langs: 25 февраля [ru] / february 25 [en] / 25. februar [de] / 25 février [fr] / 25 febbraio [it] / 25 de febrero [es]
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Georgina Moutray Kyle HRUA (1865 – 1950) was an Irish watercolour painter and pastel artist, and one of a select few Irish artists to have exhibited at the Paris Salon. Irish artist Georgina Moutray Kyle HRUA Born 1865 Craigavad, County Down Died 25 February 1950 Belfast Resting place Balmoral Cemet
Siegfried Leopold Kratochwil (March 24, 1916 – February 25, 2005) was an Austrian painter and poet. Born in Karlstift, Lower Austria , he later moved to Vienna and became one of the best [1] -known Austrian Naïve artists by the end of the 20th century. [2] Austrian painter and poet A major contribut
#3 Åke Hellman
Åke Fredrik Hellman (19 July 1915 – 18 December 2017) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish still life and portrait artist and art professor. He worked as art teacher at the University of Helsinki . In 1963, he received the order of the Lion of Finland . This article needs additional citations for verifica
#4 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
Roelant Savery (or Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij , or de Savery , or many variants; [2] 1576 – buried 25 February 1639) was a Flanders -born Dutch Golden Age painter. Flemish-born Dutch Golden Age painter Roelant Savery in Cornelis de Bie 's Het Gulden Cabinet . Landscape with Birds showing a dodo in
João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro is a Portuguese plastic artist . He was born in Lobito , Angola on 25 February 1954. Portuguese plastic artist João Carqueijeiro João Carqueijeiro on the International Symposium of Ceramics of Alcobaça (Portugal), July 1987 Born João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro ( 1954-
George Douglas Pepper RCA (February 25, 1903 – October 1, 1962) was a Canadian artist. [1] Canadian painter George Pepper Born George Douglas Pepper ( 1903-02-25 ) February 25, 1903 Ottawa , Ontario Died October 25, 1962 (1962-10-25) (aged 59) Toronto , Ontario Nationality Canadian Education Ontar
Ann Margaret (Stroman) Mikolowski (May 16, 1940 – August 6, 1999) was a twentieth-century American contemporary artist . She was a painter of portrait miniatures and waterscapes , as well as a printmaker and illustrator of printed matter ( small press , commercial). Mikolowski was part of Detroit's
Signe Margaret Stuart (née Nelson ) (born 1937) is an American artist best known for her abstract paintings and works on paper that are informed by Minimalism, quantum physics and the study of consciousness. American artist (born 1937) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for
#10 Fletcher Benton
Fletcher C. Benton (February 25, 1931 – June 26, 2019) was an American sculptor and painter from San Francisco, California . [1] Benton was widely known for his kinetic art as well as his large-scale steel abstract geometric sculptures. American sculptor and painter (1931–2019) Fletcher Benton Born
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Melnychenko (born 25 February 1932, Kyiv ) — Ukrainian artist, sculptor, architect, Honored Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, member of the All-Ukrainian Creative Union "Congress of Writers of Ukraine", honorary member of the National Uni
Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov ( Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Люби́мов , Alexandr Mihajlovič Ljubimov ; February 25, 1879, a village of Paltsevo, Kursk Province, Russian Empire – 1955, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist , illustrator, and art teacher, professor
#13 Yasuko Sakata
Yasuko Sakata 坂田 靖子 is a manga artist who belongs to the Post Year 24 Group . [1] She was born on 25 February 1953 in Osaka, Japan. She now lives in Kanazawa , Ishikawa Prefecture . Her official debut was with the work Saikon Kyousou Kyoku 再婚狂騒曲, published in Hana to Yume in 1975. [2] In the late 19
#14 Peter Traub
Peter Traub (born 1974 in South Africa) is an American composer of electronic and acoustic music and sound installations. His work often focuses on the use of technology to mediate physical and virtual spaces. Peter Traub Born Peter Michael Traub Johannesburg, South Africa Nationality American Educa
