langs: 29 февраля [ru] / february 29 [en] / 29. februar [de] / 29 février [fr] / 29 febbraio [it] / 29 de febrero [es]
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Zoe Anderson Norris (February 29, 1860 – February 13, 1914) was a Kentucky-born journalist, novelist, short story writer and publisher, known for her bimonthly magazine, The East Side (1909–1914), which focused on impoverished immigrants in New York. She also contributed to publications including Th
Agustín Hernández Navarro (born February 29, 1924) is a Mexican architect and sculptor. Model of 'Praxis', the Architect's Studio in Mexico City. Mexican architect and sculptor Hernández Navarro was born in Mexico City, the son of politician Lamberto Hernández and Amalia Navarro; [1] he is the broth
#3 Yi Jehyeon
Yi Je-hyeon (Hangul: 이제현, Hanja: 李齊賢; 28 January 1288 – 24 August 1367 [1] ) of the Gyeongju Yi clan , was a Goryeo politician, Neo-Confucianism scholar, philosopher, writer and poet. He was the follower and successor of Baek Yijeong , and the father of Royal Consort Hye-bi , who would eventually be
Floyd Kuptana (1964-2021) was an Inuvialuit ( Inuk ) artist in Canada whose work is primarily stone carvings [1] as well as paintings and collage. Floyd Kuptana Born 14 February 1964 Cape Parry , Northwest Territories Died 25 May 2021 Toronto , Ontario Nationality Canadian Education David Ruben Piqt
Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998) [1] was an artist and educator . Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum , The Metropolitan Museum of Art , the National Museum of Women in the Arts , the Brooklyn Museum , the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , Muscarelle Museum of Ar
John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", personas he had devise
John Haley Bellamy (April 5, 1836 – April 6, 1914) was a folk artist of New England , USA, known for his highly stylized carved wooden eagles and other decorative items for ships and homes. Bellamy was born in Kittery, Maine in 1836, and stayed there for much of his career. [1] Later in his life h
Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger (4 October 1840 – 28 June 1909) was a German painter, art critic, playwright and poet. German painter, art critic, playwright and poet (1840–1909) Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger Arthur Fitger Born ( 1840-10-04 ) 4 October 1840 Delmenhorst , Germany Died 28 June 1909
STAN (art-group) is the modern art community acting in Ukraine since 1999. Art-group «STAN» contributes the accumulation of creative forces of the region to overcome the cultural crisis and realization the creative projects. Location of group – Luhansk . Art-group «STAN» unites writers, philosophers
#10 Carrie Sweetser
Carolyn Phinney Sweetser (1863-1952) was an American watercolorist and amateur botanist who lived and worked in Oregon . American painter Carrie Sweetser Carolyn "Carrie" Knowles Phinney Sweetser (1863-1952) Born Carolyn Knowles Phinney September 11, 1863 Centerville, Massachusetts Died September 9,
Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde (born October 3, 1964) is a Filipino prima ballerina . [1] [2] In 1984, she became the first foreign soloist to ever join the Kirov Ballet . In the Philippines, she is the Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Manila and was the Vice-Chairman of the Philippine UNE
Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Allapuzha) is an Indian film maker and artist, known for his films, paintings and art installations. His film, Bioscope has received several awards. Indian film maker and artist (born 1956) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues o
Valerie Harrisse Walter ( February 15, 1892 – February 29, 1984 ) was an American sculptor from Baltimore, Maryland . She primarily created portrait busts and sculptures of animals, including dogs and life-sized bronze gorillas. Valerie Harrisse Walter Valerie Harrisse Walter with her sculpture of t
#14 Nancy Azara
Nancy J. Azara (born October 13, 1939) is an American sculptor. Her work involves sculpture using carved, assembled and highly painted wood with gold and silver leaf and encaustic. The wood, the paint and the layers that make up the sculpture record a journey of memory, images and ideas. Azara's oth
#15 Balthus
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus , was a Polish-French modern artist . He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his imagery. French painter Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Ro
Jean Boucher (20 November 1870 – 17 June 1939) was a French sculptor based in Brittany . He is best known for his public memorial sculptures which communicated his liberal politics and patriotic dedication to France and Brittany. French sculptor This article needs additional citations for verificati
#17 Carl Langhein
Carl Johannes Louis Langhein (29 February 1872, Hamburg – 26 June 1941, Hadamar ) was German painter and graphic artist. German painter Carl Langhein (before 1905)
#18 Frank Shifreen
Frank Shifreen (born February 29, 1948) is an American artist, curator, and teacher. Shifreen played a significant part in the art movement of New York City in the early 1980s, organizing massive artist-run shows that brought thousands of people to Gowanus, Brooklyn . [3] Since then, he has organize
Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949) [1] was an early 20th century American Postimpressionist landscape painter known for a green-gray palette termed 'Ryder green'. American painter Chauncey Foster Ryder; photograph by Peter A. Juley
#20 Augusta Savage
Augusta Savage (born Augusta Christine Fells ; February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962) was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance . [2] She was also a teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists who would become nationally known. She worked for equal
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
#2 Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is a teaching museum on the campus of Hamilton College [1] in Clinton, New York . The Wellin invites visitors to discover the arts and form unexpected connections through groundbreaking exhibitions, a globally representative teaching collection, and engaging p
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.
