langs: 28 февраля [ru] / february 28 [en] / 28. februar [de] / 28 février [fr] / 28 febbraio [it] / 28 de febrero [es]
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Leo Freiherr von König (1871-1944) was a German painter and member of the Berlin Secession . German painter Leo von König Born ( 1871-02-28 ) 28 February 1871 Braunschweig , German Empire Died 19 April 1944 (1944-04-19) (aged 73) Tutzing , Nazi Germany Known for Portrait painting Movement Berlin
#2 Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia . Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes , sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner , Francis Criss , Burgoyne Diller , I. Rice P
Katherine Boyer is a Métis artist, [1] whose multidisciplinary practice focuses primarily on the mediums of sculpture , printmaking and beadwork . [2] She was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan , but currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba [2] —a location that has had a direct influence on her
Sir William Menzies Coldstream , CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. English painter and art educator Sir William Coldstream Born William Menzies Coldstream ( 1908-02-28 ) 28 February 1908 Belford, Northumberland , England Died 18
#5 Kuzgun Acar
Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar (28 February 1928 – 4 February 1976) was an Afro-Turk sculptor [1] well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turkey . [2] One of his famous sculptures is Kuşlar ("The Birds
Lorenzo de Caro (baptised 29 May 1719 – 2 December 1777) was an Italian painter, active in the late Baroque style in his native city of Naples . Italian painter Glory of St Francis of Sales , Louvre Museum
#7 Léon Bonvin
Charles Léon Bonvin (February 28, 1834 – January 30, 1866) was a French watercolor artist known for genre painting , realist still life and delicate and melancholic landscapes . French painter Léon Bonvin - Still Life on Kitchen Table with Celery, Parsley, Bowl, and Cruets , watercolor with graphite
François de Troy ( bapt. 28 February 1645 – 1 May 1730 [2] ) was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture . François de Troy François de Troy by his student Alexis Sim
#9 Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1982. He studied Painting and Art History at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and Anatomy at Columbia University New York, NY. He received a BFA from the Pratt Institute College of Art in 2004. Lutz lives and works between Red Lion, PA
#10 Charles Thévenin
Charles Thévenin (12 July 1764 – 28 February 1838) was a neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes from the time of the French Revolution and First French Empire . French painter Charles Thévenin Portrait of Thévenin by Dominique Ingres (1817). Born Charles Thévenin ( 1764-07-12 ) 12 July
#11 Porter Blanchard
Porter George Blanchard (1886–1973) was an American silversmith living and working in Pacoima, California . He is considered to be part of the Arts and Crafts Movement . American silversmith Porter George Blanchard Born ( 1886-02-28 ) February 28, 1886 [1] Gardner, MA [2] Died November 1, 1973 (1973
#12 Caley Hall
Caley J. Hall (born 1975) is classified as a listed New Zealand investment artist in Invercargill and Queenstown, New Zealand . [1] [2] [3] [4] Hall specializes in oil painting, and is well known for his Fiordland landscapes [5] [6] and expressionist abstracts. [7] A largely self-taught artist, he h
#13 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
#14 Vasiliy Sad
Vasiliy (Vasily) Sad (born in 1948) is a Ukrainian abstract painter . He has been an active member "apartment exhibitions" in Odessa , which defended alternative forms of art against the Socialist Realism endorsed by the Soviet Union . [1] [2] Ukrainian abstract painter (born 1948) This article is a
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 William Frater
William Frater O.B.E. (1890–1974) was a Scottish-born Australian stained-glass designer and modernist painter who challenged conservative tastes in Australian art. [1] British-born Australian painter and stained-glass designer William Frater Born ( 1890-01-31 ) 31 January 1890 Linlithgow , Scotland
Richard Wright ( c. 1723 – c. 1775 ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society. [1] [2] For
#18 Alex Janvier
Alex Simeon Janvier , CM AOE RCA LL.D ( / ˈ dʒ æ n v ɪər / ; born February 28, 1935) is a First Nation artist in Canada. As a member of the commonly referred to " Indian Group of Seven ", [1] Janvier is a pioneer of contemporary Canadian Aboriginal art in Canada. Alex Janvier CM AOE RCA Born ( 1935-
#19 Don Voisine
Don Voisine (born 1952 in Fort Kent, Maine ) is an American abstract painter living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York, USA. In the fall of 2016, "X/V," a 15 year survey of his work, was organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art , Rockland, ME. In 1997 he was elected a
#20 Julia Thecla
Julia Thecla (February 28, 1896 – June 29, 1973) was a Chicago artist in the 1930s and 1940s, working in the Surrealist and magical realist school of modern art. American painter Julia Thecla Born Julia Thecla Connell ( 1896-02-28 ) February 28, 1896 Delavan, Illinois Died June 29, 1973 (1973-06-29)
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a public art gallery in Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada. It is named after William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook , who funded the building of the gallery and assembled the original collection. It opened in 1959 with over 300 works, including paintings by
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