#15 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
Rustam Mammad oghlu Mustafayev ( Azerbaijani : Rüstəm Məmməd oğlu Mustafayev , 25 February 1910 – 19 July 1940) was a painter, one of the creators of realist scenography in Azerbaijan . Azerbaijani scenic designer and painter Rustam Mustafayev Azerbaijani : Rüstəm Mustafayev Born ( 1910-02-25 ) 25 F
#17 Marilyn Kirsch
Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950 in Lowell, Massachusetts ) is an American artist, known for abstract and non-objective paintings often described as Lyrical Abstraction. [1] [2] American artist (born 1950) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (
#18 Kenneth Forbes
Kenneth Keith Forbes OC RCA (July 4, 1892 – 1980) was a portrait and landscape painter. His painting entitled Canadian Artillery in action is on display at the Canadian War Museum . [1] Canadian painter Kenneth Keith Forbes Born July 4, 1892 Toronto, Ontario , Canada Died February 25, 1980 (1980-02-
#19 Louis Bouquet
Louis Bouquet (6 December 1885 – 25 February 1952) was a French artist and illustrator. French painter Louis Bouquet Born ( 1885-12-06 ) 6 December 1885 Lyon , France Died 25 February 1952 (1952-02-25) (aged 66) Lyon , France Nationality French Known for Painting, illustration, murals Louis Bo
William Barr (26 April 1867 – 25 February 1933 , Glasgow, Scotland) [1] [2] began his art studies as a student at the Paisley School of Art and Design where he earned art teachers and art masters certificates. He went on to the Glasgow School of Art (1895–98), South Kensington School of Art in Londo
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A ) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts , decorative arts , and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. [4] It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . Art muse
The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas , founded by John and Dominique de Menil . The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art: on its walls are fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko in varying hues of black. The shape of the building—an oc
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
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 Galerie Barbazanges was an art gallery in Paris that exhibited contemporary art between 1911 and 1928. The building was owned by a wealthy fashion designer, Paul Poiret , and the gallery was used for Poiret's "Salon d'Antin" exhibitions. The gallery showed the work of avant-garde artists such as
#6 Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond ( ICA at VCU ), also known as the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center , is an arts center at Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia . It was designed by architecture firm Steven Holl Architects , and built by Gilban
#7 Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum ( 全米日系人博物館 , Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan ) is located in Los Angeles, California , and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans . Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate wit
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
#9 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
#10 Society for Art History in Switzerland
The Society for Art History in Switzerland ( German : Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (GSK) , French : Société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse (SHAS) , Italian : Società di storia dell' arte in Svizzera (SSAS) ) is a Swiss learned society dedicated to promoting the understanding of Swi
#11 Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum ( French : Musée Aga Khan ) is a museum of Islamic art , Iranian (Persian) art and Muslim culture located at 77 Wynford Drive in the North York district of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. [1] The museum is dedicated to Islamic art and objects, and it houses approximately 1,200 rare o
#12 Grey Art Gallery
The Grey Art Gallery is New York University ’s fine art museum, located on historic Washington Square Park , in New York City's Greenwich Village . As a university art museum, the Grey Art Gallery functions to collect, preserve, study, document, interpret, and exhibit the evidence of human culture.