Destination Crenshaw is an under-construction 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) open-air museum along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California , dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans . [2] The project includes new pocket parks , outdoor sculptures, murals, street furniture
#5 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
The SantralIstanbul ( Turkish : Santralİstanbul ), opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul , Turkey . The center, consisting of an energy museum, an amphitheater , concert halls and a public library , is situated within
The Budapest Museum Quarter is a proposed new cultural and tourist site to be located on Andrássy út in Budapest , Hungary , and has at its core the merger of the Hungarian National Gallery with the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts into one institution. The concept has been around since at least 2008 wh
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
#9 Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia ( AGSA ), established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in Adelaide . It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia . It has a collection of almost 45,000 works of art, making it the second lar
Shusha Carpet Museum is the Shusha branch of the State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpets and Applied Art , established by the Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR No. 502 of September 26, 1985 to study, preserve and live the traditions of Karabakh carpet weaving . The branch began its
The Armagh County Museum is a museum in Armagh , County Armagh , Northern Ireland . Located on the edge of the tree-lined Mall in the centre of Armagh city, the museum is the oldest County Museum in Ireland and was officially opened in 1937. Historical museum in Armagh Armagh County Museum Neoclassi
#1 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
#2 Stories of Moses and the Evangelists
The Stories of Moses and the Evangelists are a series of oil on panel paintings by Domenico Beccafumi , dating to circa 1538 - 1539 and hanging in Pisa Cathedral . They form part of a decorative scheme of 27 panels, only completed at the end of the 17th century, also including works by Andrea del Sa
#3 Over My Dead Body (Ramon Casas)
Over My Dead Body , 1893, is a painting by Ramon Casas , in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona . Painting by Ramon Casas Over My Dead Body Artist Ramon Casas Year 1893 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 61.5 cm × 50.5 cm (24.25 in × 19 in) Location Museu Nacional d'Art de Cat
Clara Erskine Clement Waters (August 28, 1834, in St. Louis , Missouri – February 29, 1916, in Brookline, Massachusetts ) was an American author and traveler. American novelist Clara Erskine Clement Born 28 August 1834 Died 29 February 1916 (aged 81) Occupation Historian , writer From "A Histo
Heinrich Lützeler (27 January 1902 in Bonn – 13 June 1988 in Bonn) was a German philosopher , art historian , and literary scholar. He presided over a number of institutes and was dean at the department of philosophy at the University of Bonn . German philosopher, art historian, and literary scholar
#3 Félix Fénéon
Félix Fénéon ( French: [feli feneɔ̃] ; 22 June 1861 – 29 February 1944) was a French art critic , gallery director, writer and anarchist during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He coined the term Neo-Impressionism in 1886 to identify a group of artists led by Georges Seurat , and arde
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
Diana Widmaier Picasso (born March 12, 1974) is a French art historian specialized in modern art, living in Paris. French art historian Diana Widmaier Picasso Born ( 1974-03-12 ) March 12, 1974 (age 48) Marseille , France Other names Diana Widmaier–Picasso Occupation art historian , art curator
Stephanie Storey is an American actress , producer , screenwriter , director , editor , cinematographer , and novelist . She is now the author of her debut novel, Oil and Marble , which was followed by Raphael, Painter in Rome . [1] She is perhaps best known for producing the television series, The
Willibald Sauerländer (29 February 1924 in Bad Waldsee , Württemberg , Germany – 18 April 2018 in Munich , Germany) [1] was a German art historian specializing in Medieval French sculpture. From 1970 to 1989, he was director of the prestigious Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte , Munich . German ar
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
Francis Asbury , also known as the Francis Asbury Memorial , is a public equestrian statue, by American artist Augustus Lukeman , located at 16th Street and Mt. Pleasant Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. , in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Statue in Washington, D.C., U.S. United States historic
#3 National War Memorial (South Australia)
The National War Memorial is a monument on the north edge of the city centre of Adelaide , South Australia , commemorating those who served in the First World War . Opened in 1931, the memorial is located on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, adjacent to the grounds of Government House
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933, none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being