The Samstag Museum of Art , also known as the Samstag Museum , was opened in October 2007 as the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art , in the Hawke Building of the CityWest campus of the University of South Australia (UniSA). The museum is named in honour of Anne & Gordon Samstag, "two distinguished
The Australian Queer Archives ( AQuA ) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
Toorak Art Gallery was an art gallery 277 Toorak Road, South Yarra , Melbourne, Victoria, which specialised in contemporary figurative and abstract Australian art. It was in operation from 1964 to 1975. [1] [2] Australian art gallery in Melbourne closed 1975
#6 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
The 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 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
#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
The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego , California that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its n
The Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM) was an art museum in Las Vegas , Nevada. [1] It was formerly located in a building shared with the Sahara West Library branch of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District in Las Vegas, NV. [2] The museum closed in 2009. The Las Vegas Art Museum was "dedicated to eng
#12 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book . It is a member of Museums10 [1] and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts . The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and design
Pier 24 Photography is a non-profit art museum located on the Port of San Francisco directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . The organization houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which collects, preserves and exhibits photography. [1] [2] It produces exhibitions, pu
#14 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
#15 Gallery A
Gallery A was a mid-century Australian gallery that exhibited contemporary Australian art. It was established in 1959 at 60 Flinders Lane , Melbourne , and then relocated to 275 Toorak Road ., South Yarra . [1] A second Gallery A venue was opened and run concurrently at 21 Gipps Street, Paddington i
#16 The McManus
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival -style building, located in the centre of Dundee , Scotland . The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history collection. It is protected as a Category A listed bui
#17 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
#18 Womanhouse
Womanhouse (January 30 – February 28, 1972) was a feminist art installation and performance space organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro , co-founders of the California Institute of the Arts ( CalArts ) Feminist Art Program and was the first public exhibition of Art centered upon female empow
#19 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
#20 Greenville County Museum of Art
The Greenville County Museum of Art ( GCMA ) is an art museum located in Greenville, South Carolina . Its collections focus mainly on American art, and its holdings include works by Andrew Wyeth , Josef Albers , Jasper Johns (raised in South Carolina), Andy Warhol , Romare Bearden , Jacob Lawrence ,
#1 Statue of Charles Brantley Aycock
Charles Brantley Aycock is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician of the same name by Charles Keck , installed in the United States Capitol 's crypt as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection . The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of North Carolina in 1932. [1] Statue by Charl
#2 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
#3 Statue of William McKinley (Arcata, California)
The McKinley statue for the purposes of this article refers to one of various statues of President of the United States William McKinley , specifically the 8.5-foot (2.6 m) bronze statue by Haig Patigian that stood in the center of the town plaza in Arcata, California , from July 4, 1906, until Fe
#4 La Parisienne (Hidalgo painting)
The La Parisienne is an 1889 painting by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo . The painting depicts a woman holding an umbrella known as the parasol , a theme similar to Juan Luna 's La Madrileña (En el Balcon) . Hidalgo's La Parisienne was the first Philippine work of art to be chosen as a cover for Sotheby
Maya with Doll ( Maya à la poupée ) is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso . Created in 1938, the New York Times described it as "a colorful Cubist portrait of Picasso’s daughter ( Maya Widmaier-Picasso ) as a child clutching a doll." Painting by Pablo Picasso
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
Fallen Astronaut is a 3.5-inch (8.9 cm) aluminum sculpture [1] created by Paul Van Hoeydonck. It is a small stylized figure, meant to depict an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was commissioned
#8 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
#9 Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)
Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) ( Woman wearing a beret and checkered dress ) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso , which he created in 1937. It is a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter , Picasso's lover and muse during this period and was created with elements o
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
#11 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
#12 Statue of Peter Muhlenberg (U.S. Capitol)