#13 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable [1] photography gallery in Cardiff Bay , Wales . It opened in 2010 and predominantly featured documentary photography, [2] often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers. [3] It closed in 2016. [ citation needed ] Opening
#15 Decima Gallery
Decima Gallery (also Decima Projects , Decima International Arts or Decima ) is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects. [1] It is owned and managed by David West, [1] [2] [3] [4] Alex Chappel, [1] [2] [4] [5] Larry McGinity [5] and Mark Reeves. [4] [5] A
The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler with its museum in Riehen , near Basel ( Switzerland ), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler , which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes a space for special exhibitions staged to complement
#17 Moyland Castle
Moyland Castle ( German : Schloss Moyland ) is a moated castle in Bedburg-Hau in the district of Kleve , one of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia . Its name derives from the Dutch word Mooiland which means "beautiful country". The name was probably coined by Dutch wor
#18 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
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Most early
#20 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
La Femme au Cheval (also known as Woman with Horse , L'Écuyère and Kvinde med hest ) is a large oil painting created toward the end of 1911, early 1912, by the French artist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). The work was exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants (20 March–16 May) in 1912 and the Sa
#2 Portrait of the Duke of Wellington
The Portrait of the Duke of Wellington is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya of the British general Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington during the latter's service in the Peninsular War . [1] One of three portraits Goya painted of Wellington, it was begun in August 1812, after t
L'Oiseau bleu (also known as The Blue Bird and Der Blaue Vogel ) is a large oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956); considered by Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon as a founder of Cubism , along with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso . L'Oi
The Croatian Apoxyomenos ( Croatian : Hrvatski Apoksiomen ) is an Ancient Greek statue cast in bronze in the 2nd or 1st century BC; it was discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule , southeast of the island of Lošinj . It represents an athlete – Apoxyomenos (
E Pluribus Unum is a public artwork proposed by American artist Fred Wilson to be located along the Indianapolis Cultural Trail at the northeast corner of Delaware and Washington streets, near the City-County Building in downtown Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . E Pluribus Unum Artist Fred W
Les Joueurs de football , also referred to as Football Players , is a 1912–13 painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . The work was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants , Paris, March–May 1913 (no. 1293). September through December 1913 the painting was exhibited at Ers
Les Baigneuses (also known as The Bathers ) is a large oil painting created at the outset of 1912 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris during the spring of 1912; the Salon de la Société Normande de Peinture Mode
Harry Peckham (1740 [2] – 10 January 1787) was a King's Counsel , [3] judge and sportsman who toured Europe and wrote a series of letters which are still being published over 200 years later. Peckham was a member of the committee that drew up early laws of cricket [4] including the first inclusion o
Young Girl in a Park is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Berthe Morisot , created between 1888 and 1893. It has the dimensions of 90 by 81 cm. It is held at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse . [1] Painting by Berthe Morisot Young Girl in a Park Artist Berthe Morisot Year 1888-1893 Medium
#10 List of works by Albert Gleizes
This is a list of works by the French artist, theoretician, philosopher Albert Gleizes ; one of the founders of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. [1] [2] [3] [4] Albert Gleizes, circa 1912 The artistic career of Gleizes spanned more than fifty years, from roughly 1901 to the year of hi
#11 Portrait de l'éditeur Eugène Figuière
Portrait de l'éditeur Eugène Figuière , also referred to as The Publisher Eugene Figuiere ( Portrait de Figuière , L'Editeur Eugène Figuière , Portrait d'un Editeur , Portrait d'Eugène Figuière or Portrait of the Publisher Eugene Figuiere ), is a painting created in 1913 by the artist, theorist and
#12 Portrait of Jacques Nayral
Portrait of Jacques Nayral (also known as Portrait de Jacques Nayral ) is a large oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911 (no. 609), the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912 (no. 38), and r
#13 Portrait of an Army Doctor
