG GCMG PC Secretary of State for the Colonies
#20 Camille Enlart
Camille Enlart (22 November 1862 – 14 February 1927) was a French archaeologist and art historian . His areas of special interest were the Middle Ages and photography. Camille Enlart Enlart bust at Le Vergeur Museum, by Paul Graf in 1928 Born ( 1862-11-22 ) 22 November 1862 Boulogne-sur-Mer , France
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
The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park , nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch , [2] (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois , on the upper Sangamon River . The park and manor house, The Farms , are attributed to owner Ro
#3 Pobednik
Pobednik ( Serbian Cyrillic : Победник , lit. ' The Victor ' ) is a monument in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress , built to commemorate Serbia 's victory over the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires during the Balkan Wars and the First World War . Cast in 1913, erected in 1928, and standin
#4 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 Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley , located in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , England. Completed in 1998, it is believed to be the largest sculpture of an angel in the world and is viewed by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and
#6 List of tallest statues in the Philippines
This list of tallest statues in the Philippines includes free-standing, completed statues in the Philippines that are at least 5 meters (16 feet) tall. The height of these statues are measured from the top of its base/pedestal up to its maximum height (including monuments with spires or obelisks). T
#7 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
#8 Forest Idyl
Forest Idyl (sometimes spelled Forest Idyll , but originally titled "Idyl") is a bronze statue created in 1924 by Albin Polasek while he was head of the Sculpture Department at the Art Institute of Chicago . [1] There are several copies of three versions of the sculpture, the locations of which are
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
A statue of John Deighton was commissioned in 1970, and was sculpted by Vern Simpson. Its location moved to various spots in Vancouver 's Gastown neighborhood, in British Columbia , Canada. [1] It was finally installed at a spot near where Deighton (also known as "Gassy Jack") had opened the Globe S
The Peel Memorial is a public statue by Edward Hodges Baily , a nineteenth-century British artist best known for his sculpture of Nelson on Nelson's Column . It is located in the centre of Bury, Greater Manchester . The statue commemorates the life of Sir Robert Peel , twice UK Prime Minister and fo
#12 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
The Golden Buddha , officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon ( Thai : พระพุทธมหาสุวรรณปฏิมากร ; Sanskrit : Buddhamahāsuvarṇapaṭimākara ), commonly known in Thai as Phra Sukhothai Traimit ( Thai : พระสุโขทัยไตรมิตร ), is a gold Maravijaya Attitude seated Buddharupa statue , with a weight
#14 Eternal Light Peace Memorial
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestri
#15 Fearless Girl
Fearless Girl is a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal , on Broad Street across from the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City . The statue was installed on March 7, 2017, in anticipation of International Women's Day the following day. It depicts a 4
#16 Monumento a los Constructores
The Monumento a los Constructores ( lit. transl. Builders Monument ), also known as the Monumento a los Constructores de la Ciudad ( lit. transl. Builders of the City Monument ), is a partly-destroyed outdoor bronze monument installed along Acueducto Avenue, in the historic center of Morelia
#17 Civil War Memorial (Savannah, Georgia)
The Civil War Memorial in Savannah, Georgia , is a monument honoring soldiers who died during the American Civil War . Located in Forsyth Park , it consists of a 48 foot (15 m) tall shaft topped with a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier. Two bronze busts commemorating notable Confederate army