Peter Muhlenberg , or John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg , is an 1889 marble sculpture depicting the American clergyman, soldier, and politician of the same name by Blanche Nevin , installed in the United States Capitol 's crypt , in Washington, D.C. , as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection . [
Jacqueline is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso , created in 1961. The New York Times described it as "a black, gray and white Cubist oil of Jacqueline Roque , Picasso’s second wife." Painting by Pablo Picasso On February 28, 2007, the painting was one of two stolen from the home of Picasso's grandda
Joseph-Eugène-Anatole de Baudot (14 October 1834 – 28 February 1915) was a French architect and a pioneer of reinforced-concrete construction. He was a prolific author, architect for diocesan buildings, architect for historical monuments, and a professor of architecture. He is known for the church o
William Andrew Murray Boyd CBE FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish [1] [2] novelist , short story writer and screenwriter . Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer William Boyd CBE FRSL Boyd in 2009 Born William Andrew Murray Boyd ( 1952-03-07 ) 7 March 1952 (age 70) Accra , Go
Michel Draguet (born 23 January 1964) is a Belgian art historian, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles , [1] and the director and CEO of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium since May 2005. [2] Draguet is a member of the board of the federal administration for science: the Belgian Sci
#4 Brian Allen (art historian)
Brian Francis Allen (born October 1952) [1] [2] is Chairman of the Hazlitt Group that includes the art dealership Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox and Arnold Wiggins and Sons, the leading dealers in historic picture frames. British art historian He was Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studie
Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Irish historian and Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at University College Cork . [1] He earned his BA in history and Irish from that institution, graduating in 1964. [2] Irish historian Donnchadh Ó Corráin Born ( 1942-02-28 ) 28
Raman Siva Kumar (born 3 December 1956), known as R. Siva Kumar , is an Indian contemporary art historian , art critic , and curator . His major research has been in the area of early Indian modernism with special focus on the Santiniketan School . He has written several important books, lectured wi
Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova ( Russian : Ирина Александровна Антонова ; 20 March 1922 – 30 November 2020) was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director of a maj
Detmar Jobst Wilhelm Westhoff (born 28 February 1966 in Bonn ) is a German art historian and curator. He is very committed to artistic projects that build a bridge between Asia and Europe, to young experimental artists, local cultural policy and monument protection. This article is an orphan , as no
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
#10 Machiel Kiel
Machiel Kiel (born February 28, 1938) is a Dutch professor of art history . Narrow specialist in Ottoman architecture in the Balkans . Dutch professor of art history (born 1938) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Bulgarian . (December 2019) Click [sho
Manuel Bartolomé Cossío (22 February 1857 – 2 September 1935) was a Spanish art historian and Krausist teacher. Born in Haro , La Rioja, he entered the Institución Libre de Enseñanza , where he was godson and favourite pupil of Francisco Giner de los Ríos as well as his inseparable companion and suc
Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa , or Cezaria Anna Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz-Jędrzejewiczowa, (1885–1967) was a Polish scientist, art historian , and anthropologist. She was one of the pioneers of ethnology in Poland and one of the first scientists to adopt phenomenology in studies of folk culture .
#13 Martin Hammerich
Martin Johannes Hammerich (4 December 1811 – 20 September 1881) was a Danish art historian, educator, author and translator. He was part of the National Liberal movement and a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly . He was headmaster of Borgerdydskolerne from 1842 to 1867. Danish art histor
Giuseppe Di Giacomo (born 1 January 1945 in Avola , Italy ) is an Italian philosopher and essayist . Giuseppe Di Giacomo, 2019 Italian philosopher Author of about a hundred scientific publications on the relationship between aesthetics and literature , [1] as well as on the relationship between aest
#15 Douglas Cooper (art historian)
(Arthur William) Douglas Cooper , who also published as Douglas Lord [1] [2] (20 February 1911 – 1 April 1984) [3] was a British art historian , art critic and art collector . He mainly collected Cubist works. He was involved with investigating who had dealt with stolen art during the war. After the
#16 Alexei Komech
Alexei Komech (8 August 1936 – 28 February 2007) [1] was a Russian preservationist , architectural historian and art critic who helped protect the cultural heritage of Moscow and Saint Petersburg for over 50 years. He was the Director of the Moscow Art History Institute and a member of the Moscow's
#17 Barbara Dawson
Barbara Dawson (born April 26, 1957) [1] is an Irish author, editor, art historian , gallery director, and curator. She is curator of several art exhibitions including the works of notable artists such as Francis Bacon (2009). [2] Dawson is the first female director of the Hugh Lane Gallery , a muni
#18 Gerardo Mosquera