Portrait of an Army Doctor (in French Portrait d'un médecin militaire ) is a 1914-15 painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Painted at the fortress city of Toul ( Lorraine ) while Gleizes served in the military during the First World War, the paintings abstract circular
#14 Civic Virtue
Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness (1909 – 1922) is a sculpture group and fountain in New York City , created by sculptor Frederick William MacMonnies and architect Thomas Hastings , and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers . The fountain was originally placed in front of New York City Hall i
#15 Soldier at a Game of Chess
Soldier at a Game of Chess (in French Soldat jouant aux échecs , or Le Soldat à la partie d'échecs , also referred to as Joueur d'échecs ), [1] is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . While serving as a medical orderly during World War I in Sainte-Menehould , France, Metzinger bore witne
#16 Portrait of Bia de' Medici
The Portrait of Bia de' Medici is an oil-tempera on wood painting by Agnolo Bronzino , dating to around 1542 and now in the Uffizi in Florence . [1] For a long time it was displayed in the Tribuna at the heart of the museum, but since 2012 it has been moved to the "sale rosse" of the Nuovi Uffizi. A
#17 Pioneers of 1889
Pioneers of 1889 , or simply 1889 , is an outdoor bronze sculpture by artist Leonard McMurry and landscape architect Thomas Roberts, installed in Oklahoma City , in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . [1] [2] Sculpture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Pioneers of 1889 1889 The sculpture in 2019 Artist Leon
#18 Miró otro
Miró otro , originally spelled backwards as Orim , was a retrospective of the Catalan painter Joan Miró 's work organized by Official College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) at its headquarters in Barcelona during April–June 1969. One of the most important and transgressors of this exhibit was the
#1 Jack Burnham
Jack Wesley Burnham Jr. (born New York City, November 13, 1931 - February 25, 2019) was an American writer on art and technology, who taught art history at Northwestern University and the University of Maryland . He is one of the main forces behind the emergence of systems art in the 1960s. [1] Amer
Frances Marie Corner , OBE , FRSA ( née Agnew ; born 25 February 1959) is a British art and design historian and academic, specialising in fashion . Since 2019, she has been Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London . On 23 November 2020, staff announced a vote of no confidence in Prof. Corner, [1]
Barbara "Basia" Piasecka Johnson (born Barbara Piasecka ; February 25, 1937 – April 1, 2013) was a Polish humanitarian , philanthropist , art connoisseur and collector . Barbara Piasecka Johnson Born Barbara Piasecka February 25, 1937 Staniewicze, Poland (now Belarus ) Died April 1, 2013 ( 2013-05
#4 Vasile Pogor
Vasile V. Pogor ( Francized Basile Pogor ; August 20, 1833 – March 20, 1906) was a Moldavian , later Romanian poet, philosopher, translator and liberal conservative politician, one of the founders of Junimea literary society. Raised in the aristocratic circle of Iași , and educated in the French Emp
Laura Mattioli (born May 28, 1950) is an Italian art historian, a collector and a curator. Since 2013, she has been the President of the Center for Modern Italian Art in New York City. [1]
George Kuwayama (born February 25, 1925) is an American art curator who spent most of his career at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . American scholar George Kuwayama Born George Kuwayama ( 1925-02-25 ) February 25, 1925 (age 97) New York City Occupation Museum curator , author Genre Asian ar
Frederick Wedmore (9 July 1844 – 25 February 1921) was a British art critic and man of letters. [1] [2] British art critic and man of letters Frederick Wedmore Wedmore was born at Richmond Hill, [3] Clifton , the eldest son of Thomas Wedmore of Druids Stoke, Stoke Bishop . His family were Quakers
#8 André Jolles
Johannes Andreas Jolles , known as André Jolles (August 7, 1874 in Den Helder , Netherlands – February 22, 1946 in Leipzig , Germany) was a Dutch-German art historian , literary critic and linguist who was affiliated with the Nazi Party . [ citation needed ] He is best known for his work Simple Form
#9 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
#10 Siri Engberg
Siri Engberg is curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . [1] She wrote or edited a number of catalogues raisonnés , often with the artist's participation. Engberg organized about a half dozen shows before becoming assistant and then curator, which allowed her to c
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 Margarete Bieber
Margarete Bieber (31 July 1879 – 25 February 1978) was a Jewish [1] German-American art historian , classical archaeologist and professor. She became the second woman university professor in Germany in 1919 when she took a position at the University of Giessen . She studied the theatre of ancient Gr