Gerardo Mosquera (born 1945 in Havana, Cuba ) is a freelance curator , critic , art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba . He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he resigned in 1989. Since then, his activity turned t
#19 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
#20 Edit DeAk
Edit DeAk ( / ˈ d eɪ æ k / ; [1] formerly deAk ; née Deak ; September 16, 1948 – June 9, 2017) was a Hungarian-born American art critic and writer, co-founder of the journal Art-Rite [2] and the non-profit bookstore and artist book distributor, Printed Matter, Inc . [1] Edit DeAk Born Edit Deak (
#1 LOOK II (sculpture in Plymouth)
LOOK II (alternatively, Look II , and colloquially, Rusty Reg [ citation needed ] ) is a permanent sculpture by British sculptor Antony Gormley on the south-western leg of West Hoe Pier, Plymouth , Devon , England . Sculpture by Antony Gormley on West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon LOOK II Rusty Reg LOOK II o
The Netherlands Carillon is a 127-foot (39-m) tall campanile housing a 53-bell carillon located in Arlington, Virginia . The instrument and tower were given in the 1950s "From the People of the Netherlands to the People of the United States of America " to thank the United States for its contributio
#3 Merlion
The Merlion ( / ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n / ) is the official mascot of Singapore . It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish . Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its
#4 Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
The Harbin International Ice and Snow festival ( Chinese : 哈尔滨国际冰雪节 ; pinyin : Hā'ěrbīn Guójì Bīngxuě Jié ) is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin , Heilongjiang , China , and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. At first participants in the festival w
#5 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 Space Mirror Memorial , which forms part of the larger Astronauts Memorial , is a National Memorial on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Merritt Island, Florida . It is maintained by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), whose offices are located in the NASA
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
A statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro was commissioned in 1972 for display in Manzoni Gardens in The Bull Ring , in the centre of Birmingham , England. [1] It was later displayed elsewhere in Birmingham, then at markets in Edinburgh , Penrith (where it was subsequently stored), at the Henry Moore
Evelyn Scrub War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Jonsson Road, Evelyn , Tablelands Region , Queensland , Australia. It was built c. 1919 . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 February 2003. [1] Historic site in Queensland, Australia Evelyn Scrub War Memorial Evelyn Scr
The Virgin of Miracles or Saint Mary of La Rábida ( Spanish : Virgen de los Milagros or Santa María de la Rábida ) is a religious Roman Catholic image venerated at the La Rabida Monastery in the city of Palos de la Frontera ( Huelva , Spain ). Virgin of Miracles Our Lady of Miracles Saint Mary of La
30th Street Station , officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station , is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It is metropolitan Philadelphia 's main railroad station and a major stop on Amtrak 's Northeast and Keystone corridors. Railway station in Philadelphia,
#12 The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument
The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument ( Chinese : 嘉義市二二八紀念公園二二八紀念碑 ) is a monument in East District , Chiayi City , Taiwan . It was built in 1989, which is the earliest 228 Peace Memorial Monument built in the island. It is the only 228 Peace Memorial Monument to have been built before the 1990s. It
#13 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
#14 Statue of Ludvig Holberg, Copenhagen
The statue of Ludvig Holberg by Theobald Stein is together with Herman Wilhelm Bissen 's statue of Adam Oehlenschläger flanking the main entrance to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen , Denmark. It was created by Stein in conjunction with the inauguration of Vilhelm Dahlerup 's
#15 Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin , located in the Freedom Square , Kharkiv , Ukraine , that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the m
#16 Doc (mascot)
Doc is the official mascot of Towson University . He is named after former sports department head Donald "Doc" Minnegan . Official mascot of Towson University Doc the Tiger Doc at a Towson Tigers men's basketball game University Towson University Conference CAA Description Anthropomorphic Tiger Orig
#17 Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
Memorial Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater , exhibit hall, and nonsectarian chapel located in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Designed in 1913 as a replacement for the older, wooden amphitheater near Arlington House , ground was broken for its
#18 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
#19 Nelson's Pillar
Nelson's Pillar (also known as the Nelson Pillar or simply the Pillar ) was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson , built in the centre of what was then Sackville Street (later renamed O'Connell Street ) in Dublin , Ireland. Completed in 1809 when Ireland was part of the United
The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine ) is a war memorial in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia , located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road . It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I , but now functions as a memorial to all Australians who ha