#13 Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole ( / ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l / ) , 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole , was an English writer, art historian , man of letters , antiquarian and Whig politician. [1] 18th-century English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and W
#14 John Williams (art historian)
John W. Williams (February 25, 1928 – June 6, 2015) was an American art historian was an expert in Spanish medieval art . He was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History of Art and Architecture end eventually Professor Emeritus, Medieval Art and Architecture, both at the University of Pittsburgh . [1
#15 Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II . His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-pag
#16 Katie Scott
Rachael Katherine Hannah Scott, Lady Deuchar FBA (born 25 February 1958) is a British art historian, and Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, since 2014. [1] British art historian She was born in New York on 25 February 1958, the daughter of diplomat Sir Peter Scott , and Rac
#17 Aaron Scharf
Aaron Scharf (22 September 1922 – 21 January 1993) was an American-born British art historian who contributed in particular to the history of photography in which he had developed an interest while studying at the Courtauld Institute . [1] His investigation uncovered links between painting (and othe
#18 Michelle Facos
Michelle Facos (born February 25, 1955) is an American writer and art historian. American art historian Michelle Facos Born ( 1955-02-25 ) February 25, 1955 (age 67) Nationality American Occupation Professor of Art History at Indiana University, Bloomington Awards Fulbright Fellowship in 1993; Aca
Andrew Stanislaus (Andrzej Stanisław) Ciechanowiecki (28 September 1924 – 2 November 2015), Dąbrowa Coat of Arms , was a Polish-British nobleman, diplomat, prisoner and agent of Communist Poland , economist, academic, art historian, philanthropist, art collector, antique dealer, antiquarian and exhi
#20 Giovanni Morelli
Giovanni Morelli (25 February 1816 – 28 February 1891) was an Italian art critic and political figure . [1] As an art historian, he developed the "Morellian" technique of scholarship, identifying the characteristic "hands" of painters through scrutiny of diagnostic minor details that revealed arti
The Dupont Circle Fountain , formally known as the Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain , is a fountain located in the center of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It honors Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont , a prominent American naval officer and member of the Du Pont family . The
The Massachusetts Peace Statue — It Shall Not Be Again , is a war memorial statue built in the town of Orange, Massachusetts in recognition of veterans who served in World War I . On February 25, 2000 the legislature designated it the official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . [1]
Chain Reaction is a peace monument and public art sculpture composed of a metal framework of stainless steel and fiberglass surrounded by concrete, depicting a mushroom cloud created by a nuclear explosion . Designed by American editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 5.5
The Big Egg Hunt , also known as the Faberge Big Egg Hunt , was a 2012 charity fundraising campaign, in aid of Action for Children and Elephant Family, and sponsored by the jeweller Faberge . The two charities backed the largest ever Easter egg hunt, known as The Big Egg Hunt , in London in the Spri
#5 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 Branting Monument is a monument in Stockholm , Sweden , with a statue of the Swedish Social Democratic leader Hjalmar Branting (1860 – 1925). The monument is 5 meters tall and 6 meters wide. Monument in Stockholm, Sweden This article does not cite any sources . ( September 2016 ) The Branting Mo
#7 Monument to General Manfredo Fanti, Florence
The Monument to General Manfredo Fanti commemorates General Manfredo Fanti (1806-1865), a soldier and leader in battles for Italian independence and unification . The statue, erected in 1873, is located in the Piazza San Marco in central Florence , region of Tuscany , Italy. Monument in Piazza San M
#8 Silent Sam
The Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina , commonly known as Silent Sam , is a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier by Canadian sculptor John A. Wilson , which once stood on McCorkle Place of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1913 until it was pulled down by
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
#10 Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C. 's West Potomac Park , southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall . It memorializes those who served in the Korean War . For other memorials to the Korean War, see Korean War Memorial .
#11 Diana Fountain, Bushy Park
The Diana Fountain in Bushy Park , in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , is a seventeenth-century statue ensemble and water feature in an eighteenth-century setting with a surrounding pool and mile long tree lined vistas which honors the Roman Goddess Diana . [1] Originally created for Som